KERALA ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2008 DETAILS

1. Applications are invited for the Entrance Examinations for admission to the following Degree
Courses in various Professional Colleges in the State for 2008-09.

a) Medical (i) MBBS (ii) BDS (iii) B.Pharm. (iv) B.Sc. (Nursing) (v) B.Sc. (MLT)
(vi) BAMS (vii) B.H.M.S (viii) B.S.M.S (Siddha) (ix) B.Sc.-Nursing (Ayurveda)
(x) B.Pharm. (Ayurveda) and (xi) B.P.T (Physiotherapy).

(b) Agriculture (i) B.Sc. Hons. (Agriculture) (ii) B.F.Sc. (Fisheries) (iii) B.Sc. Hons. (Forestry)
(c) Veterinary B.V.Sc. & AH

(d) Engineering B.Tech. [including B.Tech. (Agricultural Engg.) / B.Tech. (Dairy Sc. & Tech.)
courses under the Kerala Agricultural University]

(e) Architecture B.Arch.

2. Eligibility for Admission:
(A) Nativity:
(i) Applicant should be an Indian citizen. PIO/OCI Card Holders who have studied/are studying in
Kerala from Class VIII to XII will be treated on par with Indian citizens for the limited purpose of
admission.
(ii) Both Keralites and Non-Keralites are eligible to apply for the Entrance Examination. Applicants of
Kerala origin will be categorized as ‘Keralites’. Others will be categorized as ‘Non-Keralites’.
(iii) A candidate will be considered as a ’Keralite’, for the limited purpose of eligibility for admission, if
(i) he/she or his/her father/mother was born in Kerala OR (ii) he/she has been a resident of
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Kerala for a period of 5 years within a period of 12 years OR (iii) he/she has undergone his/her
school studies from Standards VIII to XII in educational institution(s) in Kerala. The candidate
should submit relevant certificate along with the application form as prescribed in the Prospectus
to avail such benefit.
(iv) Non-Keralites are classified as ‘Non-Keralite Category-I’ and ‘Non-Keralite Category-II’.
(v) ‘Non-Keralite Category-I’ candidates are those who have undergone the qualifying course in
Kerala, and who are the sons/daughters of Employees of the Government of India, or,
employees who are serving in connection with the affairs of the Government of Kerala, subject to
the condition that, all categories of the employees mentioned above should have served in
Kerala for a minimum period of 2 years, or, have served in connection with the affairs of the
Government of Kerala for a minimum period of 2 years. Such candidates will be eligible for
admission to the Government seats under ‘State Merit’ only, for all the courses, which are filled
on the basis of the rank in the Entrance Examination(s) or the rank list prepared by giving equal
weightage to the marks in NATA and qualifying examination, as applicable.
Candidates who do not belong to the ‘Keralite’ or ‘Non-Keralite Category-I’ will be treated as
‘Non-Keralite Category-II'. They are eligible for admission ONLY to the ‘State Merit’ seats in the
Private Self-financing Engineering Colleges in the State and in the Management Quota seats in
Self-financing Engineering institutions sponsored by Government. Non-Keralite candidates will
not be considered for admission against reserved seats.
Note:- Allotments to Self-financing Colleges from the State Rank lists for all courses will be
subject to the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in WP(C)s on the issues
relating to Self-financing colleges pending before it and orders of Central and State
Governments.
(B) Academic Qualification:
(i) Medical/Agriculture/Veterinary/B.Sc.–Nursing (Ayurveda) and B.Pharm. (Ayurveda)
Courses: Candidates should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination or examination
recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology, and 50% marks in Physics,
Chemistry and Biology put together. Those who wish to take admission to MBBS/BDS courses
should acquire 50% marks in the Medical Entrance Examination (As per the guidelines issued
by Medical Council of India).
Candidates seeking admission to B.V.Sc. & AH course under the Kerala Agricultural University,
in addition to the qualification prescribed under (a) above, should have passed the qualifying
examination with 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English put together (as per the
regulation of Veterinary Council of India).
(ii) B.Pharm. Course: Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala or
examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology / Mathematics / Biotechnology
/ Computer Science separately and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology /
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Mathematics / Bio-technology / Computer Science put together are eligible. Such candidates will
not be eligible for admission to B.Pharm. (Ayurveda) course.
Candidates who have passed D.Pharm. course with 50% mark in the final Diploma Examination
in Pharmacy are also eligible for admission to B.Pharm. course, subject to the condition that they
should have passed Higher Secondary / Pre-Degree or equivalent examination, with Physics,
Chemistry and Biology / Mathematics as optional. Such candidates will be eligible only for
B.Pharm. course and will not be admitted to other Medical / Agriculture/ Veterinary Courses.
(iii) B.P.T. Course: Candidates should have passed the Higher Secondary examination or
examination recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology, and 50% marks in
Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together. In addition, the candidates should have studied
English as a subject at 12th standard / Plus Two level.
(iv) Eligibility of B.Sc. Degree holders: Those who apply based on their B.Sc. Degree, for
admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, B.H.M.S, BSMS, B.Sc. (Nursing) and B.Sc. (MLT) Courses,
should have obtained their B.Sc. Degree with one of the subjects, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology,
Botany, Bio-Chemistry as Main, and any one or two of these subjects as subsidiaries, with 50%
marks for Main and Subsidiaries taken together, provided they have passed the Higher
Secondary or equivalent examination, with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as optional subjects.
(v) Engineering Courses: Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala or
examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Mathematics separately, and
50% marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry / Bio-technology / Computer Science /
Biology put together are eligible for admission. Candidates having Three year Diploma in
Engineering awarded by the Board of Technical Examinations, Kerala or equivalent, having 50%
marks in the final Diploma examination, are also eligible for admission. However, these Diploma
holders are not eligible for admission to the Engineering courses offered by Kerala Agricultural
University.
(vi) Architecture Course: Candidates who have passed 10+2 Senior Secondary School Certificate
Examination or examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with Mathematics as a subject of
examination, with 50% marks in aggregate are eligible. Candidates who have passed Three year
Diploma in Engineering or equivalent examination with 50% marks in final Diploma examination
are also eligible to apply. In addition the candidates should qualify the NATA (National Aptitude
Test in Architecture) with 40% marks. Reserved category (SC/ST/SEBC) candidates should have
obtained a minimum of 35% marks in NATA, as per guidelines of Council of Architecture. (For
details, visit www.nata.in).
(C) Relaxation in marks in the Qualifying Examination: For all courses, a relaxation of 5% marks
in the qualifying examination will be allowed to those candidates who belong to the communities
listed under the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) and whose annual family
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income is up to Rs. 2.5 lakhs (Rupees Two Lakhs and Fifty Thousand only). SC/ST candidates
need only a pass in the qualifying examination. But candidates belonging to SEBC categories,
seeking admission to MBBS/BDS courses, need 45% marks in Biology and 45% marks in
Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together, in the qualifying examination and 40% marks in
Medical Entrance Examination. Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories need 40% marks in
Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together in the qualifying examination and 40% marks in the
Entrance Examination for seeking admission to MBBS/BDS Courses.
(D) Candidates who have appeared/are appearing for Qualifying Examinations: Candidates
who have not passed the qualifying examination but have appeared/are appearing for the
Higher Secondary or equivalent examination or the three-year Engineering Diploma
Examination of this academic year, will also be permitted to take the Entrance Examination(s)
provisionally. But, such candidates should prove their academic eligibility on the date of
admission. Candidates applying based on B.Sc. Degree, referred to under paragraph 2 B (iv)
above, should have passed the Degree Examination at the time of submission of application.
(E) Age: The candidate should complete 17 years of age as on 31st December, 2008.
3. Schedule for the Entrance Examinations:
The Entrance Examinations will be held at all the District Centres in Kerala, New Delhi and Dubai
(UAE), on the dates mentioned below as per Indian Standard Time (IST).
Engineering Entrance Examination (For Engineering courses except Architecture) :
21.04.2008 Monday 10.00 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Paper-I : Physics & Chemistry.
22.04.2008 Tuesday 10.00 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Paper-II: Mathematics.
Medical Entrance Examination [For Medical (including B.Pharm.), Agriculture and
Veterinary Courses]:
23.04.2008 Wednesday 10.00 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Paper-I : Chemistry & Physics.
24.04.2008 Thursday 10.00 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Paper-II: Biology.
Note (i): Appearance in the two papers of the concerned Entrance Examination is compulsory for
being considered for inclusion in the Engineering/Medical rank lists. Candidates seeking
admission to B.Pharm. (Ayurveda) Course also should write both the Papers of the Medical
Entrance Examination.
(ii): Admission to the B.Pharm. course will be based on a separate rank list prepared on the
basis of the performance of candidates in the ‘Chemistry & Physics’ Paper (Paper I) of
the Medical Entrance Examination. Hence, those who wish to be considered for admission to
the B.Pharm. Course should compulsorily appear for the 'Chemistry & Physics' Paper of the
Medical Entrance Examination.
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(iii): Candidates seeking admission to B.Arch. course should also submit the Application form to
the CEE. There is no State level Entrance Examination for this purpose. However such
candidates should write the National Aptitude Test for Architecture and should forward the
NATA score and mark list of the qualifying examination to the CEE on or before 12.06.2008.
4. Application Forms:
(a) ONLY ONE APPLICATION NEED BE SUBMITTED FOR THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS
FOR ADMISSION TO ONE OR MORE OF MEDICAL, AGRICULTURE, VETERINARY,
B.PHARM, ENGINEERING AND (ARCHITECTURE) COURSES.
(b) SC/ST candidates should apply in light Yellow application forms and all other candidates should
apply in the General application form (Light Blue). Candidates under ‘Other Eligible Communities'
(OEC) should apply in the General application form. Candidates who are children of Intercaste
Married Couple, of which one is SC/ST, should apply in the form meant for SC/ST.
(c) Fee of Application: General candidates - Rs. 700/- ; SC/ST candidates - Rs. 350/-.
(d) Application Distribution Centres: The Application form and Prospectus will be distributed from
1 pm on 28.01.2008 to 29.02.2008 through selected branches of Canara Bank and State Bank
of Travancore in Kerala and outside the State. The amount towards the fee of application is to
be remitted in cash at the distribution centre. The list of Canara Bank and State Band of
Travancore branches, selected as sales centres, is appended separately. Application Forms will
not be available by post or sold from the office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations.
(e) Application form: All candidates will receive the application form, OMR Data Sheet, an
envelope bearing the address of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations and the
Prospectus. Candidates should ensure that the Application number printed in the
Application Form, OMR Data Sheet and on the cover are the same.
(f) Facility to Download the Application Form: Candidates not claiming any reservation/belonging
to the Non-Keralite Category–II can apply in the prescribed format by downloading the
application from the website cee-kerala.org. Such candidates should send the filled-in
application along with a Demand Draft for Rs. 700/- (Rupees Seven Hundred only), drawn on
any Nationalized Bank, in favour of the ‘Commissioner for Entrance Examinations’, payable at
Thiruvananthapuram, so as to reach this office before the last date and time for receipt of
applications.
(g) Candidates opting DUBAI (UAE) as the Centre for Entrance Examination: Candidates, who
choose ‘DUBAI’ as their centre for the Entrance Examination, should submit along with their filled
in application form, a Demand Draft for Rs. 7,000/- (Rupees Seven Thousand only), drawn on a
Nationalized Bank in favour of the 'Commissioner for Entrance Examinations', and payable at
Thiruvananthapuram. Those applying in downloaded forms should enclose a Demand Draft for a
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total amount of Rs. 7,700/- (Rupees Seven Thousand Seven Hundred only). The candidates
opting Dubai centre should note that the examinations are conducted as per Indian Standard
Time (IST).
5. Last date and time for receipt of filled in Application Forms:
The filled in Application Form along with the OMR DATA SHEET and other relevant documents, to
be submitted with the Application Form, is to be sent in the printed envelope bearing the address
of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations supplied along with the application form, so as to
reach him before 5 p.m. on 29.02.2008 (Friday), by Hand Delivery/ Registered Post / Speed
Post. Completed Applications will be received in the Office of the Commissioner for Entrance
Examinations on holidays also.
6. Belated Applications: Belated applications will be rejected. Candidates are therefore advised to
apply well in advance. The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations will not be responsible for
any postal delay.
7. Candidates will not be allowed to include any information in the application form or to submit any
Certificates/Documents claiming reservation or any other benefits, after the submission of the
application, under any circumstances. Requests in this regard will not be entertained by the
Office of the Commissioner.
8. Certificates that are to be obtained in the body of the Application should be obtained in the body
of the Application form itself.
9. Incomplete or defective applications will be summarily REJECTED and no correspondence will
be entertained in this regard.
10. The Entrance Examinations and the subsequent allotments will be based on the various
provisions laid down in the Prospectus approved by the Government. An extract of the
Prospectus will also be available in the website of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations
at “www.cee-kerala.org”. Candidates are requested to go through the various provisions in the
Prospectus before submitting their applications.