KEAM - Kerala Entrance Examinations for Admission to Medical Agriculture Veterinary Engineering and Architecture Courses

(a) Medical -

(i) MBBS (ii) BDS (iii) BHMS (iv) BAMS (v) BSMS

(b) Agriculture

(i) BSc. Hons. (Agriculture) (ii) BFSc. (Fisheries) (iii) BSc. Hons. (Forestry)

(c) Veterinary

BVSc. & 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.

KEAM 2009

Applications are invited for the Entrance Examinations for admission to the Degree Courses in various Professional Colleges in the State for 2009-2010.

Important Dates of Keam Entrance Examination 2009

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)

20.04.2009 Monday 10.00 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Paper-I : Physics & Chemistry.
21.04.2009 Tuesday 10.00 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Paper-II: Mathematics.

Medical Entrance Examination (For Medical, Agriculture and Veterinary Courses)

22.04.2009 Wednesday 10.00 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Paper-I : Chemistry & Physics.
23.04.2009 Thursday 10.00 A.M. to 12.30 P.M. Paper-II: Biology.

Last date and time for receipt of 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 26.02.2009 (Thursday), by Hand Delivery/Registered Post /Speed Post. Completed Applications will be
received in the Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations on holidays also.

Date of Result Publication of Keam 2009

Kerala entrance results will published in May or June .

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KEAM  Admission Details :

 Academic Qualification :

(i) Medical/Agriculture/Veterinary 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 BVSc. & AH course under the Kerala Agricultural University, in addition to the qualification prescribed 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) Eligibility of BSc. Degree holders: Those who apply based on their BSc. Degree, for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BSMS Courses, should have obtained their BSc. 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.

(iii) 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.

(iv) 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 / Candidates who  have passed 10+3 Diploma (any stream) recognised by Central/State Governments with 50% aggregate marks / Candidates with International Baccalaureate Diploma, after 10 years of schooling, with not less than 50% marks in aggregate and with Mathematics as compulsory subject of examination are eligible to apply. In addition, candidates will have to score 40% marks (80 marks out of 200) in the NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture). Reserved category (SC/ST/SEBC) candidates should also have obtained 40% marks in NATA, as per guidelines of Council of Architecture. (For details, visit www.nata.in).

 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 income is up to Rs. 4.5 lakhs (Rupees Four 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.

 How to Apply

(a) ONLY ONE APPLICATION need be submitted for the entrance examinations for admission to one or more of Medical, Agriculture, Veterinary, Engineering
and Architecture Courses.

(b) SC/ST candidates should apply in light Pink application forms and all other candidates should apply in the General application form (Apple Green). Candidates under ‘Other Eligible Communities' (OEC) should apply in the General application form. Candidates who are children of Inter-Caste Married Couple, of which one is SC/ST, should apply in the form meant for SC/ST.

 Application Fee 

General candidates - Rs.700/-
SC/ST candidates - Rs.350/-

 Application Distribution Centres

 The Application form and Prospectus will be distributed from 10 am on 27.01.2009 to 26.02.2009 through selected branches of 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 State Bank 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.

 Facility to Download the Application Form

Candidates who do not claim any reservation benefit can apply in the prescribed application form (which can be downloaded from the website ‘www.cee-kerala.org’). The application fee of Rs.700/- can be remitted in any branch of State Bank of Travancore (SBT) using the chalan provided along with the downloaded application form. The original chalan should be attached with the application form duly signed and authorised by the authorities of SBT. Those candidates who reside outside the State and do not claim any reservation benefit can apply in the downloaded form along with a Demand Draft for Rs.700/- drawn on a Nationalised Bank in favour of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations payable at Thiruvananthapuram.

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