February 16, 2011- Till a few years back, all aspiring engineering professionals would consider AIEEE or IIT as the best entrance tests. However things are different today. There are a large number of well renowned Engineering colleges and universities in India where aspiring candidates can appear for entrance tests and qualify for the same. But for this a clear cut strategy has to be planned so as to choose the right institute for a bright and prospective career.
TOP ENGINEERING ENTRANCE TESTs
AMRITA ENGINEERING ENTRANCE (AEE)
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham conducts its Engineering Entrance Examination every year. This is an all India entrance test for the 4-year B.Tech Degree programs. The university campuses are at Amritapuri (Kollam), Bengaluru and Ettimadai (Coimbatore) with 1240 seats.
Website: www.amrita.edu
ALL INDIA ENGINEERING ENTRANCE EXAM (AIEEE)
AIEEE is conducted CBSE. This is the most popular and common engineering Entrance examination for BE/ B.Tech aspirants across the country. Engineering colleges which accept AIEEE scores include PEC University, Delhi Technological University (DTU), School of Planning & Architecture, BIT Mesra, SASTRA and many other deemed universities. Last year more than 10 lakh students appeared for AIEEE test . The institutes have around 27,000 seats.
Website: www.aieee.nic.in
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BIRLA INSTITUTE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE ADMISSION TEST (BITSAT)
The entrance test is for admission to Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Engineering programs in its Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad. Last year more than one and half lakh students appeared for the entrace tests. BITS campuses have more than 2500 seats.
Website: www.bitsadmission.com
BHARTIYA VIDYAPEETH ENGINEERING ENTRANCE EXAM (BVPEEE )
Bhartiya Vidyapeeth University is one of the most famous engineering institute in India. The university is at Pune with 700 seats for engineering course.
Website: www.bharatividyapeeth.edu
CONSORTIUM OF MEDICAL, ENGINEERING AND DENTAL COLLEGES OF KARNATAKA (COMEDK UGET )
This is an Under Graduate Entrance Test (UGET) for admission to undergraduate courses (BE, B.Arch, MBBS, BDS) in private medical and engineering colleges in Karnataka.
Website: www.comedk.org
INDIAN INSTIUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JOINT ENTRANCE EXAM (IIT-JEE)
This is the most popular entrance tests for engineering. Popularly known as IITs, they are of national importance established through an Act of Parliament . There are 15 IITs at present with around 9,000 seats including ISM Dhanbad & IISER.
Website: www.jee.iitd.ac.in
IIST ALL INDIA ADMISSION TEST( ISAT)
The Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), was set up under the Department of Space, Government of India in 2007. This is Asia’s first Space Institute and the first in the world to offer the complete range of undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral programmes. An university formed under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, it focuses on space science, technology and applications. Admissions to the B.Tech. Course at IIST are made through an All India Admission Test (ISAT).
Website: www.iist.ac.in
KARUNYA UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING ENTRANCE (KEE )
Karunya University was founded in 1986 as Karunya Institute of Technology. In 2004 it was renamed as Karunya University. KEE is held for admission to around 1400 B.Tech seats.
Website: www.karunya.edu
KALINGA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING ENTRANCE (KIITEE)
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Training started first as a small industrial training institute in the year 1992 . There are today 5,500 students and it is considered as one of the largest universities in India.
Website: www.kiitee.ac.in
MAHARASHTA COMMON ENTRANCE TEST (MHT CET)
MHT CET is conducted by Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra for admission to all Government and private engineering universities/ colleges in Maharashtra. Through MHT-CET the candidates can get admission to Engineering courses of 10 universities and their affiliated colleges.
Website: www.dte.org.in
SRM ENGINEERING ENTRANCE EXAM (SRMEEE)
SRM University is one of the top ranking universities in India. There are over 20,000 students appearing for a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes every year. The University has almost 5000 seats available for engineering aspirants.
Website: www.srmuniv.ac.in
UTTAR PRADESH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY STATE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (UPTU SEE )
One of the largest technical universities in India UPTU was established in the year 2000 by Uttar Pradesh Government. The entrance is held annually for admission into a number of technical courses like engineering, fashion & design, management, architecture, pharmacy & hotel management in various colleges in Uttar Pradesh affiliated to Uttar Pradesh Technical University.
Website: www.uptu.ac.in
VIT ENGINEERING ENTRANCE EXAM(VITEEE)
VIT was founded in 1984 as Vellore Engineering College. It became a university in 2001. Last year about 138,000 candidates appeared for VITEEE for admission to around 2100 seats.
Website: www.vit.ac.in
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