Engineering, Medical and Pharmacy based entrance exam, applicable to colleges in Assam for students who are permanent residents of Assam.

The Assam CEE (Combined Entrance Examination) is a state level entrance examination for students who are seeking admission into Engineering, Medicine and Pharmacy related courses in colleges and institutes within Assam. The exam is conducted for students who belong to Assam. The Assam CEE is based on the NCERT syllabus adopted by the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council. Most of the Government as well as Private Colleges in Assam take the Assam CEE scores into account while conducting admissions. It is one of the most prestigious entrance exams in Assam and provides opportunities for students to join the very best institutions of the state.

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What are the eligibility criteria?

For B.E/B.Tech courses:

To be eligible for the Assam CEE, you must be a permanent resident of Assam and a citizen of India.

You must have passed your qualifying examinations (12^th Class/2^nd PUC) with Physics, Chemistry, Math and English as your main subjects from the Assam Higher Secondary Board or any other state/centrally recognized board. Your aggregate percentage in PCM should not be less than 50 (45% for Sc, 40% for ST).

It is also important to note that you must have passed the above subjects in the same sitting and without any grace marks. This means that you must have appeared for all the four subjects including Physics, Chemistry, Math and English together.

You must not be above 21 years of age and below 17 years of age as on the 1^st of August of the year of admission. The upper age limit is relaxed to 22 in case of B.Sc passed candidates. For SC and ST candidates, this limit is relaxed by 3 years.

Also, you must possess a good moral character and be physically and mentally fit.

For M.B.B.S/B.D.S courses:

To be eligible for the Assam CEE, you must be a permanent resident of Assam and a citizen of India.

You need to have studied and passed at least 4 years of schooling either at the HSLC or equivalent stage, or HSLC and HSSLC or equivalent stages combined from recognized and regular schools within Assam.

If you have not completed 4 years of schooling from Assam, you can still be eligible for the CEE if either of your parent’s has studied and passed at least 4 years of schooling from a recognized school within Assam. Please note that you will have to submit a certificate that can prove this.

You must have passed your qualifying examinations (12^th Class/2^nd PUC) with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English as your main subjects from the Assam Higher Secondary Board or any other state/centrally recognized board. Your aggregate percentage in PCB should not be less than 60 (50% for SC and ST).

To be eligible for a rank and admission, your aggregate percentage in Physics, Chemistry and Biology has to 50% at the minimum. For SC/ST/OBC candidates, the minimum required percentage in the CEE is 40%.

Also, you must possess a good moral character and be physically and mentally fit.

You must not be above 24 years of age and below 17 years of age as on the 31^st of December of the year of admission. For SC, OBC and ST candidates, this limit is relaxed by 3 years.

How to apply?

The application forms for the Assam CEE are only available online at this link: http://www.ceemedu.org/

Choose the course option. If you want to pursue Medical courses only, then you should choose course option 1. If you want to pursue Engineering courses, then you should choose course option 2. If you choose to pursue both, then you should choose course option 3.

You must fill in the details in the form carefully, including your top 3 preferred courses and colleges.

Once you fill in the details, you must upload your colored passport size photograph (max. size 35 KB) and your scanned full signature (max. size 35 KB) in the indicated space.

The photo you upload should have you holding a placard stating your name and the date you clicked the photo on.

You will have to submit the fee through a SBI Bank challan. The details of the payment can be found at the following link: http://www.dibru.ac.in/

Submit the application form by clicking on the submit button.

Print the application form once you’ve submitted it online.

This printed copy of the online application along with the copy of the Bank Challan must be sent to the Member Secretary, Cell, CEE-2013 by Speed Post in an envelope of A4 size. On the envelope the will have to mention :

(A) Course option

(B) Centre of Examination

(C) Application Form A No. (generated online on submission of Application )

(D) Bank Challan Journal No.

What is the pattern of the examination?

All questions will be of objective type in the multiple choice format. You will have four options to choose from with only one correct answer.

The duration of each paper will be 2 hours.

Each paper will contain 100 objective type questions of one mark each.

Attempt as many questions as possible as there is no negative marking.

Candidates will be granted admission only on the basis of their marks in the Assam CEE.

Candidates who are nominated against reserved seats allotted by Govt. of India for other States, Union Territories and Foreign Countries by their respective Government will not need to give the Assam CEE to get admission provided that they meet the eligibility criteria.

Candidates who have scored a rank within the first ten candidates (position holders) in the Higher Secondary (Science) Examination of the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council will be granted direct admission without giving the Assam CEE, provided that they did not get less than 85 % marks in aggregate in the year which they seek admission.

The Assam CEE consists of four subject exams out of which 2 are conducted on one day (morning session and evening session) and two on the next day. In 2013, Physics and Chemistry were conducted on the first day and Math and Biology on the other.

What do you do after you get your results?

The engineering counseling is conducted for all the State Quota seats (100%) in Government and Government Aided Engineering Colleges in Assam and around 60% of the seats (State Quota) in Private Engineering Colleges in Assam. All these seats are reserved for Assam State Domiciles.

For admissions into the seats in private engineering colleges that are not available through the Assam CEE counseling, contact the college/institution directly.

The medical counseling is conducted for all the 85% State Quota seats in medical colleges in Assam. These seats are mainly reserved for Assam state domiciles whereas some seats are allotted to candidates from the different states of the North East.

Admissions into the remaining 15% seats in medical colleges in Assam are conducted by the DGHS under the All India Quota. These seats are open to candidates from across the country on the basis of their AIPMT results through the following website: http://www.mcc.nic.in/mccres/HomePage.aspx#.

Your goal is to get admission in a suitable course at a suitable college. The Assam CEE test result becomes the basis for the admission.

Once the results are announced, you will have to participate in an offline counseling procedure which is conducted by the CEE admission/interview board.

You will need to apply for the counseling as per the instructions mentioned on the CEE website. After you apply, you will need to report for the counseling in due time.

You will not be eligible for admission into a college if you do not report for the counseling personally.

Before you report for the counseling, make sure you research in detail about the courses and colleges you can join through this counseling procedure. You should be clear about at least your top 5 choices/preference before you step in the hall for counseling.

The counseling will be conducted at a suitable location in Assam. The details of the counseling will be announced on the CEE website in due time.

You will need to reach the specified venue on the day of counseling. Reach the venue in time along with originals and attested photocopies of all your important documents for verification.

Once you reach the venue and the counseling begins, you will need to select the course and college you wish to join out of the ones that offer your course and are available for you at that point of time (on the basis of your rank).

The admission will only be considered as final once you have got your documents verified and paid the counseling/admission fees.

You will have to reach the college/institute in which you’ve been granted admission within the specified duration and submit your documents and admission fee so as to confirm your seat.

For further information regarding the counseling procedure, please visit the following website: http://www.ceemedu.org/.

What are the prospects?

The Assam CEE is a very important examination for students who are seeking admission into courses related to Engineering and Medicine in colleges situated within Assam. You can only be a part of the Assam CEE if you’re a permanent resident of Assam, though there are exceptions. The colleges that take the Assam CEE into account while admitting students are:

Assam Engineering College, Guwahati.

Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat.

Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat.

Bineswar Brahma Engineering College, Kokrajhar

60 % seats of the Private Engineering Colleges and State Universities of Assam.

To know more about these colleges, please visit the following link: http://www.ceemedu.org/

Important dates for Assam CEE – 2015: