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The admission will be purely on the basis of the marks secured in the VITEEE, conducted by VIT University.

Candidates who have not appeared for the VITEEE are not eligible for admission.

Candidates will be short-listed based on their entrance examination rank and will be called for the counseling.

Eligible candidates are required to fill up the application form online to pursue the IIT Madras Online B.Sc Programming and Data Science course. They need to visit the official website of the university, choose the course and then fill in the basic information. Post that, they need to upload the required documents and pay the application fee.

Candidates appearing for the VITEEE should have secured an aggregate of 60% in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology in the qualifying examination (+2/Intermediate).

The average marks obtained in the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics or Biology (PCM/PCB) in +2 (or its equivalent) put together should be 50% for the following categories:

Candidates belonging to SC/ST:

Fill in the proforma as given in Annexure III and have it attested by a competent authority (The list of authorities empowered for the same is given in Annexure III).

For candidates hailing from Jammu and Kashmir and the North Eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. Fill in the CERTIFICATE TO PROVE NATIVITY (proforma given in Annexure III).

These documents should be produced at the time of counseling, failing which they will not be considered for admission.

In case, the mark statement is not produced by the candidates at the time of admission, the decision of the Management regarding his/her eligibility and admission to the programme shall be final.

Even though the admission is done as per the VITEEE ranking, the candidate has to fulfill the eligibility norms mentioned.

Candidates who have studied Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are eligible for all the B.Tech. Degree Programmes.

Candidates who have studied Physics, Chemistry, and Biology are eligible for B.Tech. Bioengineering and B.Tech. Biotechnology programmes. They are also eligible for ECE with specialization in Biomedical Engineering, B.Tech. Computer Science and Engg (Spec.in Bioinformatics) but after joining, registering for Mathematics as bridge course is mandatory.

Age Limit:

Candidates whose date of birth falls on or after 1 st July are eligible to apply for VITEEE. The date of birth as recorded in the High School / SSC / X Certificate will be considered authentic. Candidates should produce this certificate in original as proof of their age at the time of counseling, failing which, they will be disqualified. Candidates must have completed the age of 17 years as on 1st July of the admission year.

Interested candidates must fulfil the eligibility criteria to enrol in the IIT Madras Online B.Sc in Programming and Data Science. The Online B.Sc in Programming and Data Science eligibility criteria are as follows:

• Candidates must have completed class 12th in any stream or equivalent.

• School students who have appeared for their Class 11 final exams are also eligible to apply irrespective of their group/stream/board. Those who qualify can join the programme after passing Class 12.

Note: Candidates must have studied Mathematics and English in class 10.