Colleges

The Candidate must pass any degree of the University of Calicut (including degree programs of the SDE/Open Degree program of SDE, University of Calicut) or that of any other University or Institute, or Institution recognized by the UGC or AICTE. Programs of other Universities or Institutions shall be in a 10+2+3 pattern (or 10+2+4) under the regular stream. In all cases, the student must have passed the Bachelor's Degree examination with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate, including the marks for any languages studied. OBC and SC/ST students are allowed relaxation in marks as per rules (i.e., 5% relaxation for OBC & Other Eligible Communities and a mere pass for SC/ST).

For GN, EWS and OBC (NCL) applicants

1. Overall score of 80 percentile or above in CAT
2. B.Tech. or B.E. or B.Arch. (with Mathematics as one of the subjects in Class XII) or four year degree program leading to B.Sc. Engineering (with Mathematics as one of the subjects), or four year degree program leading to Bachelor of Science degree (with Mathematics as one of the subjects), or Master of Science (with Mathematics as one of the subjects in the UG program), or Master of Arts in Economics (with Mathematics as one of the subjects in the UG program) with aggregate of 60% or a CPI of 6.0 on a scale of 10 from any AICTE recognized institute/university, IITs, NITs, and IIITs

For SC and ST applicants

1. Overall score of 55 percentile or above in CAT
2. B.Tech. or B.E. or B.Arch. (with Mathematics as one of the subjects in Class XII), or four year degree program leading to B.Sc. Engineering (with Mathematics as one of the subjects), or four year degree program leading to Bachelor of Science degree (with Mathematics as one of the subjects), or Master of Science (with Mathematics as one of the subjects in the UG program), or Master of Arts in Economics (with Mathematics as one of the subjects in the UG program) with aggregate of 50% or a CPI of 5.0 on a scale of 10 from any AICTE recognized institute/university, IITs, NITs, and IIITs