what is elligibility criteria for btech
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Hi,
The basic eligibility requirement for admissions to any BTech programme is:
- Candidates must have passed the class 12 exam from a recognised board with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as core subjects.
- They must also have secured minimum aggregate marks of 60% in the above subjects combined.
- Most admissions are done based on the student's performance in the entrance examination.
Please note that the BTech eligibility criteria would vary from institute to institute.
For admissions, the most common BTech entrance examinations are JEE Main and JEE Advanced. Along with these national level entrance examinations, there are many state and private level entrance examinations that the students can attempt for admission to the course. The basic eligibility criteria for BTech is class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. However, there are additional criteria in every entrance exam and institute. Some of the institutes also conduct admission to their courses on merit basis i.e. based on marks scored by candidates in their class 12 board exams.
BTech Entrance Exams
In India, all technical programmes such as BTech, fall under the regulatory purview of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). Admissions to B.Tech programmes take place through national level/state-level/institute-level engineering entrance examinations. The top five engineering entrance exams taken by a large number of students each year are:
- JEE Main - Conducted by National Testing Agency, JEE Main is the entrance examination for BTech admissions into NITs, IIITs and GFTIs. JEE Main consists of two papers - Paper 1 (BE/BTech) and Paper 2 (BArch/BPlan)
- JEE Advanced - It is a national level entrance examination for BTech admissions into IITs. Students have to qualify for JEE Main to attempt JEE Advanced.
- VITEEE - One of the most popular private institute entrance examinations, VITEEE offers admissions into the BTech courses offered by Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and its various campuses.
- MHT CET - Through MHT CET, students can apply for BTech admissions into the BTech institutes of the Maharashtra state.
- TS EAMCET - TS EAMCET offers admissions to students in the Telangana state institutes on the basis of their scores in the entrance examination.
B Tech Admission Process
All the BTech aspirants need to follow a similar process for admission to any institute. Various stages for BTech admissions are given below:
- Firstly, BTech aspirants need to appear and qualify for any of the entrance exams for admission to an institute.
- National level engineering entrance exams such as JEE Main is accepted by NITs, IIITs, GFTIs and several other private colleges. JEE Advanced is the entrance exam conducted for admission to IITs.
- Other than the aforesaid two exams, B Tech Admissions are also conducted through state-level exams such as WBJEE, KEAM, AP EAMCET, TS EAMCET, MHT CET etc. and university/college level exams such as BITSAT, VITEEE, SRMJEEE, UPESEAT, etc.
- All the engineering entrance exams are conducted in April, May and June every year.
- After the result declaration of every exam, counselling and seat allotment process has been conducted by the concerned authorities. During counselling, students have to choose college and courses of their choice based on their ranks.
- After seat allotment, every student needs to visit the allotted engineering college to complete the admission formalities.
For more details, visit - https://www.careers360.com/courses/b-tech-bachelor-of-technology
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