Page 388 - Compendium of UGC Regulations 1957-2023

Regulations pertaining to Admission and Fee Structure:

3. Common Entrance Examination(s)
The admissions to specified professional programmes in the country for the year 2004-2005
shall be made on the basis of merit determined through common entrance examination(s) as
enumerated below:-
3.1. All India Common Entrance Examination(s)
These examinations shall be for all the Institutions that are presently admitting all their
students or certain percentage of them on an All India basis.

3.1.1. Entrance Examination for admissions to undergraduate programmes in
Engineering, Architecture & Planning and Pharmacy

Admissions on All India basis to the undergraduate programmes in Engineering,
Architecture & Planning and Pharmacy in all Institutions in the country shall be
made through an All India Engineering, Architecture & Planning and Pharmacy
Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary
Education (CBSE). The AIEEE shall, however, not be applicable for admissions
to Indian Institute of Technologies, Indian School of Mines (Dhanbad) and
Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) that are admitting students
on the basis of Joint Entrance Examination conducted by the Indian Institute of
Technologies.
3.1.2. Entrance Examination for admissions to Master in Business Administration/
Postgraduate Diploma in Management (or equivalent) programmes

Admissions to MBA/PGDM or equivalent programmes shall be through one of
the five (5) national entrance examination(s), namely CAT (conducted by IIMs),
JMET (conducted by IITs), MAT (conducted by AIMA), ATMA (conducted by
AIMS) and XAT (conducted by XLRI). All institutions admitting students on
All India basis will have to opt for one of these exams and announce it in their
prospectus.
3.1.3. Entrance Examination for admissions to Master of Computer Application
programmes Admissions to the MCA or equivalent programmes in all
institutions in the country on an All India basis shall be made through an All
India MCA Common Entrance Test (AIMCAET) conducted by IIT, Roorkee.

3.2. State Level Common Entrance Examination(s)
All States shall hold their own common entrance examinations for admissions to
Institutions within their States for students to be admitted against the State quota. These
examinations shall be restricted to admission of students from within the State only.
However, admission of all students by those States which do not conduct their own
entrance examination shall be made using the merit determined by the relevant All
India Common Entrance Examination.
4. Admissions under the existing approved quotas shall be made strictly on the basis of inter-se
merit in the relevant common entrance examination followed by counseling as prescribed.
5. Management Quota

Management quota / seats in private unaided self-financing institutions shall be filled either
by the Common Entrance Examination as above or through a Common Entrance Examination
conducted by an approved agency (including an Association of all colleges of a particular
type in the State). This option for filling up management quota / seats shall be exercised by
the institutions before issue of prospectus and intimated to the Competent Authority.

387
University Grants Commission