All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE)

The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) for admission to the BE/B.Tech Programmes and B.Arch/B.Planning Programmes in institutes across the country including National Institutes of Technology, IIITs, CFIs & Universities/Self financed Institutions coming under the purview of AIEEE and for filling up seats for these Programmes by some states through their own counseling, would be held online/offline (as applicable) in April/May 2012.

Papers for AIEEE: The entrance examination would consist of two papers. Paper 1 will be for admission to B.E/B.Tech courses to be held in the offline/online mode and consisting of objective type questions in three parts - Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics- with equal weightage for the three subjects. Paper 2, for admission to B.Architecture/B. Planning will be an Aptitude Test, designed to evaluate candidate’s perception, imagination, observation, creativity and architectural awareness and will consist of three parts- Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing- and will be held in offline mode only. Questions in Mathematics and Aptitude Test will be of the Objective type.

Question pattern: Objective type questions will have four options with a single correct answer. For each incorrect response, one fourth (1/4th) of the total marks allotted to the question would be deducted. No deduction from the total score will be made if no response is indicated for an item in the answer sheet. More than one answer indicated against a question will be deemed as incorrect response and will be negatively marked. All objective type questions are required to be answered on specially designed machine gradable answer sheets. Answers are to be marked using ball point pen (black/blue) only.

Dates of Exam: Paper 1: Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics will be held in the offline mode from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm on 29.04.2012 (Sunday) and Paper 2 having Mathematics in Part I, Aptitude Test in Part II & Drawing Test in Part III will be held from 2 pm to 5 pm on 29.04.2012 (Sunday).

The Online examination for B.E. /B.Tech only (Computer base testing) will be held between 7.5.2012 and 26.5.2012 in two shifts, the first being from 9 am to 12 noon and the second from 2 pm to 5 pm. Applicants will be informed by various modes, their center and shift of online examination to be conducted between 7th May and 26th May, 2012. The pattern of question paper & time duration of online examination and offline examination would remain the same

Those who apply for B.E./B.Tech and B.Arch/B.Planning and who are appearing in Online Exam for B.E./B.Tech have to take their B.Arch/B.Planning exam through Offline Mode on 29.4.2012.

Those who have applied for offline examination and are unable to appear in AIEEE on scheduled date of examination for any reason, including loss of Confirmation Page/admit card in transit, will not get a chance to attend the examination as there is no provision for reexamination. The schedule will remain unaltered even if the date is declared as a public holiday.

Students may move out of the venue of examination for refreshment etc. after examination of B.E./B.Tech. is over, if they have applied both for BE/B.Tech. and B.Arch/B. Planning.

Centres: The online examination would be conducted in BE/B.Tech only. It will be from 7th May 2012 to 26th May 2012 at Hyderabad (Code 901), Vijaywada (902) Visakhapatnam (903) Chandigarh (904), Delhi(Ncr Except Faridabad) (905), Ahmedabad (906), Bangaluru (907), Ernakulam (908), Trivandrum (909), Bhopal (910), Mumbai (911), Nagpur (912), Bhubaneshwar (913), Jalandhar (914), Jaipur (915), Kota (916), Chennai (917), Dehradun (918), Allahabad (919), Lucknow (920), Noida (921), Kolkata (922). No offline examination for B.E./B.Tech will be conducted in these cities. However, the 2nd paper for B.Arch/B.Planning will be held at these cities also.

Offline AIEEE will be conducted for BE/B.Tech & B. Arch /B. Planning Courses at the following centres on 29th April, 2012.

Andaman & Nicobar: Port Blair (Code: 201); Andhra Pradesh: Guntur(202), Tirupati (203), Warrangal (204); Arunachal Pradesh: Itanagar (205); Assam: Guwahati (206); Silchar (207); Bihar: Gaya (208); Muzzafarpur (209); Patna (210); Chhattisgarh: Raipur (211); Dadar & Nagar Haveli: Dadar & Nagar Haveli (212); Daman & Diu: Daman & Diu (213); Goa: Panaji (214); Gujarat: Surat (215); Vadodara (216); Haryana: Faridabad (217); Hissar (218), Kurukshetra (219); Himachal Pradesh: Hamirpur (220), Shimla (221); Jammu & Kashmir: Jammu (222), Srinagar(223); Jharkhand: Bokaro (224), Dhanbad (225), Jamshedpur (226), Ranchi (227); Karnataka: Hubli (228), Mangalore (229); Kerala: Kozhikode (230); Lakshyadeep: Kavarati (231); Madhya Pradesh: Gwalior (232), Jabalpur (233), Indore (234), Maharashtra: Amravati (235), Aurangabad (236), Nasik (237), Pune (238), Thane (239); Manipur: Imphal (240), Meghalaya: Shillong (241); Mizoram: Aizwal (242); Nagaland: Kohima (243); Orissa: Rourkela (244); Puducherry: Puducherry (245); Punjab: Bhatinda (246); Rajasthan: Ajmer (247), Jodhpur (248), Udaipur (249); Sikkim: Gangtok (250); Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore (251), Madurai (252); Tripura: Agartala (253): Uttarakhand: Haldwani (254), Pantnagar (255), Roorkee (256); Uttar Pradesh: Agra (257), Bareilly (258), Gorakhpur (259), Kanpur (260), Varanasi (261); West Bengal: Durgapur (262), Siliguri (263); Abroad: Dubai (264), Riyad (265)

Syllabus: The question papers for the Examination will be based on a common minimum syllabus drawn from syllabi taught in different State Boards, which is given at Appendix III of the Information Bulletin that can be downloaded fromhttp://aieee.nic.in/aieee2012/aieee/AIEEE%202012%20Information%20Brochure.pdf

Language of the Question Papers: Candidates can opt for question papers in English or in Hindi (that will be bilingual in Hindi & English both) both for offline and online examination. The option has to be exercised while filling Application Form and it cannot be changed later. However, those candidates who will opt question paper medium as Hindi, Bilingual question papers both in Hindi & English will be provided to them for offline.

Eligibility Criteria: Those appearing in AIEEE 2012 must have passed in final examination of 10+2 (Class XII) or its equivalent qualifying examination. Those appearing in 10+2 (Class XII) final or equivalent examination in 2012 can also appear in AIEEE 2012 provisionally. However, admission criteria in the concerned institution/university will be followed as prescribed by concerned university/institution and as per the guidelines & criteria prescribed by AICTE.

The Qualifying Examinations include
(i) The +2 level examination in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognized Central/State Board of Secondary Examination, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi
(ii) Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board/University
(iii) Final Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy
(iv) Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in foreign countries recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system
(v) H.S.C. Vocational Examination
(vi) A pass grade in the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects
(vii) 3 or 4-year diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education.

Subject combination: For admission to B.E./B.Tech, applicant should have studied Physics & Mathematics and any one of Chemistry, Bio-technology, Computer Science, and Biology. For B.Arch/B.Planning, applicant should have passed the qualifying examination with Mathematics with 50% marks in aggregate at 10 + 2 level.

Chances: The number of attempts that a candidate can avail at AIEEE is three, in consecutive years, uniformly for all applicants. Those who passed +2 exams in 2010, 2011 or those who are appearing in +2 in 2012 only are eligible to appear in AIEEE-2012. Those who passed +2 in 2009 or before or are appearing in 2013 are not eligible to appear in AIEEE-2012.

Date of Birth: Applicant should have been born on or after October 1, 1987. Those belonging to SC/ST/PWD categories, born on or after October 01, 1982 are eligible.

Application Fee: Application Fee for Offline Examination for General and OBC applicants will be Rs.800/- for BE/B.Tech only or B.Arch/B. Planning only. This would be Rs.1400/- for both BE/B.Tech and B.Arch/B. Planning. In case of SC/ST and PWD Applicants, these would be Rs.400/- for BE/B.Tech only or B.Arch/B. Planning only and Rs.700/- both BE/B.Tech and B.Arch/B. Planning.

For Online Examination, for General and OBC applicants, the fee is Rs.500/- for BE/B.Tech only or B.Arch/B. Planning only. This would be Rs.1100/- for both BE/B.Tech and B.Arch/B. Planning. In case of SC/ST and PWD Applicants, these would be Rs.250/- for BE/B.Tech only or B.Arch/B. Planning only and Rs.550/- both BE/B.Tech and B.Arch/B. Planning.

Those opting a centre outside the country for the offline examination, the fee is Rs.2000/- for BE/B.Tech only or B.Arch/B. Planning only and Rs.3000/- for both BE/B.Tech and B.Arch/B. Planning for General/OBC applicants. It would be Rs.1000/- and Rs.1500/- respectively for SC/ST/PWD Applicants.

Applicants can pay the fee either by Credit/Debit card (see the linkhttp://aieee.nic.in/aieee2012/aieee/Online/makepayment.aspx) or through a Demand Draft, taken in favour of the ‘Secretary, Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi’ drawn on a Nationalized Bank payable at Delhi. Those Applicants making fee remittance through Debit/Credit card, have to pay 2% additional fee in addition to examination fees + service tax as applicable.

Application: Application can be submitted only online both for Offline Examination (Paper/Pen Test) as well as Online Examination (Computer Based Test), by following the instructions strictly as given athttp://aieee.nic.in/aieee2012/aieee/welcome.html

After successful filling of online form a confirmation page will be generated bearing the entire information as filled by the applicant and a unique Registration no, which the applicant can use in future correspondence. This confirmation page will work as application form for the candidate. Candidates must keep a photocopy of the confirmation page for use wherever and whenever required. They have to sign the Confirmation Page at one specified place. It should also be signed by Father/Guardian. Candidate should put his/her left hand thumb impression at the specified place failing which candidature will not be accepted and will be summarily rejected. Two recent passport size photographs taken on or after 1st October, 2011, one pasted in the space marked for it and one duly attested by the Principal/Head of institution where the candidate is studying in class XII/Passed XII or by Gazetted officer has to be arranged. If fee has been paid by way of DD, the candidate should write his/her name, address, registration number (as given on confirmation page) and paper opted on the back of the Demand Draft.

The print out of the computer generated Confirmation page, complete in all respects with the documents applicable should reach the Joint Secretary (AIEEE), Central Board of Secondary Education, P.S.1-2, Institutional Area, Patparganj, I.P. Extn., Delhi-110092 by Speed Post/Registered Post only, latest by 05.01.2012.

Applicants may retain photocopy of computer generated confirmation page with Registration No. The candidate can get his/her confirmation page after confirmation of fee by bank or CBSE for which,. The candidate can check the status of receipt of fee by entering Regn. No. Name & date of birth. Information regarding receipt of applications in the AIEEE Unit of the CBSE will be put on the website www.aieee.nic.in.

Candidates can check the receipt of their Application Number on the website from 05.01.2012. Those whose particulars do not appear on the website from 01.02.2012 onwards may write to the Joint Secretary, AIEEE Unit and forward a photocopy of the Confirmation Page, proof of payment of fees, the Demand Draft or any other mode of payment and two passport size photographs (as pasted on the Confirmation Page) up to 28.02.2012.

In case the Admit Card is not received by 6th April, 2012 candidates should write/contact the CBSE between 7th April, 2012 and 21st April, 2012 giving details of the Post Office, date of dispatch, original receipt of postal dispatch, Photostat copy of the Confirmation Page, two photographs (as pasted on the Confirmation Page one is duly attested and proof regarding remittance of fee.
Candidate must preserve the Admit Card till the admission process is over. Request for issue of duplicate Admit Card will not be entertained after the examination in any case. To facilitate the candidates to submit the application online, help centers as per list available at the linkhttp://aieee.nic.in/aieee2012/aieee/List_facilitation_Centre.pdf will be available for submission of online application. Candidates may utilize the facility after visiting the centre.

The list of Institutions that participated in AIEEE 2011 counseling, the list of branches available, the detailed syllabus of the Examination, the activities and time schedule of the activities on the day of examination are all given in detail at the link http://aieee.nic.in/aieee2012/aieee/welcome.html and also in the Information Brochure.