KEAM

Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical Examination

KEAM stands for the Kerala Engineering Agriculture and Medical examination and is the entry examination into technical programs in Kerala universities and colleges. KEAM tests the aptitude of prospective students who want to join medical, agriculture, engineering and architecture degree courses in Kerala. This is a state examination that has been held in high esteem since the time it was started. It filled a niche; when there was no common entry examination for all the colleges and universities in this south Indian state. Like many other state-based common examination, its purpose was to give applicants a relatively easy time when making applications to undergraduate and technical postgraduate professional courses in Kerala. The benefits have been saving time and money for the thousands of applicants. Applicants have to be residents of Kerala and most of all Indian citizens. If one is not a native of Kerala, one has to have resided or studied in Kerala for at least three years.

For the medical fields, a pass of 50% is needed especially in physics, chemistry and biology combined. Medical courses will require a 50% pass in the medical entrance examination as well. Those seeking to secure places in Kerala universities to study veterinary medicine need to pass with 50% in physics, chemistry, biology and physics combined. Candidates looking to join masters programs will need B.Sc degrees and have excellent passes in physics, chemistry, zoology, botany and biochemistry alongside other alternatives. They need to have a 50% pass in these subjects.

Engineering courses require a 50% pass with the main subjects being mathematics, physics, chemistry or biotechnology or computer sciences or biology alternatives. Those who want to qualify for lateral entry into these institutions need to have at least a 50% mark in their diploma exams and are eligible as well. Architecture course require a 50% pass as well with a 50% in mathematics. Aside from these marks, they are also supposed to score a 40% aggregate in the national aptitude test in architecture (NATA). All the percentages for each of the above courses have been relaxed by 5% for those students who are disadvantaged physically or socially. They are supposed to pass in KEAM examinations and are required to have at least a 40% passing grade in mathematics, physics, chemistry or biology combined. All candidates need to be at least 17 years of age at the time of the KEAM examination and must be Indian citizens to be eligible. Proof of age must be provided for anyone who wants to sit the KEAM examination.

There are two separate examinations under KEAM, the engineering test and the medical tests, each one of them lasting two and a half hours. The first paper in the engineering tests is a combination of physics and chemistry and the second one is a mathematics paper. As for the medical test, the first paper is a combination of chemistry and physics and the second paper is a biology paper. Each paper has 120 questions required to be answered in two and a half hours. Candidates are advised to be extra careful as there are penalties for choosing the wrong answer. Given multiple questions will be provided for the candidate with every right answer earning four marks and every wrong one costing a half a mark to the candidate. Architecture course applicants need to make sure they have sat the national aptitude test for architecture alongside KEAM. For those who seek applications to the bachelor of architecture course, application forms must also be submitted to the CEE and submit the NATA score to the CEE before 5^th June 2011.

Last modified: 2011-04-10 23:52:32