AIEEE

The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) is organized by the CBSE in India for admission to various under-graduate courses in engineering and architecture. Admission to the prestigious National Institutes of Technology is through this test. Students opting for B.Tech are tested in physics, mathematics and chemistry. The test duration is 3 hours. The maximum marks and the number of questions vary every year like the CAT.(Total marks were 315 in the year 2008, 360 in the year 2007 while it was 540 in 2006). However equal weightage is given to all the three sections. Students opting for B.Arch are tested in mathematics and an aptitude test. It is held in the final Sunday of April and results are announced near may end. Candidates are ranked on an all India basis and also according to their position in state. Thus, they have an All India Rank (AIR) and a state rank(SR).