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The exams that gate engineering

Every exam in this catalogue that leads into this field, with the figures each one publishes. A field with several gates is not a field with several chances — read what each one actually opens before preparing for all of them.

JEE Advanced

The second stage on the way to the IITs. Only students who place near the top of JEE Main are invited to sit it, so everyone in the room is already well prepared.

PCM required2 attempts onlyNeeds JEE Main first Year-round prep · 4,933 h

1 in 9.9 Highly competitive 1.80 lakh appeared for 18,188 IIT seats allotted through JoSAA

MHT-CET (PCM group)

Maharashtra state engineering and pharmacy admissions.

Maharashtra domicile favouredClass 11 + 12 syllabusNo negative marking Moderate prep · ≈ 400 h

1 in 2.3 Good odds 4.23 lakh appeared for 1,83,760 engineering seats available in CAP

BITSAT

BITS Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad · computer-based · two sessions.

PCM + English75% in Class 12No category quota Moderate prep · ≈ 530 h

≈ 3 lakh registered for ≈ 3,120 seats across the three campuses

JEE Main

The national engineering paper — NITs, IIITs, and the gate to JEE Advanced.

PCM requiredTwo sessions a yearBest of both counted Year-round prep · 2,371 h

14.8 lakh appeared · seat count not sourced yet

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