NIMCET is a very popular MCA entrance exam in India conducted by the National Institutes of Technology. The ten National Institutes of Technology or NITs, as they are popularly known, are premier institutes in the field of technology education in India. Admission to MCA programme of the NITs, spread over various parts of the country, is based on the performance of the candidates in the NIMCET.
Exam Pattern:
NIMCET 2010 will be of two hours duration having 120 multiple-choice questions. While correctly answered questions will carry four marks, the wrong answers will award one negative mark.
Eligibility for NIMCET 2010:
candidates should be Indian Nationals having minimum 60% (55% marks or 6.10/10 CGPA for SC/ST candidates) aggregate marks (6.5/10 CGPA) at the 12th level.
Full Time Bachelor’s Degree of minimum 3 years duration from a recognized University with Mathematics/ Statistics/ Business Mathematics as one of the subjects in any one semester/year at both 12th level and graduation level.
The candidates who are appearing for the qualifying examination are also eligible to appear for NIMCET-2010, but they need to furnish the proof of fulfilling the eligibility criteria of NIMCET-10 preferably at the time of Counseling/Admission.
Apart from these general eligibility criteria, candidates may have to fulfill some particular criteria of the participating NITs.
Allahabad- 60, Bhopal- 60, Calicut-30, Durgapur-60, Jamshedpur- 30, Kurukshetra- 60, Raipur-60, Srathkal-60, Tiruchirapalli- 60, Warrangal- 30.
Total Seats: 510.
NIMCET 2010 Schedule:
Date of Issuing Application Form: February 4th week to March 4th week, 2010
Last Date of Receipt of Application From: April 1st week, 2010
Date of NIMCET 2010: May 3rd week, 2010
Tentative Date of Declaration of Result: May End, 2010
Test Centers of NIMCET 2010:
NIMCET 2010 will be held at NIT Agartala, MNIT Allahabad, MANIT Bhopal, NIT Calicut, NIT Durgapur, NIT Hamirpur, NIT Jaipur, NIT Jalandhar, NIT Jamshedpur, NIT Kurukshetra, VNIT Nagpur, NIT Patna, NIT Raipur, NIT Rourkela, NIT Silchar, NIT Srinagar, NIT Surat, NIT Surathkal, NIT Tiruchirapalli and NIT Warangal.
