NIT MCA Entrance (NIMCET) on May 26

NIMCET-2013, the NIT MCA Common Entrance Test, a National Level Test conducted by the NITs for admission to the Master of Computer Applications (MCA) Programme, offered at National Institute of Technology (NITs) at Agartala, Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Durgapur, Jamshedpur, Kurukshetra, Raipur, Surathkal, Tiruchirappalli and Warangal for 2013-14, will be held from 10 am to 12 noon on 26th May 2013 (Sunday) at Agartala, Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Durgapur, Hamirpur, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jamshedpur, Kurukshetra, Patna, Raipur, Rourkela, Silchar, Srinagar, Surat, Surathkal, Tiruchirappalli, Warangal, Delhi and Kolkata.

Applicant should be an Indian National and should have secured at least 60% marks in aggregate or 6.5 CGPA on a 10 point scale (55% marks or 6.0 CGPA on a 10 point scale in case of SC/ST) in (i) BSc / BSc (Hons) / BCA / BIT of minimum three years full-time or (ii) B E / B Tech or equivalent, from a recognized University. The percentages of marks in qualifying Degree will be calculated on the basis of marks obtained in all the subjects studied in all the years including languages, optional and additional subjects, if any.

Those appearing for final year/semester of BSc / BSc(Hons) / BCA / BIT of minimum 3 years or BE/BTech in the academic year 2012-13 are also eligible to apply for NIMCET-2013. They have to furnish the proof (in the form of a certificate issued by the head of institution where the candidate has studied) that he/she is appearing for the examinations during the academic year 2012-13 and should submit proof of fulfilling the eligibility criteria of NIMCET-2013 preferably at the time of Counseling/Admission but not later than 15th September, 2013, failing which their admission is liable to be cancelled by the respective NITs. Students who have completed/completing Degree BSc / BSc(Hons)/BCA/ BIT of 3 years from Open Universities are also eligible to apply provided their programme is approved by UGC / AICTE and Distance Education Council (DEC) of Govt. of India.

NIMCET 2013 application form is common for appearing for Entrance Test, counseling and admission to MCA at all the eleven participating NITs- Agartala, Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Durgapur, Jamshedpur, Kurukshetra, Raipur, Surathkal, Tiruchirappalli and Warangal- offering MCA programme. Candidates are not required to apply separately to any NIT for admission to MCA programme.  The processing Fee for NIMCET-2013 and counseling for admission to the MCA programme is Rs.1,600 /- for Open/OBC category and Rs. 800/- for SC/ST category applicants.

Applicant has to take a Demand Draft for the appropriate amount in favor of ‘NIMCET-2013’, payable at any Bank and Branch listed in section 5 of the Information Brochure. The list of Banks is also available at http://nimcet2013.nitw.ac.in/home/processing_fee.php. The Demand Draft should be taken before proceeding to submit the online application from. 

Those desirous of admissions for MCA at participating NITs, have to first register at http://nimcet2013.nitw.ac.in by creating a username and password, latest by 13.4.2013. Creation of online login for new user will not be permitted after 13th April, 2013.

The following documents (both soft and hard copies) will be needed for completing the registration. (i) Demand Draft issued by Bank (ii) Passport size photograph and its scanned copy (maximum size :30 KB), signature (maximum size:10 KB) (iii) all certificates of X Class, XII Class and qualifying Degree.

After filling the online application form, applicant should take a printout of the generated application form on A4 size paper. The generated application from will have a unique application number printed on the right top corner of first page. This may be noted for all future references and correspondence. Applicant may keep two copies of the form for future reference.  Printout has to be completed as instructed. Applicant should write his/her name, address and Mobile/Phone Number and NIMCET-2013 Application Number generated, on the reverse side of the original Demand Draft.

Completed application along with all relevant documents as given in the Prospectus, including the DD should reach ‘The Secretary, NIMCET-2013, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Andhra Pradesh-506 004’, by Speed/Registered Post, by 5 pm on 16th April, 2013. Admit card will be available at the web for downloading, between 7th May, 2013 and 26th May, 2013.

NIMCET-2013 will have a question paper consisting of 120 multiple choice questions from Mathematics (50 questions), Analytical Ability & Logical Reasoning (40 questions), Computer Awareness (10 questions) and General English (20 questions). Each question will be followed by four choices. The candidates have to mark the responses in the OMR sheet using black or blue ink ball point pen only. All rough work has to be done in the Test Booklet. Rough work should not be done on the OMR Sheet. Candidate should not put any stray marks on the OMR Sheet.

Each correct answer will get 4 marks and each wrong answer will lead to loss of 1 mark. More than one answer indicated against a question will be negatively marked. The syllabus for the Test is given at http://nimcet2013.nitw.ac.in/home/syllabus.php

A Candidate securing zero or negative marks either in Mathematics or Total Marks will be disqualified. The marks obtained in Mathematics, Logical Reasoning, Computer Awareness, English, will be multiplied by a factor of 3, 1½ , 2 and 1 respectively. Thus maximum weighted marks will be 1000. Based on the marks obtained by a qualified candidate in NIMCET-2013 test, a rank will be allotted by adopting this criterion. Ranking will be based on total weighted marks obtained. In case of a tie, weighted marks in Mathematics, weighted marks in Logical reasoning and then the weighted marks in Computer Awareness in that order will be considered to resolve the tie. If the tie still continues, elder candidate will be given a higher rank.

Results of NIMCET are expected to be announced by 11th June, 2013.

Ranks of candidates will be made available at http://nimcet2013.nitw.ac.in and also in websites of participating institutes.  Candidates will have the facility to download the Rank Card from the website. Rank Card will be sent to the candidates separately.

The admission to MCA programme in all the 11 participating NITs will be based on NIMCET-2013 rank and the choice of institute filled by the candidates. Details of the counseling process are given in the Information Brochure that can be downloaded from http://nimcet2013.nitw.ac.in/Documents/InformationBrochure.pdf.

Changes if any will be notified on http://nimcet2013.nitw.ac.in from time to time.  Candidates should check this website regularly for updates. Candidates declared qualified in NIMCET-2013 will be allowed to fill the choices of Institutes in which they wish to take admission into MCA programme.

Candidates have to login using their login user name and password and fill choices of institutes online, between 17.6.2013 and 24.6.2013. They should lock their choices before 5 pm on 24th June 2013. Choices filled by all candidates will be locked automatically by 5 pm on 24.6.2013. After locking, candidates will not be able to access their locked choices. Seat allotments will be made on the basis of rank and locked choices of institutes. More details on the counselling process is given in the Information Brochure.

Detailed time scheduler related to the various activities is available in the website and in the Information Brochure. See http://nimcet2013.nitw.ac.in/home/index.php for details.