In India, one of the most sought-after career options is Engineering. Though the path to achieving the goal of becoming an engineer and getting admissions in premier engineering institutes isn’t an easy one.
The first milestone to becoming an engineer
The first step an aspirant can take is to know the path to taking admission in top engineering institutes. The path to getting admission in a premier engineering institute like IITs and NITs begin with engineering entrance examinations. It is good to know about these examinations before making a head start to prepare for one.
Renowned entrance examinations
Whenever one speaks of engineering entrance tests, most aspirants think about the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE). Well, it is true that the opportunities that come along with it is vast but there are other avenues to get admission to a good engineering college. Let’s look at some of the best engineering entrance examinations:
#1 JEE Main:
JEE Main is the first stage of getting admission in the most prestigious engineering institutes in India. Though the JEE Main is the first step to the IITs, it is also the direct gateway to other premier engineering institutes like NITs and other public funded institutes.
#2 JEE Advanced:
The most important examination for aspirants aspiring to take admissions in an IIT. The top 1.6 lakh students who have cleared the JEE Main, take this test. Those who clear JEE Advanced gets an opportunity to be a part of the best engineering institute in India.
#3 BITSAT
The Birla Institute of Technology and Science located at Pilani, Hyderabad, and Goa are considered the next big thing after the IIT’s. Many students look to take BITSAT, to take admissions in the top-ranked BITS campuses. The exam is conducted online and requires a minimum of 75% marks in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics for an aspirant to qualify for the exam.
#4 VITEE
One of the toughest exams next to JEE Main and JEE Advanced is VITEE. The VITEE is the entrance exam conducted by the Vellore Institute of Technology, which is considered to one of the best privately engineering institute of India.
#5 DTU
The Delhi Technical University is one of the best colleges for engineering in India. The DTU comes under the purview of the University of Delhi and an aspirant requires 60% marks in PCM to be qualified to attempt its entrance test.
#6 WBJEE, MHCET and KCET
The state board tests to the best engineering institutes in the states of West Bengal, Maharashtra and Karnataka are well acclaimed and lakhs of aspirants attempt to these examinations to attain their goal of a better career.
More than 1.8 lakh aspirants take the WBJEE exam every year. To qualify for the Karnataka Common Entrance Test, the minimum marks required in 45%, which is one of the lowest. Whereas the
#7 KIITJEE
The gateway to the infamous Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology is the KIITEE entrance test. The institute in Odisha is one of the best in the eastern part of the country. This test is conducted only in the online mode.
What next?
Most of these entrance tests are conducted in close proximity to one another. Aspirants looking to appear in these exams need to be wary of the following:
- Date to register for the exams and the last dates.
- Registration process.
- The fees structure.
- Tentative dates of the exam
Conclusion
When an aspirant is preparing for these exams, they need to prepare in such a way that they are ready for each one of them. The trick here is to prepare for the toughest of the exams like JEE Main and JEE Advanced, and that will help an aspirant to prepare for the other exams as well, as the syllabus of these exams is very similar.