NIT Tiruchirappalli to hold NIMCET 2025 for MCA admissions in NITs, IIITs

NIMCET 2025: Candidates with 60% aggregate marks or 6.5 CGPA in a three-year UG or BTech programme will be eligible.

NIT Trichy to conduct NIMCET 2025 for admission to MCA courses. (Image: NIT Tiruchirappalli)
NIT Trichy to conduct NIMCET 2025 for admission to MCA courses. (Image: NIT Tiruchirappalli)

Vagisha Kaushik | March 21, 2025 | 12:29 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchippalli will conduct the NIT MCA Common Entrance Test (NIMCET) 2025 for admission to Master of Computer Applications in NITs and the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) for the academic session 2025-26.

As per the NIMCET eligibility criteria, Indian Nationals with least 60% marks in aggregate or 6.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale (55% marks or 6 CGPA in case of SC, ST, PwD) in a three-year undergraduate programme with mathematics or statistics as one of the subjects or BE/ BTech from a recognized university are eligible.

NIMCET exam pattern, marking scheme

As per the NIMCET exam pattern, the test will be conducted in a computer-based test (CBT) mode. The question paper will be divided into three parts, having a total of 120 multiple choice questions. The duration of exam will be 70 minutes for part 1, 30 minutes for part 2, and 20 minutes for part 3. Part 1 will comprise 50 questions on mathematics, part 2 will consist of 40 questions on analytical ability and logical reasoning, and part 3 will have 20 questions on computer awareness and 10 questions on English.

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The exam will be held for a total of 1000 marks and there will be a negative marking of 25% for wrong answers.

NIMCET 2025: Seat intake last year

Last year’s seat matrix for MCA programmes in the participating institutions is given below.

Name of the Institute

Quota

OP

OBC

SC

ST

EWS

PWD-OP

PWD-OBC

PWD-SC

PWD-ST

PWD-EWS

Total

NIT Agartala

ALL INDIA

11

08

04

02

04

00

00

01

00

00

30

MNNIT Allahabad

ALL INDIA

45

29

16

08

11

02

02

01

01

01

116

MANIT Bhopal

ALL INDIA

44

30

16

08

11

02

01

01

01

01

115

NIT Jamshedpur

ALL INDIA

44

30

16

08

11

02

01

01

01

01

115

NIT Kurukshetra

ALL INDIA

25

16

09

05

06

01

01

01

00

00

64

NIT Kurukshetra (Self-Financing)

Self-Financing

12

08

05

02

03

01

01

00

00

00

32

NIT Raipur

ALL INDIA

43

27

15

08

11

02

01

01

01

01

110

NITK Surathkal

ALL INDIA

22

15

09

04

06

01

01

00

00

00

58

NIT Tiruchirappalli

ALL INDIA

45

29

16

08

11

02

02

01

01

00

115

NIT Warangal

ALL INDIA

22

15

09

04

05

01

01

00

00

01

58

IIIT Bhopal

ALL INDIA

23

15

08

05

06

01

01

01

00

00

60

NIT Patna (Data Sciences & Informatics)

ALL INDIA

15

10

06

03

04

01

01

00

00

00

40

NIT Patna (Data Sciences & Informatics - Self-Financing)

Self-Financing

15

10

06

03

04

01

01

00

00

00

40

NIT Patna (AI & IoT)

ALL INDIA

15

10

06

03

04

01

01

00

00

00

40

NIT Patna (AI & IoT - Self-Financing)

Self-Financing

15

10

06

03

04

01

01

00

00

00

40

Total


396

262

147

74

101

19

16

08

05

05

1033

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