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