Section 3 in University Grants Commission (Admission To Specified Professional Programmes) Interim Regulations, 2003
3. Common Entrance Examination(s).
- The admissions to specified professional programmes in the country for the year 2004-2005 shall be made on the basis of merit determined through common entrance examination(s) as enumerated below :-3.1All India Common Entrance Examination(s)These examinations shall be for all the Institutions that are presently admitting all their students or certain percentage of them on an All India basis.3.1.1. Entrance Examination for admissions to undergraduate programmes in Engineering, Architecture & Planning and PharmacyAdmissions on All India basis to the undergraduate programmes in Engineering, Architecture & Planning and Pharmacy in all Institutions in the country shall be made through an All India Engineering, Architecture & Planning and Pharmacy Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The AIEEE shall, however, not be applicable for admissions to Indian Institute of Technologies, Indian School of Mines (Dhanbad) and Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) that are admitting students on the basis of Joint Entrance Examination conducted by the Indian Institute of Technologies.3.1.2. Entrance Examination for admissions to Master in Business Administration/Postgraduate Diploma in Management (or equivalent) programmesAdmissions to MBA/PGDM or equivalent programmes shall be through one of the five (5) national entrance examination(s), namely CAT (conducted by IIMs), JMET (conducted by IITs), MAT (conducted by AIMA), ATMA (conducted by AIMS) and XAT (conducted by XLRI). All institutions admitting students on All India basis will have to opt for one of these exams and announce it in their prospectus.3.1.3. Entrance Examination for admissions to Master of Computer Application programmes Admissions to the MCA or equivalent programmes in all institutions in the country on an All India basis shall be made through an All India MCA Common Entrance Test (AIMCAET) conducted by IIT, Roorkee.3.2State Level Common Entrance Examination(s)All States shall hold their own common entrance examinations for admissions to Institutions within their States for students to be admitted against the State quota. These examinations shall be restricted to admission of students from within the State only. However, admission of all students by those States which do not conduct their own entrance examination shall be made using the merit determined by the relevant All India Common Entrance Examination.
