KEAM Seat Allotment 2023: Choice Locking, Cutoff, Admission

KEAM 2023 Seat Allotment Procedure

The seats of various courses into the engineering colleges across is done through KEAM Score. Merit lists will be released by the authorities with names of candidates having adequate ranks. The seat allotment process will involve the following steps:

Step 1: Visit KEAM Official Website

Step 2: Click on ‘Register for Counselling’ link.

Step 3: Complete the option entry step.

Step 4: CEE will release a trial merit list and then a subsequent merit list in different phases. 

Step 5: Seats will be allotted during the counseling session after the verification of documents.

Note: If a candidate wants to change the options already registered, he/she can revise the options as desired and ensure that the options list has come as per the preferences.

KEAM 2023 Seat Confirmation & Stages

• After the first round of seat allotment, candidates must confirm their seats by remitting the seat acceptance fee.
• The fee can be deposited via online using Debit/Credit Card, Net Banking or offline at any branch of SBI.
• Candidates failing to deposit the fee on the notified date will lose their allotted seat.
• The prescribed fee is INR 10000 to confirm their allotted seat.

KEAM 2023 Trial Seat Allotment

• This session gives an idea to candidates about the chances of getting a seat in the course and college based on their ranks and chosen options.
• The trial allotment, however, does not guarantee allotment in a college or course.

KEAM 2023 Seat Allotment Round I

• Allotment of seats is done strictly on the basis of marks secured by candidates in KEAM 2023
• Admissions will be offered through allotment of seats under CAP.
• Allotments will be first offered under State Merit (SM) even to candidates having eligible reservation benefits.
• After the ‘State Merit’ vacancies will be exhausted across the State, seats will be offered under the candidate’s eligible reservation quotas under mandatory reservation.

Check KEAM Reservation Criteria

KEAM 2023 Seat Allotment Round II

• Candidates who did not receive any allotment in the first round will receive an allotment letter in the second phase.
• They must pay the specified fee for the course allotted.
• If a candidate gets a different allotment than the one received in the first allotment, and if the fee is higher than the remitted in the first allotment, he or she will have to pay the difference in fee.
• If the fee for the course allotted in the second allotment is less than or same as the fee remitted in the first allotment, no extra fee will be charged by candidates.
• The same process will be repeated in further allotments.

KEAM 2023 Spot Seat Allotment

• After KEAM 2023 counselling, a Spot allotment will be conducted for filling the remaining vacant seats.
• A qualified candidate whose name is in the rank/ merit list is eligible to attend the Spot allotment/admission process.
• Those who have got admission in Government Merit seats for a course will not be eligible to take part in the Spot Allotment for that particular course.
• A candidate, however, admitted in Government Merit Seat in a Government Controlled Self Financing College is eligible to take part in Spot Admission for a Government College for any course.

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