NIMCET 2024 Registration: The National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur released the NIMCET Application Form 2024 on March 06, 2024, and the Last date for Online Registrations is April 20, 2024.
The NIT MCA Common Entrance Test (NIMCET), is a National Level Test conducted by NITs for admission to their Master of Computer Applications (MCA) program. The admission to the MCA program to the ten NITs at Agartala, Allahabad, Bhopal, Jamshedpur, Kurukshetra, Patna, Raipur, Surathkal, Tiruchirappalli (Trichy), and Warangal and IIIT Bhopal for the year 2024-25 is based on the Rank obtained in NIMCET-2024 only.
NIMCET 2024: Exam Overview
| Examination | NIMCET 2024 Entrance exam |
| Article category | Admissions |
| Exam type | National level exam |
| Conducting Authority | National Institute of Technology Karnataka, surathkal (NIT) |
| Academic session | 2024-25 |
| Course offered | 11 participating NITs offer MCA programme |
| Starting Date of NIMCET 2024 Applications | March 06, 2024 |
| Date of Examination | April 20, 2024 |
| Mode of examination | Online (Computer Based Test) |
| Official website | https://www.nimcet.in/ |
NIMCET 2024: Important Dates
| EVENT | DATE |
| Publication of Advertisement in Press and Web | Friday, 01/03/2024 |
| Opening date for online Registration | Wednesday, 06/03/2024 [10 am] |
| Last date for online submission of Application Form | Saturday, 20/04/2024 [up to 5 pm] |
| Edit Window opens | Wednesday, 24/04/2024 [10 am] |
| Edit Window closes | Friday, 26/04/2024 [up to 5 pm] |
| Availability of Admit card/Hall ticket on web for download | Thursday, 28/05/2024 to Sunday, 08/06/2024 |
| Date and Time of Online Examination at the allotted centers | Saturday, 08/06/2024 (02:00 pm -04:00 pm) |
| Challenges to model solution | Monday, 10/06/2024 (5 pm) to Wednesday, 12/06/2024 (5 pm) |
| Date of Publication of Result/Scorecard (Tentative) | Tuesday, 25/06/2024 (5 pm) |
| Registration &Choice filling by paying the nonrefundable counseling fees of Rs 1000/- | Saturday, 29/06/2024 (10 am) to Friday, 05/07/2024 (5 pm) |
| First Round of Allotment | Monday, 08/07/2024 (6 pm) |
| First round of online reporting and partial admission fee payment | Tuesday, 09/07/2024 to Friday, 12/07/2024 (till 5 pm) |
| Second round of Allotment / upgradation | Saturday, 13/07/2024 (6 pm) |
| Second round of online reporting and partial fee payment only for Fresh allotees | Monday, 15/07/2024 to Wednesday, 17/07/2024 (till 5 pm) |
| Third round of allotment/upgradation | Thursday, 18/07/2024 (6 pm) |
| Third round of online reporting only for Fresh allotees and Online Institute Admission by paying the Partial Admission fees. | Friday, 19/07/2024 to Monday, 22/07/2024 (till 5 pm) |
| Announcement of vacant seats | Tuesday, 23/07/2024 (6 pm) |
| Special Round: Fresh Choice Filling and registration for the vacant seats and likely to be vacant seats due to upgradation. | Wednesday, 24/07/2024 (10 am) to Friday, 26/07/2024 (5 pm) |
| Special round of Seat allotment | Saturday, 27/07/2024 (6 pm) |
| Reporting for offline admission at the finally allotted institute for all allotted candidates. | Reporting as per institute schedule after 27/07/2024 |
NIMCET 2024: Eligibility Criteria
Indian Nationals securing at least 60% marks in aggregate or 6.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale (55% marks or 6.0 CGPA on a 10-point scale in case of SC/ ST) in
- B.Sc. / B.Sc. (Hons) / BCA / BIT / B.Voc. (Computer Science/ Computer Applications) of a minimum three years full-time from a recognized University with Mathematics/ Statistics as one of the subjects
OR
2.B.E./ B.Tech. from a recognized University
are eligible to appear for NIMCET-2024. Conversion of scored marks from CGPA to percentage and vice-versa is not permitted.
(CGPA other than 10-point scale will be converted to 10-point scale based on Unitary method)
Candidates who are appearing for the qualifying examination are also eligible to apply for NIMCET-2021 and such candidates shall have to furnish the proof (in the form of a certificate issued by the Head of institution where the candidate has been studying / has studied) of candidature for appearing in the examinations during the academic year 2024-23. All candidates shall submit the proof of fulfilling the eligibility criteria of NIMCET- 2021 at the time of Counseling/Admission but not later than September 15, 2021, failing which their admission is liable to be cancelled by the respective NITs.
Note: Students who have completed/are completing B.Sc./ B.Sc. (Hons)/BCA/ BIT of 3 years from Open Universities are also eligible to apply, provided the programme is approved by UGC / AICTE and the Distance Education Council (DEC) of the Govt. of India.
Admission through NIMCET-2024
The candidates who appeared and obtained marks in NIMCET-2021 will be allotted ranks by adopting the criteria stated in section 13 of this brochure (see section 13 for details). The candidates who obtained rank in NIMCET- 2021 only shall be eligible for admission into the MCA program in the participating institutes. Important features regarding the eligibility criteria, online application for NIMCET-2021, syllabus for the test, test centers, criteria to award a rank, rank card, admission procedure, list of participating institutes with total number of seats, seat distribution, contact addresses, admission schedule are given in this brochure. Candidates are advised to read this information brochure carefully. Candidates are also advised to visit our website https://www.nimcet.in regularly for updates till the end of counseling.
NIMCET 2024: MCA Seats In the Participating Institutes
| NIT | Quota | Total |
| Agartala | All India | 30 |
| Allahabad | All India | 103 |
| Bhopal | All India | 103 |
| Calicut | All India | 52 |
| Jamshedpur | All India | 102 |
| Kurukshetra | All India | 64 |
| Raipur | All India | 99 |
| Surathkal | All India | 51 |
| Tiruchirappalli | All India | 115 |
| Warangal | All India | 58 |
| Kurukshetra** (Self- Financing) | All India | 32 |
| Total | 809 |
NIMCET 2024: Application Fee
Candidates have to pay the non-refundable Application Processing Fee (Rs. 2,500/- for OPEN/OPEN-EWS/OBC Category and Rs. 1,250/-for SC/ST/PwD Category) only through the provisions made in the NIMCET-2024 website before the final submission of the online application form.
| General / OBC | Rs.2500/- |
| SC/ST/PwD | Rs.1250/- |
How to Apply for NIMCET 2024
Candidates must register on the NIMCET-2024 website by creating the login and password as instructed therein and then fill all the details as per the Online Form. The application system is made user-friendly as much as possible, and enough help/ instructions/ guidelines have been provided in appropriate places in addition to the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) link provided on the top of the application page. Further, a link is also provided on the top of the webpage to “Contact us” for any assistance/ guidance.
Click Here to Fill NIMCET 2024 Application Form
NIMCET Exam Centers
| Test Centre | Centre Code | Test Centre | Centre Code |
| Agartala | 11 | Raipur | 22 |
| Allahabad | 12 | Rourkela | 23 |
| Bhopal | 13 | Silchar | 24 |
| Calicut | 14 | Srinagar | 25 |
| Hamirpur | 15 | Surat | 26 |
| Hyderabad | 16 | Surathkal | 27 |
| Jaipur | 17 | Tiruchirappalli | 28 |
| Jalandhar | 18 | Warangal | 29 |
| Jamshedpur | 19 | Kolkata | 30 |
| Kurukshetra | 20 | Delhi | 31 |
| Patna | 21 | Pune | 32 |
NIMCET 2024 – Exam Pattern
NIMCET is an Offline OMR Based Exam to be Conducted in English. The duration of the Exam is 120 Minutes with 120 MCQs. Each Question Scores 4 Marks. There is a Negative Marking of 1 Mark.
The NIMCET-2021 test will be conducted with only one question paper containing 120 multiple-choice questions covering the following subjects. Multiple Choice Questions will be written in English and not translated into any other language.
- Mathematics : 50 Questions
- Analytical Ability & Logical Reasoning : 40 questions
- Computer Awareness : 10 questions
- General English : 20 questions
Award of Marks
- Each correctly answered question will carry FOUR marks and each wrongly answered question will lead to NEGATIVE ONE mark.
- The candidates are advised not to attempt such questions if they are not sure of the correct answer. No deduction from the total score will, however, be made if a question is unanswered.
- More than one answer indicated against a question will be negatively marked.
- The candidates have to mark the responses in the OMR sheet using black or blue ink ball point pen only.
Subject-wise distribution of Marks
| Subject | Number of Questions | Marks |
| Mathematics | 50 | 200 |
| Analytical Ability & Logical Reasoning | 40 | 160 |
| General English | 20 | 80 |
| Computer Awareness | 10 | 40 |
| TOTAL: | 120 | 480 |
NIMCET 2024: Syllabus
| Mathematics | Set Theory: Concept of sets – Union, Intersection, Cardinality, Elementary counting; permutations and combinations. Probability and Statistics: Basic concepts of probability theory, Averages, Dependent and independent events, frequency distributions, measures of central tendencies and dispersions. Algebra: Fundamental operations in algebra, expansions, factorization, simultaneous linear /quadratic equations, indices, logarithms, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, determinants and matrices. Coordinate Geometry: Rectangular Cartesian coordinates, distance formulae, equation of a line, and intersection of lines, pair of straight lines, equations of a circle, parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. Calculus: Limit of functions, continuous function, differentiation of function, tangents and normals, simple examples of maxima and minima. Integration of functions by parts, by substitution and by partial fraction, definite integrals, applications of definite integrals to areas. Vectors: Position vector, addition and subtraction of vectors, scalar and vector products and their applications to simple geometrical problems and mechanics. Trigonometry: Simple identities, trigonometric equations properties of triangles, solution of triangles, heights and distances, general solutions of trigonometric equations. |
| Analytical Ability and Logical Reasoning | The questions in this section will cover logical reasoning and quantitative aptitude. With some questions on comprehension of a logical situation along with questions based on the facts given in the passage. |
| General English |
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| Computer Awareness | Computer Basics: Organization of a Computer, Central Processing Unit (CPU), Structure of instructions in CPU, input/output devices, computer memory, backup devices and other hardware parts. Data Representation: Representation of characters, integers and fractions, binary and hexadecimal representations, Binary Arithmetic: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, simple arithmetic and two’s complement arithmetic, floating point representation of numbers, Boolean algebra, truth tables, Venn diagrams. |
Important Links for NIMCET 2024
| Official Website | Click Here |
| NIMCET 2024 Information Brochure | Click Here |
| Application Form | Click Here |
Initial fee: Candidates need to pay Rs. 10,000/—as an initial fee through the NIMCET-2021 website (https://nimcet.in) only before going for remote reporting to any of the participating NITs.
About NIMCET-2024
National Institutes of Technology (NITs) are Institutes of National Importance and are Centrally Funded Technical Institutes. The NIT MCA Common Entrance Test (NIMCET), is a National Level Test conducted by NITs for admission to their Master of Computer Applications (MCA) programme. The admission to the MCA programme to the ten NITs at Agartala, Allahabad, Bhopal, Calicut, Jamshedpur, Kurukshetra, Raipur, Surathkal, Tiruchirappalli (Trichy), and Warangal for the year 2021-21 is based on the Rank obtained in NIMCET-2021 only. The Curriculum and Syllabi of Master of Computer Applications (MCA) programme offered by NITs are designed considering the needs of different Information Technology firms in India and abroad. MCA graduates have high potential for jobs in the IT Sector.
