CUSAT 2024 Eligibility Criteria (Available), Qualification, Age – Check Here Category Wise Eligibility

CUSAT CAT Exam will be conducted on the 10th, 11th and 12th of May 2024 by the Cochin University of Science and Technology. CUSAT CAT full form is the Cochin University of Science and Technology Common Admission Test.

This Exam is held to give Admission to UG & PG Courses. If students want to take Admission in Affiliated UG & PG Courses, they must take this exam.

CAT is carried out for admission to B.Tech, MSc (Photonics, Informatics, and Marine), BBA LL.B., B.Com LL.B., the MA, MIP-PhD, LLM-PhD, MCA / MCA (Lateral Input), LLB, MVoc, MFSc, etc.

CUSAT 2024 Eligibility

Essential eligibility requirements need to be met by aspiring candidates to be considered eligible for CUSAT CAT 2024.

No. of Credits: The total number of credits for the core courses shall not exceed 60 for MA/M.Sc,80 for MCA/MBA (FT) & (PT), and shall not be less than 48 for MA/M.Sc,72 for MCA and for MBA (FT & PT).

Attendance: A minimum of 75% attendance is compulsory. But the Vice-Chancellor shall have the power to condone a shortage of attendance up to 10% on medical grounds on the recommendations of the Head of Department. However such condonation for a shortage of attendance shall be given only once during the entire program of study.

Keralite

• Candidates belonging to Kerala SC (KSC) and Kerala ST (KST) communities are eligible to apply.
• SEBC candidates of Kerala State who are certified as belonging to the non-creamy layer are eligible for a 5% relaxation in the minimum required marks for the qualifying examination.

For UG Courses

• Qualifying Exam: The candidate should have completed their 12th from a recognized board for all UG programs.
• Minimum Marks: For UG Programmes (except Marine Engineering), SEBC candidates belonging to the Non-Creamy Layer of Kerala State have to obtain 45% in PCM (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) taken together.
• B.Com LLB/BBA LLB: 10+2 examination should be passed with 60% marks (for the science group) and 55% marks (for the Arts/Commerce/Humanities group).
• Age Limit: 20 years as of 1st July 2024 (22 years for SC/ST and OBC candidates).
• LLB: Graduation in any stream from a University recognized by CUSAT by securing 40% aggregate marks (35% for SC/ST).
• Appearing candidates may also apply.

• B.Tech with Integrated M.sc: The candidate must have passed the 10+2 with at least 50% marks in Mathematics alone and 50% marks in PCM combined from Kerala state or recognized board.
• B.Tech Marine Engineering: The applicant must have qualified 10+2 examination with at least 60% of marks combined in English and PCM, and with a minimum of 50% of marks separately in Mathematics.

For PG Courses

• MCA: Science graduate with Mathematics as one of the subjects or graduate in Electronics/Information Technology/Computer Science/Computer Applications/ Engineering/Technology with 55% aggregate marks (except language & humanities).
• LL.M.: Bachelor’s degree in law with a minimum of 45% marks.
• M.Tech Course: Candidates applying based on a GATE scorecard can avail of the 5% relaxation in the qualifying examination marks.

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Sunil Kushwaha

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