Assam Combined Entrance Examination


Assam Combined Entrance Examination is a state-government controlled centralized entrance examination, conducted by the Assam Science and Technology University for admission into the 5 premier government engineering colleges in Assam. The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to graduation courses. The exam can be taken by those who studied Pure Science stream in plus two level with the specific subjects tested in the examination, which are Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics.
Every year approximately 25,000 people take the examination, and it is increasing. Students of both Assam Higher Secondary Education Council and the central Central Board of Secondary Education board take the test. Formerly the examination was conducted by Dibrugarh University.
It is a highly competitive test having selection ratio of approximately around 5.6%,

Eligibility criteria

To appear in the Assam CEE exam, applicants are must to meet with following eligibility criteria:
Upper age limit is relaxed to 22 years in case of B.Sc. passed Candidates. Upper age limit is relaxed by 3 years for Scheduled Cast and Scheduled Tribe candidates.
The examination have multiple choice questions and consist of single paper and take three hours. Questions will be distributed as follows.
Four marks will be awarded for every right answer and one will be deducted for every wrong answer. No mark will be awarded if the candidate selects more than one option. Therefore, the maximum mark total is 480 and the minimum is -120. Once marked, an answer cannot be changed.

Exam centers

  1. Silchar
  2. Bongaigaon
  3. Nalbari
  4. Lakhimpur
  5. Guwahati
  6. Tezpur
  7. Nagaon
  8. Jorhat
  9. Dibrugarh