Criteria

  • The difficulty level of the CUSAT CAT exam
  • The total number of seats available in CUSAT campuses
  • The previous years’ cut off trends give a glimpse of the next year’s cut-off
  • The total number of candidates sitting for the exam

Counselling

Highlights

  • The university conducts centralized counselling for all courses online
  • The admission process is followed by counselling registration, option entry and seat allotment (Steps*).
  • No individual call letters are sent to invite candidates for counselling.
  • The university shortlists candidates for seat allotment according to ranks scored in CUSAT CAT.

Criteria to be eligible for counselling

  • Ranks
  • Filled preferences
  • The number of available seats in particular courses.
  • Seat allotment is done only after document verification and payment of counselling fee
  • Spot round of counselling conducted by the university separately only if seats remain vacant after multiple rounds of counselling.

Steps*

1) Registration & Option Entry

Candidates who have qualified can register for counselling using the username and password sent on their emails. The next step is to fill the choice of colleges and courses in order of their preference. Candidates should provide the maximum number of options. Once options are locked and submitted, no changes can be made. If the form is not submitted before the due date, the candidate’s selected options will be auto-confirmed by admission authorities.

2) Seat allotment

After the choices are filled by the candidate, the next step is to take a printout of the allotted seat. Seats are allotted based on the following criteria:

a) Candidates’ ranks
b) Filled preferences
c) Number of seats available in particular courses

Candidates are allotted seats only after document verification and payment of counselling fee is done.

If seats still remain vacant after the subsequent rounds of counselling, a spot round of counselling will be conducted separately by the University.

Before reporting at the allotted college, candidates must download the counselling call letter and carry the same along with other necessary documents.

  • Seat acceptance & fee payment

The next step is to confirm the admission by paying the required fee. If the candidate fails to pay the CUSAT CAT admission fee within the allotted time, the seat will automatically get cancelled.

  • Reporting to allotted college:

The final step is to report at the counselling venue according to the allotted date and time for document verification. After the documents are verified, candidates have to pay the admission fee to confirm their seats.

Counselling schedule 2020 (Tentative)

Events Date
Commencement of Mark entry and Option
Registration 		May third week, 2020
Final date for Mark entry and Option
Registration and Rearrangement 		May last week, 2020
First allotment and commencement of online
fee remittance and commencement of
Rearrangement of Options 		June first week, 2020
End of fee payment for First Allotment and end of Option Rearrangements June second week, 2020
B.Tech second allotment and commencement of online fee remittance and commencement of rearrangement of options June second week, 2020
End of fee payment for the second allotment June second week, 2020
Joining and certificate verification of B.Tech candidates of following branches who got the allotment and completed payment of fees.
1. B.Tech Electrical And Electronics Engineering
2. B.Tech Electronics And Communication Engineering 3. B.Tech Naval Architecture And Ship Building
4. B.Tech Instrumentation Technology
5. B.Tech Polymer Science And Engineering 		June second week, 2020
Joining and certificate verification of candidates of following B.Tech branches who got an allotment and completed payment of fees.
1. B.Tech Computer Science Engineering
2. B.Tech Safety And Fire Engineering
3. B.Tech Information Technology 		June third week, 2020
Joining and certificate verification of candidates of following B.Tech branches who got
an allotment and paid fees
1. B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
2. B.Tech Civil Engineering 		June third week, 2020
Centralised allotment/counselling of Marine Engineering candidates having Marine rank
from 1 to 1000 		June third week, 2020
Centralised allotment/counselling of Marine Engineering candidates having Marine rank
from 1001 to 2500 		June third week, 2020
Centralised allotment/counselling of candidates having B.Tech general rank from 1 to 2500 June third week, 2020
Centralised allotment/counselling of
candidates having B.Tech general rank
from 2501 to 4500 		June last week, 2020
Centralised allotment/counselling of Marine
Engineering candidates having Marine rank
from 2501 to last rank 		June last week, 2020
Centralised allotment/counselling of
candidates having B.Tech general rank
from 4501 to 6500 		June last week, 2020
Centralised allotment/counselling of
candidates having B.Tech general rank
from 6501 to 9000 		June last week, 2020
Centralised allotment/counselling of
candidates having B.Tech general rank
from 9001 to last rank 		July first week, 2020
Final updation of B.Tech candidates who
already joined courses and who are waitlisted 		July second week, 2020
1. Joining and certificate verification of
candidates who got fresh allotment
2. Final updation of B.Tech admitted
candidates		July second week, 2020
Commencement of B.Tech classes July second week, 2020
Commencement of online option registration for supplementary online allotments July second week, 2020
End of online option registration for
supplementary online allotments 		July second week, 2020
First supplementary online allotment and commencement of fee payment and option rearrangements July third week, 2020
End of fee payment for first supplementary online
allotment 		July third week, 2020
End of option rearrangement for second
supplementary online allotment 		July third week, 2020
Second supplementary online allotment and commencement of fee payment and option rearrangements July third week, 2020
End of fee payment for second
supplementary online allotment 		July third week, 2020