CUSAT B.Tech {Lateral}: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

CUSAT BTech Laterl Entry admisison 2024 will begin soon. Cochin University offers a full-time B.Tech (Lateral Entry) program in 9 specializations for a duration of 3 years. Those who have completed their Diploma in Engineering are eligible for this course. CUSAT conducts Lateral Entry Test (LET) for admission to the B.Tech Lateral Entry programs. Check CUSAT Admission

CUSAT B.Tech (Lateral Entry) Admission Dates 2024

CUSAT B.Tech(Lateral Entry) Eligibility Criteria

One must have a three-year Diploma in Engineering/Technology awarded by the Board of Technical Education recognized by the Department of Technical Education, Government of Kerala, with not less than 60% marks, will be considered for admission to the B.Tech. program through Lateral Entry Scheme.

The maximum age prescribed is 25 years as on 1^st July of the year of admission.

The Candidates belonging to Kerala Scheduled Cast (KSC) and Kerala Scheduled Tribe (KST) communities are eligible for applying if they have minimum pass marks in the qualifying examinations.

Reservation Criteria 2024

There are two types of reservations in CUSAT, Cochin.

• Communal Reservation
• Special Reservations

Communal Reservation:

Reservation for Professional Programme

Special Reservation:

Physically Challenged: 3% seats are  reserved for physically  challenged  candidates with at least 40% disability for all  B.Tech courses, except B.Tech Marine Engineering,  Mechanical  Engineering,  Naval  Architecture & Ship  Building,  Instrumentation, Polymer Science  & Engineering and Safety & Fire Engineering. One seat  each for all other academic programmes except  M.Sc. (Industrial Fisheries)  is reserved for physically  challenged candidates.

How to apply for B.Tech(Lateral Entry) in CUSAT 2021?

To register, the candidates must visit the official CUSAT website. Candidates applying for B Tech Lateral Entry cannot select their choices of Branch, Seat category, etc., during the time of online submission of application.

Selection Procedure 2024

For admission to B.Tech. Lateral Entry Course, the candidates must appear for the Lateral Entry Test.

Exam Pattern

There are 200 objective type questions designed to test the proficiency in the following fields-

• English (20 questions)
• Mathematics (50 questions)
• Engineering Mechanics (40 questions)
• Engineering Graphics (40 questions)
• General Engineering (50 questions)

Duration: 3 hours duration
Maximum Marks: 600

How to apply?

The online application submission is a two-stage process.

Stage 1:

• Fill in the basic personal details such as Name, DOB, email id, mobile number, etc.
• After submitting the details, the User Id and password will be sent via mail and SMS.

Stage 2:

• Login with the help of user id and password.
• Enter all the other details required in the online registration form.
• Upload your recent passport size color photograph and signature.

Required dimensions and size of photo & signature

For Photo: 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm with the file size between 4 KB and 100 KB
For Signature: 3.5 cm x 1.5 cm with a file size between 1 KB and 30 KB

Application Fee:

Note: An additional fee of INR. 10,000/- is payable by candidates opting Dubai as Test Centre. 

Make Payment: Payment can be done through SBI/SBT Internet Banking or through Challan. Check the application status after two working days from the date of payment.