Amrita Entrance Examination – Engineering(AEEE)

About the exam

About AEEE

Sitting the AEEE exam is not the only way into an Amrita B.Tech seat. For the 2026 cycle Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham admitted on either an AEEE rank or a JEE Main percentile, let candidates sit one phase or both, and settled campus, branch and fee in a single online counselling process called CSAP.

Amrita's own documents also disagree with each other, most visibly on the Class 12 marks bar and on the Phase 2 schedule.

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham sets the Amrita Entrance Examination - Engineering (AEEE) to rank applicants for its B.Tech programmes, and the AEEE 2026 Information Handbook states that there are 8 campuses offering B.Tech programmes in 19 branches. Those campuses, for the 2026-27 academic year, are Amaravati, Amritapuri, Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Faridabad, Haridwar and Nagercoil.

Admission for 2026-27 ran on the rank in AEEE 2026 or the JEE Main 2026 percentile, and the handbook says it is not mandatory to have both. The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook sets a split of 70% of seats for AEEE and 30% for JEE Main, then adds that "The above percentage is only a guideline and will be decided at the time of centralized seats allotment process."

Amrita split AEEE 2026 into 2 phases, and the AEEE official website says attending both is not mandatory. For a candidate who takes both, the AEEE 2026 Information Handbook builds the AEEE 2026 ranking on the best score from Phase 1 and Phase 2.

As of 15 September 2026, a heading on the AEEE official website reads "Applications for B.Tech 2026 are now closed", and nothing on that site or on the Amrita admissions notifications page names a date for AEEE 2027.

At a glance

AEEE highlights

Calendar

Important dates

Each date in this section belongs to the 2026 cycle, whose last fee deadline in the Amrita B.Tech CSAP Handbook 2026 timetable fell on 1 July 2026; none of them carries over to the next cycle.

The FAQ on the AEEE official website gives January 15, 2026 as the last date to register for Phase 1. That FAQ dates Phase 1 from 29 January to 1 February 2026. The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook prints 30 January to 1 February 2026 for the same phase.

Phase 2 is where the documents diverge most. The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook scheduled it for 25 to 30 April 2026, in a 09:30 AM to 12:00 Noon slot and a 02:00 to 04:30 PM slot, and called its dates tentative. An undated notice on the Amrita admissions notifications page says Phase 2 of AEEE 2026 "will be conducted in three slots per day from 24 April to 30 April 2026", with slots from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM. The FAQ on the AEEE official website lists Phase 2 as April 25 to April 30, 2026.

The CSAP handbook set this counselling timetable for 2026, marking it tentative:

The Amrita B.Tech admissions page gives July 15, 2026 as its closing date for applications made on a JEE Main 2026 score.

Who can apply

Eligibility criteria

The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook accepts AEEE 2026 candidates born on or after 1 July 2005.

The marks bar is where Amrita's documents part ways. The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook requires Class XII (10+2) passed with a PCM aggregate of at least 60%, and with 50% as the floor in each of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The Amrita B.Tech CSAP Handbook 2026 repeats the 60% aggregate and 50% per-subject figures. The eligibility tab and the FAQ on the AEEE official website both state a minimum aggregate of 55% in PCM instead, with at least 50% in each subject. None of the three says which figure governs, and the handbook states no lower mark for any reserved category.

The handbook accepts any one of these as the qualifying examination:

• a Class 12 final under the 10+2 system from a recognised Central or State Board, CBSE and CISCE among them, or from another board Amrita treats as equivalent;
• an Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination of a recognised board or university;
• the GCE Advanced (A) level examination (London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka);
• the High School Certificate Examination of Cambridge University, or the International Baccalaureate Diploma;
• the NIOS Senior Secondary School Examination, with a minimum of 5 subjects as recognised by the central board.

Candidates writing the 10+2 or equivalent examination in March or April 2026 could apply too, producing mark sheets and certificates at admission, according to the AEEE 2026 Information Handbook. The same handbook limits applicants to Resident or Non-Resident Indian nationals and OCI or PIO holders, and sends foreign applicants who studied abroad to the Amrita Center for International Programmes.

The AEEE official website says AEEE or JEE is not mandatory for OCI and PIO students, or for NRIs who completed their 10+2 abroad, while NRI-sponsored candidates studying in India must appear for AEEE or JEE where applicable. Its FAQ also says there is no lateral entry admission for diploma candidates.

Step by step

Application process and fee

One registration can cover both routes. The Amrita Online Application Portal says there is no other portal to apply for B.Tech programmes and that applicants with a JEE Main 2026 score apply through it as well. Its instructions run in this order:

1. Sign up with an email ID or mobile number through an OTP; that email or number becomes the primary channel for every admission message.
2. Fill in the full name as per records, date of birth, social status, contact details and Aadhaar number, then the address, a recent photograph and a digital signature.
3. Enter the parent or guardian's name, email and mobile number, and the state where you studied +2.
4. Apply for the entrance examination, choosing 3 cities, which the portal makes mandatory, and tick the JEE Main 2026 option now or later.
5. Complete the payment, which finishes the registration.

The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook requires the candidate's and parents' names to match the Class 10 certificate exactly, permits no corrections once the form is submitted, and cancels multiple registrations.

The AEEE 2026 fee depended on the route chosen at registration:

Sitting the test at a centre abroad cost USD 85 or Rs 7,500 under the AEEE 2026 Information Handbook, which rules out returning any part of a paid application fee while still reimbursing an excess charged through a payment failure. For AEEE 2026 the AEEE official website charges Rs 600 to a candidate who sat Phase 1 and wants to attend Phase 2, and a registered AEEE candidate can add the JEE Main route without paying again.

Before the exam

Admit card and exam day

Amrita's documents describe slot booking two ways. The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook has candidates choose 3 dates and says the date and slot are allotted automatically 7 days before the first examination date. The FAQ on the AEEE official website instead has registered candidates select a date and time in the portal during slot booking, subject to availability.

An admit card is generated only for a candidate who has booked a slot, and the handbook makes Aadhaar verification mandatory before the card can be downloaded; it is not sent by post. The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook says the card prints the candidate's name and registration number, the exam date and the address of the allotted centre, and that no one sits AEEE 2026 without a valid card.

On the day, the AEEE 2026 Information Handbook wants candidates at the centre at least 1 hour before the scheduled time and in their seats 30 minutes before the start, and it allots the computer only when the candidate registers at the centre. Carry the admit card and, preferably, the Aadhaar card, whose details must match the online registration. The FAQ on the AEEE official website also names a driving licence, PAN card, passport or voter ID as ID proof alongside the e-admit card.

Late arrivals get no extra time, and a candidate who uses false information to appear in more than one slot or date within a phase has the candidature cancelled and the result withheld, under the AEEE 2026 Information Handbook.

Structure

Exam pattern

The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook distributes the marks as Mathematics 120, Physics 75, Chemistry 60, Quantitative Aptitude 30 and English 15. It gives that as the pattern for AEEE 2026 as a whole and sets out nothing phase-specific.

Answers are picked from four options per question and stay open to change until the final submission. Phones and calculators are not permitted, and the AEEE 2026 Information Handbook singles out the on-screen calculator as well: "Any candidate found to have used the system calculator will be debarred from admission."

What to study

Syllabus

The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook bases the questions on the Class 11 and Class 12 syllabus, and the FAQ on the AEEE official website says the MCQs follow the State Board of Higher Secondary Education and CBSE syllabus.

Appendix II of the handbook lists the topics subject by subject:

• Mathematics: opens with sets, relations and functions and closes with three-dimensional geometry, covering complex numbers, matrices, probability, calculus, differential equations and conic sections along the way.
• Physics: from units and dimensions and kinematics through electrostatics, electromagnetic induction, ray and wave optics and modern physics, including semiconductor devices.
• Chemistry: from basic chemical calculations and atomic structure through the s, p, d and f block elements, electrochemistry and organic functional groups, to biomolecules and environmental chemistry.
• English: articles, synonyms, antonyms, prepositions and verbs.

The appendix has no Quantitative Aptitude section, although the AEEE 2026 Information Handbook gives that subject 10 questions in its mark distribution.

How to prepare

Preparation and books

Amrita's own advice, in the FAQ on the AEEE official website, is to study from NCERT textbooks for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, take online mock tests, work from the AEEE syllabus and practise under timed conditions. The same FAQ points to Amrita's Engineering Entrance Practice Test portal, and the AEEE 2026 Information Handbook says a link to a sample or mock examination is published on the website so candidates can get acquainted with the computer-based test. Neither document names a commercial book or coaching programme.

Where it is held

Exam centres

AEEE 2026 was a computer-based test taken at centres, and the AEEE 2026 Information Handbook says it would run in several cities in India and a few cities in the Middle East. Its indicative city list, Appendix I, runs state by state from Andhra Pradesh to West Bengal, and the only city it names outside India is Dubai. The AEEE official website describes the exam as held across more than 100 cities.

City choice is made at registration, and the Amrita Online Application Portal makes 3 city choices mandatory. The handbook treats those choices as indicative: a candidate is allotted one of them, preferably the first, and if a city is cancelled for very few registrations, its candidates are moved to the city nearest their preference and told by email. Requests to change the city are not entertained after the application is submitted.

After the exam

Answer key

The FAQ on the AEEE official website answers questions on slot booking, percentiles, ranks and CSAP refunds but has no entry on an answer key, and the results section of the AEEE 2026 Information Handbook is silent on one as well.

Scores

Result and scorecard

After each phase, performance is shown as a percentile, the FAQ on the AEEE official website says, and the final rank is published after all phases using the best percentile. The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook speaks of the best score among the two phases rather than the best percentile, releases an AEEE 2026 rank to every candidate who appeared without malpractice, and shows results in the admission portal. Neither document explains how the percentile is calculated or whether scores from different slots are normalised.

JEE Main candidates reach counselling on their percentile instead: the Amrita B.Tech CSAP Handbook 2026 asks for the highest JEE Main 2026 percentile where there are two session scores, with the matching scorecard uploaded.

Scores you need

Cutoff

On a minimum AEEE or JEE rank for seat allocation, the FAQ on the AEEE official website gives a flat answer: "No, we do not have a cutoff system for AEEE or JEE." In the same reply Amrita ties allotment to rank, to how many candidates apply and to what they choose, and it lets any applicant holding an AEEE or JEE score into CSAP. The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook prints no qualifying mark and no closing rank either.

Getting a seat

Counselling and seat allotment

Amrita allots its own seats through the Centralised Seat Allotment Process (CSAP), and the Amrita B.Tech CSAP Handbook 2026 says registration, seat allotment and fee payment are completely online, with no need to visit a campus. Campus and branch are not chosen on the AEEE form; the site's FAQ defers both choices to CSAP, which opens once AEEE 2026 ranks are out.

CSAP 2026 registration cost Rs 5,000, according to the Amrita B.Tech CSAP Handbook 2026. Once any allotment is offered Amrita keeps that fee, and it comes back only if none of the candidate's preferences is allotted even by the end of the mop-up round.

An academic preference is one campus paired with one branch, and the Amrita B.Tech CSAP Handbook 2026 allows up to 60 of them, with no repetition. Against each preference the candidate names the highest fee slab they will pay, and no allotment is made beyond it. The portal's dropdown offers Fee Slab 3 to Fee Slab 5 only; Slabs 1 and 2, which the handbook calls scholarship fees, are allotted automatically. At the campuses in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Delhi-NCR and Uttarakhand, a certain percentage of seats is earmarked for candidates who studied HSC in that state for two years, and the handbook does not give the percentage. Allotment follows the better of a candidate's AEEE and JEE Main ranks where both are held.

A trial allotment comes first. The handbook's rules close the option to change preferences within one day of its publication, while its own timetable above keeps editing open until 30 May 2026, two days after the 28 May trial allotment. Then come 3 rounds of allotment, the first, the second and a mop-up round, per the Amrita B.Tech CSAP Handbook 2026. A candidate allotted a preference in Fee Slab 1 accepts by paying the initial partial tuition fee and confirms by paying the remaining fees and caution deposit. A candidate allotted a preference other than the first, in a slab other than Slab 1, can pay the Rs 1 lakh initial fee and wait to be upgraded in a later round, or pay in full and be considered for a lower fee slab in the preference already allotted.

Under the Amrita B.Tech CSAP Handbook 2026, missing a payment date cancels the allotment and removes the candidate from later rounds, an allotted preference never moves down to a lower-priority one, and there is no upgrade after the mop-up round. Allotment against vacancies left after the mop-up round is posted on the website.

Amrita's rank-based B.Tech scholarship works through these fee slabs, and the FAQ on the AEEE official website calls the fee structure scholarship-based. On the same site, the scholarship category holds more than 70% of seats, AEEE and JEE candidates have separate scholarship quotas, and no rank range is needed to qualify. Its FAQ adds that the slab turns on rank, branch, the seats still available and how many have applied, and that there is no separate scholarship for Economically Weaker Section candidates.

Where it is accepted

Participating institutes

In both 2026 handbooks an AEEE rank leads to one destination, an Amrita B.Tech seat. The Amrita B.Tech CSAP Handbook 2026 runs that allotment for the B.Tech programmes of Amrita School of Engineering at the Amaravati, Amritapuri, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Chennai, Faridabad, Haridwar and Nagercoil campuses for 2026-27, and its branch table shows that not every campus teaches every branch. No institution outside Amrita appears in either handbook as accepting the exam.

Get help

Contact

The AEEE official website lists btech@amrita.edu and 9585592255 for B.Tech admission queries, and nriadmission@amrita.edu or 9047084597 on WhatsApp for NRI and OCI queries. Questions about hostel, transport and reporting at a particular campus go to that campus, and the same site keeps a contact list for each one.

The AEEE 2026 Information Handbook addresses all B.Tech admission correspondence to the Directorate of Admissions, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritanagar (PO), Ettimadai, Coimbatore 641112, with the toll-free number 044 46276066 and aeee@amrita.edu.

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Exact exam/registration dates, the date-of-birth window, cutoffs, answer keys, results and CSAP counselling schedules change each cycle. Anything per-cycle here is stated for the cycle it names and is taken from the conducting body's own notification; confirm it on the official website before acting on it. Expertie does not conduct any exam, process applications or charge fees.

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