KEAM 2025: Application Form Now Live – Apply Today

By: Career Marg Team | on February 22, 2025

CEE Kerala has initiated the KEAM 2025 registration process and has also published the KEAM 2025 notification on cee.kerala.gov.in. According to the KEAM 2025 schedule, a candidate can submit the application form for KEAM 2025, pay the associated application fee, and upload his/her class 10 certificate, date of birth, and nativity proof before or latest by March 10. Whereas, the last date to upload the remaining required certificates is on March 15.

Those completing their examinations outside India in the year 2025 may apply for the KEAM 2025 exam. The KEAM 2025 examination will take place from the 24th to the 28th of April, 2025 (2 PM to 5 PM), to test candidates for eligibility for BTech admissions. As a precaution, dates have been set aside as buffers in case of any foreseen future events by the authorities: April 22, 23, 29, and 30, 2025. The KEAM admit card 2025 will be available for download by the registered candidates on April 10.

The KEAM 2025 exam will be taken as a computer-based test and cover only one paper comprising 150 questions for the engineering students. The paper will be divided as follows: 75 questions from Mathematics, 45 from Physics, and the remaining 30 from Chemistry; there will be 180 minutes for solving the test. For the BPharm candidate for KEAM 2025, the KEAM exam pattern is similar in that it has a total of 75 questions in Physics and 30 questions in Chemistry, with 90 minutes allotted for completing the exam. There are four marks awarded for every right answer and a deduction of one mark for each wrong answer. The syllabus for KEAM 2025 will include subjects from plus two levels in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics. The syllabus will be released by CEE on the official website for the benefit of concerned students of preparation. Candidates can prepare from previous years' question papers of KEAM.

KEAM 2025 will be executed over several days, in various shifts, at the testing centers in all districts of Kerala, Dubai, Delhi, and Mumbai. Admissions through KEAM to its engineering courses will be by 50-50 percent weightage in the marks obtained in the KEAM entrance test along with the marks in class 12.

KEAM is the entrance examination for UG engineering and pharmacy admissions, as well as the Centralized Admission Process (CAP counseling) for UG courses in the fields of medicine, agriculture, forestry, veterinary, fisheries, and architecture. While the aspirants for BTech and BPharm have to take the entrance examination of KEAM, the other aspirants directly undergo KEAM counseling (CAP) after having registered themselves into KEAM. Further details of the KEAM 2025 admissions process may be read below.

What does KEAM mean? 

The Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical Entrance Exam is a common admission process for considering admissions to different UG courses offered in Kerala colleges approved by Central and State Regulatory Bodies, Universities, and Government. The KEAM is being conducted by the Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations. KEAM stands for the entrance test and KEAM centralized counseling process. For the UG engineering course and pharmacy course admission, candidates have to register for KEAM, go through the KEAM CBT test, and attend the CAP.

However, in the case of admission to all other courses like medical, agriculture, forestry, veterinary, fisheries, and architecture courses, the candidate has to register for KEAM and appear for the KEAM centralized counseling process (CAP) along with scores of applicable entrance exams (like NEET and NATA) for admission to the colleges participating therein.

KEAM 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule

The Kerala Engineering, Architecture, and Medical (KEAM) 2025 examination schedule has been officially released. Below is the comprehensive timetable:

The application process commenced on February 20, 2025, and will conclude on March 10, 2025. Applicants are required to submit supporting documents by March 15, 2025. Admit cards will be available for download starting April 10, 2025. The results are expected to be announced on or before May 10, 2025, with rank lists for engineering and B.Pharm courses to be released by June 10, 2025. 

What's new in KEAM 2025?

Some important changes were undertaken in the KEAM exam last year and will be applicable this year too. The changes carried out in KEAM last year are given below:

• Offline to CBT: The KEAM examination was changed from an offline, pen-and-paper one to a computer-based test. 
• Shifts for the exam: The exam is going to be conducted in phases as it wouldn't be possible to arrange over 1.2 lakh computer terminals at one point in time. 
• Score Normalisation: There will be normalization of scores for the engineering and pharmacy examinations.  
• Mock tests: Before the actual exam begins, candidates will be able to practice mock tests for 15 minutes while inside the exam hall. 
• Speedy post-exam procedures: The post-exam procedures will be time efficient in terms of answer key release and results declaration. Previously, it used to take more than three to four weeks for OMR sheet scanning. But in the case of a computer-based examination, it's already fast-tracking evaluation, thus enabling the release of scores in the shortest time possible.

KEAM 2025: Exam Highlights

Check the key details of the KEAM exam in the table below:

Exam Overview

Courses Offered via KEAM

KEAM Exam Fees

KEAM Exam Pattern

Note: Multiple answers marked for a question will be considered incorrect and awarded negative marks.

Colleges Accepting KEAM Scores

• Engineering & Architecture Colleges: 175
• Medical & Dental Colleges: 53
• BHMS Colleges: 15
• BAMS Colleges: 17
• BSMS & BUMS Colleges: 2
• Ayurveda/Siddha/Unani College: 1
• BPharm Colleges: 57
• Agriculture Colleges: 10
• Veterinary Colleges: 7
• Fisheries & Ocean Colleges: 2

Official Website & Contact Details

• Website: cee.kerala.gov.in 
  For detailed guidelines, refer to the KEAM Information Brochure and Prospectus available on the official website.

Eligibility Criteria for KEAM 2025

The following are the eligibility criteria for KEAM 2025:

Age Requirement: The candidates who will complete 17 years of age on December 31, 2025, will be eligible to take the entrance examination. No relaxation in the minimum age requirement would be available for any candidate. There is no upper age limit for applying for KEAM 2025.

Nationality Criterion: KEAM 2025 admissions can only be applied by Indian citizen candidates. All PIO/OCI Card Holders will be treated equally as Indian citizens in the respect of admission; however, they can claim no relaxation for the reserved category. Keralites and Non-Keralites will be the keralite further mentioned in the Indian citizen category.

Educational Qualification: Here is the eligibility for KEAM listed course-wise:

Relaxation in marks: Candidates belonging to socially and economically backward classes get a relaxation of 5% in minimum marks obtained in the qualifying examination requirement.

Below is the selection process for KEAM 2025:

• Application for KEAM 2025: All candidates need to fill in the KEAM application form regardless of whether they are seeking admission in medical, agriculture, forestry, veterinary, fisheries, architecture, or pharmacy courses. 
• Admit card downloading: Candidates seeking engineering courses could download admit card for entrance test. 
• KEAM exam: For engineering aspirants, there is a KEAM 2025 CBT to be attempted by them. 
• Answer key and result checking: The result of KEAM 2025 engineering entrance exam and answer keys would be published on the official website. 
• Submission of plus two marks: All candidates qualified in the KEAM exam must submit their class 12 marks. 
• KEAM ranks: The candidates submit their Plus-two scores so that they will be included in the KEAM Rank List. Seats are allotted based on the order of candidates in the KEAM Rank List through the process of KEAM counselling. 
• CAP: All candidates whose names appear in the KEAM merit list must appear for the centralized admission process (CAP) for allotment of seats in the colleges.