Admission Process in Indian Engineering Colleges for NRIs
Admission Process in Indian Engineering Colleges for NRIs
Aiming to get into top Indian Engineering Colleges? Here is how you should go about it. It is very important to know the best engineering colleges you can avail as an NRI student from Gulf or from any other country excluding Gulf region.
Hence, 2020-21 will be the last year when SAT 2 scores will be considered for DASA/CIWG Scheme.
For UG Courses, you can apply to the best Engineering Colleges of India in three ways. The 3 best possible options you can choose for engineering colleges are:
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🎓 Indian Institute of Technology’s (IITs)
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🎓 National Institute of Technology’s (NITs) & CFTIs in India
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🎓 Private Engineering Colleges (State Wise)
Now, let's talk about each of them in detail so you can understand what is needed to get into these colleges and how should go about them.
Priority No. 1 - Indian Institute of Technology’s (IITs):
It’s a dream of almost every NRI Student to get admission in prestigious IIT College. Appearing for the JEE Exams is the only option to get admission in Indian Institute of Technology.
Every student who aims to take admissions in India’s prestigious IIT colleges must appear for JEE Exams (both JEE Main & JEE Advanced). JEE Main exams can be given twice a year which is in January & April. After that, students eligible for JEE Advanced are selected based on their JEE Main Score.
There are 23 IITs in India & once you clear both the JEE Exams, you can choose any one of the IITs based on your choice & rank. Checking the entire JEE Registration 2021 will walk you through the entire registration procedure if you’re aiming for IITs.
Admission Process in IITs for NRI:
JEE Main - Irrespective of the orientation (NRI or Indian), all students need to first appear for JEE Main Entrance Examination.
JEE Advanced - Students who qualify JEE Main are them required to appear for JEE Advanced test.
Result Declaration - Based on the total JEE Advanced score and AIR (All India Rank), qualified students are asked to appear for counselling.
College Allocation - Students will be offered UG Streams and IIT Colleges based on their AIR and JEE Advanced score. Typically most popular streams in prestigious IITs get filled in top 1000 ranks.
Note: To get into IITs there is no alternative for NRIs, JEE Examination is mandatory. No quota is involved or entertained.
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Priority No. 2 - National Institute of Technology’s (NITs) & (CFIs):
Before even starting, let’s elaborate about NITs and CFIs firstly. In India, NITs (National Institute of Technology) & CFIs (Centrally Funded Institutions) are total 56 in number. These are funded by the government and are reputed engineering colleges in india.
Every engineering aspirant keeps the 2nd priority of pursuing UG Courses from NITs as they are India's finest colleges.
For NRI Students all over the world, MHRD launched a scheme called DASA (Direct Admissions of Students Abroad) in 2001. This gave NRIs a quota of 15% reserved seats in NITs, IIITs, & CFTIs of India.
The DASA Scheme assists you with onboarding about 30 National Institute of Technology’s (NITs), 4 Indian Institute of Information Technologies (IIITs), 3 School of Planning & Architectures (SPAs) and 14 Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs).
DASA scheme is generally for the NRI students who are willing to pursue Bachelors (UG Courses) in Engineering / Technology / Architecture streams in the prestigious colleges like NITs, IIITs, SPAs and 14 other CFTIs of India.
This scheme is only applicable for the students that are planning for Engineering/Architecture. It’s invalid for students that are into Medical Streams
You can find the entire DASA 2021 registration process here.
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Further on, MHRD has given some more advantages to NRIs in Gulf Regions by providing them a subset of DASA which is the CIWG Scheme. CIWG is the 1/3rd of DASA Scheme i.e. 5% of the seats reserved for NRIs of Gulf Countries. You can avail some advantages if you’ve been residing and studying your 11th and 12th grade in any of the following Gulf Countries:
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Iran
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Iraq
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Oman
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Qatar
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Bahrain
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Saudi Arabia &
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United Arab Emirates
You’ll have to just pay around 5.5 Lakh to accomplish your Bachelor’s degree. But you have to work very hard to prepare for JEE Main (for admissions in the academic year 2021-22 onwards) or SAT 2 (for admissions in academic year 2020-21) Subject Tests to get admission under CIWG Scheme. Check the CIWG 2021 for more details.
Admission Process in NITs and CFIs
DASA / CIWG Scheme: Firstly, decide which scheme you would select first out of DASA or CIWG (if you are an NRI from Gulf). Carefully take your decision and fill out the application form and do not miss the deadline.
Every year around October, DASA brochure gets released. This will give you information about DASA and CIWG & the important dates and changes/updates, if any. Click here to know more about DASA /CIWG Scheme
Prepare for JEE Main:
For NRI students, the good news is that preparation for JEE Main can help them in applying for admission under DASA/CIWG Scheme. Here is the reason behind it: From the 2021-22 session, JEE Main score will be mandatory for DASA/CIWG Scheme for NRIs/PIOs instead of SAT 2 Scores.
Just as mentioned for the preparation of IITs, students must appear for the first exam of JEE which is JEE Main. JEE Advanced isn’t mandatory here in applying for NITs, CFIs under DASA/CIWG Scheme. But the JEE Main Rank must be high enough in order to get the UG Course & college of your choice.
Speaking of the latest update from DASA, let me thoroughly explain the scenario. In the academic year 2021-20, the candidates of Grade 11th who are studying/preparing to avail the benefits of DASA/CIWG Scheme, they are supposed to fight JEE Main (for DASA 2021) to get admissions in NITs,IIITs, CFTIs of India.
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Result Declaration - To get admission in the following year students should get all JEE Main score. By June, students must send their JEE Main results to the DASA via their college board account (to the concerned organising NIT for counselling).
Counselling - All NRI Students will be given admission in NITs, IITs & CFIs based on their SAT Subject Test score. 2020-21 is the last academic year when SAT 2 Scores will be considered for DASA/CIWG Scheme. From 2021-22 session onwards, JEE Main Scores will be mandatory.
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Priority No. 3 - Private Engineering Colleges:
Private Engineering colleges are also a good option for NRI students.
You can also on-board well-versed colleges the top-performing engineering colleges for NRIs. The list is as follows:
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College of Engineering Pune
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Institute of Chemical Technology
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Xavier Institute of Engineering
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Thadomal Shahani College of Engineering
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NMIMS Mukesh Patel
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MES Pillai’s Institute of Information Technology
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KJ Somaiya College of Engineering
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KJ Somaiya
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Dr Sanghvi College of Engineering
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Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College
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G. Pullareddy College of Engineering
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Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering & Technology
Check the entire best engineering colleges for NRI students list here.
Prior to applying to these colleges, you’ve to check every college registration procedure by visiting the college websites individually.
Admission Process For Private Engineering Colleges:
This is a broad discussion now, getting admission in Private Engineering Colleges in India is fairly easily and not competitive and therefore not very much preferred by NRI students.
Those who wish to get admission in private engineering colleges can simply take relevant state engineering test and their score will be valid for admission in private engineering colleges in India. This depends from state to state.
In addition, NRI students might have a higher fee for admission in private colleges, but this varies from college to college. Please check the respective Institute’s website for more details.
If you had already taken JEE main, then your JEE main score will also be accepted for admission in private engineering colleges in india for NRI Students from Gulf or from any place abroad. Some of the regional engineering test that you can take are:
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