Full exam name: National Institute of Technology Master of Computer Applications Common Entrance Test
Year started: 2007
Language: English
Duration: 2 Years or 3 Years (NITs)
Offered: Once in a year
Restrictions on attempts: Unlimited number of attempts
NIMCET Program Highlight-
| Exam Particulars | Exam Details |
| Name of Exam | National Institute of Technology Master of Computer Applications Common Entrance Test |
| Full form of NIMCET | NIT MCA Common Entrance Test |
| Organizing Body | National Institute of Technology |
| Level of Exam | Postgraduate Exam at the National level |
| Types of Exam | MCA Entrance Exam |
| Exam Frequency | Once a year |
| Mode of Exam | Computed Based Test (CBT) |
| Total Registrations | Around 50,000 |
| Total Number of Seats | 809 approx. |
| Courses offered through Entrance Exam | MCA |
| Exam Fees | ✔ INR 2500 for Gen/EWS/OBC category
✔ INR 1250 for SC/ST/PwD category |
| Exam Duration | 2 hours |
| No. of Papers and Total Marks | 1 Paper, 480 Marks |
| Total Questions | 120 |
| Marking Scheme | ✔ 4 for each correct answer
✔ -1 for each incorrect answer |
| Language/Medium of Exam | English |
| Colleges Accepting Exam Score | NIT Jamshedpur, NIT Agartala, MNNIT Allahabad, MANIT Bhopal, NIT Calicut, NIT Kurukshetra, NIT Patna, NIT Raipur, NITK Surathkal, NIT Tiruchirapalli and NIT Warangal etc |
| No. of Test Cities | 26 |
| Official Website | www.nimcet.in |
| Contact Details | Ph. No: 972900 95838 E-mail: nimcet@nitrr.ac.in |
NIMCET Important Exam Dates:
| Event | NIMCET Date |
| Notification | Last week of March 2023 |
| Online Application form | Last week of March 2023 |
| Last Date of Application | 2nd week of May 2023 |
| Admit Card | 1st week of June 2023 |
| Exam Date | 3rd week of June 2023 |
| Result | July 2023 |
NIT MCA Common Entrance Test (NIMCET) is the national level entrance test in our country India for admission to the Master of Computer Applications courses in selected National Institutes of Technology.
NIMCET Eligibility-
| Educational Qualification | ✔ B.Sc. / B.Sc. (Hons) / BCA / BIT of minimum three years full-time from a recognized University with Mathematics/ Statistics as one of the subjects (candidates from open universities are also eligible)
OR ✔ B.E./ B.Tech. from a recognized University Minimum marks ✔ General, OBC – 60% marks or 6.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale ✔ ST, SC – 55% marks or 6.0 CGPA on a 10-point scale |
| Age Limit | No age limit |
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NIMCET Exam Pattern-
Exam Mode – Online
Type of Question – MCQ
Marking scheme –
✔ No Negative Marking
✔ 4 marks for each correct answer
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
| Mathematics | 50 | 200 | 2 hours |
| Analytical Ability & Logical Reasoning | 40 | 160 | |
| General English | 20 | 80 | |
| Computer Awareness | 10 | 40 | |
| Total | 120 | 480 |