NIT MCA Common Entrance Test

NIT MCA Common Entrance Test
Acronym	NIMCET
Type	COMPUTER BASED TEST(CBT)
Knowledge / skills tested	Mathematics, Logical Reasoning, Computer Awareness and English
Year started	2007.
Duration	2 Years
Offered	Once a year
Restrictions on attempts	Unlimited number of attempts
Languages	English
Website	www.nimcet.in
	As per 2020 information brochure

NIT MCA Common Entrance Test (NIMCET) is the national level entrance test in India for admission to Master of Computer Applications (MCA) courses in selected National Institutes of Technology (NITs), University of Hyderabad (UoH), Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IPU) and in Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU). A total of 11 NITs offer MCA and take admission based on NIMCET rank, including NIT Agartala, NIT Allahabad, NIT Bhopal, NIT Calicut, NIT Jamshedpur, NIT Kurukshetra, NIT Raipur, NIT Surathkal, NIT Tiruchirappalli and NIT Warangal, NIT Patna.^[2]^[3]^[4] As of 2020^[update] total of 871 seats are offered by all NITs.^[1]

Yearwise Organizing InstitutesEdit

Year	Institute Name	References
2008	NIT Trichy	https://www.nitt.edu/www/uploads/1379_bro.pdf
2009	NIT Allahabad	http://informationsinindia.blogspot.com/2009/02/motilal-nehru-national-institute-of_24.html
2010	NIT Kurukshetra	http://questionpaper.in/AdmissionNotice342-NIMCET-2010.aspx
2011	NIT Bhopal	https://www.shiksha.com/it-software/networking-hardware-security/articles/nimcet-results-2011-will-be-declared-on-31st-may-blogId-3302
2012	NIT Warangal	https://www.shiksha.com/it-software/articles/nimcet-2012-scheduled-for-may-20-blogId-4958
2013	NIT Warangal	https://www.nitw.ac.in/faculty/id/16341/
2014	NIT Agartala	https://www.nitt.edu/home/NIMCET_2014.pdf
2015	NIT Agartala	https://nitkkr.ac.in/docs/Information_Brochure_2015_v3.pdf
2016	NIT Durgapur (*)	https://nimcet2015.nita.ac.in/web/home/index.php
2017	NIT Durgapur(*)	https://www.nitt.edu/home/admissions/mca/Nimcet2K17.pdf
2018	NIT Surathkal	https://www.nimcet.in/documents/NIMCET-2018Brochure.pdf
2019	NIT Surathkal	https://www.nimcet.in/
2020	NIT Raipur	http://www.nitrr.ac.in/nimcet2020.php
2021	NIT Raipur	https://www.nimcet.in/documents/IB%20and%20Notices.pdf

SC / ST / OBC / EWS / PwD Reservations – As per the Government of India Rules 2020^[1]
Institute	Total Seats
NIT, Agartala	30
NIT, Allahabad	116
NIT, Bhopal	115
NIT, Jamshedpur	115
NIT, Calicut	58
NIT, Kurukshetra	64
NIT, Kurukshetra (Self-Financing)	32
NIT, Patna	40
NIT, Patna (Self-Financing)	40
NIT, Raipur	110
NIT, Surathkal	58
NIT, Tiruchirappalli	115
NIT, Warangal	58
Total	951