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KEAM Counselling 2025: Date, Registration, Centralised Allotment Process (CAP), Category-Wise Reservation

KEAM Counselling 2025: Candidates who qualified the KEAM exam and make it to the KEAM rank list, will be eligible to appear in the Centralised Allotment Process (CAP), which is conducted by CEE, Kerala.

KEAM Counselling 2025: CEE Kerala has announced the KEAM counselling date 2025 in online mode. As per the notification, the Kerala KEAM counselling 2025 began on July 11, 2025. The last date for option entry is July 16, 2025. The first phase provisional allotment will be out on July 16, 2025, while the final allotment list will be released on July 18, 2025. Candidates who are qualified for admission to Engineering & Pharmacy courses 2025 are eligible for the counselling rounds. The detailed schedule for the KEAM counselling 2025 will be available on the official website - cee.kerala.gov.in. The KEAM Rank List (revised) was released on June 10, 2025.

Latest Update - KEAM Trial Round 1 Seat Allotment Result 2025 Out at cee.kerala.gov.in

For this year, the KEAM exam date was scheduled from April 23 to 29, 2025, in CBT mode. The candidates become eligible for KEAM 2025 counselling if their names appear in the KEAM rank list 2025 for Engineering / Architecture / BPPharm / Medical & Medical Allied / Ayurveda courses admissions. The Kerala KEAM counselling process consists of registration, choice filling, seat allotment, and reporting to the allotted institutes. Registered candidates will be allotted seats as per their ranks and the availability of the seats. 

KEAM Counselling 2025 Schedule 

The Kerala KEAM counselling 2025 dates will be notified on the official website. Meanwhile, candidates can check the last year's detailed schedule for the KEAM 1st and 2nd phase seat allotment 2024 given in the table below -

KEAM 1st Phase Seat Allotment Dates 

Events KEAM Counselling Dates 2025
KEAM Option registration July 11, 2025, to July 16, 2025
Publication of Provisional Allotment List July 17, 2025 (OUT)
Publication of First Phase Allotment July 18, 2025
Fee Payment July 18, 2025, to July 21, 2025

KEAM 2nd Phase Seat Allotment Dates 

Events 

Dates (Tentative)

Facility for online option confirmation and re-arrangement of higher options/deletion of unwanted options and registration of fresh options to the newly added courses/ colleges (including Architecture) starts

August 2025

Time for online option confirmation and re-arrangement/ deletion/ addition of options/ option registration in newly included colleges including Architecture ends

August 2025

Publication of second phase provisional allotment to Engineering/ Pharmacy courses
Publication of First phase provisional allotment to Architecture courses

August 2025

Publication of second phase allotment to Engineering/ Pharmacy courses
Publication of First phase allotment to Architecture courses

August 20

Candidates who got allotment in Engineering/ Pharmacy courses in the second phase shall have to physically join the allotted colleges by paying the applicable fees

August 2025

Candidates who got allotted in Architecture course in the first phase shall have to physically join the allotted colleges by paying the applicable fees

August 2025

KEAM Counselling 2025 Registration Fees

Candidates who wish to remit options need to make the payment of the KEAM counselling 2025 registration fee of Rs 2,000. The registration fee will be adjusted in the tuition fee of those candidates who take admission consequent on allotments. Candidates can check the detailed fee structure for Engineering and Pharmacy courses in the pdf link provided below. 

KEAM Seat Allotment 2025

Candidates whose names are included in the KEAM Rank List of the various professional courses will be eligible to participate in the KEAM Centralised Allotment Process (CAP). The KEAM seat allotments will be done strictly on the basis of the following factors:

  • Course-college options submitted by the candidate
  • Candidate’s rank in the KEAM entrance exam
  • KEAM Reservation Criteria

Note: Candidates should submit only those options which they are sure to join if allotted.

Step 1: Registering Options

Candidates can register their options by following the below-mentioned steps:

  • Visit the official website of CEE Kerala
  • Log into the candidate portal using your application number and password
  • Click on the ‘Option Registration’ link 
  • Pay the requisite option registration fee 
  • Register your course/college options 
  • Save the registered options 
  • Preview and make changes in your registered options, if required
  • Take a printout of the registered options
  • Lastly, log out from the candidate portal to ensure the safety of your account

Note: Candidates can rearrange their registered options any number of times within the stipulated time.

Step 2: Trial Allotment

  • Before the closure of the option registration process, CEE will conduct trial allotment during the 1st phase of allotment
  • Trial allotment is done to give the candidates an idea about their chances of getting into a particular college or course, on the basis of their rank and registered choices
  • However, trial allotment does not guarantee that a particular course or college will be allotted to a candidate

Step 3: Final Allotment

  • After the completion of the option registration process, the final seat allotment details will be released by CEE 
  • Candidates can download their KEAM allotment memo by logging into the candidate portal
  • The allotment memo will contain details about the college allotted to the candidate and the payable course fee

Step 4: Seat Confirmation & Subsequent Allotment Rounds

  • After receiving the seat allotment, candidates can either accept the allotted seat or they can participate in the subsequent allotment rounds
  • If a candidate is satisfied with their seat allotment, they will have to report to the college allotted to them and complete the admission formalities 
  •  In case a candidate fails to pay the requisite fee or join the college, they will lose the seat allotted to them and also the existing options in the relevant stream
  • Seat options once lost will not be available in the subsequent allotment phases
  • When a seat is allotted to a candidate, all previous allotments stand cancelled
  • If a candidate wishes to participate in the subsequent counselling rounds, they will have to log in to their option registration page and confirm their options by clicking on the “confirm” button

Note: After each round of allotment, the last rank details will be released on the official CEE website.

KEAM Counselling 2025 Procedure

Candidates can check the flowchart describing KEAM counselling 2025 process to get the better understanding. 

KEAM Counselling 2025 Procedure

After the final seat allotment, candidates must report to their respective institutes, get their documents verified, and complete the admission formalities. If a candidate fails to pay the required fee/report to the institute within the stipulated time, they will lose their allotment.

Once the candidate has received their final allotment and are satisfied with it, they will be required to follow the mentioned procedure to complete the KEAM admission process:

Step 1: Reporting at the College

After receiving the final allotment, candidates have to report to their institute on the notified dates with the following documents:

  • Certificate to prove date of birth 
  • Transfer Certificate and Conduct Certificate from the Institution last attended 
  • Original mark list of the qualifying examination (Higher Secondary or equivalent)
  • Pass certificate of the qualifying examination (if issued)
  • Eligibility certificate from any University in Kerala, in case the candidate has passed a qualifying examination other than the Higher Secondary Examination/ Vocational Higher Secondary Examination conducted by the Government of Kerala or the examination conducted by CBSE and CISCE
  • Migration Certificate (if applicable) 
  • Physical Fitness Certificate in the relevant format
  • Receipt of fee remitted 
  • Date sheet of KEAM 2024
  • Admit card of NEET-UG 2024 (if applicable)  
  • Allotment Memo issued by the CEE
  • Any other documents required in the Allotment Memo
  • Originals of all the documents and certificates uploaded with the online application

Step 2: Document Verification

The head of the respective Institutes will be responsible for verifying the documents produced by the candidate at the time of admission.

Step 3: Pay the Tuition Fee

  • Candidates must pay the required fee/balance fee at the time of admission to the college 
  • If a candidate fails to pay the fee, they will lose their allotment and also the existing options in their chosen stream

The percentage break-up of seats as per mandatory reservation has been given below:

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NITTE
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

When will the KEAM 2025 counselling process begin?

The CEE Kerala will announce the dates for the KEAM 2025 counselling process on its official website.

On what basis are the seats allotted to the candidates?

KEAM seat allotment is done strictly on the basis of the following factors: course-college options submitted by the candidate, candidate’s rank in the KEAM entrance exam and KEAM reservation criteria.

How to check the last rank details for admission into the engineering course?

The last rank details will be published on the official website of CEE Kerala after each round of seat allotment.

How can I check my KEAM seat allotment result?

Candidates can check their seat allotment result by logging into the KEAM candidate portal using their application number and password.

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