Chennai, April 18 (MExN): The VIT Engineering Entrance Exam (VITEEE), the entrance examination conducted by Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) for admission to B.Tech programmes of VIT Group of Institutions—VIT-Vellore, VIT-Chennai, VIT-AP (Amaravati) and VIT-Bhopal, is scheduled from April 19 to 30 as Proctored Computer Based Test at 125 cities in India and six cities abroad - Dubai, Muscat, Qatar, Kuwait, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
Applicants from all states and union territories of India will participate in VITEEE-2024. The results will be available tentatively on May 3 in www.vit.ac.in and on the same day online counselling process will begin, stated a press release received here.
Applicants within 1 lakh ranks are eligible to participate in the counselling for admission to B. Tech. programmes of all campuses of VIT—Vellore, Chennai, VIT-AP and VIT-Bhopal.
The rank-wise schedule of counselling for filling of choices is: Phase 1 for Ranks 1-20,000 on May 7 and 8; Phase 2 for ranks 20,001-45,000 on May 18 and 19; Phase 3 for ranks 45,001- 70,000 on May 29 and 30 and Phase 4 for ranks 70,001-1,00,000 from June 9 and 10.
Applicants of ranks above 1 lakh are eligible only for VIT-AP and VIT-Bhopal. The counselling for them will be conducted on 20th & 21st June, 2024. The classes are likely to commence from the second week of July 2024.
VIT has encouraged applicants to offer a maximum number of choices during the online counselling to ensure allotment in their preferred programmes.
Under the GV School Development Programme (GVSDP), candidates with VITEEE ranks 1 to 10 will be given 100 percent tuition fee waiver for all four years; 11 to 50 will be given 75 percent tuition fee waiver; those with ranks 51 to 100 will get 50 percent tuition fee waiver and candidates in ranks 101 to 500 would be given 25 percent tuition fee waiver.
Besides, the district toppers (one boy and one girl) in all the districts of Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh who are studying in government schools in rural areas will be given 100 percent fee waiver and exemption from hostel and mess fees under the STARS (Support The Advancement of Rural Students) scheme.
