Admissions to all courses except Architecture to the institutes in Kerala are regulated on the basis of merit as assessed in the Engineering/ Medical Entrance Examinations conducted by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE), Government of Kerala.

For admissions to the Architecture course, the merit as assessed by giving equal weightage to the marks obtained in the ‘National Aptitude Test in Architecture’ [NATA], conducted by the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA), and the grade/marks in the qualifying examination will be the criterion.[*As per directives, of the Council of Architecture, India.]

Seats :  Allotment of seats from the State Rank Lists for all courses in Self-financing colleges will be made in accordance with the orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India / Hon’ble High Court of Kerala or orders of the Govt. of Kerala/Govt. of India /as per the law in existence at the time of Centralised Allotment process (CAP) and will be notified separately.

Reservation of seats: 15% of the seats in private engineering colleges are filled up by the management of the colleges concerned. Nominees of the GOI- 67 seats, repatriates from Burma 2 seats (civil/mechanical), repatriates from Sri Lanka- 2 seats (electrical/mechanical), children of Ex-servicemen of the state- 6 seats (2 seats, each in civil/electrical/mechanical), children of dependents of serving defence personnel from the state 10 seats (3 seats in each branch in civil, electrical, mechanical and one seat in electronics& communication), sports personnel- 1 seat each in civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical & electronics & communication, physically handicapped- 1 seat each in civil, electrical & mechanical.
The remaining seats will be filled up as follows: 65% on merit on a Statewise basis, Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) - 25% , (Ezhava (EZ) - 9%, Muslim (MU) - 8%, Other Backward Hindu (BH) - 5%, Latin Catholic Other than Anglo Indian (LC) - 2%, Other Backward Christian (BX) - 1%,  ) Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes - 10%,  (Scheduled Castes (SC) - 8%, Scheduled Tribes (ST) - 2%)

Claims for Special/Mandatory reservations must be made by a candidate at the time of submission of application for the entrance examination with supporting documents as required. 

The claim has to be specified in the application form and OMR data sheet in the appropriate places. Claims made after the submission of application will not be entertained even if supporting evidences are produced. The claims for Special and Mandatory reservation once made in the application form and OMR data sheet cannot be altered by the candidate under any circumstances.

Reservation of seats under All India Quota: The seats reserved under All India Quota for MBBS and BDS Course in Govt. Medical/Dental Colleges will be allotted by the Director General of Health Services, New Delhi, on the basis of the rank obtained in the All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination conducted by the CBSE, New Delhi as per the directions contained in the Supreme Court Judgement dated 21-7-1986.