KEAM Option Registration 2025 (Phase 3 Starts): Link, Fees, Know How to Fill Choices of Colleges & Courses
Kerala Engineering Agricultural Medical Entrance Exam 2026 ( KEAM )
Exam On - 15 Apr '26 - 21 Apr '26
KEAM 2025 option registration is now open. KEAM 2025 counselling option registration link and all details are available on this page now. Check all details regarding KEAM option registrations 2025 on this page below.
KEAM Option Registration 2025
KEAM Option Registration 2025: CEE has released the dates for KEAM phase 3 counselling. In this round, fresh option registration has been invited, and candidates will be able to complete the KEAM option registration 2025 by August 7.
The KEAM option registration facility allows the candidates participating in KEAM 2025 counselling to provide their choices of colleges and courses in order of their priority. Seats in KEAM counselling participating colleges will be filled based on the options registered by the candidates and their KEAM 2025 ranks.
To register options in KEAM 2025 counselling, candidates have to log in to their ‘Candidate Portal’ through the website cee.kerala.gov.in using the application number and password. Candidates who do not register their options within the stipulated time will not be considered for allotment under any circumstances.
Check all details related to KEAM 2025 option registration on this page below.
- KEAM 2025 Option Registration Link - Phase 3
- What is KEAM Option Registration?
- KEAM 2025 Option Registration Date
- KEAM 2025 Option Registration Fee
- How to Register Options in KEAM 2025 Counselling?
- What after KEAM 2025 Option Registrations?
KEAM 2025 Option Registration Link - Phase 3
Candidates can access the link for KEAM option registration 2025 below:
- KEAM 2025 counselling phase 3 option registration link: https://www.cee.kerala.gov.in/keam2025/
What is KEAM Option Registration?
The option registration in the KEAM (Kerala Engineering, Architecture, Medical) counselling means that candidates select their preferred course and college for admission. The candidates have to register the options in order of priority and submit them as per the schedule. Only the candidates who appear in the KEAM rank list can register their option for KEAM counselling.
KEAM 2025 Option Registration Date
Check KEAM 2025 option registration dates in the table below:
| KEAM 2025 Counselling | Dates |
|---|---|
| KEAM 2025 phase 1 option registration starts | 11 July 2025 |
| KEAM 2025 phase 1 option registration ends | 16 July 2025 18 July 2025 |
| KEAM phase 2 option edit/rearrangement | 25 July 2025 |
| KEAM phase 2 option edit/rearrangement | 28 July 2025 |
| KEAM phase 3 fresh option registration starts | 05 Aug 2025 |
| KEAM phase 3 fresh option registration ends | 07 Aug 2025 |
KEAM 2025 Option Registration Fee
The candidates participating in KEAM counselling have to pay the option registration fee. The KEAM 2025 option registration fee is given below:
- For candidates belonging to SC/ST/OEC category and those having benefits as per G.O.(Ms) No.25/2005/SCSTDD Dated 20.06.2005 and G.O. (Ms)No.10/2014/BCDD Dated 23.05.2014, and those candidates from Juvenile Home, Nirbhaya Home, Sree Chitra Home: INR 500, (The option registration fee of such candidates who take admission in the allotted college/course will be adjusted in the caution deposit.)
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For all other candidates: INR 2,000. (The registration fee will be adjusted in the tuition fee of those candidates who take admission consequent on allotments.)
Refund of the KEAM 2025 Option Registration Fee
A list of Course-College combinations available for allotments through the KEAM CAP will be displayed on the Option Registration page of the candidate based on the stream (s) the candidate is eligible for. For example, a candidate included only in the Engineering stream will see the Engineering courses together with the corresponding two-letter codes (Eg:- AE - Applied Electronics and Instrumentation, EC - Electronics and Communication Engineering etc.). Similarly, a candidate in the Medical Stream will see the Medical courses together with the corresponding two-letter codes (Eg:- MM-MBBS, MD-BDS, BA-BAMS etc.). A candidate eligible for both Engineering and Medical streams will see both Engineering and Medical courses. All the Colleges under the stream (s) applicable to the candidate will be shown with their respective three-letter codes (Eg:- TVE-College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, TVM-Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram etc.).
All eligible options of the candidate will be displayed on the KEAM Option Registration Page. The candidate may follow the directions given therein to register the options. The data entered may be saved regularly by clicking the ‘Save’ button, so that the data already entered is not lost due to unexpected reasons.
The candidate should enter only those options in which they are interested. Candidates should also note that they will be considered for allotment only to those courses and colleges opted by them. So, a candidate who has not opted for a course-college combination will not be considered for allotment for that combination. Existing options, registered by the candidate which is available in the Option Registration Page, can be cancelled by clicking on the corresponding 'Delete' button. Changes (including deletions) made in the option list must be saved (by clicking on the SAVE button) before leaving the option registration page.
All the valid options registered by the candidate will be processed. If a candidate gets allotted a particular seat, based on his/her option, he/she is bound to accept it, failing which, they will lose that allotment as well as all the existing options in the stream to which the allotment belongs. The options once lost will not be available in the subsequent phases.
- The registration fee of those candidates who do not get allotment will be refunded.
- The Registration Fee of those candidates who do not take admission will be treated as a penalty and will not be refunded.
How to Register Options in KEAM 2025 Counselling?
Check below the steps for KEAM option registration process:
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- Vist the official website of KEAM and access the ‘Candidate Portal’ using the Application Number and Password.
- Proceed to the option registration page by clicking on the ‘Option Registration’ Link.
- Pay the option registration fee and register the options.
- Save the options registered.
- View and print the list of options registered.
- Log off from the ‘Candidate Portal’.
What after KEAM 2025 Option Registrations?
The authority releases the KEAM seat allotment list after the completion of option registration. Students can check the seat allotment list on the official website. To confirm the seat allotment, students need to log in through the candidate portal. After accepting the seat, download the KEAM allotment memo. In the KEAM allotment memo, you can check college, course, and fee details.
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The KEAM 2026 application process will open in February 2026, tentatively.
The application fee for KEAM is as follows: Engineering only/ B.Pharma only/both: General: INR 875 and SC: INR 375. Architecture only/Medical & Allied only/both: General: INR 625 and SC: INR 250. Both the streams: General: INR 1125 and SC: INR 500.
The KEAM 2026 registration and application form release can be expected in February 2026. The online application form will be available on the official website of KEAM - cee.kerala.gov.in.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 months ago
KEAM cutoff is the last rank at which admission was ceased against a given course and institute.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 months ago
A few days after the KEAM counselling ends, the KEAM last ranks are uploaded for all courses and institutes on the official website of KEAM - cee.kerala.gov.in.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 months ago
CEE will release the complete schedule for KEAM counselling after the KEAM 2026 results are out. The KEAM option registration and allotment will be made available round wise on the official website - cee.kerala.gov.in.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
CEE will announce the KEAM 2026 candidate response sheet release date after the exam ends. Candidates will be able to access their individual candidate response sheet under their respective logins at cee.kerala.gov.in.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 months ago
The KEAM candidate response sheet is issued to each of the candidates who take the KEAM exam under their respective KEAM candidate login after the exam. The response sheet includes the record of the answers marked by the candidaes on the exam day.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 months ago
No. Since KEAM has transitioned to a computer-based test from 2024, hard copies of the question papers are not provided to the candidates. However, the KEAM question paper PDFs are uploaded on the official website of KEAM after the exam is over.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 2 months ago
Solving past year papers of KEAM, has the following benefits:
- Candidates get insights into the exam pattern and marking scheme.
- Candidates can check the past years papers to identify the high-weightage topics.
- They help the candidates improve their speed and accuracy.
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Contributor-Level 6
Candidates can register KEAM option by entering the option number for a course-college combination the candidate can fix their preference numbers for the course-college combinations displayed in the Option Registration Page. Here all the eligible options of the candidate will be displayed coursewise and the candidate is expected to enter their preference number for a particular combination.