KEAM 2026 Counselling: Dates, Option Registration, Seat Allotment, Fees, Documents Needed, Last Ranks

The KEAM Centralised Allotment Process (CAP) is a complete online Single Window System (SWS) to give allotments to the various courses and colleges under the Engineering / Architecture / Pharmacy / Medical streams in the state, based on the options submitted by the candidates. The KEAM CAP is strictly based on the options exercised, the rank obtained and the applicable reservations of the candidate.

The KEAM 2026 counselling link for option registration, seat allotment result, etc, will be made available below:

• KEAM 2026 counselling link: will be available here

Candidates can check the process of KEAM counselling process below:

KEAM Counselling 2026 Option Registration

KEAM 2026 options can be registered only through the website, cee.kerala.gov.in. Candidates will have to register their options in a single stream or multiple streams (based on their eligibility) in the ‘Option Registration Page’ accessible through the KEAM 2026 candidate portal. Candidates have to register their options for courses and colleges in order of priority. Options submitted to the CEE by Fax, Post, Hand delivery etc., will not be processed or considered on any account for allotment of seats.

KEAM Counselling 2026 Trial Allotments

KEAM trial allotments help the candidates understand whether they can get the college and course of their choice in CAP.  CEE will conduct the trial allotment before the closure of the time fixed for registering options during the 1st Phase of allotment to give an idea about the chances of getting allotment to a course and college based on options and rank of the candidate. The trial Allotment does not guarantee that the candidate will get an allotment in a college or course.

KEAM Counselling 2026 Seat Allotments

After the period earmarked for registering options, KEAM counselling seat allotment for all courses is published on the website, cee.kerala.gov.in, on the date notified by the CEE. The allotment memo, the printout of which can be taken from the website, will show the college to which the candidate is allotted and the fee to be remitted for the course allotted. Necessary notifications in this regard are also issued by CEE.  

KEAM 2026 Counselling Payment of Seat Confirmation Fee

The fee prescribed in the KEAM counselling 2026 seat allotment will have to be remitted by the candidate at the colleges allotted as per the notification issued by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations in this regard. If candidates who are instructed to join a course based on allotment do not remit the fee and join the college/course, they will lose their 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.

KEAM 2026 Counselling Final Admission

Candidates allotted to courses, and who remit the fee as prescribed should be admitted to the college allotted as per the schedule prescribed by the CEE. Candidates who do not take admission will lose their KEAM counselling 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 candidates are liable to pay the admission fee as prescribed by the University concerned at the time of admission.

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Any candidate who wishes to register their options should have the KEAM 2026 ‘Application number’ and ‘Password’ readily available with them. The candidate must also have access to an internet facility. For Assistance, candidates can contact the facilitation centres. The list of facilitation centres is made available on the website.

The candidate should follow the procedure given below for registering options: 

• Log on to the ‘Candidate Portal’ through the website cee.kerala.gov.in 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’. 

Check some important rules for KEAM option registration:

• Candidates can register for all the available options if they desire to. However, the candidates don't need to exercise all the options.
• A candidate will not be allotted a seat in a course of a college if they have not opted for the course-college combination during the option registration process of CAP-2026.
• A candidate is bound to accept an allotment as per the priority registered in the Options list, and they have to surrender the seat already occupied by them, if they are allotted based on options furnished against arising/future vacancies. Request to retain the existing admission after an allotment is made, based on the option registered, will not be considered under any circumstances.
• Failure to report for admission in the allotted institution, after remitting the required fee within the stipulated time, will result in the forfeiture of his/her allotment to that course and cancellation of all the existing options in the stream to which that allotment belongs.
• For each phase of CAP 2026 after the initial phase, confirmation of the higher-order options by logging in to the Option Registration Page and clicking the ‘confirm’ button is mandatory to participate in that phase of allotment, even if no cancellation/rearrangement of options is desired. Non-confirmation of higher-order options for a particular phase of CAP will lead to the automatic deletion of higher-order options belonging to the course(s) included in that phase, making them unavailable for the subsequent phases.

Candidates can check KEAM seat allotment result phase-wise in the table below:

After the candidates have been allotted seats:

• Candidates have to download the allotment memo from their respective logins.
• Thereafter, the fee prescribed in the KEAM counselling 2026 seat allotment will have to be remitted by the candidate at the colleges allotted as per the notification issued by the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations in this regard. If candidates who are instructed to join a course based on allotment do not remit the fee and join the college/course, they will lose their 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.

Documents needed: Candidates who get KEAM 2026 seat allotment will have to report before the Principal/Head of the Institution concerned for admission on the dates notified with the following documents:

1. Certificate to prove date of birth.
2. Transfer Certificate from the Institution last attended and Conduct Certificate.
3. Original mark list of the qualifying examination (Higher Secondary or equivalent) and the Pass certificate of the qualifying examination (if issued).
4. Eligibility certificate from any University in Kerala, in the case of candidates who have passed a qualifying examination other than Higher Secondary Examination/ Vocational Higher Secondary Examination conducted by the Government of Kerala or the examination conducted by CBSE and CISCE. Eligibility certificate from Kerala University of Health Sciences in the case of candidates who have passed a qualifying examination other than Kerala HSE/VHSE/CBSE/CISCE for admission in KUHS affiliated colleges.
5. Migration Certificate, if applicable.
6. Physical Fitness Certificate
7. Receipt of fee remitted
8. Datasheet of KEAM 2026
9. Admit card of NEET-UG-2026 (if applicable)
10. Allotment Memo issued by the CEE.
11. Any other documents required in the allotment Memo/Notification
12. Originals of all the documents and certificates uploaded with the online application

Verification of Documents: The Principal/Head of the College or Institution shall be personally responsible for verification and satisfaction of the correctness of the documents/Certificates produced by the candidate at the time of seeking admission to the college/institution. The University concerned shall also verify the records produced by the candidate who got admission to the college/institution by deputing special teams and submit a report to the Government within 10 days from the last date fixed for the final allotment of seats.

Payment of the admission fee: Candidates who do not pay the tuition fee or do not take admission on the prescribed date will lose their allotment as well as all the existing options in the stream to which that allotment belongs.

Fees for the various courses in Govt./Aided Colleges are fixed by the Government, from time to time. Fees for the various courses in Self-financing Institutions are notified separately. The details of the fee structure for various courses are published before the commencement of the CAP 2026. The list of Private Self-Financing Institutions which offer additional fee concessions is also published on the official website of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, before the commencement of CAP 2026.