KEAM 2026 Exam Dates OUT; Reports Claim Exam to be Held from April 15 to 21
Various reports have suggested that the KEAM 2026 exam dates have been announced. Check details below.
KEAM 2026 Exam Dates OUT; Reports Claim Exam to be Held from April 15 to 21
According to various local reports, CEE Kerala will conduct the KEAM 2026 exam on April 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21. On all these days, the KEAM 2026 exam will be held from 2 pm and 5 pm. Local reports also claim that CEE has kept four buffer days on the KEAM 2026 exam schedule - April 13, 14, 22 and 23. The exam will be held in computer-based mode, and more details will be available with the official KEAM 2026 prospectus.
KEAM 2026 registration is expected to start in February 2026 on the official website - cee.kerala.gov.in. Currently, CEE has not updated any information on KEAM 2026 dates on the official website.
KEAM 2026 entrance exam will be held for admission to the engineering and pharmacy courses. For admission to medical, agriculture, forestry, veterinary, fisheries, and architecture courses, candidates have to register for KEAM and appear in the KEAM centralised counselling process (CAP) with their applicable entrance exam scores (like NEET and NATA) for admission to participating colleges.
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The KEAM 2026 exam dates are as follows:
KEAM Exam Date 2026 |
Timings |
|---|---|
April 13, 2026 |
Buffer Day |
April 16, 2026 |
Buffer Day |
April 17, 2026 |
2 to 5 PM |
April 18, 2026 |
2 to 5 PM |
April 19, 2026 |
2 to 5 PM |
April 20, 2026 |
2 to 5 PM |
April 21, 2026 |
2 to 5 PM |
April 22, 2026 |
2 to 5 PM |
April 23, 2026 |
2 to 5 PM |
April 24, 2026 |
Buffer Day |
April 25, 2026 |
Buffer Day |
CEE will start the facility to submit class 12 marks after the KEAM 2026 result is announced. This facility will be available only to those candidates who will qualify the KEAM 2026 exam.
The KEAM rank list is prepared based on the marks of the qualifying exam and KEAM scores. The weightage of the qualifying exam marks and KEAM marks varies for rank lists PDF for Engineering, Architecture, B.Pharma, MBBS / BDS / BHMS / BSMS / BUMS / Agriculture / Forestry / Veterinary / Co-operation & Banking / Climate Change & Environmental Science/ B.Tech Biotechnology (under KAU) / Fisheries and B.A. MS Equal weightage of 50:50 shall be given to the score obtained in the Entrance Examination for Engineering, and the grade/marks obtained in the final year of the qualifying examination for Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry put together, after effecting the standardisation procedure.
In case the computer/mouse allotted to any candidate malfunctions anytime during the KEAM CBT, they will be immediately allotted another computer system and the time lost due to this will be adjusted in the server so as to give the candidate the full allotted time. Use of keyboard during the exam is strictly not allowed in KEAM exam. Wherever use of keyboard is needed, a virtual keyboard appearing on the computer screen can be used.
KEAM 2026 entrance exam for engineering admission will have questions from Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics. While the BPharm candidates have to appear for Physics and Chemistry only. The KEAM entrance exam for engineering courses consists of 150 questions, with Mathematics having 75 questions, Physics having 45 questions, and Chemistry having 30 questions. Candidates get 180 minutes to complete the exam.
For candidates appearing for the KEAM exam BPharm ONLY, the entrance exam has 45 questions in Physics and 30 questions in Chemistry, to be completed within 90 minutes. Each correct answer fetches four marks, while every incorrect answer results in a deduction of one mark.
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