KEAM 2026 Option Registration Closes Today; Final Allotment on July 8
The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE), Kerala, will close the KEAM 2026 option registration and rearrangement facility today, July 7, at 12 noon. Know what follows below.
KEAM 2026 Option Registration Closes Today; Final Allotment on July 8
Candidates participating in the KEAM centralised admission process (CAP) must complete and lock their college and course preferences through the official KEAM candidate portal before the deadline. Candidates are advised to carefully review and rearrange their options before the window closes, as no further modifications will be permitted after the deadline.
Learn option entry and explore rank-wise college choices to fill your preferences smartly.
📥 Download FREE PDFThe option registration process allows candidates to select and prioritise their preferred engineering colleges and programmes based on their KEAM rank. The allotment will be prepared according to the candidate's rank, reservation category, availability of seats, and the order of options submitted during counselling.
As per the official counselling schedule, the KEAM 2026 first phase final seat allotment result will be announced on July 8, and a provisional allotment list will be released on July 7. The trial allotment list was published on July 6.
How to Complete KEAM 2026 Option Registration
Candidates can follow these steps to submit or modify their options:
- Visit the official KEAM candidate portal at cee.kerala.gov.in.
- Log in using the application number and password.
- Click on the 'Option Registration' link.
- Add, delete, or rearrange college and course preferences.
- Save the changes and confirm the final list of options.
- Take a printout of the submitted options for future reference.
Candidates are advised to include a sufficient number of colleges and courses while filling their preferences to improve their chances of securing a seat during the allotment process.
After the seat is allotted, candidates will have to download their allotment memo and complete the admission formalities, including payment of the prescribed fee and reporting to the allotted institute within the schedule announced by CEE.
Those who do not receive a seat in the first allotment or wish to participate in subsequent rounds should continue to follow the phase counselling schedule that will be released by the authority. Candidates are advised to keep checking the official KEAM website regularly for updates regarding the allotment result, admission dates, fee payment schedule, and reporting instructions.
Commonly asked questions
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.
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.).
As per the exam analysis of KEAM exam held over the years the overall difficulty level of the KEAM is moderate. Physics section is usually found to be moderate and the Chemistry part is easy. The Maths section is reported to be moderate and lengthy over the years.
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