RIE CEE Colleges 2026: Admissions, Fees, Ranking, Placements

Updated on Mar 11, 2026 16:29 IST

By Porishmita Paul, Associate Senior Executive

Overview

RIE CEE Colleges 2026: The exam conducting body, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) conducts the Regional Institute of Education Common Entrance Examination. It is one of the most popular BEd entrance exam conducted to shortlist candidates for BEd / BSc BEd / BA BEd along with PG courses such as MSc BEd and MEd courses. After completing the course and getting shortlisted for the course, candidates will be selected for the colleges. In this write up, candidates can check the course wise seat intake as well as the colleges.

Table of contents

Courses offered by RIE CEE
Seats on Offer at Colleges Accepting RIE CEE Scores
FAQs related to RIE CEE Colleges 2026

Courses offered by RIE CEE

The Regional Institute of Education Common Entrance Examination (RIE CEE) 2026 is a national exam conducted by NCERT. It is held every year for students who want to study teacher education courses at the Regional Institutes of Education (RIEs) in India. The exam helps select students for different undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes. These courses train students to become skilled and confident teachers. By qualifying for RIE CEE, candidates can start their journey toward a career in education and teaching.

The RIE CEE 2026 exam is conducted to offer admission to eligible candidates in the following undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) teaching courses:

UG Courses
BEd	BA BEd
BSc BEd	MSc Ed
PG Courses
MEd	-

All candidates who clears the RIE CEE 2026 exam are eligible to get admission in their respective courses offered at Prarambh and the following Regional Institutes of Education (RIEs):

RIE Ajmer	RIE Bhubaneswar
RIE Bhopal	RIE Mysore
RIE Shillong	-

Seats on Offer at Colleges Accepting RIE CEE Scores

The course-wise seat intake for the 2026 session will be announced later.

Candidates can refer to the previous year’s seat intake details given below. In 2025, a total of 1,205 seats were available for UG and PG admissions through RIE CEE exam. Check the course-wise total seats offered by colleges accepting RIE CEE scores below.

The following table is for the 2025 session -

RIE CEE Courses	Total Seats
B.Ed	400
BAB.Ed	210
BScB.Ed	430
MScEd	45
M.Ed	120
Total	1,205

Further, let us have a look at the course-wise seats offered at each college accepting RIE CEE exam scores for admission.

Seats on Offer at Colleges Accepting RIE CEE Scores 2025 for BEd

For B.Ed course, 200 seats each are on offer for Science & Maths Group candidates and Social Science & Language Group candidates. Refer the table below:

RIEs	Seats for Science & Maths Group	Seats for Social Science & Language Group
RIE Ajmer	50	50
RIE Bhopal	50	50
RIE Bhubaneswar	50	50
RIE Mysore	25	25
RIE Shillong	25	25
Total	200	200

Seats on Offer at Colleges Accepting RIE CEE Scores 2025 for BA BEd

Check out the institute-wise seats on offer for BA BEd course below:

RIEs	Seats for BA BEd
RIE Ajmer	50
RIE Bhubaneswar	50
RIE Bhopal	40
RIE Mysore	40
Prarambh	30
Total	210

Seats on Offer at Colleges Accepting RIE CEE Scores 2025 for BSc BEd

For BSc BEd course, 180 seats each are up for grabs for Physical Science Group candidates and Biological Science Group candidates. Apart from this, 70 seats BScB.Ed seats are also offered at Prarambh. However, the institute does not provide information on the number of seats available for different group candidates.