SHIATS Entrance Exam BCA 2020: Exam Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus, Results

The exam is conducted by the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad.

Courses which are offered here is Agriculture, Engineering, Sciences, Management, Humanities, and Theology.

The SHIATS Entrance Exam is a multiple-choice exam consisting of 100 questions. The questions are divided into three sections:

1. Physics: 30 questions
2. Chemistry: 30 questions
3. Mathematics: 40 questions

Each question carries 1 mark, and there is no negative marking. The exam is conducted in offline mode for a duration of 1.5 hours.

The types of questions that candidates can expect in the SHIATS Entrance Exam are:

1. Physics: Questions on concepts such as mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, waves, and optics.
2. Chemistry: Questions on concepts such as atomic structure, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, organic chemistry, and inorganic chemistry.
3. Mathematics: Questions on concepts such as algebra, calculus, trigonometry, coordinate geometry, and vectors.

SHIATS Entrance Exam is conducted once a year. The exam usually takes place in June, and the university will post the date for the exam on its official website several months before the exam date.

Candidates may apply for the exam online on the university's website. The dates of registration typically start in early March and close in late May.

Students should complete their 12th or a similar exam from a good board with the minimum required for the chosen course. 

Holds a Bachelor degree from a relevant college with the same expertise for the shiats programme (PG).

There is no restriction on the age for the SHIATS entrance examination. Anyone wishing to take the exam can apply, regardless of age. Of course, the undergraduate exams do require candidates to have passed the 12th standard or equivalent examination from a recognised board of education to be eligible.

Below, we present the eligibility criteria for the SHIATS entrance examination:

• The candidate should have passed 12th standard or equal examination from a recognised Board of Education.
• Candidates should have secured a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate in the 12th standard or equivalent examination.
• Class candidates should have studied the following subjects at 12th standard or equivalent examination: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

The eligibility criteria may vary for other courses offered by SHIATS. If you would like more detail, visit the SHIATS website.

For the SHUATS entrance exam you must start the registration process online through universities website to pay the fees and to register. The registration process requires the admitted student to pay a fee of the programme within 48 hours and report to the university for document verification and the admission process. 

Syllabus for UG programs is based on 12 and 11 class topics of the preffered stream such as Agriculture, Science, Mathematics, or Biology, depending on the course.

It focuses on the subjects studied at the Bachelor level in the relevant discipline including practical knowledge, theory and research aptitude.

To get admission here you need to meet the eligibility criteria first which generally requires passing 12th with chemistry, physics, biology or maths.

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It will release few weeks before the official announcement of the exam.

Students can download the admit card by logging it into the portal of the official website of SHIATS. 

The format is typically mutiple choice questions and based on the format of previous year. Students are advised to check the previous year papers as well.

It is typically 100 questions asked in shiats exam for the UG level students.

The main campus is of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS) is in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.

You can take bus, train prior 2 to 3 days visiting the main campus or where your centre is located.

Candidates who are interested in taking the admissions to one of the courses offered at SHIATS, will be refused on the following parameters:

1. If any candidate is found misleading the University with false marks, mark sheet,  information and been admitted in the
   University, the University reserves the right to reject the admission and further debar the candidate from seekingadmission in  the University in future.
2. It is the responsibility of the candidate to furnish complete and correct information in the application form. Any admission
   made on the basis of wrong or concealed information provided by the candidate or due to any oversight or error of the online counselling and admission division which is subsequently detected after the admission or joining of the candidate, will be cancelled at any time at the cost and the risk of the candidate.
3. Candidates against whom disciplinary action has been taken and who have been involved in any sort of established criminal offence in the past, will not be considered for admission.
4. If admission of a candidate is not in the interest of the university, the ViceChancellor reserves the right to cancel the admission of such a student, irrespective of the fact that he / she fulfils all the academic requirement of the programme. The decision of Vice- Chancellor shall be final and legally binding on the candidate.

Category of candidates and their allocation of seats in SHIATS etntrance exam is based on the following norms:

1. Regular Students:  Candidates selected for admission into various academic programmes offered by the university are considered as fulltime regular students. These students will be entitled to avail of all the facilities of the various academic departments and other fields in the university.
2.  Christian and General Candidates:  University reserves 50% seats for candidates of the Christian community and the remaining 50% seats shall be allotted to general candidates. Thus,  the total number of seats of the university have been categorized equally for Christian and general candidates. The total number of seats for admission in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes are given.
3.  Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Candidates: For the academic programmes in agriculture, agricultural engineering and allied sciences, fifteen percent (15%) seats in undergraduate programmes and twenty-five percent (25%) seats in postgraduate programmes will be filled through all India entrance test conducted by ICAR, New Delhi.
   However, eighty-five percent (85%) seats in undergraduate and seventyfive percent (75%) in postgraduate shall be filled by SHUATS.
   The ICAR category seats are inclusive of Christian and general candidates and the number filled in either category shall be adjusted against total seats in each category.
4. Foreign Candidates: Foreign candidates are not required to appear in SOET / merit based offline counselling / open online counselling. Admission to foreign candidates will be given on the recommendation of the Directorate of International Education and Training. The foreign candidates shall pay fees in U.S. dollars as mentioned in Table No. 9 of Prospectus 2023, which does not include the boarding and lodging (food expenses etc.) charges.
5. Non-resident Indian (NRI) Candidates:  i. Admission for NRI wards/NRI-sponsored candidates is available in all undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D programmes.
    ii. NRI wards/NRI sponsored candidates are exempted from the merit based online counselling / open online counselling.
    iii. These admissions shall be against fifteen percent (15%) over and above seats available for various academic programmes.
    iv. Fees for NRI Wards/NRI sponsored candidates shall be the same as for foreign candidates as mentioned in Table No. 9 of Prospectus 2023.
6. Kashmiri Migrant Candidates: The Kashmiri Migrants will be considered for admission under special package during the session 2023–2024. They will be required to produce the supportive documents.

Students who clear the shiats entrance exam are elgible to sit for the counselling session. They should clear the minimum requirement they have.

The SHIATS 2026 counse;ing process is when the qualified candidates who cleared the exam sit in the counselling sessions in which they have been alloted with the colleges as per their scores.