COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

UNIT FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND ACADEMIC ADMISSIONS

COUNSELLING FOR ACADEMIC ADMISSIONS 2013

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1 All candidates who wish to join the various Academic programmes of the University should invariably attend the Centralized Counselling for admission to the respective programmes as per the counseling schedule published in the web site www.cusat.nic.in and in www.cusat.ac.in. Individual call letter will not be sent to the candidates. Candidates are advised to attend the counseling for admission as per the schedule published in the web site. Candidates who do not report for counseling on the scheduled date and time at the counseling venue will not be considered for admission. Requests for change of dates will not be considered under any circumstances. Candidates seeking admission to the Academic Programmes of the University are advised to be conversant with the various instructions, procedures, rules etc. detailed in the CAT notification and Key Information published in the website www.cusat.nic.in. Only candidates who fulfill the minimum requirements as per the eligibility criteria prescribed by the University will be considered for provisional admission. See CAT 2013 prospectus for more details on eligibility criteria of various courses. For B Tech/M Sc Photonics, B Tech Lateral Entry programmes and MCA programme only candidates who have registered their online options will be considered for allotment/admission as per the counseling schedule. Candidates should report for counseling on the specified date and time allotted to them as per the counseling schedule. Requests for change of counseling dates will not be considered under any circumstances. Candidates belonging to states other than Kerala are not eligible for communal reservation. POINTS TO BE NOTED WHILE REPORTING FOR COUNSELING/ADMISSION All candidates should report for counseling/Admission in person either with the Parent or Guardian at the scheduled time. register themselves for counseling/admission at the counselling venue on the date and time allotted to them.

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 fulfill the minimum requirement as per the eligibility criteria implemented in the University at the time of counseling/admission. remit the required fees in full on the date of Admission. Partpayment of fees or postponement of date of payment will not be allowed under any circumstances. produce the following certificates/documents in original at the time of counseling/admission. CAT 2013 e-Admit Card/GATE admit card. Registration Confirmation Page. S.S.L.C/10th Mark list & pass certificate (CBSE, ICSE etc.). Plus 2 Mark lists / and pass certificate (CBSE, ICSE etc.). Original documents to prove Academic Qualifications. Gate score card for M Tech admission. Certificate to prove Kerallite Status. Mark lists of all the 3 years programme(For B Tech Lateral entry) of the Diploma

Diploma/Provisional certificate (For B Tech Lateral entry). Transfer Certificate from the attended (in English version) Conduct/Character Certificate from last attended (in English version) Institution the last

Institution

Four passport size Photographs of the candidate SEBC candidates belonging to the state of Kerala should produce Community Certificate and Annual family Income Certificate (for the financial year 2011-12) issued by the Village Officer concerned for claiming admission under respective Reservation category. KSC/KST candidates belonging to State of Kerala should produce Community certificate issued by the Tahasildar concerned for claiming admission under respective Reservation category. Candidates who claim OEC status for fee concession shall obtain the same endorsed in their community certificate compulsorily by the competent authority. Candidates seeking admission under physically handicapped (PHC) category should invariably produce a valid Physically Handicapped certificate issued by the District Medical Board of the State to which the candidate belongs.

Candidates seeking admission under sports quota should bring all original certificates of their achievements in the respective sports events and the sports eligibility certificate issued by Kerala State Sports Council. If any of the above certificates are not in English/Malayalam, Candidates should invariably produce a translated version of the same in English endorsed by a Notary Public. Two sets of attested copies of all the certificates/documents mentioned above. original

Failure to present themselves at the appointed time for the admission process will result in immediate and summary forfeiture of all claims for admissions and removal from the list of eligible candidates. Non-production of Community and Annual Family Income Certificates in original at the time of Counselling/Admission will result in disqualification of the candidate from seeking admission under the respective communal reservation category. Attested copies of community Certificate and income Certificate will not be accepted.

10 Rules and regulations on Kerala State Communal Reservation and Special Reservation adopted by the University from time to time will be applicable for admission to the various academic programmes. 11 The University reserves the right to add, delete or amend any of the stipulations regarding the reservation criteria, eligibility, intake, specialization, type of programmes, rules, regulations, fee structure etc. at any time and these will be applicable to the candidates seeking admission. 12 Claims/Requests for benefits under any reservations (Communal Reservation/ Special Reservation etc.) other than what is indicated by the candidate in the CAT 2013 application, will not be considered for counseling/admission under any circumstances. 13 All Certificates/Documents submitted by admitted candidates will be kept under the custody of the university till the completion of Qualification Certificate verification and will not be returned to the candidate except in the case of cancellation of admission. 14 UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCE AND CANCELLATION OF ADMISSION Continuous, unauthorized absence of Candidates admitted to any programme of study for the first 15 working days after the commencement of classes will result in the cancellation of their admission, without any notice, and such vacancies will be filled by admitting other eligible candidates.

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Candidates seeking fee concession under KPCR has to remit the full fees at the time of counselling. The fees so collected will be refunded to the candidates to the extent reimbursed by the government, as and when necessary grants are received.

ii KSC/KST candidates belonging to the state of Kerala shall pay fee items not reimbursable by the Government of Kerala. They have to pay the caution deposit amount also which is refundable after completion of the course. iii OEC Candidates are eligible applicable to SC/ST Candidates. for fee concession as

28. Candidates belonging to Kerala Scheduled Caste (KSC)/Kerala Scheduled Tribe (KST) and Other Eligibile Communities(OEC) need to pay only the fees applicable to them as shown in the respective fee tables. They need not pay any additional fees even if they get admission in payment category seats.

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REFUND OF FEES

Refund of fees if any will be governed by the following rules and regulations prescribed by the University. When a student cancels his admission before the commencement of classes, another student from the waiting list will be given admission and the student who cancelled admission will be refunded the entire fee remitted after deducting a processing fee of not more than Rs.1000/-. When a student cancels his admission after the commencement of classes full amount of tuition fee remitted by him will be refunded to him, irrespective of the fact that he attends or does not attend the classes Refund without interest will be made only in the next financial year. The aforesaid rules are subject to amendments from time to time.
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With best wishes DIRECTOR, IRAA