Engineering Entrance · Higher study

VITEEE

VIT Engineering Entrance Examination

Admission to BTech programmes at VIT's Vellore, Chennai, AP (Amaravati) and Bhopal campuses. Rank determines the campus, branch and fee category.

Eligibility

You must have passed Class 12 in 2025 or 2026, or be appearing in 2027. You need 60% aggregate in PCM (or PCB for selected programmes), with at least 50% in Mathematics or Biology. The threshold is 50% for SC/ST candidates and those from J&K, Ladakh and the North-East. Candidates must be born on or after 1 July 2004. Indian nationals, NRIs and OCI cardholders may apply.

Age limit: Born on or after 1 July 2004 (as per Class 10 certificate)

Exam pattern

Revised for 2027. The computer-based test is now 2 hours (down from 2.5 hours), with sectional timers, and has 100 MCQs for 400 marks: Mathematics or Biology 40, Physics 25, Chemistry 25, English 5 and Aptitude 5. Marking is +4 for a correct answer and -1 for a wrong one, with zero for unanswered or marked-for-review questions; negative marking was first introduced in 2026, and editions up to 2025 had none. The paper is in English only, and candidates book their own date and slot.

Syllabus at a glance

Covers the Class 11 and 12 syllabus in Mathematics (or Biology), Physics and Chemistry, which VIT revised for 2027, plus short English comprehension and aptitude sections (data interpretation, logical reasoning). Download the 2027 syllabus from the official site, because topics were added, trimmed and reorganised.

Upcoming dates

Event	Date	Status
Online application window (open now)	Oct 2026 - 31 Mar 2027	confirmed
Slot booking and admit card	Mid-to-late Apr 2027	expected
VITEEE 2027 exam	27 Apr - 2 May 2027 (tentative per VIT)	expected
Result and counselling	Second week of May 2027	expected

Expected dates follow the usual calendar; confirm on the official notification before planning.

Free prep material

Official

VITEEE official site

Revised 2027 syllabus and pattern, the application, and the official mock test available to registered applicants.

Study material

NCERT textbooks (Class 11 and 12)

The core of the PCM/B syllabus; VITEEE questions are mostly direct and NCERT-level.

Mock tests

SATHEE (IIT Kanpur and Ministry of Education)

Free lectures and timed tests that help with the new sectional-timer format.

Video course

Physics Wallah (YouTube)

Free PCM one-shots suited to fast revision before a slot-based exam.

Study material

Khan Academy

Free practice for the English comprehension and quantitative aptitude basics.

Standard books

NCERT Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (or Biology) textbooks, Class 11 and 12
VITEEE Explorer by Arihant
Objective Physics by D.C. Pandey (Arihant)
Objective Mathematics by R.D. Sharma
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by R.S. Aggarwal

How toppers play it

Papers and books from 2025 and earlier assume 125 questions with no negative marking. With -1 now in force and only 100 questions in 2 hours, skip questions you can only guess.
Sectional timers mean you cannot borrow time from one section for another. Practise each section to its own clock, especially Mathematics, which has 40 questions.
Mathematics alone carries 160 of the 400 marks, so a strong maths score largely decides your rank and branch.
Book an exam slot early for a centre near you, and avoid the last day, when there are fewer slots and more stress. You can sit VITEEE only once per year, so there is no second attempt.
English and Aptitude are only 10 questions but quick wins. Do them within the first few minutes of their sections.