ICAR-AIEEA entrance exam schedule announced; find details here

New Delhi, July 28: The All India Entrance Examination for Admission (AIEEA) to bachelor degree programme in Agriculture and Allied Sciences will be conducted on September 7, 8 and 13, the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) has announced.

Online submission of application for registration is currently underway and the last date for submission is August 20. The exam will be conducted by the National Testing Agency at 178 cities.

Aspirants are advised to visit http://icar.nta.ac.in/ for the prospectus, online registration and other details. Candidates can apply for AIEEA (UG)-2021“Online” on the website : https://icar.nta.ac.in.

The AIEEA 2021 shall be conducted for admission to bachelor degree programmes in Agriculture and Allied Sciences (other than Veterinary Sciences), at Agricultural Universities on 15% of the University seats (100% seats in RLBCAU Jhansi, NDRI Karnal and Dr. RPCAU Pusa, Bihar). Further, not more than 40% candidates from any one state shall be admitted in any agricultural university in a particular subject and category, said the information brochure released by ICAR.

Online submission of application form – July 25 to August 20

Date of examination September 7, 8, 13

Duration of exam 150 minutes

The ICAR-Agriculture University System of India has 74 Agricultural Universities comprising 63 State Agricultural, Veterinary, Horticultural and Fisheries Universities (SAUs), 4 ICAR-DUs, viz. IARI, IVRI, NDRI and CIFE, 3 Central Agricultural Universities (CAU, Imphal, Dr. RPCAU, Pusa and RLB CAU, Jhansi), 4 Central Universities (CU) having Faculty of Agriculture (BHU, AMU, Viswa Bharati and Nagaland University).

The National Agricultural Research, Education and Extension System (NAREES) of India is one of the largest in the world, admitting more than 28000 students at UG level and over 17,500 students at Master’s and Doctoral level annually, in different disciplines of Agricultural and Allied Sciences

During 2020-21, against the total of 2865 Seats, 2072 candidates were recommended by ICAR for admission to accredited Bachelor degree programmes in 62 accredited AUs under the ICAR-AU system.