AEC Asansol Admission 2025: Dates, Registration, Fees, Eligibility

Asansol Engineering College (AEC), is a high profile college based in West Bengal, which offers a wide range of courses in engineering as well as management. The college follows merit-cum-entrance-based admission procedure to select the best quality of students for its various courses.

AEC offers undergraduate and postgraduate admissions based on different national and state-level entrance examinations. Admissions to B.Tech programs are mostly based on marks in JEE Main and West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) marks. Postgraduate admissions to M.Tech and MCA are based on separate entrance exams.

Eligibility criteria vary based on the program. For B.Tech courses, passing 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as mandatory subjects is required. The minimum aggregate of 50% marks in the qualifying exam is generally required. For postgraduate courses, a degree in the relevant course is required, and some criteria may vary from course to course.

Application Process

Application process in Asansol Engineering College varies from course to course:

For B.Tech courses:

1. Attempt WBJEE (April) or JEE Main (various sessions throughout the year).
2. Fill the respective counseling process (WBJEE or JoSAA for JEE Main) after result announcement.
3. Provide college and course choices during counseling.
4. If seat is allocated in AEC, go to the college for document verification and admission process.

For M.Tech courses:

1. Sit for PGET by West Bengal University of Technology.
2. Apply directly to AEC with PGET ranks when application dates are released.
3. Sit for counseling/interview if shortlisted.
4. Proceed with the admission procedure if shortlisted.

For MCA course:

1. JECA test appearance.
2. Counseling appearance upon result declaration.
3. Centralized counseling procedure appearance.
4. If awarded a seat in AEC, proceed with the admission procedure in college.

For BBA and BCA courses:

1. Appearance in CET organized by MAKAUT.
2. Applying to AEC after application call after CET results declaration.
3. Counseling/interview appearance if shortlisted.
4. Final admission procedure if shortlisted.

Degree wise Admission Process

B.Tech: AEC offers 11 B.Tech courses with an intake of 1,110 seats. Admission is on the basis of WBJEE and JEE Main ranks. The most sought-after specializations are Computer Science and Engineering (240 seats), Information Technology (180 seats), and Electronics and Communication Engineering (120 seats). Newer courses like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and Internet of Things and Cyber Security are also available.

M.Tech: The institute provides M.Tech in Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Communication Engineering. Admission is done based on PGET (Post Graduate Entrance Test) organized by West Bengal University of Technology. The intake for both the programs is 13 students.

MCA: AEC Master of Computer Applications takes an intake of 60 students. The admission is done based on JECA exam organized by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board.

BBA and BCA: Both of these computer application and management UG courses are open to 120 students per course. Admission is through Common Entrance Test (CET) by MAKAUT (Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal).

Admission forms usually are:

• Rank card of the concerned entrance exam (WBJEE/JEE Main/PGET/JECA/CET)
• Class 10 and 12 certificates and mark sheets
• Graduation mark sheets and degree certificate (in case of postgraduate courses)
• Category and domicile certificates (if required)
• Character certificate of the previous institution attended
• Migration certificate (if required)
• Recent passport-sized photos
• Aadhar card or other valid identity proof