Hello Aspirant,

SASTRA has admission intake for UG courses in 3 primary categories.

Stream 1 (JEE Mains score(25%)+12th Grade score(75%)) - 70% seats

Stream 2 (12th Grade score) - 30% seats

Apart from this, there is another category,

3. NRI Category (12th Grade score)

You can apply for the NRI category even if you aren’t one. Many of the students here in SASTRA were not actually NRIs but have got their admission in this category. I guess you just need to have a blood relative of yours as an NRI. The fee structure for them, however, is pretty much double the fee of the first two categories’.

If you really want to join SASTRA, then you could even join for the best branch provided to you at the time of counseling and study well in the first 2 semesters and slide to the branch of your choice. You need to keep your CGPAs as high as possible for this(I would recommend an 8.5+ CGPA). It’s a merit-based (and vacancy based) sliding.

For stream 2, your board exam marks should be at least above 85-90% to get a seat and if it is more than 95% you can get a good course like CSE.

Hope this helps.