Dear Readers,

We continue to bring you articles on reputed engineering colleges in the state of Gujarat. All your queries regarding various colleges, the different branches of engineering that they offer and the closing ranks for the branches of your choice, etc. will be answered in this series.

This year, admissions to engineering courses in various universities of Gujarat would be done on the basis of candidates’ performance in the JEE Main 2015. Till last year, these admissions were done on the basis of performance in the GUJCET. In this series of article, we take a look at last years’ cutoffs (maximum ranks) for admissions to these courses. Do note that these cutoffs are on the basis of the GUJCET. These articles would give you a fair idea of the likely selection requirements for these courses this year.

Overview of the GUJCET:

The Gujarat Common Entrance Test, which is popularly known as GUJCET, was conducted for entry to various professional degree courses in the state of Gujarat. Several universities of Gujarat used to give admission to students in courses related to medicine, engineering, dentistry and pharmacy on the basis of their performance in this exam. The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Gandhinagar conducted the GUJCET every year.

Engineering aspirants taking the GUJCET needed to answer a total of 120 questions on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The question paper was available in English, Hindi and Gujarati. The 180-minute examination consisted of multiple-choice questions only. Each correct answer was worth one mark and there was no negative marking.

Shantilal Shah Engineering College: The institute was established in 1983 and is located in  Bhavnagar.The college is approved by AICTE and the Government of Gujarat. It is affiliated to Gujarat Technological University.

This college offers undergraduate programs in Instrumentation & Control, Production engineering, Mechanical engineering, Civil engineering, Electronics & Communication engineering, Information Technology and Electrical engineering.

While the departments of Electrical engineering and Instrumentation & Control have an approved intake of 60 students every year, rest of the departments of engineering have an approved intake of 120 students every year.

Last year, the maximum ranks (closing ranks) for various courses at this college were as follows:

Course                                                                Open         SC             ST         SEBC

Mechanical engineering                                   10663      21069       47536      13450

Electrical engineering                                       12222      26570      43765      19501

Civil engineering                                               13651       24418       48898     18495

Information Technology                                   23132     49640        61344     39607

Instrumentation & Control                                26823     60516        61909     35511

Production engineering                                    27941      53927       62621    43007

Electronics & Communication engineering     40751       59115       62626    54703

*SEBC – Socially and Educationally Backward Classes

This list of ranks is expected to be indicative of the likely cutoffs for admissions to the various courses at this college this year.