Ahmedabad: Merit list out for engineering admissions; registrations rise, cut-offs seen higher

Ahmedabad: The provisional merit list for students seeking admission to degree engineering programmes after Class 12 has been announced. This year, 45,468 students feature on the merit list, reflecting about 7,000 more registrations compared to last year.With the increase in the number of applicants, officials anticipate the cut-off to go up by around 3% to 4% this year. In the GujCET-based merit list, Dhye Bhayani from the Gujarat Board has secured the top rank with a 99.99 percentile. In the JEE-based merit list, Sujal Sadhariya has claimed the first position with an All-India rank of 678.In all, 73,198 seats are available across colleges. Of these, 48,418 seats will be allotted by the Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC), while 24,776 seats under the management quota and 1,865 seats under the NRI quota will be filled directly by the respective institutes.Official data shows that 47,256 students registered for admission this year, and 45,468 were included in the merit list. Last year, 40,040 students registered, and 38,375 made it to the merit list. Among those listed this year, 32,214 are male and 13,254 are female. The GujCET-based list includes 43,585 students, while 1,883 students have secured merit positions solely on the basis of JEE scores.According to the admission norms, 95% of seats in grant-in-aid colleges, 25% in Centres of Excellence, and 50% in self-financed colleges will be filled through GujCET merit, whereas 5% of seats in govt and grant-in-aid colleges will be allotted through JEE merit.The choice-filling process for the mock round will commence shortly, with results scheduled for June 17. The first round of choice filling will be conducted from June 17 to June 22, and seat allotment will be announced on June 25.