About KEAM 2026

Kerala Engineering Agricultural Medical Entrance Exam 2026 Commissioner of Entrance Examination (CEE) of Kerala conducts Kerala Engineering Agricultural and Medical Entrance Exam (KEAM) to provide admission into engineering, pharmacy, architecture, and agriculture courses at the graduate level in colleges located across Kerala.

This is a state-level exam conducted once a year, and students who wish to pursue graduation in the fields mentioned above can aim for this exam. 

The Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) is the exam-conducting body that will conduct the KEAM 2026 exam from 22nd April 2026 to 30th April 2026. The KEAM 2026 registrations will probably start from 20th February 2026, and the students will be able to fill in the application form till 10th March 2026.

Candidates can visit the official website and click the link for registration and create an account comprisiing username and a password. Post creation of account, they can log in with the help of the password and username obtained during the registration and start filling the form, they can upload the required documents, pay the registration fees and then submit the form.

Post application form submission, applicants have to appear for a written test. The exact schedule, time, and location of the test centre will be communicated through the registered email ID or through another source. The written test will be conducted in offline mode, and questions related to mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology have to be answered in 5 hours.

There are two papers in the exam: Paper 1 (Physics and Chemistry), Paper 2 (Mathematics). Students aiming for the Pharmacy course through this exam have to appear for Paper 1, students aiming for the BTech program admission have to appear for Paper 1 and Paper 2. Admission to other programs like medical courses, agriculture, co-operation & banking, climate change & environmental science,  B.Tech Biotechnology (Under Kerala Agricultural University), Forestry, Veterinary and Fisheries courses are regulated on the basis of merit as assessed in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG). Admission into the BArch courses is done based on the score in the NATA conducted by CoA.

Candidates who pass the exam with the required score (minimum qualifying marks or cutoff marks) will be called for further admission procedure. Cutoff marks will be set, and a candidate's score in the exam has to be equal to or above the set cutoff marks or above it.

Candidates can compare their scores with the set cutoff marks. If they find their score to be either equal to or greater than the cutoff, they can take part in the counselling process. Information about the exam is provided below in a tabular format for the sake of the students:

KEAM Main Features

Schedule 2026