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Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Exam (HSEE) 2019 |
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HSEE is conducted by IIT Madras to shortlist aspirants for admission
in five year integrated Master of Arts (MA) programme offered by the college.
The first two years of the MA programme offered at IIT Madras are the same.
However, after that the course branches into two streams – Integrated MA in
Development Studies and Integrated MA in English Studies. Total number of
seats on offer in IIT Madras’s MA course are 46 (each year).
Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Exam (HSEE) is of three hours
duration. The test paper comprises of multiple choice questions (MCQs) as
well as descriptive question. The test is extremely competitive and out of
the total number of students who appear for HSEE, only 2% are shortlisted for
admission. |
Important Dates |
Events |
Date |
Start Date to Fill HSEE Application Form UPCOMING |
12th
December 2018 |
Last Date to Fill Online Application Form through Net Banking /
Credit Card / Debit Card |
23rd
January 2019 |
Last Date to Fill Online Application Form through Indian Bank
Challan |
24th
January 2019 |
Start Date to Check Application Status for HSEE 2019 |
13th
February 2019 |
Start Date to Download HSEE Admit Card (10 am onwards) |
20th
March 2019 |
Last Date to Download HSEE Admit Card (Till 9 am) |
21st
April 2019 |
HSEE 2019 Exam |
21st
April 2019 |
Declaration of HSEE Result |
13th
May 2019 |
Offer letter can be downloaded from the HSEE website by
Successful Candidate |
14th
May 2019 |
Eligibility Criteria |
Candidates meet HSEE 2019 eligibility criteria if they have cleared
any of the below mentioned examinations with qualifying marks in 2017 or are
appearing for them in 2019:
• The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by a Central or State
Board recognised by the Association of Indian Universities
• Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a Board
or University recognised by the Association of Indian Universities.
• Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of
the National Defense Academy.
• Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute
of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.
• Any Public School, Board or University examination in India or in a
foreign country recognised as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the
Association of Indian Universities.
• HSC vocational examination.
• General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London, Cambridge or Sri
Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
• High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or
International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate
Office, Geneva. |
The official website informs: “Candidates who have completed Class XII
(or equivalent) examination outside India or from a Board not specified above
should produce a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities to
the effect that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class
XII examination”. It further states, “In case the Class XII examination is
not a public examination, the candidate must have passed at least one public
(Board or Pre-University) examination earlier”.
To meet the eligibility criteria for HSEE exam, candidates should have
secured atleast 60% aggregate marks in the qualifying exam if they are from
General or OBC category. On the other hand, SC, ST and PwD category
candidates meet HSEE 2019 eligibility criteria if they have secure minimum
55% marks in aggregate in the qualifying exam. “Where only letter grades are
mentioned in the grade sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from
the Board specifying equivalent marks, and submit it at the time of joining.
In case the candidate does not provide such a certificate, the decision of
the HSEE admission committee regarding his/her eligibility shall be final”,
informs the official website of IIT HSEE.
Age Limit: General
category candidates are eligible to apply for HSEE 2019 if they are born on
or after October 1, 1994. SC/ST/PwD candidates are given age relaxation of 5
years. |
HSEE 2019 Exam Centers |
HSEE 2019 test centres have been declared. HSEE exam is scheduled to
be conducted across 16 test cities. Candidates can view IIT HSEE 2019 test
centres which are listed below: Ahmedabad , Bengaluru , Bhubaneswar , Chennai
, Coimbatore , Guwahati , Hyderabad , Indore , Jammu , Lucknow , Kochi ,
Kolkata , Mumbai , New Delhi , Pata , Thiruvananthapuram
The official website informs: “A candidate has to give two choices for
the exam centre. If sufficient number of candidates are not available at any
of the above listed cities, the same may be dropped, and the candidates will
be allocated a centre of second choice in the other city”. |
HSEE 2019 Exam
Pattern |
HSEE 2019 exam pattern is such that the exam is divided into two
parts. HSEE Part I comprises of objective type questions that candidates need
to attempt in 2½ hours duration whereas Part II is a descriptive test that is
of 30 minutes duration. The question paper is in English language and
candidates need to complete the entire HSEE entrance exam in 3 hours
duration. At the end of HSEE Part I exam, answer sheets are distributed to
aspirants to attempt the question asked in Part II of the entrance exam for
IIT Madras admissions 2019.
HSEE Marking Scheme: For every correct answer, aspirants are awarded one mark.
There is no negative marking in IIT HSEE. |
HSEE 2019
Result |
HSEE result is declared on the official website of IIT Madras. The
result of IIT HSEE 2019 is released in the form of a merit list which informs
the name and other details of candidates shortlisted for admission. Apart
from this, a separate merit list is released with names of candidates who
have secured minimum 50% marks in Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance
Exam for IIT Madras admissions. A separate rank list is published for
candidates belonging to SC, ST, OBC-NCL and PwD categories.
Result for IIT HSEE is usually declared in the month of May. Further,
candidates are informed that all of them need to check their result for the
humanities entrance exam online only as no one would be intimated the result
by any other means such as post/email/SMS. |
HSEE 2019 Admit
Card |
HSEE admit card is made available on the official website of IIT
Madras. The admit card for IIT HSEE is issued for only those candidates who
have duly filled and submitted their application form for Humanities and
Social Sciences Entrance Exam. Candidates are informed that all of them have
to download their HSEE hall ticket from the official website of the exam as
no hard copy of the same would be sent to them through post or by any other
medium. |
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