The Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) office, Kerala, has commenced the activities related to the First phase allotment to the pharmacy course in the government and self-financing pharmacy colleges, the third phase allotment to the architecture course, and the stray vacancy allotment for admission to engineering courses in the government/aided engineering colleges for the year 2025-26.
The list of pharmacy colleges included in the allotment and fee structure in the colleges is given in the notification on the website. This phase of allotment (third) will be the last one for the Architecture Course for this year to be made by the CEE to government and private self-financing architecture colleges. For the seats left empty after the initial allotment, the Director of Technical Education will fill them in government colleges. For all other colleges, the college authorities will be responsible for filling the remaining seats, adhering to the rules and regulations outlined in the KEAM 2025 Prospectus and any relevant government orders.
Online option registration for the Architecture Course is a must for participating in this phase for those who got allotment/admission and those who have not received any allotment in previous rounds. Stray vacancy allotment is conducted for filling the vacancies existing in government/aided engineering colleges. Candidates in the rank list published by the CEE who satisfy the eligibility criteria as per Clause 6 in the KEAM 2025 Prospectus can participate in the stray vacancy allotment.
Candidates who got admission to government/aided/private self-financing and government cost-sharing colleges in the previous phases, those who have not taken admission after allotment, those who have obtained TC after admission and those who have not yet received any allotment can participate in Stray Vacancy Allotment. However, allotment/admission of those candidates who have already taken admission or take admission in any of the private self-financing engineering colleges will be subject to the orders of the government in this regard.
Those who have already been admitted to a government/aided college/course will lose the existing admission if they get an allotment through the Stray vacancy round. Those candidates who wish to register options for admission to all courses or any of these courses have to remit a registration fee of Rs. 2,000/-. Those who wish to register options for engineering and architecture courses afresh and who did not take admission after getting an allotment have to pay a registration fee.
The registration fee will be adjusted in the tuition fee of those candidates who take admission consequent on allotments. Candidates belonging to the SC/ST/OEC category and others specified in the notification have to remit Rs. 500/- as a registration fee. The registration fee of such candidates who take admission in the allotted college/course will be adjusted in the caution deposit. The registration fee of those candidates who do not get allotment will be refunded.
For pharmacy and architecture courses, the registration fee of those candidates who do not take admission within the stipulated time after getting an allotment will be treated as a penalty and will not be refunded. For engineering courses, the registration fee of those candidates who do not join within the stipulated time after getting an allotment and those candidates who quit seats after taking admission through the stray vacancy allotment will be considered as a penalty and will not be refunded. Registration fees can be remitted by way of online payment.
Candidates who wish to participate in this allotment should first log on to their home page at www.cee.kerala.gov.in by giving their application number & password through the link ‘KEAM 2025 – Candidate Portal’. Then, by clicking the link ‘Option Registration,’ candidates can register their options online by 5 pm on 22.08.2025.
Candidates who get an allotment in this phase must join the allotted college with all the original certificates before 4 pm on 30.08.2025, after remitting the fee (if any) as shown in the Allotment Memo, to be paid to the CEE by way of online payment. The balance tuition fee, other fees and the deposits (if applicable) should be remitted to the allotted colleges at the time of admission.
Candidates whose results have been withheld due to various reasons can also register their online options for allotment. But the options submitted by such candidates will not be considered for allotment unless they rectify or clear the defects before 3 pm on 22.08.2025. All details related to the allotment process are also available at www.cee.kerala.gov.in.
