OJEE MCA, MCA (Lateral Entry) Colleges 2025: Admissions, Fees, Ranking, Placements

There are 89 Colleges Under OJEE for BTech, two colleges for BArch, 86 colleges for MBA, 44 colleges for MCA, and 29 colleges for Pharmacy. The seat intake capacity is different for all the campuses. The OJEE participating colleges are the colleges which accept the OJEE scores, government as well as private. Candidates who are natives of Odisha are eligible to take admission to the government colleges in the state and the candidates from any other state in India and abroad other than Odisha are only eligible to take admission to the private colleges in Odisha based on their scores in OJEE. 

Any graduate candidate with a 50 percent aggregate can apply for OJEE. The applicant must also be a citizen of India. There is no age bar for the candidates appearing for the exam. However, candidates appearing for BTech Marine Engineering exam must not be more than 22 years of age. Candidates in the final year of graduation or awaiting their result can also apply provisionally. They will be required to present their marksheets at the time of admissions.

Reserved category students will be given a five percent relaxation in the minimum aggregate required for students from Schedule Caste or Schedule Tribe categories for all the courses offered through Odisha Joint Entrance Examination. There is also a 30 percent reservation for female students in Bachelor of Technology, Bachelor of Planning, Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Business Administration, Master of Computer Application, and Integrated Master of Business Administration. A detailed resrvation criteria is given in the table below:

The course-wise eligibility & selection criteria for admission to National Institute of Science and Technology is given below: 

Students who wish to participate in the OJEE counselling must fulfil the below-mentioned eligibility criteria. 1. Candidate must have completed at least 17 years of age 2. Candidates who wish to participate in BAMS/BHMS counselling must have qualified in NEET (UG) with a valid rank 3. Candidates' parents should be a native of Odisha state. 4. Candidates have to present the Resident/Nativity Certificate during document verification 5. Candidate must have scored 50% aggregate in Physics Chemistry and Biology in Class 12 for General category candidates. The minimum aggregate for SC/ST is 40%. 6. Also, the candidates must have passed English Physics Chemistry and Biology subjects individually.

The OJEE Board releases the OJEE 2024 counselling notification online on the website, OJEE. Nic. In. Candidates who qualify the OJEE exam will be eligible to participate in the OJEE counselling process. The qualifying candidates have to complete the OJEE counselling registration online once the registration window opens. The registration process for OJEE counselling comprises registration, choice filling & locking, seat allotment, and reporting to the nodal centre. The authority will release OJEE counselling 2024 schedule online. OJEE 2024 counselling started on June 19, 2024, for the Lateral Entry courses. The registration window will be open for approximately a month and the students can lock their choices and get the document verification done after the final seat allotment process is complete.

Yes, you can get into KSRM (KIIT School of Rural Management) by taking the KIITEE MBA exam. The minimum requirement for admission is to pass class 12th, and there is no specific mention of a minimum percentage required for admission. It is important to note that the admission process may involve factors beyond just academic performance, such as entrance exam scores and other criteria set by the institution.

The OJEE exam is conducted by OJEE Cell for admission to various undergraduate and postgraduate courses such as MBA, MCA, M.Tech, B.Tech, etc. OJEE scores are accepted by over 40 top B-schools in Odisha. Few of these colleges are 

• Utkal University
• IMIT Cuttack - Institute of Management and Information Technology
• RCM Bhubaneswar - Regional College of Management
• FM University Balasore - Fakir Mohan University
• CV Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar
• IIPM Rourkela - Indian Institute for Production Management
• Gandhi Institute of Management Studies, Gunupur
• Srusti Academy of Management, Bhubaneswar
• Trident Academy of Technology, Bhubaneswar
• BIITM Bhubaneswar - Biju Patnaik Institute of IT and Management Studies
• North Orissa University, Baripada
• RIMS Rourkela - Rourkela Institute of Management Studies
• PJ College of Management and Technology, Bhubaneswar
• NIST Berhampur - National Institute of Science and Technology
• GITA Bhubaneswar - Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement

The overall cutoff for MAT is 80 percentile. Candidates with a score of 95 percentile and above in the MAT exam are eligible for admission. Scores from other national level exams like the CAT, GMAT, CMAT, XAT, and KIITEE Management are also accepted by KSRM in addition to the MAT.