Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination

Indian
Institute of Technology Madras which is commonly known as IIT Madras or
IIT-M is an autonomous public engineering and
research institution located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. During the
present time IIT Madras offers undergraduate, postgraduate and
research degrees in around 16 disciplines of Engineering, Sciences, Humanities
and Management. Admissions to the undergraduate programs are offered on the
basis of JEE Advanced. However, admissions to five-year integrated Master
of Arts (MA) programme are done on the basis of IIT Madras specific exam
the Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination (HSEE).


On
the basis of marks secured in HSEE, candidates are offered admission in Integrated
M.A. in Development Studies and Integrated M.A. in English Studies. The
first two years of the curriculum are common to all students, after which they
branch out into one of the two streams. Total number of seats in both the
streams is 23 which makes total of 46. For the academic session 2016-17 the
exam is scheduled to be conducted on April 17, 2016 between 10:00 and
13:00 hours in selected cities throughout India.

Eligibility Criteria

Qualifying Examination: Aspiring candidates
should have either pursued Class 12 Examinations or they can be appearing in
the same in the year 2016 from a recognized Board.

Age Limit: Aspiring candidates
must have born on or after October 01, 1991. In case of candidates belonging to
SC/ST/PD category they can have born on or after October 01, 1986.

Minimum Qualifying Marks:

Category
Minimum Marks
General
& OBC Category
Minimum
of 60% marks in aggregate in QE
SC,
ST & PD
Minimum
of 55% marks in aggregate in QE

Application Process
All
the interested candidates can apply Online on the official website of the HSEE

Step by Step Application process 
  • Step 1: Registration
  • Step 2: Upload scanned photograph, signatures and supporting documents
  • Step 3: Payment of the Application Fee

Submission


The
duly filled in Application has to be submitted ONLINE only on or before January
25, 2016
If
in case the candidates belong to submit OBC (NCL) / SC / ST / PwD are required
to submit additionally, a hard copy of the self-attested certificate of
respective category / medical certificate as applicable, in the prescribed
format at the below mentioned address:
The Chairman, HSEE-2016,
JEE Office, I.I.T. Madras,
Chennai – 600036
Examination Centres

The
Entrance Examination will be conducted in Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai,
Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, and
Thiruvananthapuram.

Application Status

The
candidates will be able to check the status of their application at the
official website in February 2016. No acknowledgement of the application
form will be sent to the candidates personally.

Admit Card

Admit
card will be available for download on the official website of HSEE from
March 14, 2016 (10 AM) onwards till April 16,
2016 (5 PM)

Application Fees

Category
Gender

Male
Female
Third
GEN
/ OBC(NCL)
Rs.2000
Rs.1000
Rs.2000
SC
/ ST / PwD
Rs.1000
Rs.1000
Rs.1000

Candidates can pay the application fee via wither of the two modes mentioned
below:
  •  Mode
    1: Online: Net Banking / Credit Card / Debit Card
    • Mode
      2: Offline:  Through the Indian Bank Challan generated during the process
      of application.

For more information on HSEE you can visit
www.motachashma.com

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