North Eastern Hill University
Shillong, Meghalaya
Notification for Admission Test of B.Tech. (IT) Lateral Entry, 2026

Admission to the B.Tech. (IT) Lateral Entry program for a limited number of seats in the 2nd year (3rd semester) will be conducted through a one-hour written test (Total Marks: 50). This selection process is in reference to Advertisement No. F.No: 28-4/Acad/Admission/2025 (A) Pt – 2005, dated 4th June 2026. All candidates who have applied online and satisfied eligibility criteria** as per admission notification are requested to appear for the test as per the details below.

**Eligibility Criteria: Diploma course in Engineering / Technology in IT / Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) / Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) with a minimum of 60% (55% in case of SC/ST/Differently-abled candidates) marks in aggregate from any recognized institution through a minimum of 3(three) years of institutional study after class 10/SSLC examination OR B.Sc./B.Sc. (Hons.) in Electronics / IT / Computer Science / Physics / Mathematics with Mathematics as one of the subjects having secured a minimum of 60% (55% in case of SC/ST/PWD candidates) marks in aggregate from any recognized institution OR BCA with Mathematics at 10+2 level having secured a minimum of 60% (55% for SC/ST/PWD candidates) marks in aggregate from any recognized institution.

Syllabus, Date, Time and Venue of the Written Test:

• In case any candidate fails to report at the reporting time and venue on the specified date mentioned above, he/she will forfeit his/her candidature.
• The decision of the Admission Committee on all matters should be binding and final.

• A copy of the submitted application form.
• Pass certificate of Degree/ Diploma in relevant discipline.
• Pass certificates of all board/council examinations starting from HSLC or equivalent.
• Mark sheets/grade cards of all board/council examinations starting from HSLC or equivalent including Diploma/BSC/BCA, which e\ever applicable.
• Valid certificate for SC/ST issued by Deputy Commissioner (DC) or competent authority under the seal of DC’s office only.
• Employment certificate issued from Registrar’s Office, NEHU (for NEHU Ward cases only).
• Permanent Resident Certificate for those who are claiming the permanent resident of Meghalaya.
• Date of Birth Certificate or HSLC certificate.

• Programming in C: Introduction to Programming Language C: Data Types, Instruction and its Types, Storage Classes, Operators and Hierarchy of Operations, Expressions in C, Control and Repetitive Statements, break, continue, Functions: User Defined Functions and Library Functions, Local and Global Variables, Parameter Passing, Pointers, Arrays, Strings, C Preprocessors, Structures, Input and Output in C, C-Library.
• Data Structure & Algorithm: Array, Linked list, Stack, Queue, Expression evaluation, Sorting, Tree, Graph.
• Computer Organization & Architecture: Number system, Boolean Expression, Instruction, Central Processing Unit, Memory, I/O devices.
• Operating Systems: Process and threads, Mutual exclusion, Semaphores, Deadlock, Memory management requirements, Virtual memory, scheduling algorithms.
• Computer Networking: ISO/OSI Model, TCP/IP Model, Multiple access protocols, IEEE 802.X LANs and MANs-Ethernet, Token Ring, Token Bus, TCP and UDP.

Contact:
272-4000, 272-5000
helpdesk@nehu.ac.in

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