The Association of Minority Professional Academic Institutes (AMPAI) has announced that the Common Entrance Examination for Master’s programmes (CEE-AMPAI-2025-WB) will be conducted on August 24. Candidates can find the exam date and details on the official website at ampai.in/ampai-pg.
The state-recognised test, held under the supervision of the Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal, facilitates admission to two-year regular MTech, MPharm, MBA, and MCA programmes in five AMPAI-affiliated institutions across West Bengal.
The exam gives preference to Sikh minority candidates. However, remaining seats will be available to eligible students from any religion, caste, or category across India. “Our aim is to provide meritorious students, especially from minority communities, with equal access to quality technical education,” said CEE-AMPAI Secretary Sardar Sohan Singh.
Date of Examination | Course | Marks | Timing |
24 August 2025 | MBA | 150 | 9 am – 12 pm |
MCA | 150 | 1 pm – 4 pm | |
MTech | 150 | 1 pm – 4 pm | |
MPharm | 150 | 1 pm – 4 pm |
For MTech, candidates will face 150 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) from various engineering disciplines such as Automobile Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication, Food Technology, Information Technology, and Mechanical Engineering.
Each question will carry one mark, with a total of 150 marks to be completed in three hours.
In MPharm, the paper will have 100 MCQs of one mark each and 25 MCQs of two marks each, totalling 150 marks in three hours.
The MCA exam will consist of aptitude and mathematics sections: 50 questions in aptitude (one mark each), 60 questions in mathematics (one mark each), and 20 questions in mathematics (two marks each), summing up to 150 marks.
The MBA paper will include 150 MCQs covering data interpretation, English, general knowledge, numerical ability, and reasoning, each worth one mark. There will be no negative marking in any of the papers.
The exam will be conducted in multiple cities across four states. In West Bengal, it will be held in Kolkata (Dumdum and Bhowanipore), Agarpara, Sodepur, Kalyani, Asansol, and Siliguri. Outside West Bengal, centres will be located in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, Patna in Bihar, and Agartala in Tripura.