Engineering, medical forms from Thursday

He adds that the admission rush for branches like Computer Engineering and Information Technology was expected to be high this year too. 8220;The disadvantage for the students of this city is that there is no branch of Information Technology here,8221; he says.

There are as many as 19 self-financed engineering colleges in the state, while four pharmaceutical colleges have opened since last year. M S University will have an addition of 467 seats in all its branches compared to last year.

While the number of Computer Engineering seats is highest at L D Engineering College in Ahmedabad, the other colleges which offer computer Engineering include Nirma in Ahmedabad, Birla Vishwakarma, Vidyanagar, Sarvajanik College, Surat, and the Vasad and Mehsana colleges. The only IT course is at GCET Vidyanagar.

Apart from the distribution of forms for admissions in professional colleges, admission forms for the Faculty of Science of the M S University will also begin from Thursday. The distribution will continue till June 10 and the forms would be accepted till June 24.