In short: These three private-university tests differ more than their names suggest. VITEEE 2027 is open now (registration since October 20, last date March 31, exam April 27 to May 2, reported tentative) with 100 questions in 2 hours and +4 / -1 marking. SRMJEEE is the gentlest to take: 130 one-mark questions with no negative marking, in up to three phases, with 2027 dates not yet published. MET reportedly has 60 questions with +4 / -1 on MCQs and no penalty on numerical answers, and its application deadline is reported as March 15 by some sources and March 31 by another. I compared them on pattern, dates, closing ranks and cost. I could not verify placements, so I do not rank colleges on them.
Last updated: October 28, 2026. Dates and patterns will be updated when SRM and Manipal publish their 2027 notices.
VITEEE vs SRMJEEE vs MET — Quick Reference
| Parameter | VITEEE 2027 | SRMJEEE 2027 | MET 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conducted by | VIT | SRM Institute of Science and Technology | Manipal Academy of Higher Education |
| Mode | Computer-based test at designated centres | Online, remote proctored | Online computer-based test |
| Questions | 100 | 130 | About 60 (45 MCQ, 15 numerical) |
| Duration | 2 hours, with section time limits | 2 hours 30 minutes | 2 hours |
| Marks | 400 | 130 | 240 |
| Marking | +4 right, -1 wrong | +1 right, no negative | MCQ: +4 and -1. Numerical: +4, no negative |
| Application fee | Rs 1,450 (Careers360) | Rs 1,400 per phase (expected) | Rs 2,000 reported (sources split it differently) |
| Application status | Open since October 20, 2026 | Expected to open October 2026 | Reported as open since about October 21 |
| Application last date | March 31, 2027 | Not announced | March 15 or March 31, 2027 (sources differ) |
| Exam | April 27 to May 2, 2027 (tentative) | Phases not announced. April, June and July expected | Phase 1 April and Phase 2 May expected |
Sources: Careers360 on VITEEE, Careers360 on SRMJEEE and Aakash on MET. I could not open the official brochures, so every row is a third-party report of them.
Use official sites only
The official sites are viteee.vit.ac.in, srmist.edu.in and manipal.edu. Do not pay anyone who promises a seat, a rank or an early allotment.
What Is Confirmed and What Is Not
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| VITEEE 2027 pattern, dates and fee | Reported on and after October 20 by Careers360. Dates are labelled tentative |
| SRMJEEE 2027 pattern | Reported from the previous cycle. 2027 dates are listed as "to be announced" |
| MET 2027 pattern | Aakash says it follows the 2026 format. MAHE had not published a 2027 schedule when Aakash updated its page on October 7 |
| Closing ranks | Third-party tables. Year and round are unclear in places |
| Fees | Sources disagree widely (see the cost section) |
| Placements | Not verified, not used |
Pattern, Marking and Time
VITEEE 2027
| Subject | Questions | Time limit |
|---|---|---|
| Mathematics (or Biology) | 40 | 50 minutes |
| Physics | 25 | 30 minutes |
| Chemistry | 25 | 30 minutes |
| English | 5 | 10 minutes together with Aptitude |
| Aptitude | 5 | |
| Total | 100 | 120 minutes |
Careers360's news report says VIT revised the pattern and syllabus this year, added sectional time limits, removed age limits, and added test centres at Chirala, Ongole, Mapusa, Vijayawada, Bilaspur and Cuttack. It also says there is no break and that you may sit VITEEE only once. Careers360 notes VIT introduced negative marking last year.
SRMJEEE 2027
| Subject | Questions |
|---|---|
| Physics | 35 |
| Chemistry | 35 |
| Mathematics (Biology for Biotechnology) | 40 |
| English and Aptitude | 20 |
| Total | 130 |
Careers360 says each question has four options, there is no negative marking, and the exam is conducted in up to three phases, with Rs 1,400 payable for each phase you take. It says SRM issues no official answer key and coaching centres publish unofficial ones.
MET 2027 (expected to follow 2026)
| Section | MCQ | Numerical | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 15 | 5 | 80 |
| Physics | 10 | 5 | 60 |
| Chemistry | 10 | 5 | 60 |
| English | 10 | none | 40 |
| Total | 45 | 15 | 240 |
I checked the totals. 60 questions at 4 marks each gives 240, and the section marks add up to 240.
Time per question (calculated)
| Exam | Time | Questions | Minutes per question |
|---|---|---|---|
| VITEEE | 120 | 100 | 1.20 |
| SRMJEEE | 150 | 130 | 1.15 |
| MET | 120 | 60 | 2.00 |
VITEEE's Mathematics window works out to 1.25 minutes per question, Physics and Chemistry to 1.20, and English with Aptitude to 1.00. In VITEEE you cannot borrow time across sections, per the section limits Careers360 reports.
Pattern conflicts with our older college reviews
| Exam | This guide (Careers360 or Aakash) | Our older college review |
|---|---|---|
| VITEEE | 100 questions, 2 hours, +4 and -1, fee Rs 1,450 | 125 MCQs, 2 hours 30 minutes, +1 and no negative marking, fee Rs 1,350 |
| MET | About 60 questions, 120 minutes, 240 marks, -1 on MCQs | 200 marks, 2 hours 30 minutes, no negative marking |
The older posts were written before VIT announced its revised pattern on October 20 to 21. For MET, I only have a third-party page that says the 2027 format will follow 2026, so I cannot say which description is right for 2027. Use the official brochure to settle it.
What Negative Marking Means for Your Attempts
VITEEE: +4 and -1
A guess pays off only if you have more than a 20% chance of being right. The table is arithmetic on the scheme, with all 100 questions attempted or the stated number of attempts:
| Attempts | Accuracy | Score out of 400 |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 90% | 350 |
| 100 | 80% | 300 |
| 100 | 70% | 250 |
| 100 | 60% | 200 |
| 80 | 90% | 280 |
| 80 | 80% | 240 |
Take an illustration. Suppose you are sure of 70 answers and have a one-in-four chance on the other 30. Leaving them blank gives 280. Guessing them all gives an expected 287.5, a gain of 7.5 marks with some risk of doing worse. The edge is small, so guess only where you have narrowed the options.
SRMJEEE: +1, no penalty
Leave nothing blank. As an illustration, if you know 91 answers and guess the other 39 with a 25% chance each, you expect about 100.75 marks, against 91 if you leave them blank.
MET: split rules
For MCQs the break-even chance is also 20%. For numerical questions there is no negative marking, so always enter an answer.
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Dates and the Order of Deadlines
| Date | Event | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Already open | VITEEE application | Open since October 20, 2026 |
| Expected October 2026 | SRMJEEE Phase 1 form | Not confirmed |
| Reported open about October 21 | MET application | Deadline March 15 or March 31 (see below) |
| March 31, 2027 | VITEEE last date | Careers360 |
| April 27 to May 2, 2027 | VITEEE exam | Tentative |
| About 2nd week of May 2027 | VITEEE result and counselling | Tentative |
| April 2027 (expected) | SRMJEEE Phase 1 | Careers360 lists April, June and July for the three phases |
| April and May 2027 (expected) | MET Phases 1 and 2 | Aakash and Jagran Josh |
From October 28 to March 31 is 154 days, or 22 weeks, and to March 15 is 138 days (my arithmetic).
MET deadline: sources disagree
| Source | Phase 1 application deadline |
|---|---|
| Free Job Alert (October 21) | March 15, 2027 |
| Jagran Josh headline (October 21) | "Before March 15" |
| Jagran Josh summary of another page | March 31, 2027, with Phase 1 in the third week of April and Phase 2 in the last week of May |
| Aakash (October 7, for 2026) | Last date for 2026 Phase 1 was March 15, 2026 |
I only saw search summaries of the Jagran Josh pages, because the site blocked a full read. The safe plan is to treat March 15 as the deadline until the official notice says otherwise.
Date errors inside the sources
Careers360's VITEEE news pages carry typos such as "October 20, 2027" for the start date. The news report and the table both say registration began on October 20, 2026, so I used that.
Eligibility
| Point | VITEEE | SRMJEEE | MET |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class 12 | Passed in 2025 or 2026, or appearing in 2027. Passed in 2024 or earlier is not eligible | Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry, Maths | Class 12 with Physics, Maths, English |
| Marks | 60% aggregate in PCM with at least 50% in Maths. 50% aggregate for SC, ST and some regions | At least 60% (reported from the previous cycle) | 50% aggregate in Physics, Maths and an optional subject (Aakash) |
| Age | No age limit this year | 16 years 6 months by July 31, 2027 (Careers360, from the earlier cycle) | No age limit (Aakash) |
| Board rules | One board, one academic year, English as a subject | Not covered in the pages I read | Not covered |
SRMJEEE's age rule is a carry-over from the previous cycle. Check it in the 2027 notice.
Closing Ranks: What the Tables Say
VITEEE (previous year, year not stated)
Careers360's table gives closing ranks for Computer Science by VIT's fee category. The page does not label the year or the unit in its header row, so use it only for shape.
| Campus and programme | Cat 1 | Cat 2 | Cat 3 | Cat 4 | Cat 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vellore, CSE | 950 | 3,500 | 19,000 | 22,000 | 25,500 |
| Vellore, CSE with specialisations | 2,800 | 9,000 | 23,000 | 27,000 | 31,000 |
| Chennai, CSE | 8,000 | 14,000 | 25,000 | 29,000 | 34,000 |
| Chennai, CSE with specialisations | 11,500 | 20,500 | 26,000 | 32,000 | 42,000 |
Two readings from my arithmetic. Vellore CSE in Category 5 closes at a rank 26.8 times higher than in Category 1 (25,500 / 950). Chennai CSE Category 1 closes 8.4 times higher than Vellore's (8,000 / 950). I could not tell from the page how the categories are priced, so I cannot say what each category costs.
Careers360's cutoff FAQ notes that VIT has not published cutoffs in past years. Treat the figures as third-party estimates.
SRMJEEE (Chennai campus, per Careers360)
| Course | 2024 closing rank | 2025 closing rank |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 9,500 to 10,500 | 8,000 to 9,000 |
| Electronics and Communication | 26,700 to 27,200 | 22,000 to 27,000 |
| Electrical and Electronics | 39,000 to 40,000 | 25,000 to 34,000 |
| Aerospace | 51,500 to 52,500 | 48,000 to 50,500 |
| Civil | 69,000 to 70,000 | 58,000 to 67,000 |
Using the midpoints, Computer Science fell from 10,000 to 8,500, a 15% drop in the closing rank (my calculation). A community answer on Careers360 says the main campus closes CSE specialisations roughly between 6,000 and 11,000. That is not an official figure.
MET (Round 1 closing ranks, per Aakash)
| Branch | Round 1 closing rank |
|---|---|
| Mathematics and Computing | 2,821 |
| Computer Science | 3,441 |
| Computer Science and Financial Technology | 3,629 |
| Electronics and Communication | 3,695 |
| Electrical and Electronics | 6,437 |
| Aeronautical | 6,755 |
| VLSI Design | 7,501 |
| Mechatronics | 9,829 |
| Biotechnology | 12,393 |
Aakash links a Manipal PDF titled for the 2026 counselling. Biotechnology closes at 3.6 times Computer Science's rank (12,393 / 3,441).
A caution on comparing the three
Ranks from different exams are not comparable. A VITEEE rank of 8,000, an SRMJEEE rank of 8,000 and a MET rank of 8,000 come from different candidate pools and different tests. Compare each exam's table with your own mock results for that exam.
Cost: Sources Disagree
I could not open the official fee pages for any of the three. What the sources I saw say:
| Source | Claim |
|---|---|
| Our VIT review | Rs 2 to 3 lakh a year for VIT Vellore |
| A Quora answer (unverified, search summary) | Rs 1.6 to 2.5 lakh a year at VIT Vellore and Chennai, general category |
| Our Manipal review | About Rs 2.25 lakh tuition a year, and Rs 15 to 16 lakh in total for four years with hostel |
| Free Job Alert (search summary) | SRM Kattankulathur about Rs 3.5 to 5 lakh a year, with a four-year total of Rs 14 to 16 lakh |
The Free Job Alert figures do not agree with each other. Four years at Rs 3.5 lakh is Rs 14 lakh, but four years at Rs 5 lakh is Rs 20 lakh, so a total of Rs 14 to 16 lakh covers only part of the stated range (my arithmetic).
How to work out your own number
| Step | What to do |
|---|---|
| 1 | Get the branch-wise annual fee from the official fee page for your campus and category |
| 2 | Multiply by four |
| 3 | Add hostel, mess and travel |
| 4 | Allow for yearly increases, which our VIT review says are 10 to 15% by the fourth year |
| 5 | Check scholarship and fee-category rules in the brochure before you assume a discount |
Which One Is Worth It for You?
I cannot rank these three colleges for you, and I have not verified placement data. The right choice depends on your rank, budget and the other exams you are writing.
| Your situation | Worth considering |
|---|---|
| You want the lowest-penalty exam | SRMJEEE: +1, no negative marking |
| You are comfortable with negative marking and want one sitting | VITEEE: one attempt, 100 questions |
| You want two chances | MET lists two phases, and SRMJEEE up to three, each with its own fee |
| Your JEE Main prep is solid | All three overlap with it. Check each syllabus for the extras |
| You are watching total cost | Compare the four-year total by branch and category before you pay any exam fee |
| You are still waiting for results of other exams | Keep this as a backup list. Do not let it delay JEE Main |
Do not skip the main exams
JEE Main 2027 Session 1 registration closes on November 22 and Session 2 is tentatively early April, per the dates I have collected. Our JEE Main form guide covers the steps. For the test that sits alongside these, see BITSAT 2027.
A Simple Plan to Prepare for All Three
This is my suggested plan, not an official one. The syllabus overlap is large, but check each official syllabus.
| Phase | Timing | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Now to December | Finish Class 11 and 12 PCM, with NCERT first |
| 2 | January to board exams | 40 MCQs a day, plus English and Aptitude practice for VITEEE and MET |
| 3 | After boards | Full mocks, timed to each exam: VITEEE in sections, SRMJEEE at 130 questions, MET with numericals |
| 4 | Last two weeks | Error review and formula sheets |
Our VIT Vellore review and Manipal MIT review cover campus life. Their exam details need the update described above.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is VITEEE 2027 open for registration?
Yes, per Careers360. VIT opened the online application on October 20, 2026, and the last date is March 31, 2027. The fee reported is Rs 1,450 and it is non-refundable. Apply only at viteee.vit.ac.in.
What is the VITEEE 2027 pattern?
100 MCQs in 2 hours for 400 marks: Mathematics or Biology 40, Physics 25, Chemistry 25, English 5 and Aptitude 5. Each correct answer earns 4 marks and each wrong one costs 1. Each section has its own time limit.
Does SRMJEEE have negative marking?
No. Careers360 says each correct answer earns 1 mark and wrong answers carry no penalty. The exam has 130 questions in 2 hours 30 minutes, and the fee is Rs 1,400 per phase.
What is the MET deadline?
Sources disagree. Free Job Alert and a Jagran Josh headline say March 15, 2027, while another Jagran Josh summary says March 31. Treat March 15 as the deadline until Manipal's notice says otherwise.
Which exam is easiest?
Easiest depends on you, and I have no data comparing difficulty. SRMJEEE has no penalty for wrong answers, which makes it the most forgiving on mistakes. VITEEE punishes guessing more, and MET splits its rules between MCQs and numericals.
Is one rank better than another?
Ranks from different exams are not comparable. Compare closing ranks only within the same exam. The tables above are third-party figures with unclear years and rounds.
Can I apply to all three?
The sources I read do not forbid it, and each runs its own application. VITEEE can be taken only once. Compare their dates first, since the VITEEE window of April 27 to May 2 and the MET and SRMJEEE phases fall in the same stretch.
Related Guides
- VIT Vellore Complete Review: Admission, Fees, Placements, Campus Life
- Manipal Institute of Technology Review: Is It Worth the Fees?
- BITSAT 2027: Pattern, Syllabus, Cutoff and 120-Day Plan
- JEE Main 2027 Application Form: Step-by-Step Filling Guide
- Engineering Branches 2027: Which Branch After JEE
- JEE Main 2027 Preparation: Complete Guide
Sources
- Careers360 News: VITEEE 2027 registration begins (October 20, 2026)
- Careers360 News: VIT revises VITEEE 2027 pattern and syllabus (October 21, 2026)
- Careers360: VITEEE 2027 new changes
- Careers360: VITEEE 2027 schedule and eligibility
- Careers360: VITEEE cutoff
- Careers360: SRMJEEE 2027
- Careers360: SRMJEEE application form and phases
- Careers360: SRMJEEE exam dates
- Aakash: MET exam 2027 pattern, dates and cutoff
- Jagran Josh and Free Job Alert on MET 2027 registration (search summaries only, October 21, 2026)
- Official sites: viteee.vit.ac.in, srmist.edu.in and manipal.edu, where the 2027 brochures will be the final reference
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