Date of exam: May, 3, 2009
Date of Submission: up to 17.00 hours on 04.04.2009
Examination name : Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination (HSEE) - 2009
Website: http://hsee.iitm.ac.in/
Eligibility:
Qualifying Examination: Candidates applying for HSEE-2009 should have either completed or is
appearing in 2009 in any one of the following qualifying examinations;
• The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized Central / State Board,
such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi; Council for Indian School Certificate
Examination, New Delhi; etc.
• Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board!
University.
• Final Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence
Academy.
• General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London / Cambridge / Sri Lanka) at the
Advanced (A) level.
• High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University.
Any Public School / Board / University Examination in India or in any foreign country recognized
by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system.
• H.S.C. Vocational Examination.
• Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of
five subjects.
In case the relevant qualifying examination is not a public examination, the candidate must have
passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination at an earlier level.
Eligibility Criteria for Candidates: The candidates belonging to the general category must secure
a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate in their Qualifying Examination. Candidates belonging to SC,
ST and PD categories must secure a minimum of 55% in aggregate in the qualifying examination. If
any Board awards only letter grades without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the
grade sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the Board specifying equivalent
marks, and submit it at the time of joining. In case, such a certificate is not provided by the
candidate, the decision of the HSEE Admission Committee regarding his / her eligibility shall be
final.
Important Notes:
(I) All provisional admissions to candidates will stand cancelled, if the proof of having passed
the qualifying examination, as per the eligibility criteria specified in above section is not
submitted to the Institute latest by September 30, 2009.
(ii) All admissions will be subject to verification of facts from the original certificates
/documents of the candidates. If an applicant is found ineligible at a later date even after
admission, his / her admission will be cancelled. The decision of the HSEE Admission Committee
regarding the eligibility of any applicant shall be final.
Date of Birth
Only those candidates, whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1984, are eligible for
HSEE-2009. However, in the case of SC, ST and PD candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5
years, i.e., such candidates, who were born on or after October 01, 1979, are eligible.
Application procedure:
Candidates can apply for the entrance examination either "Online" or "Online assisted mode". The
procedure is given below;
Online Mode;
For applying Online you must have the following;
• Access to a computer with internet connection and a printer. Further you must be able to pay
the examination fees 'online'. For this you or your father/guardian must have access to any of
the following credit or debit cards;
Master Card, Visa card, Diners club, net banking facilities of Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, Citibank
along with Oxicash, ITZ Cash card, etc. Many of the well known bank's Credit / Debit cards will
let you do this.
• You can login into the site http://www.hsee.iitm.ac.in and select from the menu application
procedure' and follow the instructions as guided by the site. Enter all data as per instructions
and pay the examination fees also giving the details of the credit or debit card you have in a
secure way.
• Take a print out of the application after carefully filling all the data asked for and affix
your photo at the appropriate place. In addition you and your father / guardian must sign at the
bottom of the declaration.
• Your application is complete only when we receive the photograph and the declaration form duly
signed. Hence put the filled application form printed by you along with the attested copies of
the certificates in an A4 size envelope and post it (Speed post or Registered post) to the
following address within FOUR working days;
The Chairman, HSEE2009, JEE Office, IIT Madras, Chennai 600036
Online Assisted Mode:
If you do not have access to computers and / or any credit card or bank account then you can do
the following;
• Information brochure and application form can be obtained on payment of Rs.50/- from any office
of Eduquity Career Technologies or any branch of Union Bank of India or Indian bank .
• Fill the application form with the relevant data asked for and affix a recent passport size
photograph. Sign the declaration form at the end of the form and get the signature of your parent
or guardian as indicated in the form.
• Go to the nearest office of Eduquity or designated branch of Union Bank of India or Indian bank
with the following;
(1) Application form duly filled in with photo and signatures. (2) Attested copies of (i) Age
proof (X or XII standard certificate); (ii) the Category certificate (SC / ST / OBC / if
appropriate).
(3) The required cash for paying the examination fees.
• Candidate who is submitting the application form in any of the offices of Eduquity Career
Technologies need not fill the pay-in-slip of any of the banks. They can directly pay cash.
• At the specified branch or office submit the form. They will receive the cash and give you a
print of receipt which is an acknowledgment for the application and also for the cash received.
This completes the procedure cf submitting the application form through Online assisted mode.
Examination Centers
Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai
Courses Offered
Applications are invited for admission to the following Five year Integrated courses - 2009:
Integrated M.A. in Development Studies
Integrated M.A. in Economics
Integrated M.A. in English Studies
Important Dates
Examination Date and Time Sunday: 3rd May 2009 / 10.00 - 13.00 hours
Last date for submission of form: up to 17.00 hours on 04.04.2009
Submission of Application through website-online mode From 01.03.2009 To 31.03.2009
Sale of information Brochure & Application Forms From 01.03.2009 To 23.03.2009
Submission of Application through online assisted mode From 01.03.2009 To 27.03.2009
