IIT Madras Social Sciences Entrance Examination (HSEE) 2014

Five year Integrated Master of Arts (M.A) Admission-2014

The five year integrated Master of Arts (M.A.) programme is designed to meet the needs of students who seek a broader learning forum and who appreciate the unique design of inter-disciplinary studies

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The programme encourages students to engage in critical thinking and research on ideas, people, society and the human condition

HSEE-2014 is intended to admit students to this programme in two streams

Streams Offered

Integrated M.A. in Development Studies
Integrated M.A. in English Studies

A brief description of each stream of the programme is given below

Development studies:

This stream addresses questions of “order and change” in a globalizing world and aims to explore available approaches to fostering development, understood broadly as the goal of providing people the freedom to make their lives better

English studies:

The English Studies stream has been designed for students with sensitivity for literary and linguistic analyses

It provides an understanding of literatures in English from around the world with special emphasis on current debates in literary theory, lesser-known literatures and the importance of an interdisciplinary approach

Seats: The programme has a total of 46 seats each stream will have 23 seats

Allocations of seats to individual streams will be made based on the academic performance of students (CGPA) during the first 3 semesters, student’s preferences, and availability of seats under each discipline

Eligibility:

Candidates applying for HSEE-2014 should have either completed or should be appearing in 2014 in any one of the following qualifying examinations (QE)

The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized central/state board, such as CBSE, New Delhi, CISCE, 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

HSC vocational examination

Senior secondary school examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five Subjects

Percentage of Marks in QE:

The candidates belonging to the general category and OBC (CL/NCL) must secure a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate in the qualifying examination

Candidates belonging to SC/ST/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

Age Limit: A candidate, whose date of birth falls on or after 01st Oct 1989, is eligible for HSEE-2014
However, in the case of SC/ST/PD candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, (candidates belonging to these categories/subcategories born on or after 01st Oct 1984 are eligible)

The date of birth as recorded in the High School (10th/12th Std.) First Board/Pre-University certificate will be taken as authentic

Foreign Nationals: Admission to the M.A. program for all foreign nationals will be made through HSEE-2014 only

The eligibility requirements for foreign nationals will be same as those meant for the general category candidates in India

Exam Centres: The entrance exam will be conducted on 20th Apr 2014, Sunday, 10.00 a.m. to 01.00 p.m. in the following cities

Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram
The address of an exam centre for a candidate will be mentioned in the admit card, which can be generated online

Admit Card: After successful registration and payment of required fee through bank challan/demand draft, the candidates can download their admit card for HSEE-2014 from 17th Mar 2014, 10.00 a.m.onwards upto 17th Apr 2014, 05.00 p.m. from the HSEE-2014 website http://hsee.iitm.ac.in

The admit card will bear the name, photograph, date of birth, address and category of the candidate along with name and the address of the HSEE-2014 centre

The candidate should carefully examine the admit card for all the entries made therein

Merit List: Rank list will be prepared based on the aggregate marks obtained in HSEE-2014
A common rank list made up of candidates who score at least 50% in HSEE-2014 will be prepared
Separate rank lists will be prepared corresponding to OBC (NCL)/SC/ST/PD categories

Candidates of OBC (NCL) category must score at least 45% in HSEE-2014 exam in order to be in the OBC rank list

Candidates of SC/ST categories must score at least 25% in the HSEE-2014, in order to be in their respective rank lists

A common rank list will be prepared for PwD candidates

To be in the PwD rank list, candidates must score at least 25% in the HSEE-2014 exam in aggregate

The ranks/scores of the candidates will be available for viewing in the HSEE website on 14th May, 2014

Application Form

Application for the HSEE-2014 is only through online mode

Registration: Log on to the website http://hsee.iitm.ac.in and select from the menu apply online and follow the instructions on the website

Enter all the data as per the instructions

The website will prompt you to save your data on the system when necessary

After successfully entering the data, click the finalize button

After this, you cannot edit your application

The system will then generate a printed version of your application along with the Indian Bank Challan
Registration is complete only after the payment of examination fee

Exam Fee: Candidates must pay the examination fee as applicable through the challan (generated during registration process) of Indian Bank

The examination fee for General/OBC (NCL) male candidates is Rs.1600/-

The examination fee for SC/ST/PwD male candidates is Rs 800/-

In addition, a processing fee of Rs 10/- will be collected by the bank

There is no examination fee for female candidates of all categories

Payment: Go to any branch of the Indian Bank and pay the examination fees by the challan generated online

Mention/check your application number on both the copies of the challan generated during the online application registration process

Alternatively, you may pay the examination fee through demand draft, in case there is no Indian Bank branch in your place

The demand draft should be drawn in favor of “IIT Madras HSEE-2014”, payable at Chennai and the bank charges will be borne by you

Send the completed application form, an attested copy of your 10th/10+2 certificate/date of birth certificate, an attested copy of category certificate, if applicable, and the institute copy of the Indian Bank challan or demand draft in an A4 size envelope and post it by speed post or registered post to the Chairman, HSEE-2014, JEE Office, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036 on or before 27th Jan 2014, 05.00 p.m.
Candidates should check the HSEE website for the status of their applications after 14th Feb 2014