Nationality

• For the regular B. Tech or B.E courses, candidates should be of Indian Origin.
• Candidates from Kerala need to submit their domicile certificate to apply within the state quota.
• Candidates from foreign countries can opt for other courses. For this, they have to submit the NRI certificates.
• For applying under NRI quota, the person should be a citizen of India, Person of Indian Origin or Overseas citizen of India.

Age Limit

• Candidates should be less than 19 years of age to apply for the undergraduate courses.
• Candidates should be less than 22 years of age for applying for postgraduate courses.
• Candidates should be less than 28 years of years for M.Phil. and Ph.D.
• Those who are opting for the doctorate, the age limit for the candidates should be 45 years of age.

Number of attempts

• Candidates can write as many attempts as possible provided they should strictly adhere with the age limit.

Educational background

• For undergraduate courses, applicants should have completed 10th and 12th with a minimum of 50% in aggregate. Different courses have minimum marks requirements in different subjects. Refer the official notification for that particular year for more details.
• For postgraduate courses, students have to submit the GATE score if they want to claim relaxation for the criteria of minimum percentage.
• For B.Tech in Naval Architecture, candidates should have scored a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate and a minimum of 50% in Maths.
• For M.Phil., candidates should have at least 3 years of teaching experience. There is a reservation of 50% available for the University and the college teachers. 5% relation in the minimum marks is given for candidates belonging to the SC/ST category.
• For Ph.D. courses, the candidate should have obtained a minimum of 55% in aggregate in post-graduation from a recognized university and this is 45% for candidates belonging to the SC/St category.
• For post-doctoral fellowship, candidates should have completed a doctoral degree and there should be two-year experience in the research field.

Reservation criteria

• Reservation rules are strictly followed for admission. Reservation is available for people belonging to Kerala who is from socially and educationally backward classes, Schedules classes, and Scheduled Tribes.
• Reservation of 3% is available for the physically challenged category. To become eligible for this reservation, candidates should have at least 40% disability.
• Candidates who got admission through sports quota will have one seat per course as reservation benefit.
• In some specific programs, there will be a reservation of 3 seats for the children of CUSAT staff.
• Reservation is provided for the Jewish Community.
• Statistical Engineers who are appearing for CUSAT exam will have a reservation of two seats.
• In every program, one seat is reserved for children of Ex-servicemen.
• Special reservation is given to people from Lakshadweep based on the list provided by the administration of Lakshadweep.
• People belonging to Navy will have a reservation of 15 seats.
• There is a reservation of 2 seats for people from Jammu and Kashmir under supernumerary quota.
• Different courses will have different reservation based on the specific requirement of that particular year.
• Reservation is also provided based on the experience

• For MBA courses, 50% of the seats are allotted for those who have work experience of more than 3 years.
• For MCA courses, 50% of the seats are allotted for those who have at least two years of teaching experience.