Chennai :More than 1.5 lakh students will take the SRM Entrance Examination (SRMEE 2012) for admissions to 40,000 seats in various courses in medicine and engineering.

SRM University chairman P Ravi said the two-hour test will be held at 191 centres in 130 cities including eight centres in the city. Results will be declared on May 14 on the university website. "If applicants have not got hall tickets, they should show identify proof like the entrance fee slip. Around 210 university employees would be posted as examiners and 25 teachers as observers at various centres. "There will be complete transparency in the selection process," said Ravi.

The results would also be sent to students who qualify for counselling that would be held between June 12 and June 18. About 800 seats are reserved for foreign and NRI students.

About 20% of the applications received are for mechanical engineering,followed by EEC, IT and aerospace. SRM also plans to set up a separate campus in Sriperumbadur.

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