Diploma in Mechanical Engineering is a three-year full-time course offered by the Directorate of Technical Education, Bangalore, and approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Eligibility Criteria
The minimum qualification required for admission into a diploma course is passing the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC)/tenth standard/equivalent examination, with at least 35 percent in science and maths subjects. The state boards of technical education of most of the states in India conduct entrance tests for admission to the diploma programs offered by various polytechnics in the state.
A student who has attained the diploma is usually eligible to enter B.Tech./B.E. programs in the second year under a lateral entry scheme. This fast-track admission is possible only after writing the DCET, the Lateral Entry Test. If you do well on this test, you can apply to B.Tech./B.E. programs.