VITEEE

VITEEE 2025 Syllabus – Subject-Wise Topics, Weightage & Exam Highlights

Engineering

Updated on 2025

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VIT Engineering Entrance Examination Syllabus Highlights

VIT Engineering Entrance Examination Basic Information

Subject-wise Weightage

Biology

English

Physics

Aptitude

Chemistry

Mathematics

Vit Engineering Entrance Examination Syllabus Highlights

The VIT Engineering Entrance Examination syllabus is based on NCERT Class 11-12/CBSE, applicable for year 2025. The official syllabus is published on the exam portal.

Name	VIT Engineering Entrance Examination
Conducting Authority	Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)
Syllabus Based On	NCERT Class 11-12/CBSE
Total Marks	125
Type of Questions	Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Subjects Covered	Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Aptitude, English

Topic Name	Weightage	Important Concepts
Taxonomy	-	Classification Of Living Organisms Five Kingdom Classification Taxonomic Hierarchy
Biochemistry	-	Enzymes, Coenzymes, Enzyme Kinetics Metabolic Pathways (Glycolysis, Kreb's Cycle, Electron Transport System)
Reproduction	-	Reproduction In Organisms (Asexual And Sexual) Sexual Reproduction In Flowering Plants Human Reproduction, Reproductive Health
Human Physiology	-	Digestion And Absorption Breathing And Exchange Of Gases Body Fluids And Circulation Excretory Products And Their Elimination Locomotion And Movement Neural Control And Coordination Chemical Coordination And Integration
Plant Physiology	-	Transport In Plants (Passive Diffusion, Facilitated Diffusion, Active Transport, Imbibition, Osmosis, Apoplast And Symplast Transport, Guttation, Transpiration) Mineral Nutrition Photosynthesis (Light And Dark Reactions, Electron Transport Chain) Respiration In Plants Plant Growth And Development (Hormones And Growth Regulators, Photoperiodism, Vernalization)
Genetics and Evolution	-	Principles Of Inheritance And Variation Molecular Basis Of Inheritance Evolution (Origin Of Life, Theories Of Evolution, Human Evolution)
Human Health and Diseases	-	Common Human Diseases (Bacterial, Viral, Fungal, Protozoan) Immunity, Aids, Cancer Adolescence And Drug/alcohol Abuse
Cell and Molecular Biology	-	Cell Structure And Function (Prokaryotic And Eukaryotic Cells) Cell Cycle And Cell Division (Mitosis And Meiosis) Biomolecules (Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, Nucleic Acids) Dna Structure And Replication, Rna And Protein Synthesis Enzymes
Biotechnology and its Applications	-	Principles And Processes Of Biotechnology (Genetic Engineering, Cloning) Applications Of Biotechnology In Health And Agriculture Biotechnology And Its Ethical Issues
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Environment	-	Biodiversity And Its Conservation Ecosystems Environmental Issues (Pollution, Global Warming, Ozone Depletion) Sustainable Development

Topic Name	Weightage	Important Concepts
Grammar	-	Parts Of Speech Tenses Articles Prepositions Sentence Correction Error Identification
Vocabulary	-	Synonyms Antonyms Homonyms Idioms And Phrases
Pronunciation	-	Spelling Word Stress
Reading Comprehension	-	Reading Passages And Answering Questions Based On Them

Topic Name	Weightage	Important Concepts
Optics	-	Reflection Of Light, Spherical Mirrors, Mirror Formula Refraction Of Light, Total Internal Reflection, Optical Fibres Lenses, Thin Lens Formula, Lens Maker's Formula Microscope, Telescope, Wave Optics, Huygens' Principle Interference, Young's Double-slit Experiment, Diffraction Polarization
Electrostatics	-	Electric Charge, Coulomb's Inverse Square Law Electric Field, Electric Field Lines, Electric Dipole Electric Flux, Gauss's Theorem And Its Applications Electric Potential, Equipotential Surfaces, Electric Potential Energy Conductors, Insulators, Dielectrics And Electric Polarization Capacitors, Parallel Plate Capacitor, Capacitance Of Parallel Plate Capacitor
Mechanics and Properties of Matter	-	Laws Of Motion Work, Energy And Power Conservative And Non-conservative Forces Elastic And Inelastic Collisions Elastic Behaviour, Stress-strain Relationship, Hooke's Law, Young's Modulus, Bulk Modulus, Shear Modulus Of Rigidity, Poisson's Ratio, Elastic Energy Viscosity, Stokes' Law, Terminal Velocity, Streamline And Turbulent Flow, Critical Velocity Bernoulli's Theorem And Its Applications
Current Electricity & Magnetic Effects of Electric Current	-	Electric Current, Drift Velocity And Mobility, Ohm's Law Electrical Resistance, V-i Characteristics, Resistivity And Conductivity Carbon Resistors, Colour Code For Carbon Resistors, Combination Of Resistors (Series And Parallel) Temperature Dependence Of Resistance, Internal Resistance Of A Cell, Potential Difference And Emf Of A Cell, Combinations Of Cells In Series And In Parallel Kirchhoff's Laws, Wheatstone Bridge, Metre Bridge, Potentiometer Magnetic Effect Of Electric Current, Biot-savart Law, Ampere's Circuital Law And Its Applications Lorentz Force, Cyclotron, Force On A Current-carrying Conductor In A Magnetic Field Magnetic Dipole Moment, Current Loop As A Magnetic Dipole
Semiconductor Devices and their Applications	-	Semiconductors, Intrinsic And Extrinsic Semiconductors P-n Junction, P-n Junction Diode, I-v Characteristics Half-wave And Full-wave Rectifiers, Zener Diode, Led Photodiode, Solar Cell, Junction Transistor Logic Gates (And, Or, Not, Nand, Nor)
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current	-	Electromagnetic Induction, Faraday's Laws, Lenz's Law Eddy Currents, Self-induction, Mutual Induction Alternating Current, Peak And Rms Value Of Alternating Current/voltage Reactance, Impedance, Lc Oscillations, Lcr Series Circuit Resonance, Q Factor, Power In Ac Circuits, Wattless Current Ac Generator, Transformer
Dual Nature of Radiation, Atomic & Nuclear Physics	-	Electromagnetic Waves And Their Characteristics, Electromagnetic Spectrum Photoelectric Effect, Light Waves And Photons, Particle Nature Of Light, Photocell Atomic Structure, Rutherford's Atom Model, Bohr's Model Atomic Spectra, Hydrogen Spectrum X-rays, Moseley's Law Nuclear Composition, Size And Density Of Nucleus, Mass-energy Relation, Mass Defect, Binding Energy Nuclear Fission, Nuclear Fusion, Radioactivity

Topic Name	Weightage	Important Concepts
Data Sufficiency	-	Assessing Sufficiency Of Given Data To Answer A Question
Logical Reasoning	-	Syllogism Blood Relations Seating Arrangements Directions
Data Interpretation	-	Tables Graphs Charts
Number Series, Coding and Decoding	-	Number Series Completion Alphabet Series Completion Coding And Decoding Puzzles
Clocks, Calendars and Directions	-	Problems On Clocks Problems On Calendars Direction Sense Test

Topic Name	Weightage	Important Concepts
Atomic Structure	-	Bohr's Atomic Model, Sommerfeld's Extension Electronic Configuration And Quantum Numbers Shapes Of S, P, D, F Orbitals Pauli's Exclusion Principle, Hund's Rule, Aufbau Principle Emission And Absorption Spectra, Hydrogen Spectrum De Broglie's Theory, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, Wave Nature Of Electron
Electrochemistry	-	Electrolytic And Electrochemical Cells Emf Of A Cell, Standard Electrode Potential Nernst Equation, Gibbs Energy And Cell Potential Conductance In Electrolytic Solutions, Molar Conductivity Kohlrausch's Law, Electrolysis, Faraday's Laws Of Electrolysis Batteries, Fuel Cells, Corrosion
Organic Chemistry	-	Basic Concepts Of Organic Chemistry (Hybridization, Resonance, Inductive Effect) Nomenclature Of Organic Compounds (Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes, Benzene) Isomerism In Organic Compounds Alcohols And Ethers (Nomenclature, Preparation, Properties, Uses) Carbonyl Compounds (Nomenclature, Aldehydes And Ketones, Preparation, Properties, Uses) Carboxylic Acids And Their Derivatives (Nomenclature, Preparation, Properties, Uses) Organic Nitrogen Compounds (Amines, Cyanides, Isocyanides, Nitro Compounds) Biomolecules (Carbohydrates, Proteins, Nucleic Acids, Lipids, Vitamins) Polymers (Classification, Polymerization Mechanisms, Important Polymers)
P, D, F Block Elements	-	S-block Elements P-block Elements (Group 13 To 18) D-block Elements General Characteristics Lanthanides (Introduction, Electronic Configuration, General Characteristics, Oxidation State, Lanthanide Contraction, Uses) Brief Comparison Of Lanthanides And Actinides
Chemical Thermodynamics	-	Concepts Of System, Surroundings, Extensive And Intensive Properties First Law Of Thermodynamics, Internal Energy, Enthalpy Heat Capacity, Specific Heat Second Law Of Thermodynamics, Entropy, Gibbs Free Energy Third Law Of Thermodynamics
Chemical Equilibrium and Chemical Kinetics	-	Law Of Mass Action, Equilibrium Constant Le Chatelier's Principle, Ionic Equilibrium, Ph Buffer Solutions Rate Of Reaction, Factors Affecting Reaction Rate Order And Molecularity Of Reaction, Rate Law Activation Energy, Arrhenius Equation
Coordination Chemistry and Solid State Chemistry	-	Terminology In Coordination Chemistry Iupac Nomenclature Of Mononuclear Coordination Compounds Isomerism (Geometrical Isomerism In 4-coordinate, 6-coordinate Complexes) Werner's Theory, Valence Bond Theory Uses Of Coordination Compounds, Bioinorganic Compounds (Haemoglobin And Chlorophyll) Crystalline And Amorphous Solids, Unit Cell, Crystal Lattice Packing Efficiency, Defects In Solids

Topic Name	Weightage	Important Concepts
Vector Algebra	-	Vectors And Scalars, Types Of Vectors Addition And Subtraction Of Vectors Scalar And Vector Products Of Two Vectors Scalar And Vector Triple Products Applications Of Vectors In Geometry And Physics
Discrete Mathematics	-	Sets, Relations And Functions Principle Of Mathematical Induction Permutations And Combinations Binomial Theorem
Differential Calculus	-	Limits, Continuity And Differentiability Differentiation Of Various Functions (Algebraic, Trigonometric, Exponential, Logarithmic) Derivatives Of Implicit Functions, Parametric Functions Higher Order Derivatives Applications Of Derivatives (Rate Of Change, Tangents And Normals, Increasing/decreasing Functions, Maxima/minima)
Differential Equations	-	Order And Degree Of Differential Equations Formation Of Differential Equations Methods Of Solving First Order And First Degree Differential Equations (Variable Separable, Homogeneous, Linear)
Matrices and their Applications	-	Matrices, Types Of Matrices, Operations On Matrices Determinants, Properties Of Determinants Inverse Of A Matrix, Adjoint Of A Matrix Solving System Of Linear Equations Using Matrices
Probability and Distributions	-	Random Experiments, Sample Space, Events Conditional Probability, Bayes' Theorem Random Variables, Probability Distribution, Binomial Distribution Poisson Distribution, Normal Distribution
Trigonometry and Complex Numbers	-	Trigonometric Ratios And Identities Inverse Trigonometric Functions Heights And Distances Complex Numbers, Argand Plane, Modulus And Argument Of A Complex Number De Moivre's Theorem, Roots Of Unity
Integral Calculus and its Applications	-	Indefinite Integrals, Integration By Substitution, By Parts, By Partial Fractions Definite Integrals, Properties Of Definite Integrals Applications Of Integrals (Area Under Curves, Volume Of Solids Of Revolution)
Analytical Geometry of Two Dimensions	-	Co-ordinate Systems, Straight Line Pair Of Straight Lines, Circle Conic Sections (Parabola, Ellipse, Hyperbola) Tangents And Normals
Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions	-	Direction Cosines And Direction Ratios Equation Of A Line In Space Equation Of A Plane In Space Shortest Distance Between Two Lines