DIPIETE (Diploma Level)(new)

DIPIETE Diploma Level examination is recognized by Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India and several State Governments for recruitment to subordinate posts.

There are three streams of DIPIETE. The Prospectus is available at the following links :

New Syllabus

Present Syllabus


Details of all the subjects are given in the respective  syllabus.

DIPIETE examinations are conducted twice a year, in June and December respectively, at several Centres  throughout India and a few locations abroad.

DIPIETE EXAMINATION

Eligibility

 A candidate desirous of taking up the Diploma Level (DIPIETE) Examination should have passed 10th or equivalent examination with General Science and working experience in relevant field or studying for higher qualification with Physics/Maths/Engineering/Computer field. Candidates applying for student membership for DIPIETE examination shall not be less than 14 years of age. 

STUDENT MEMBERSHIP

A candidate is required to enroll himself/herself as a student member before he/she becomes eligible for appearing in DIPIETE examination. The enrollment fee and other conditions are enlisted in Regulations and Syllabi for DIPIETE examinations.

 MINIMUM PERIOD OF MEMBERSHIP

A Student member shall be allowed to appear in the DIPIETE Examination only after he has enrolled as Student (D) member with the Institution. Only those Students members enrolled on or before 31st August and 28/29th February will be allowed to appear in the next DIPIETE Examination, held in December and June respectively. Such membership should be current at the time of submitting the examination application form.

VALIDITY PERIOD

The student membership will be valid for 10 consecutive examinations from the date of enrollment.  Thereafter, the student members not completing their DIPIETE Examination are to seek re-enrollment by remitting applicable amount before or immediately after the expiry of the membership period to continue their membership to enable them to appear in the remaining papers and complete DIPIETE. Any examination chance not availed by a student due to whatsoever reason will be counted within 10 examinations.

TIME LIMIT TO COMPLETE DIPIETE

A student is required to complete DIPIETE Examination within 2 enrollment periods from the date of initial enrollment.  The student will, therefore, be permitted to seek only one renewal of membership. Renewal is to be applied for before or immediately after the expiry of initial enrollment with continuity of enrollment maintained by the student. Any delayed enrollment entailing missed chances will be counted towards total number of examinations and no relaxation in this regard will be permissible. If the request for renewal is made after the stipulated period of 2 enrollments, admission will be treated as a fresh enrollment and no benefit in terms of exemptions in respect of subject(s) passed or exempted during the earlier enrollment will be granted. Students must renew their membership in time, otherwise they will not be allowed to appear in the DIPIETE examination.

 DIPIETE SUBJECTS

DIPIETE examination is divided in two Sections with 15 theory papers, project work and practical examination. Each Section is divided in two parts viz. Part-I and Part-II.  The distribution of subjects is as under: 

SECTION A

PART-I                            Four subjects (all compulsory)

PART-II                           Four subjects (all compulsory)

SECTION B

PART-I                  Four subjects (all compulsory)

PART-II                Three subjects (1 compulsory + 2 electives)

PROJECT WORK       Compulsory

PRACTICAL EXAMINATION     Compulsory

 EXEMPTIONS

Exemptions are granted in various paper(s) depending on the subject(s) cleared by the candidate by actually passing the subject(s) and successfully completing the examination/curriculum which includes these subjects from a recognized Institution/ College/University and approved by the Council. 

List of accepted qualifications for exemption from various papers of DIPIETE examination are given separately in the detailed syllabi of each stream.  Exemptions if eligible are not to be taken for `granted but must be asked for.

AWARD OF DIPIETE

Every Student (D) member successfully completing Sections A&B subjects, project work and practical examination of DIPIETE Examination as per regulations prescribed by the Council from time to time shall be awarded a certificate of having passed the DIPIETE examination. The pass marks for DIPIETE Examination is 40% in individual subject (except Project & Lab Practice) with an aggregate of 50% marks with other conditions/norms as laid down by the Institution.  Pass marks for Project & Lab Practice Examination are 50%.    

EXAMINATION APPLICATIONS

Applications to appear in any of the subjects of the DIPIETE Examination must be made on the prescribed examination form and accompanied by the requisite examination fee. Only those candidates whose applications have been approved by the Council will be allowed to sit for the examination. General Instructions for filling examination applications are given in the Syllabus. No action will be taken on an incomplete application. Students are advised to ensure that they have filled all the columns and have enclosed relevant documents. Further, change of subjects, once opted will not be allowed. 

EXAMINATION FEE

Candidates are to submit their examination application form along with the fee given in the syllabus. The fee may get revised from time to time and the students are required to submit their application form along with the latest fee structure in force. Examination fees once paid are neither refundable nor transferable to a subsequent examination on any account. 

LAST DATE FOR RECEIPT OF EXAMINATION APPLICATION

The last dates for receipt of Examination Applications at the IETE HQ office for June and December examinations is 25 April and 25 October or as notified separately.  After these dates, Examination Applications will be considered up 10 May and 10 November with late fee of Rs.1500/-. Any application received beyond these dates will be rejected, irrespective of date of bank draft for the fee. 

DATE SHEET

The examination schedule is 15-22 June and 15-22 December and will be conducted on all days including holidays and Sundays.  The sequence of the papers of exams is listed in respective Syllabi.

ADMIT CARD

Admit Cards will be sent to all the candidates to reach them by about 30th of May/November.  In the case of non-receipt of Admit-Card by these dates, the candidate must get in touch with the Examination Centre & IETE HQ and obtain permission to sit in the examination.  No complaint in respect of non-receipt of Admit Card will be entertained once the examination is over.

 

EXAMINATION CENTRES

      At present the Examination centres are listed below :-

Code Centre               Code Centre   

01 

02 

03 

04 

05 

06 

07 

08 

09 

10 

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17

19

23

24

25

26

 Ahmedabad

 Bangalore

 Mumbai

 Calcutta

 Chandigarh 

 Delhi

 Guwahati

 Hyderabad

 Jaipur

 Kanpur

Lucknow

Chennai

Patna

Pune

Vijayawada

Thiruvananthapuram 

 Abudhabi

Kathmandu

Jabalpur

Aligarh  

Allahabad  

Dehradun 

27

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

Bhubaneswar       

Pilani

Imphal (Tentatively withheld)

Cochin

Mysore

Visakhapatnam

Jammu

Bhopal

Nagpur

Noida                    

Nashik   

Mhow

Palakkad

Vadodara

Aurangabad

Patna

Coimbatore

Ranchi

Dharwad

Gwalior

Raipur

Kozikhode

Note:                Examination centre once opted will not be changed.

RESULTS

Results of the examinations will be announced on 25 September/25 March for the June and December Examinations respectively and communicated to the candidates through Result Sheets separately.  Result will also be available on IETE Website (www.iete.org). 

RECOUNTING OF MARKS

Recounting of marks, if requested, can be got done by paying Rs.200/- per subject.  Requests for recounting of marks must be received within 15 days from the date of announcement of results on a separate application.  There is no provision for re-evaluation.

 IMPROVEMENT OF MARKS

A candidate while pursuing DIPIETE may appear for improvement in any number of papers and avail any number of chances irrespective of marks previously obtained.  If the candidate secures lower marks than already secured, the original marks will hold good.   Fee for improvement is Rs 200/- per paper.  No improvement of marks is allowed in DIPIETE Lab Practice examination and project work.  Further, no improvement of marks is allowed in any subject after a student has successfully completed DIPIETE. 

AWARDS FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

Five awards have been instituted to give incentive to student members for high level of performance in the DIPIETE Examinations.  Details of awards are listed in respective Syllabi.

 AFFILIATION/ACCREDITATION

The Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) neither recognises nor accepts affiliations of any private coaching Institute. 

RECOGNITION OF DIPIETE

Recognition of DIPIETE by state governments/universities/institutions is listed in respective Syllabi.

 correspondence with IETE HQ

All correspondence must be addressed to the Secretary General of the Institution by designation and not by name.

  • Important announcements concerning students and examinations are published in IETE Students Journal.

  • These are also published through general notices dispatched to students while forwarding their results.

  • Remittances shall be made by way of crossed Bank Draft only in favour of Secretary General IETE payable at New Delhi.

  • Money Orders/ IPO or cash will not be accepted.

  • Membership renewal fee/ examination fee etc should be paid directly to the HQ IETE and not through a Local Centre of IETE or any other agency.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS

Candidates are advised to intimate their change of address to IETE HQ immediately, quoting their Membership Number, complete address with Pin Code.

LEGAL MATTERS

Adjudication in respect of legal cases concerning IETE HQ will be as per bye-law 95 of the Institution which is reproduced below: 

                All Legal cases concerning IETE HQ shall lie within jurisdiction of Delhi courts only