IIT JEE Exam

JEE is one of the most popular engineering entrance examinations in India. Lakhs of engineering aspirants prepare for JEE with the hope to get into one of the coveted IITs or other top level Engineering Colleges/Programs for B.Tech or B.E programs.

Let’s learn what JEE is all about?

JEE or Joint Entrance Examination is an All-India Entrance Examination conducted by CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) for getting into various reputed Engineering Courses across India. It was established by CBSE in 2002 and has replaced the then existing AIEEE and IIT-JEE. The official website of JEE Main is http://jeemain.nic.in/webinfo/Public/Home.aspx

Earlier IIT-JEE and AIEEE were completely two different entrance examinations not related to each other. Only IIT JEE was required for IIT aspirants till 2012. However, now students aspiring to get into IITs, need to take both JEE Main and JEE Advanced (after clearing JEE Main). JEE Main is similar to AIEEE.

• JEE-Main is an entrance exam conducted to get admission into IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), CFTIs (Central Funded Technical Institute) and so on.
• JEE-Advanced is an Entrance Examination conducted to get into Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the Indian School of Mines (ISM) (Dhanbad). The candidates who apply for JEE Main also have the option to apply for JEE Advanced. In fact, with other eligibility conditions fulfilled, the top 1.5 Lakh candidates from JEE Main are selected for JEE Advanced.

In this section, we will focus on JEE-Main and learn more about it…

JEE Main is a National level Entrance Examination for Under-graduate Engineering programs (Governed by CBSE) for admissions into IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), CFTIs (Central Funded Technical Institute), and other reputed Private Universities and Colleges. These Institutes take into account your performance in Class 12 or Equivalent Qualifying Examination plus your performance in JEE (Main) Exam. The JEE Main Examination is conducted in 2 Modes – Online and Offline.

JEE Main Exam Modes

• Conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in India, JEE Main 2018 is scheduled from 8th April to 16th April. The pen and paper (offline exam) is scheduled on 8th April 2018 i.e. candidates may kindly note that JEE Main 2018, Paper-1 (B.Tech programmes) and Paper-2 (B. Arch./B. Planning) is scheduled on 8th April. The paper-2 2018 is conducted in offline mode only.

• The computer-based test (online exam) is scheduled on 15th and 16th April 2018.

New Features of JEE Main

• Unlike the previous years, the 12th standard marks will carry no weightage in deciding the ranks for JEE Main examination 2018.

• Since there is no weightage, general candidates must secure at least 75% marks in the 12th class examination, conducted by the respective Boards/ or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th examination. On the other hand, SC/ST candidates must score at least of 65% in the 12th class examination in order to take admission in the IITs/NITs/IIITs and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) in India.