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JEE (Main) - Joint Entrance Examination 

JEE (Main) Examination is conducted by the CBSE for admissions to B.E./B.Tech courses at NITs, IIITs, GFTIs and other participating institutes. For B.E./B.Tech, it is held in two modes- Pen & Paper Based and Computer Based. The Paper-1 of JEE (Main) is also an eligibility criteria for the JEE (Advanced), which you have to take if you are aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programmes offered by the IITs.

JEE (Main) 2016

Important Dates

• Start of Applications: 1 December, 2015
• Last Date to Apply: 31 December, 2015
• Pen-Paper Based Exam: 3 April, 2016
• Computer Based Exam: 9 & 10 April, 2016
• Results: April, 2016

JEE Eligibility / Number of Attempts

The number of attempts you can avail at JEE Main is limited to 3 uniformly for all the candidates in consecutive years.

Preparation of Merit List

The merit list for admission to NITs, IIITs, DTU, Delhi and other CFTIs will be prepared by giving 40% weightage (suitably normalized) to class XII (or equivalent examination) or other qualifying examination marks and 60% to the performance in JEE Main Exam.

JEE (Main) Exam Pattern

The JEE (Main) Paper I consists of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The duration of the paper is 3 hours. The Paper II is for admissions to B.Arch/B.Planning courses at NITs, IIITs, DTU, Delhi and other CFTIs will have one Question Paper consisting of Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing Test (same pattern that of AIEEE). The duration of the paper is 3 hours.

Paper	Subjects	Question Type	Mode of Exam
Paper 1	Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics	Objective type	Pen-paper Or Computer-based
Paper 2	Mathematics, Aptitude, Drawing	Objective type (except for drawing)	Pen-paper based only

Negative Marking: There are objective type questions with four options with single correct answer. For each incorrect response, one fourth (0.25) of the total marks allotted to the question will be deducted. No deduction from the total score will be made if no response is indicated for an item in the answer sheet.

Language of Question Paper: English, Hindi or Gujrati

JEE Main Merit List

After the JEE-Main, there are two merit lists. One is for 1.5 lakh aspirants who take the JEE (Advance) Papers and the other overall merit list based on 60% weightage to JEE (main) score and 40% weightage of normalized class XII Board marks based on which you will be called for counselling and admission to various NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs.

JEE (Main) Exam Pattern

JEE (Main) consist of two papers:

1. For BE/B.Tech: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of equal weightage with objective type questions
2. For B.Arch/B.Planning: Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing

Type of Questions

There will be objective type questions with four options having single correct answer.

Scoring & Negative Marking

For each incorrect response, one fourth (1/4) of the total marks allotted to the question would be deducted. No deduction from the total score will be made if no response is indicated for an item in the answer sheet.

Duration of the Exam

The duration of the JEE (Main) test is 3 hours or 180 minutes.

Number of Questions

There will be equal number of questions in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Each subject is expected to have 30 questions. 

JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) Eligibility Criteria

The minimum academic qualification for appearing in JEE (Main) is that the candidate must have passed in final examination of 10+2 (Class XII) or its equivalent referred to as the qualifying examination. Those appearing in 10+2 (Class XII) final or equivalent examination in the year of exam may also appear in JEE (Main) provisionally.

Date of Birth: Age Eligibility

Only those candidates, whose date of birth fall on or after 1st October, 1990 are eligible. However, in the case of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e. SC, ST and PwD candidates who were born on or after October 01, 1983 are eligible. Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board/University certificate will only be considered.

Year of Passing Qualifying Exam

Only those candidates who have passed their Class 12th Exam or any other qualifying examination in 2012 or 2013; or those who are appearing in their Class 12th Exam or any other qualifying examination in 2014 are eligible. Candidates who passed Class 12th /Qualifying examination in 2011 or before as well as those who will appear in such examination in 2015 or later are not eligible to appear in JEE. 

Number of Attempts in JEE Main

The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at JEE (Main) is limited to 3 (three).

List of Qualifying Examinations

1. The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized central/ state Board, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi; Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi; etc. 
2. Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a recognized Board/ University. 
3. Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy. 
4. Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects. 
5. Any Public School/ Board/ University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). 
6. H.S.C. vocational examination. [Only for Admission to IITs] 
7. A Diploma recognized by AICTE or a state board of technical education of at least 3 year duration. [Only for Admission to IITs] 
8. General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London / Cambridge / Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level. [Only for Admission to IITs] 
9. High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva. [Only for Admission to IITs]

JEE Main Application Form

You can apply for JEE Main online and upload scanned images of photograph, signature and left thumb impression in JPEG format and submit application form online.

Payment of application fee can be made through debit/credit cards or through E-Challan.

How To Fill Application Form

You must choose a password withlength between 8 to 13 characters and it must contain a capital letter, a small case letter, a special character and a number. You also need an email id and a valid mobile number ready.

You must keep the scanned copies of passport size colour photograph, signature and left thumb impression in JPEG format ready to upload. You can check the specifications below:

• The scanned images of photograph, signature and thumb impression should be in jpeg format only.
• Size of the photo image must be greater than 4 kb and less than 40 kb.
• Size of the signature image must be greater than 1 kb and less than 30 kb.
• Size of the thumb impression image must be greater than 1 kb and less than 30 kb.
• Dimension of photograph image should be 3.5 cm (width) x 4.5 cm (height) only.
• Dimension of signature image should be 3.5 cm (length) x 1.5 cm (height) only.
• Dimension of thumb impression image should be 3.5 cm (length) x 1.5 cm (height) only.

Payment Mode

1. Credit (additional charges: 1.20% of the examination fee plus the service tax as applicable)
2. Debit Card (additional charges: 0.75% of the examination fee plus taxes for examination fee up to Rs. 2000 and 1% + taxes for examination fee more than Rs. 2000.)
3. Through the e-Challan generated after successful submission of the online application form. You can deposit application fee in cash at any branch of Syndicate Bank, Canara Bank, HDFC and ICICI Bank 

How to Apply for JEE Main?

1. Ensure Eligibility Criteria

You have to apply online only. Before applying, ensure your eligibility as per the criteria. Submit only one application form. Multiple applications of a candidate are liable to be rejected. Download the information bulletin and read it carefully to ensure your eligibility.

2. Online Application Form

Read the contents of Online Format and instructions for applying online given in the Information Bulletin and keep the entire information ready.

Keep the Scanned Images of your Photograph, Signature and Left Hand Thumb Impression ready in JPG format only. Fill in the Online Application Form.

3. Pay Application Fees

You can pay the fees by Debit/Credit card or e-challan (generated after submission of details in online application form).

4. Acknowledgement Slip

Download Acknowledgement Slip and keep the same in safe custody for future reference. 

Counselling Procedure for JEE Main

The entire admission process for institutes under JEE Main through Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) consists of four steps: 

Step 1: Online Registration

In this process, candidates eligible for central counseling are required to register themselves for online counseling in the CSAB website.  There is a provision for fresh registration before the fourth and spot round for those who did not register before the first round. 

Step 2: Online Choice Filling and Locking

After online registration, you will be able to exercise your branch/institute choices on the CSAB website using Internet. 

Step 3: Online Seat Allotment

Candidates are offered seats based on their choices in the order of merit (JEE Main All India Rank) over multiple rounds of allotment. Candidates who are allotted a seat or offered admission has to report to any one of the Reporting Centers during the specified time frames, get the documents verified and pay the initial fee to mark their acceptance of the offer of seat and exercise upgrade options, if required. Candidates will be issued provisional admission letter.

Step 4. Getting Admitted to Allotted Institute

Candidates are required to be physically present at the Institute where the candidate is getting admitted (also called Allotted Institute) after verification of all original documents as per the procedure of the allotted institute.

Seat Allotment Rounds

The counselling involves four rounds of seat allotment, followed by a spot admission round. For seat allotment, CSAB uses the All India Rank (60% of JEE Main marks and 40% of Class 12th or equivalent marks) prepared by CBSE after normalization.

Both Government Funded and Self Financed Institutes participate in seat allocation through CSAB. Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs) are National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT and IITDM) and other Centrally or State Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs). These institutes participate in all the rounds of seat allotment. Self Financed Technical Institutes (SFTIs) participate only in spot round.

In NITs, 50% of the seats are for Home State (HS) Quota and the remaining 50% for Others State (OS) Quota. In IIITs, other GFTIs and SFTIs, the seats are allocated on the basis of HS/OS/All India Quota, as applicable.

If you has been allotted a seat and does not report to any of the reporting centre (RC) to complete all reporting formalities, (online initial fees payment, document verification and provisional allotment letter collection), the allotted seat will be cancelled and you will not be eligible for any further rounds in CSAB except Spot Round.

Spot Round

There is a Spot Round for admission after the first four rounds & internal sliding within institute are over. Primary difference between First Four Rounds and Spot Round is that in the Spot Round, you pay the fees in advance and thereby agree to accept the seat if allocated to you. There is no provision of Fees refund paid for spot round, if you chooses not to accept the seat. 

JEE Main Result

Eligibility For JEE Advanced

The score of Paper-I of JEE (Main) 2015 will be declared by 27 April, 2015. This score will comprise the actual marks obtained in Paper-I of JEE (Main) along with the status of those who qualify for appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2015.

Rank Lists

On the basis of score in JEE (Main) 2015 score and normalized score in Class 12th or equivalent qualifying exam (60% & 40% weight-age respectively), separate rank lists will be prepared for admission to B.E./B. Tech. and B. Arch/ B. Planning (in institutions other than IITs). This will be declared by 7 July, 2015.

Rank Card

JEE (Main) 2015 Rank Card indicating All India Rank, State Rank and Category Rank with total marks and marks in each paper will be available on JEE (Main) website after the declaration of result. No score or rank card will be dispatched and you have to download it from the website.

Central Seat Allocation Board

Only the All India Rank (AIR) is used for admissions through Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) to NITs/IIITs/CFTIs/SFIs/Others, while other ranks are for information purposes. 

Application Fees For JEE Main Exam

Application fee has been increased for 2014 exam from Rs. 800 to Rs. 1000 for male candidates under general / Other Backward Classes (OBC) category who will write one paper only.

Fees (INR) For Examination Centres in India

Paper	Offline		Online
	General/OBC	SC/ST/PwD	General/OBC	SC/ST/PwD
Either Paper I or Paper II	1000 (Boys)	500 (Boys)	600 (Boys)	300 (Boys)
	500 (Girls)	500 (Girls)	300 (Girls)	300 (Girls)
Both Paper I and II	1800 (Boys)	900 (Boys)	1400 (Boys)	700 (Boys)
	900 (Girls)	900 (Girls)	700 (Girls)	700 (Girls)

Fees (INR) For Examination Centres Outside India

Paper	Offline		Online
	General/OBC	SC/ST/PwD	General/OBC	SC/ST/PwD
Either Paper I or Paper II	2500 (Boys)	1250 (Boys)	2500 (Boys)	1250 (Boys)
	1250 (Girls)	1250 (Girls)	1250 (Girls)	1250 (Girls)
Both Paper I and II	3800 (Boys)	1900 (Boys)	3800 (Boys)	1900 (Boys)
	1900 (Girls)	1900 (Girls)	1900 (Girls)	1900 (Girls)