JEE (Main) is a popular engineering entrance exam which is also known as AIEEE or vice-versa. JEE (Main) is conducted by CBSE for admission to BE/B.Tech, B.Arch courses.

Eligibility Criteria for JEE (Main) is as follows:

Age Limit:

Candidates who are born on or after 1st October 1993 are eligible for appearing in the JEE (Main) 2018

There are 5 years age relaxation for the candidates belonging to SC/ST and PWD categories
Educational Qualification:

Candidates should have passed Senior Secondary board examination with either 75 % marks or be in top 20 percentile in the respective board. For SC/ST candidates passing makes is 65%.

Candidates should have opted Physic, Mathematics, and Chemistry as their core subjects. Remaining two subjects should be one language of choice and another optional subject.

Candidate must have passed their Senior Secondary examination either in the year 2015, 2016, 2017 or appearing in the year 2018.

Candidates who hold the Diploma in engineering are also eligible for appearing in the JEE (Main) examination but on the basis of JEE (Main), they won’t be able to get admission in any engineering colleges.

However, candidates who hold Diploma can further appear in JEE (Advance) for taking admission in any of IITs only after passing JEE (Main) first.

Number of Attempts:

A candidate is given maximum 3 attempts to pass JEE (Main) in consecutive years. For JEE (Advanced), candidates get maximum 2 attempts in consecutive years.

Exam Dates 2018:

Application Form Availability Date: November 2017
Last date of the Application form to submit: December 2017
Download the Admit Card: March 2018
Paper 1 JEE Main 2018 Date (Offline ): April 2018
Offline JEE Main paper 2 Exam Date: April 2018
Online JEE Main paper 1 Exam Date: April 2018
Answer Key publish date: April 2018
Last date to check JEE Main 2017 official answer key: April 2018
All India Ranks announce for JEE Main 2018: July 2018