Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main is a most important national level entrance test administrated by the CBSE Board.

JEE Main exam is organized for admission in UG engineering (B.Tech) & architecture (B.Arch) courses offered by IITs, NITs, IIITs and other institutions.

JEE Main Eligibility:

Qualifying Exam: Students should have passed the 12th or equivalent exam in 2016 and 2017 with five subjects from any recognized board.

Appearing Candidates: Students appearing in the 12th examination in 2018 are also eligible

Subjects:

Students must have the Physics & Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/ Technical Vocational subject.

Age Limit: Students born on or after 1st October 1993 are eligible to apply (five-year relaxation is given for reserved categories.

Percentage: There is no minimum marks are needed to appear in the JEE Main exam. For admission to IITs, NITs, CFTIs, students must have secured 75% marks (65% for SC/ST) or be in the top 20 percentile.

Attempt: Students can appear only three times for JEE Main.

Aadhaar Card: All India candidates must have Aadhaar Card to apply for JEE Main.

Important dates:

Notification release 22nd November 2017
Application form starts 1st December 2017 (started)
Last date to submit the application 1st January 2018
Correction in images 8th December 2017
Last date to submit the application fee 2nd January 2018
Application form correction facility Last week of January to 1st week of February 2018
Exam date 8th April 2018 (offline mode paper) & 15th & 16th April 2018 (online mode paper)