About the IIT JEE Exam

JEE Main is the single gateway for admission to NITs, IIITs, Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) as well as other engineering colleges and technology institutes run by the state governments and private institutions who have adopted JEE.

Eligibility Criteria

Age Limit: One Should Attend the Age of 17 years
Age relaxation for SC / ST / PWD category will be of 5 years.

Education Qualification :

Candidate must have either obtained 75% in class 12th examination or be in top 20 percentile in board. The cut off marks to be in class 12th top 20 percentile is notified after board results are published.


Examination Pattern

For JEE Main Paper I

Subjects Number of questions Maximum marks
Physics 30 120
Chemistry 30 120
Mathematics 30 120
Total 90 360

Paper II

Mathematics 30 120
Aptitude Test 50 200
Drawing Test 2 70
Total 82 390

Tentative Date Schedule for the JEE Main Exam

CBSE will issue official JEE Main 2018 Notification
4th week of November 2017

Availability of online application form at jeemain.nic.in
1st week of December 2017

Last date to submit application form
1st week of January 2018

Candidates might get a chance to upload new images in case old images had issues
4th week of December 2017

End of image correction, if it is made available
1st week of February 2018

One time opportunity to edit mistakes in application form might be given in
1st week of January 2018

Last date to correct data in application form
1st week of February 2018

Download admit card in
2nd week of March 2018

Pen and Paper JEE Main 2018 will be held on
08 Apr 2018

Computer Based JEE Main 2018 will be held on
April 2018 (Expected April 14 and 15 or April 15 and 16)

Display of OMR sheet and answer key
3rd week of April 2018

Declaration of results
4th week of April 2018