JEE Main is a National Level Entrance Test Conducted for Admission to Engineering, Architecture and other Technological Courses Offered by Various Government, Private and Centrally funded institutions including the NITs and IIITs

JEE (Joint Entrance Exam) is a Two Tier Exam.

JEE Main Exam Eligibility Criteria :

Age limit :

The date of birth of candidate must be on or after October 1, 1991. For SC, ST, PwD candidates the upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years

Candidate must have appeared in QE in at least five subjects or will be Appearing in 2016.

Number of Attempts :
Number of attempts in JEE Main is 3.

JEE Main Rank & Counselling
Online registration and Choice filling- 24th June to 29th June, 2016 (12 noon)
First Round of Seat allotment – 30th June, 2016
First round reporting for seat acceptance from – 1 July to 5th July, 2016

Application form Fee :

Papers Pen & Paper Based Test Online mode
Appearing General/OBCs (Boys) SC/ST/PWD/All Girls General/OBCs SC/ST/PWD/Girls
For examination centres opted in India
Paper 1 or 2 1000 500 500 250
Paper 1 and 2 both 1800 900 1300 650


Pattern of Examination

The JEE Main rank will be calculated with 40% weightage of board marks and 60% weightage of JEE Main score as directed by MHRD.

Paper 1

Subject Questions Marks
Physics 30 120
Chemistry 30 120
Mathematics 30 120
Total 90 360
Paper 2

Subject Questions Marks
Part I – Mathematics 30 120
Part II – Aptitude Test 50 200
Part III – Drawing 2 70
Total 82 390