Joint Entrance Examination or JEE is conducted at the national level engineering entrance examination. It qualifies students for IIT, IIIT, NIT, and Government aided engineering colleges across India.

JEE is a combination of two exams.

• JEE MAIN
• JEE ADVANCE

New Admission Norms for IITs

From 2013, the admission into the 16 IITs and Bachelor's program of ISM Dhanbad will take place in two-step test- JEE Main and JEE Advanced. Candidates are given weight-age in 60-40 ratio. To get admission in IITs, NITs, and CFTIs, a student would need to:

Score 75% marks in the 12th examination or should be in the top 20 percentile in the respective board. However, SC/ST candidates are required to score at least 65% marks.

Frequency of JEE Exams

According to the latest information, JEE is conducted twice a year in two parts:

• JEE Mains: January and April
• JEE Advanced: May

JEE 2021 eligibility criteria are provided in the below-given section. Students must go through the complete eligibility before applying for the form:

The three factors for eligibility criteria:

1.  Qualifying Examination, 10+2 or equivalent: Candidates must qualify 10+2 from any recognized board or university to be eligible for the examination
2. Age Limit: There is no age limit
3. The number of attempts: Only those candidates who have passed 12th in the year 2019 or 2020 or appearing for 2021 will be eligible to apply.

Eligibility criteria for the different course:

• For B.Tech Course: Candidates must have passed the qualifying exam with 5 subjects, Physics & Mathematics as the main subject along with any-one from Biology/ Biotechnology/ Chemistry/ Technical Vocational subject.
• For B.Arch Course: Candidates must qualify 12th with a minimum of 50% He/ she must have Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics as their mandatory subject to be eligible for JEE Main.

• For B.Plan Course: Candidates must have passed the qualifying exam with Mathematics as a mandatory subject to be eligible for JEE Main.

JEE 2021 Application fee

The fees for General/Gen-EWS/ OBC(NCL) boys applying for a single paper is INR 650/-. For girls and SC/ST/PwD/Transgender, there is a 50% relaxation and they have to pay INR 325/- for a single paper.