JEE Advanced 2016 Notification | IIT JEE Advanced 2016 Dates

About

• The Joint Entrance Examination JEE-Advanced is an all-India examination administered and conducted in seven IIT zones across the country by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) for admission to Bachelor’s, Integrated Master’s and Dual Degree programs in the sixteen IITs (IIT Bhubaneswar, Bombay, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Chennai, Mandi, Patna, Roorkee, Ropar, Varanasi) and the Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad.

• All the candidates aspiring to take admission in the undergraduate programmes at IITs and ISM Dhanbad, for the year 2016 will have to appear in the Paper-1 of JEE (Main)-2016, which will be conducted by JEE Apex Board during the month of April, 2016

Eligibility Criteria 

All the candidates, including foreign nationals, must fulfil each and every one of the following five criteria to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2016. 

• Criterion 1 – Performance in JEE (Main) 2016: Candidates should be among the top 2,00,000 (including all categories) by scoring positive marks in Paper-1 of JEE (Main) 2016. 

• The percentages of various categories are: 27% for OBC-NCL, 15% for SC, 7.5% for ST and the remaining 50.5% is OPEN for all. Within each of these four categories, 3% horizontal reservation is available for PwD (including Dyslexic) candidates.  

• Criterion 2 – Age limit: Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1991. Five years relaxation is given to SC, ST and PwD candidates, i.e., these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1986. 

• Criterion 3 – Number of attempts: A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in consecutive years. Therefore, candidates who appeared in JEE (Advanced) 2015 for the first time are also eligible.  

• Criterion 4 – Appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination: The candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in all the subjects in either 2015 or 2016.

Admission to IITs and ISM

The candidates should satisfy at least one of the following two criteria for admission to IITs and ISM:

•  Must have secured at least 75% aggregate marks in the class XII (or equivalent) Board examination. The aggregate marks for SC, ST and PwD candidates should be at least 70%. 

• Must be within the category-wise top 20 percentile of successful candidates in their respective Class XII (or equivalent) board examination.  

Type of Exam:

• In JEE (Advanced)-2016, there will be two papers, each of three hours duration. 

• The question papers will be printed separately in English and Hindi. 

• Candidates have to specify their choice of question paper language at the time of online registration for JEE (Advanced)-2016.

• Each of the question papers will consist of three separate parts in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. 

• The questions will be of objective (multiple choice) type, designed to test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of candidates.

Registration Process For JEE Advanced-2016

• Candidates should register for appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2016.

• Registration is through the online portal http://jeeadv.iitb.ac.in only.

• The candidate should satisfy each and every one of the five eligibility criteria 

• Registration will be cancelled if, at a later date, it is found that the candidate does not meet even one of these five eligibility criteria.

• Even if a candidate did not opt for appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2016 while registering for JEE (Main) 2016, he/she can register for JEE (Advanced) 2016.

Registration Process

• Female Candidates : 1000 

• SC, ST, PwD Candidates : 1000

• All Other Candidates : 2000

Admit Card For JEE Advanced - 2016

Candidates who successfully complete registering for JEE (Advanced) 2016 can download the admit card from the online registration portal http://jeeadv.iitb.ac.in

Important dates

• Online registration begins Friday, April 29, 2016

• Online registration closes Wednesday, May 4, 2016

• Admit card downloading Wednesday, May 11, 2016, to May 22, 2016,

• Display of answer keys Sunday, June 5, 2016,

• Receiving feedback from candidates on answer keys Sunday, June 5, 2016, to June 7, 2016,

• Results will be declared on Sunday, June 12, 2016