JEE Main Entrance 2017

About

JEE Main 2017, the third Joint Entrance Examination(Main) will be conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) under the ministry of human resource development, GOI.

The JEE Main 2017 will be conducted the JEE Apex Board for admission to undergraduate Engineering Programs in NITs, IIITs and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions etc.

For admission to NITs, Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) like IIITs etc. and other participating Institutions, the merit/rank list shall be prepared based on 40% weightage to school Boards marks in class 12th or equivalent examination and 60% weightage to JEE (Main). 

The weightage to school Board/Equivalent examination marks shall be considered only after normalization.The State of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Nagaland & Odishahave joined JEE (Main) system; therefore, the candidates seeking admission to the institutions in these states, which were earlier admitting based on their State level examination, are also advised to fill the JEE (Main) 2017 application form online.

The JEE (Main) will also be an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced), which the candidates has to take if he/she is aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programmes offered by the IITs/ISM Dhanbad.

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: Born on or after 01st October 1991. 

• For Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Person with Disabilities (PwD) candidates: Born on of before 01st October 1986

NOTE: Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board/University certificate will only be considered.

• Academic Qualification: Only those candidates who have passed their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2014 or 2015: or those who are appearing the their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2015 are eligible to appear in JEE (Main) - 2016.

Details: 

• Candidates who passed Class 12th/Qualifying examination in 2013 or before as well as those who will appear in such examination in 2016 or later are not eligible to appear in JEE (Main) 2016.

• The candidates who appeared in class 12th/equivalent qualifying Examinations in 2013, did not pass in 2013, but passed in 2014 are also not eligible to appear in JEE (Main) 2016.

• The candidates willing to appear for improvement examination of class 12th in 2016 have to appear in all the 4/5 subjects as per the scheme of study of the concerned board

• Further, they may also note that in the percentile system, the total marks (of all five subjects) obtained/shown on the mark-sheet of a particular year are required in JEE (Main) and also in JEE (Advanced)

• The marks from two different years (i.e. marks for 3 subjects from year 2015 and marks for other 2 subjects from 2016) mark-sheets cannot be considered for percentile calculation

Number of Attempts

The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at JEE (Main) shall be limited to 03 (three)

Number of Attempts and Age Limit for the States of Maharashtra and Odisha

• Since the States of Maharashtra and Odisha have joined JEE (Main) system. The age limit; for admission to institutions in these states which where earlier admitting candidates based on their State level examinations, will be as per their past practice only

• The number of attempts in such cases will also remain same as per their past practice. This will, however, be obviously not applicable for admission to IITs/NITs/IITs/CFTIs

How to Apply

Online application has to be submitted through JEE (Main) 2016 website 
www.jeemain.nic.in

• The aspiring candidates should furnish all the details and upload scanned image of his/her photograph, signature and upload scanned image of his/her photograph, signature and left hand thumb impression while filling up the “Online” Application.

• Candidates are required to take print out of the computer generated acknowledgement slip after successful submission of data and payment of fee and keep the same in the safe custody for any future reference.

Important Note: The entire application process is online, including uploading of photograph and signature and payment of fee the candidates are required NOT to send any document to JEE (Main) Secretarial.

Seven (7) Steps to be followed to apply online

• Step 1: Download the information bulletin and read it carefully to ensure your eligibility

• Step 2: Read the contents of Online Format and instructions for applying online given in the Information Bulletin and keep the entire Information ready

• Step 3: Keep the Scanned Images of your Photograph, Signature and Left Hand Thumb Impression ready in JPG format only

• Step 4: Fill in the Online Application Form

• Step 5: Upload Scanned Images of Photograph, Signature and Left Hand Thumb Impression

• Step 6: Pay Examination Fee by Debit/Credit card or e-challan (generated after submission of details in online application form)

• Step 7: Download Acknowledgement Slip and keep the same in safe custody for future reference

Note: The candidates should mention only his/her own Mobile No. and E-Mail ID while submitting the On-Line Application, as all the communications will be sent to the candidates on their registered Mobile Number and E-Mail ID only.

For information about JEE (Advanced), the candidates are advised to visit JEE (Advanced) website www.jeeadv.iitb.ac.in

Fees

Paper 1 or Paper 2	General Boy-Rs.1000,Girl-Rs.500 SC/ST/PWD             Boy/Girl-Rs.500	General Boy-Rs.1000,Girl-Rs.500    SC/ST/PWD             Boy/Girl-Rs.250
Paper 1 AND Paper 2	General Boy-Rs.1800,Girl-Rs.900 SC/ST/PWD             Boy/Girl-Rs.900	General Boy-Rs.1300,Girl-Rs.650   SC/ST/PWD             Boy/Girl-Rs.650

The fee can be remitted in the following ways:

a) By Debit / Credit Card

b) Though E-challan generated after successful submission of online application form. The fee through E-challan may be deposited in any branch of Syndicate /Canara/ICICI/HDFC Bank

For Examination center opted outside India:

(Colombo,Kathmandu,Singapore,Bahrain,Dubai,Muscat and Riyadh).

The examination fee is same for both paper-based exam and computer based exam.

Paper 1 or Paper 2	General Boy-Rs.2500,Girl-Rs.1250 SC/ST/PWD             Boy/Girl-Rs.1250
Paper 1 AND Paper 2	General Boy-Rs.3800,Girl-Rs.1900 SC/ST/PWD             Boy/Girl-Rs.1900

Important Dates

• Release of CBSE JEE (MAIN) 2017 Notification: 18th November 2016

• Availability of JEE Main Application Form: 01st December 2016 on wards.

• Last Date to Submit JEE Main Application Form: 02nd January 2017

• Last Date for Application is 02nd January 2017 and Fee can be paid up to 03rd January 2017

• Download JEE Main Admit Card 2017 (expected): March 2017

• Date of Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main 2017 Offline Exam: 02nd April 2017

• Date of Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main 2017 Online Exam: 08th & 09th April 2017

• Publishing of Official JEE Main Answer Keys (expected): One week after exam

• Declaration of JEE Main 2017 Result: 27th April 2017