Joint Entrance Examination – Main
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Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE-Main), formerly All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), is an Indian standardized computer-based test for admission to various technical undergraduate programs in engineering, architecture, and planning across colleges in India. The exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency for admission to B.Tech, B.Arch, B.Planning etc. programs in premier technical institutes such as the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs) which are based on the rank secured in the JEE-Main. It is usually conducted twice every year. Since mid 2019, the JEE has been conducted fully online as a computerized test. Previously it was conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education before NTA.
Acronym | JEE(Main) |
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Type | Electronic assessment (CBT mode) and pen and paper Mode (For B. Arch paper only) |
Administrator | National Testing Agency
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Skills tested |
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Purpose | Admission to undergraduate engineering and architecture courses in 32 NITs, 26 IIITs, and 40 GFTIs and some others State Government and Private Institutes. Also serves as a preliminary selection and eligibility test for appearing JEE-Advanced for admission to IITs |
Year started | 2002 (22 years ago) (2002) Formerly known as AIEEE |
Duration | 3 hours |
Score range | -90 to +300 in Paper 1 and -82 to +400 in Paper 2A & 2B |
Offered | Twice a year |
Restrictions on attempts | Maximum three attempts in consecutive years, with no age limit |
Regions | India |
Languages | English Hindi Assamese Bengali Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Odia Punjabi Tamil Telugu Urdu |
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Prerequisites | Class 12 or equivalent with Mathematics, Physics and any one of the technical subjects prescribed by AICTE from recognised board/university |
Fee | ₹1,000 for General candidates
₹900 for General-EWS/OBC-NCL (Central List) candidates ₹500 for SC/ST/PwD/Third Gender candidates |
Qualification rate | 2,50,284(17.68%) qualify for JEE-Advanced (2024) |
Website | jeemain As per 2024 information bulletin[1] |