About JEE MAIN EXAM

JEE Main Exam: A National Level Screening Test

- Online (Computer Based) mode only

- Conducted twice a year for admission to B.E, B.Tech, B.Plan, and B.Arch programs

- Qualifying exam for IITs, CFTIs, NITs, and other renowned institutions

- Conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) from 2019 onwards

It is a national level screening test conducted every year to offer admission into B.E, B.Tech, B.Plan and B.Arch programmes. Entrance test of JEE Mains is held twice in a year.

Candidates who aspire to pursue UG engineering programmes in various renowned institutions like IITs, CFTIs, NITs must qualify the test by securing minimum qualifying cut-off marks.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (GOI) has established National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization for conducting efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admissions to premier higher education institutions. The Department of Higher Education, MHRD, GOI has entrusted the responsibility of conducting Joint Entrance Examination - JEE (Main) to the NTA from 2019 onwards.

Admission criteria to Undergraduate Engineering Programs at NITs, IIITs, other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTI), Institutions funded by participating State Governments, and other Institutions shall include the performance in the class 12/ equivalent qualifying Examination and in JEE (Main). The Paper-1 (B. E./ B. Tech.) of JEE (Main) will also be an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced) examination, for candidates aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programs offered by the IITs.