IIT Entrance Examination

Examination selection criteria

JEE (Main) – 2018 according to the mode of paper(s) as following:

Important Dates (JEE Main)

Application begin	01/12/2017
Last date for apply online	01/01/2018
Exam date offline	08/04/2018
Exam date online	15-16 April 2018
Admit card available	12/03/2018

Important Dates (JEE Advance)

item	Day	Date	Time	Session
Paper-1	Sunday	20 may 2018	09:00 -12:00	Session- 1
Paper-2	Sunday	20 may 2018	14:00-17:00	Session- 2

CHOICE OF PAPER MODE:-

Paper 1	(B.E./B.TECH.)	PEN & PAPER BASED/ COMPUTER BASED EXAMINATION
Paper-2	(B.ARCH./B .PLANNING)	PEN & PAPER BASED
Both Paper -1	(B.E. /B.TECH.) &PAPER-2(B.ARCH. / B .PLANNING)	PEN & PAPER BASED for both the Papers And COMPUTER BASED EXAMINATION for Paper – 1 and  PEN & PAPER BASED for Paper – 2

   

JEE Main Cut off Trends (2013-2017)

S.No.	Category	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
1	General	81	100	105	115	113
2	OBC-NCL	49	70	70	74	70
3	SC	32	52	50	53	50
4	ST	27	48	44	47	45

Note:- A candidate can attempt JEE main a maximum of three times in consecutive years.

Selected candidates will be appeared in JEE advance exam

All the candidates must fulfill each and every one of the following five criteria to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018. 

Criterion 1 – Performance in JEE (Main) 2018: Candidates should be among the top 2,24,000* (including all categories) in Paper-1 of JEE (Main) 2018.

The percentages of various categories of candidates to be shortlisted 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, 5% horizontal reservation is available for PWD candidates.

The following table show the order to be followed while choosing top 2,24,000* candidates in various categories based on the performance in Paper-1 of JEE (Main) 2018.

ORDER CATEGORY Number of “Top” candidates    

ORDER	CATEGORY	Number of “Top” candidates
1	OPEN	1,07,464	Total 1,13,120
2	OPEN-PWD	5,656
3	OBC-NCL	57,456	Total 60,480
4	OBC-NCL-PWD	3,024
5	SC	31,920	Total 33,600
6	SC-PWD	1,680
7	ST	15,960	Total 16,800
8	ST-PWD	840

 The total number of candidates can be slightly greater than 2,24,000 in the presence of “tied” ranks/scores in any category.

Criterion 2 – Age limit: Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1993. Five years relaxation is given to SC, ST and PWD candidates, i.e., these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1988.

Criterion 3 – Number of attempts: A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in consecutive years.

Criterion 4 – Appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination: A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2017 or 2018.

However, if the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declares the results for the academic year  2015-16 after June  2016, then the candidates of that board who appeared for their class XII exam in 2016 are also eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018, provided they meet the other eligibility criteria.  In case, the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declared the results for the academic year 2015-16 before June 2016 but the result of a particular candidate was withheld, then the candidate will not be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018.

Criterion 5 – Earlier admission at IITs: A candidate should NOT have been admitted in an IIT irrespective of whether or not he/she continued in the program OR accepted an IIT seat by reporting at a reporting centre in the past. Candidates whose admission at IITs was cancelled after joining any IIT are also NOT eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018.

Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2017 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018.

The candidates who paid seat acceptance fee in 2017 but (i) did not report at any reporting centre OR, (ii) withdrew before the last round of seat allotment, OR, (iii) had their seat cancelled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITs, during the joint seat allocation in 2017 are eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018.