JEE - Joint Entrance Examination for Engineering Admissions

Admissions to all central government-funded engineering institutions — IITs, NITs, IIITs etc. will happen through the JEE exams.

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), which will replace the old IIT-JEE and AIEEE. It will give more importance to Std XII exam results and comprise of two objective type tests — JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced - which will be conducted the same day.

The JEE merit list will be prepared on the basis of cumulative total of marks of Std XII, Main and Advanced. The Main will have multiple-choice questions, while the nature and modalities of the Advanced will be determined by the IITs’ Joint Admission Board (JAB).

For the IITs, only the top 25% who are above the cut-off and get the highest percentile on the basis of Std XII marks and JEE-Main will be screened for a special JEE-Advanced; 50% weightage will be given to Std XII marks and 50% to JEE-Main scores. The IIT merit list will be prepared on the basis of the special Advanced result.

But seat and course allotment for all IITs will be held together in joint counselling.

For the NITs, IIITs and other central government-funded engineering colleges, there will be no screening test. Their merit list will be based on Std XII marks for which 40% weightage will be given. Main and Advanced scores will have 30% weightage each.

At the end there will be two lists, one for IITs and one for other institutes. However, all students will be ranked, and IIT ranked students can also apply to other engineering institutions based on this list.