JEE Advanced is a national level entrance examination conducted by IITs in the rotation for admissions to Under Graduate, Integrated Post Graduate or Under Graduate-Post Graduate Dual Degree programmes offered in IITs (Indian Institute of...

JEE Advanced is a national level entrance examination conducted by IITs in the rotation for admissions to Under Graduate, Integrated Post Graduate or Under Graduate-Post Graduate Dual Degree programmes offered in IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) and Indian School of Mines. Indian Institutes of Technology are declared as the institutes of National Importance for imparting excellence in education since years. Presently there are twenty-three IITs across the country which focuses to create such an environment for its student which encourages their freedom of thoughts and inculcates necessary vision and self-discipline to attain excellence.

JEE Advanced 2018 will be held on May 19, 2019, and the results will be declared by 2nd Week of June 2019.

JEE Advanced 2019 will be conducted by IIT Roorkee this year. The candidates aspiring to seek admission to the UG and Integrated PG courses offered by IITs and ISM Dhanbad in the field of Engineering, Architecture, Sciences or Pharmaceutics are required to appear for JEE Advanced 2018. JEE Advanced is the second stage examination of JEE Main and is conducted every year after the release of JEE Main Result. It is important to note that from the year 2019, JEE Mains will be conducted twice in a year by NTA.

As per the newly introduced JEE Advanced Exam Pattern, the entrance examination will be conducted in the computer-based online module for a duration of 3 hours. As the first session of JEE Main has already been completed it is expected that the JEE Advanced Application Process will start from the month of May 2019 after the release of JEE Main second phase result.

Difference between JEE Main and JEE Advanced:

JEE main being the first step to appear for JEE Advanced, other than that there are few basic differences in both the examination as mentioned below:

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List of IITs according to the respective Zones:

All the communication is done through registered email-id which student need to register while applying for JEE Advance

Quick Preparation Tips:

1. Prepare a list of important formulae in each chapter
2. Note the tips for quick solution of problems
3. Make daily/weekly targets and write them down
4. Revise the syllabus as per study plan
5. Make a timetable and distribute time & strive to achieve that
6. Solve previous year questions as per time frame guidelines of the actual exam
7. Have proper sleep and proper diet

The result of JEE Advanced 2018 will be declared by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur on June 10, 2018. Within few days of the declaration of result, cut off will be declared by the authority. The cut off will notify the closing rank which is accepted by the colleges for admission. In case a candidate scores rank below than the closing rank, then that candidate will not be provided admission to that Institute.

JEE Advanced 2018 Counselling will be held by Joint Seat Allocation Authority ( JoSAA). The number of seats will be decided once the institutes provide the seat matrix. The counselling process will tentatively involve three rounds of seat allotment, and the qualified candidates will be further divided into different categories on the basis of the factors like birth categories, nationality, disability etc.

The Counselling Procedure of JEE Advanced 2018 comprises of the following procedures:

• JEE- Advanced Online Registration
• Registering for the JEE Advanced Counselling and filling of choices as per preferences of Branches, Courses and Institutes.  Note:- ISM Dhanbad does not admit female candidates to Mining Engineering, Mining Machinery Engineering and related courses.
• JEE- Advanced seat allotment will then take place and will then be completed tentatively in three rounds according to the set schedule. Once the seat is allotted candidates must proceed with the online payment to book the provisional seat.

JEE- Advanced 2018 Counselling Details

The JEE Advanced 2018 scores will be accepted by 23 IITs i.e. Indian Institutes of Technology for the academic year 2018. Total intake of students across all IIT's is 11,000

Category wise seats available in different IITs are as follows:

The reservation criteria for candidates possessing Indian Nationality is according to the rules of Government of India.

The terms of reservation are as follows:

• For the candidates of Other Backward Classes belonging to Non-Creamy Layer i.e. OBC-NCL 27% of the total seats will be reserved in all the IITs. OBCs mentioned in the state list but not covered in the Central Government list will not be eligible for this reservation. Those candidates who belong to the creamy layer of OBC are not eligible for reservation.
• For the candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste will be provided with 15% reservation in every course offered by IITs.
• For the candidates belonging to Scheduled Tribe will be provided with 7.5% reservation in every course offered by IITs.
• Candidates with Disability (PwD) will be provided with 5% seats in each category i.e. General, OBC-NCL, SC and ST. benefits will be provided to those candidates who have 40% impairment irrespective of the type of disability.
• The candidates with Defence background will be provided with two seats of preferential allotment in each institute.
• For female candidates, 14% of the seats are reserved by creating supernumerary seats. In this case, the seats will be provided to female candidates without any reduction in the number of seats available for non-female candidates.

The reservation criteria for students with Foreign Nationality:

• The candidates who either by birth or naturalized are not the citizens of India, will be provided with the supernumerary facility in which seat allotment is with a cap of 10% of the total number of seats in every course. 

The original documents along with one attested copy must be furnished during the physical verification for taking provisional admission:

1. JEE Advanced 2018 Seat Allotment letter from JOCSAP portal
2. JEE Advanced 2018 Original Admit card
3. JEE Advanced 2018 Application Form of the Brochure (duly filled)
4. Duly filled Medical Examination Report
5. Proof of Date of Birth:  Class X/HSC/Birth Certificate / Any other certificate as proof of date of birth
6. Class XII/SSC/Equivalent exam Mark sheet and Certificate of passing
7. Category Certificate (OBC (NCL)/SC/ST/PwD/DS) issued by the competent authority as per the format in the JEE Advanced 2018 Brochure
8. For the foreign national candidates: Attested photocopy of the page in the passport containing  the name, photo and nationality

The candidates will be shortlisted on the basis of their JEE- Main Score.

Distribution of top 1, 50,000 candidates across various categories in the merit list of JEE (Main) is as follows:

• Top 75750 (50.5%) from the common merit list (CML)
• Top 40500 (27%) from Other Backward Classes-Non creamy layer OBC(NCL),
• Top 22500 (15%) from Scheduled Caste(SC)
• Top 11250 (7.5%) from Scheduled Tribe(ST) candidates 5% of total seats in each category are reserved for PwD candidates (i.e. 2272 GE-PwD, 1215 OBC (NCL) - PwD, 675 SC-PwD and 338 ST-PwD)

Satwik Jagwani of Satna (Madhya Pradesh) is the topper of JEE-Advance.

Jagwani had scored 330 out of 360 in the qualifying JEE (Mains) before topping in the JEE (Advanced) with 469 out of a total 504. Regarding his schedule for preparing for the exam, Satwik Jagwani AIR topper of JEE-Advance, said- Although he did not follow any fixed schedule, he spent around five to six hours studying daily after his routine classes.

Revealing the secret behind his speed in solving mathematical problems, Jagwani said he learnt Mathematical Abacus, which helped him reduce the amount of rough work required in the examination.