JEE Main Application Process for the April session commenced from February 8, 2019. Candidates aspiring to appear for JEE Main April session must visit the JEE Main official website at jeemain.nic.in. The last date to apply for the examination is March 7, 2019. Candidates who appeared for JEE Main January session and are not satisfied with their performance in the examination can apply for April session as well.

Latest News: NTA Issues Important Notification for Abroad...

Latest News: NTA Issues Important Notification for Abroad Students

JEE Main January session was successfully conducted on January 9, 2019, onwards and the result of the same was declared on January 19, 2019. As the examination was conducted in multiple sessions, the scores have been converted into percentile form by the NTA. Read More

Latest Notifications by NTA:

• Class XII Board dates have been revised by the Central Board of Secondary Education due to clash with JEE Main examination.
• The NTA has released the content-based lectures for JEE Main aspirants at nta.ac.in/LecturesContent.
• The NTA has released the JEE Main Mock Tests at ntatpc.in.
• JEE Main examination will be conducted in 8 shifts and the candidate can select the preferred shift during JEE registration.
• For JEE Main January session nearly 9.65 lakh candidates appeared for the examination.

Know Your Exam:

Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main is a national-level Under Graduate Engineering Entrance Examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admissions in National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), State Funded Technical Institutes (SFTIs) and Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs). The examination is conducted for admissions in Under Graduate Engineering and Architecture programmes. JEE Main Paper 1 is for engineering students whereas, paper 2 is for architecture students. From the year 2019, the examination will be conducted twice a year that is, in the month of January and April.

Earlier, the examination was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). However, after the formation of the National Testing Agency (NTA) by the Government of India, the JEE Main examination is conducted by NTA. NTA has also launched mock tests for the students appearing for the examination.

The Online Application Process for JEE Main January attempt is conducted in the month of September whereas the same for April attempt is conducted in the month of February every year.

The candidates aspiring to appear for JEE Advanced examination must qualify Paper 1 of JEE Main examination. JEE Advanced is a national-level examination, conducted by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) for admissions in courses offered by 21 IITs and Indian School of Mines (ISM). The top 2,24,000 scorers of JEE Main examination are eligible to apply for JEE Advanced examination.

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JEE Main result will comprise of scores which include actual marks obtained by the candidate in the test along with the list of candidates qualifying for JEE Advanced. Hence, the result will provide the candidate their qualifying status for JEE Advanced examination. Basically, on the basis of the scores attained by the candidate in JEE Main examination, a separate rank list will be prepared for the admissions to B.E./B. Tech. and B.Arch/ B. Planning offered by numerous engineering institutes and colleges of India (apart from 23 Indian Institutes of Technology - IITs). 

Publishing of results usually comprises of 2 steps:

The scorecards of the candidates will include the marks obtained by the candidate in All India Rank list for JEE Main Examination. This would also determine the candidate's eligibility for JEE Advanced examination. A category wise list would be prepared for all courses which would help CSAB in determining seat allotment for IITs, NITs, SFTIs and Government-aided colleges. 

JEE Main cutoff is the minimum score that a candidate must get in order to be eligible for B.tech/BE and B.Arch/BPlan programmes in NITs, IIITs and top engineering colleges. With the announcement of JEE Main Result and AIR, NTA would be releasing qualifying marks for JEE Advanced.

In comparison to previous 5 year cutoffs, JEE Main last year Cutoff has been the lowest.

Cutoffs have been listed as below:

Factors used to determine JEE Main cutoff:

1. Number of candidates who appeared in the examination
2. The difficulty level of the examination
3. Number of questions
4. Overall Performance Level

JEE Mains score can be used for a number of private colleges.Candidates qualifying JEE Mains give the JEE advanced out of which only 11,000 candidates are eligible for IIT's and ISM.However, these scores can be used for entering into a  number of prestigious colleges.

Documents required during JEE Main Counselling:

1. Printout of seat acceptance acknowledgment
2. Printout of terms and conditions are taken from the CSAB website and duly signed by the candidate.
3. Originals for verification:
   • Admit Card of JEE (Main)-2018.
   • Score Card of JEE (Main)-2018 issued by CBSE (downloaded scorecard is acceptable).
   • Class X (High School) Board Certificate as proof of date of birth.
   • Pass Certificate and Marks sheet of qualifying examination.
   • Certificate of category (SC / ST/ BC-NCL) issued by the competent authority in the prescribed format.
   • Certificate for Persons with Disabilities (PwD), if applicable.
   • Passport, if the candidate has passed the qualifying examination from outside India; this is required for determining the 'State from which eligible'.
   • Proof of place of examination Center of the final examination from the National Open School for candidates having Senior Secondary Certificate; this is required for determining the 'State from which eligible'.
4. Two sets of self-attested copies of all the documents listed above. The originals will be returned after verification and self-attested copies will be retained by the Reporting Center.
5. Two passport size photographs identical to the one which was pasted on the JEE Main application form.

JEE Main Seat Allocation Process:

• JEE Main Selection Procedure will be conducted by the Centralized Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) or Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). The Seat Allocation Process will be conducted after the declaration of JEE Main Result by the National Testing Agency (NTA). NTA will not be responsible for conducting JEE Main Counselling or Seat Allocation.
• The candidates must check the availability of seats before choosing them during counseling. The candidates are free to change or delete their choice before locking the seat. Once the seat is locked, it can't be unlocked or deleted.
•  After locking the choice, the candidate must take a print out of their locked choice. This print out needs to be signed by the candidate and submitted at the time of reporting at Reporting Centre/Allotted Institute during Admission.
• The candidates who fail in locking the choice and saving it, will not be considered for seat allotment. Such candidates will be permitted to fill their choices during the third or fourth round of counseling. 

Changes introduced in JEE Main 2019:

1. Mode of Examination: Paper 1 will be held in computer-based test mode whereas, Paper 2 will be in the Computer-based mode for Mathematics and Aptitude and Paper-and-pen-based mode for Drawing.
2. Twice a year: The examination will be conducted twice a year. The candidate can appear for either one or both.
3. Age Limit: There is no maximum age limit to appear for JEE Main examination. The candidate must have passed Class XII in 2017, 2018 or must be appearing for the Class XII examination in the year 2019.
4. Revised Application Fee: The JEE Main Application Fee has been reduced for each category.
5. Mock Test: NTA already started registrations for Mock Tests and the aspirants can practice these tests regularly to enhance their understanding about the actual examination.
6. Test Practice Centres: NTA has organized practice centres at 2,697 colleges and schools with computers.
7. Unique Question Paper: NTA is getting a huge databank of questions being prepared with the help of subject experts, educationists, psychometric test experts etc. Due to this system, each candidate will get a unique question paper in which questions will be randomly picked.