The JEE exam are conducted annually by one of the IITs to determine the eligibility of the candidates for various courses offered by institutions of national importance.
The exam in conducted in two categories namely- JEE Mains and Advanced. Mains is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and advanced is conducted by one of the IITs every year and this year IIT Kanpur is in charge of conducting the JEE Advanced 2018 exam.
The official notification will be out somewhere in third week of November but before that below are some things you need to know about the exam:
Eligibility
Candidates who wish to appear in the exam must have at-least 75 percent in their class 12 exams or be in top 20 percentile of the board. For the candidates of reserved categories, the minimum percentage is 65 percent. Further to be eligible for the JEE Advanced, candidate’s rank need to be among first 2,24,000 candidates.
Exam dates
CBSE has announced that JEE main exam will be held on April 8, 2018 and it is expected that the advanced exam will be conducted on May 20. However, these dates are tentative and subject to change.
Application process
For the JEE 2017, the application forms were released in the month of December (2016) and the same can be expected for the JEE 2018. The application process will be online and candidates will be required to visit the portal jeemain.nic.in to apply for the exam. Another portal for the JEE exam is jeeadv.ac.in and candidates can visit it to get the latest information about the JEE Advanced exam.
Online test
This year JEE Advanced exam will be in online mode. It consists of two papers– paper 1 and paper 2 and both exams are of three hour duration each.
