Joint Entrance Examination – Main
Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE-Main), formerly All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), is an Indian standardised computer-based test for admission to various technical undergraduate programs in engineering, architecture, and planning across colleges in India. The exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency for admission to B.Tech, B.Arch, etc. programs in premier technical institutes such as the National Institutes of Technology (NIT) and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT), which are based on the rank secured in the JEE-Main. It is usually conducted twice every year. Since mid of 2019, the JEE has been conducted fully online as a computerised test.
| Acronym | JEE-Main |
|---|---|
| Type | Electronic assessment |
| Developer / administrator | JEE Apex Board |
| Knowledge / skills tested |
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| Purpose | Admission to undergraduate engineering and architecture courses in 31 NITs, 25 IIITs, and 33 GFTIs. Also serves as a preliminary selection for JEE-Advanced. |
| Year started | 2002 Formerly known as AIEEE |
| Duration | 3 hours |
| Score / grade range | -75 to +300 in Paper 1 |
| Offered | 2 times per year |
| Restrictions on attempts | Maximum three attempts in consecutive years, with no age limit |
| Countries / regions | India |
| Languages | English, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu |
| Annual number of test takers | 1,233,325 (2024) (B.E./B.Tech)
46,336 (2022) (B.Arch) 17,817 (2022) (B.Planning) |
| Prerequisites / eligibility criteria | Class 12 or equivalent with Mathematics, Physics and any one of the technical subjects prescribed by AICTE from recognised board/university. |
| Website | https://jeemain.nta.ac.in/ |
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