Engineering Corner
About JEE
The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is an engineering entrance assessment conducted for admission to various engineering colleges in India. It is constituted by two different examinations: the JEE Main and the JEE Advanced.
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) conducts the joint admission process for a total of 23 Indian Institute of Technology campuses, 31 National Institute of Technology campuses, 25 Indian Institute of Information Technology campuses and 19 other Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs) based on the rank obtained by a student in JEE Main and JEE Advanced.
There are some institutes, such as the IISERs, IIPE, RGIPT, IIST, and IISc, which use the score obtained in the JEE Advanced examination as the basis for admission. These institutes do not participate in JoSAA. Any student who takes admission to an IIT cannot appear for the JEE Advanced again, but the same is not the case with NIT, IISc, IISERs, etc., since they have separate counselling sessions.
About JEE Main
JEE Main is being conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). JEE Main has two papers, Paper-I and Paper-II. Candidates may opt for either or both of them. Both papers contain multiple choice questions. Paper-I is for admission to B.E./B.Tech courses and is conducted in a Computer Based Test mode.
Paper-II is for admission in B.Arch and B.Planning courses. From January 2020 an additional Paper - III is being introduced for B.Planning courses separately.
JEE Main paper 1 has physics, chemistry and maths sections. Each section has 20 single choice questions and 10 numerical questions out of which only five numerical questions are to be attempted. Marking scheme: +4 for correct and -1 for incorrect answer. Maximum marks are 300.
About JEE Advanced
JEE Advanced exam is conducted for entry into 23 IIT's and some other prestigious universities like IISC Bangalore, IIST Thiruvananthapuram, IIPE, IISERs, and RGIPT. This exam is conducted by any one of the IIT's every year.
More than 2 lakh students become eligible to write JEE Advanced every year. Only the students who qualify the JEE-Main exam become eligible for the JEE-Advanced examination.
In 2021 the exam was conducted by IIT Kharagpur. In 2022 and 2023 it was conducted by IIT Bombay and IIT Guwahati respectively. It is considered one of the toughest competitive exams globally.