India has numerous engineering colleges, some of which have gained recognition across the world for their high quality education. Most of these colleges take an admission test and students are granted admission on the basis of merit. Details of these tests are given below-

IIT JEE

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) conducts a Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) every year for admission to its B-Tech program and other courses offered at the IIT Mumbai, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Chennai, IIT Kharakpur, IIT Guwahati, and IIT Roorkee campuses. Apart from the IITs, Institute of Technology- Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and ISM Dhanbad, also take into consideration the JEE test score for enrolling students.
There are approximately 5,500 seats available in total for which 3, 00,000 candidates sit every year.

IIT JEE Eligibility

• A candidate can take JEE only twice, in consecutive years.
• Candidates appearing for JEE-2008 should have either passed the qualifying examination or should be appearing for the same in 2008.
• Candidates who have accepted admission by paying full fees at any of the IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISM, Dhanbad, are not eligible to undertake the IIT JEE test again.

Qualifying examination (10+2 Level)

• The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized Central/State Board, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi and Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi.
• Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board/ University.
• Final Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defense Academy.
• General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
• High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University.
• Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in any foreign country recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to the 10+2 system.
• H.S.C. Vocational Examination.
• Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects.
• 3 or 4 year Diploma recognized by AICTE or State Board of Technical Education.

Minimum marks required in the qualifying examination

• General category - 60% marks in aggregate in the qualifying examination.
• SC, ST, and PD categories - 55% marks in aggregate in the qualifying examination.

Note: The percentage of marks awarded by the Board will be treated as the final count. If the Board does not award the percentage of marks, it will be calculated based on the marks obtained in all subjects as listed in the mark sheet.

Age limit

• Upper age limit-25 years
• In the case of SC, ST, and PD candidates, the age limit is relaxed by 5 years thereby making the upper limit to be 30 years.

IIT JEE Test Pattern
JEE consists of 2 rounds -- the preliminary examination (screening test) and the main examination. Only those candidates who qualify in the screening test are eligible to appear in the main examination. There are two question papers, each of three hours duration. Both the question papers consist of three separate sections on Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. Questions in these papers are of objective type. Incorrect answer would be penalized by negative marking.

The syllabus of the examination is based on topics covered by the CBSE Board Examination (AISSCE) and the ISC Board Examination. It should be noted that all topics of the AISSCE and the ISC are not included in the JEE syllabus.

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