JEE – Advanced

2. JEE Advanced:

JEE Advanced is a national-level entrance exam conducted to facilitate admissions to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and a few other colleges. JEE Advanced is the second stage of entrance test after clear first stage of JEE Main; for the students who are willing to seek admission to IITs.

JEE Advanced is conducted every by either of the seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) namely IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, and IIT Roorkee or Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore under the guidance of the Joint Admission Board (JAB).

Every year, around 14-15 lakhs students appear for JEE Main. Candidates who clear JEE Main 2020 (Paper 1) and appear in the list of top 2,50,000 will be eligible to appear for JEE Advanced 2020 examination.

JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria:

a) Performance in JEE Main 2020

Candidates who grab the rank among the top 2,50,000 candidates in JEE Main 2020 across all categories are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced. Out of this number, the percentage of candidates eligible for admissions under different categories are as follows:

       General category candidates (from the common merit list) – 46.5%

       General EWS - 4%

       OBC-NCL candidates – 27%

       SC candidates – 15%

       ST candidates – 7.5%

       PWD candidates - Horizontal reservation of 5% in all the above categories

b) Score

Aspirants who will qualify JEE Advanced 2020 exam have to fulfill at least one of the given below criteria

       Candidates must have secured a minimum of 75% aggregate marks in Class XII (or equivalent) board examination. The aggregate marks for SC, ST and PWD marks should be at least 65%

       Candidates should be within category-wise Top 20 percentile of successful candidates in their respective Class XII (or equivalent) board examination.

 

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