JEE Main 2018 Overview

ExamType	Format	Language
National Level	Online/CBT, Offline/PBT	English

Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main is an all India level engineering entrance exam which is conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). JEE Main is required to take admission to engineering courses in the esteemed IITs, NITs, IIITs, deemed universities and other centrally funded technical institutions.

JEE Main is conducted in two parts i.e. Paper I and Paper II. Paper I (B.E./B. Tech.) will be conducted in both Computer-based (Online) and Paper-Pen based (Offline) mode while Paper II (B. Arch./B. Planning) will be conducted in Pen-Paper based mode only.

Candidates, willing appear for JEE Advanced 2018 will first have to qualify JEE Main 2018.

However, the applications of JEE Main 2018 will release from the first week of December 2020 and candidates are recommended to keep a regular check on the official website to avoid any miss.

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JEE Main 2018 Eligibility Criteria

Age Limit:

Candidates born on or after October 01, 1993 are eligible to appear for JEE Main 2018 examination. There will be a relaxation of 5 years for the students belonging to SC, ST, and PwD category.

Educational Qualification:

For B.E/ B. Tech:

Candidates must have qualified 12th standard with a minimum of 75% marks in aggregate, whereas 10% of relaxation is given to SC/ST candidates, who need to present 65% of marks in 10+2 qualification. Also, 10+2 with Physics and Mathematics will be mandatory to be able to appear for JEE Mains 2018 along with one of the Chemistry/ Biotechnology/ Biology/ Technical Vocational subject.

For B.Arch./ B. Planning:

The applicant must have studied Mathematics as the main subject along with 50% marks in total including five subjects from a recognised board.

According to the recent amendment, Class XII marks will not be given any weightage for final selections in JEE.

For more information on JEE Main 2018 Eligibility Criteria, read more.

JEE Main 2018 Application Details

The candidates can apply for JEE Main 2018 at online mode only. Applicants are required to fill up the requisite information, upload a scanned photograph, signature and thumb impression while filling up the online form. After submitting the details, an acknowledgement page will be generated. Applicant must take a print out of the page for further references.

(The acknowledgement page should not be sent to JEE Main office)

The application fee can be paid by credit/debit card or by depositing fee in cash in the Syndicate/ Canara/ ICICI/ HDFC bank through e-challan generated during the online filling of application form.

Documents required for filling IIT JEE Registration Form 2018

Class X certificate
Class XII certificate
If the name is changed in the in the Class X certificate, then a certificate by gazette officer need to be submitted showing the change of name.

Application fees detail

Paper(s) Appearing

Pen and Paper Based Exam

Computer Based Exam (Paper-1 (B. E./B. Tech.) only)

(General/OBC)

(SC/ST/PwD)

(General/OBC)

(SC/ST/PwD)

For Examination Centre Opted In India

JEE (Main) Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.) OR

JEE (Main) Paper-2 (B. Arch./ B. Planning) only

1000 (Boys)

500 (Girls)

500 (Boys)

500 (Girls)

500 (Boys)

250 (Girls)

250 (Boys)

250 (Girls)

Both JEE (Main) Paper-1

(B.E./B.Tech.) AND JEE (Main) Paper- 2 (B.Arch./ B. Planning)

1800 (Boys)

900 (Girls)

900 (Boys)

900 (Girls)

1300 (Boys)

650 (Girls)

650 (Boys)

650 (Girls

For Examination Centre Opted In Foreign Country

JEE(Main)Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.) OR

JEE (Main)Paper-2 (B.Arch./B. Planning) only

2500 (Boys)

1250 (Girls)

1250 (Boys)

1250 Girls)

2500 (Boys)

1250 (Girls)

1250 (Boys)

1250 (Girls)

Both JEE (Main) Paper-1

(B.E./B.Tech.) and JEE (Main) Paper- 2 (B.Arch./ B. Planning)

3800 (Boys)

1900 (Girls)

1900 (Boys)

1900 (Girls)

3800 (Boys)

1900 (Girls)

1900 (Boys)

1900 (Girls)

For more information on JEE Main 2018 Application Fee, read more.

Exam Pattern

JEE Main Exam Pattern

JEE Main 2018 Counselling/Interview

Students will be offered admission based on their choices and their all India rank through Seat Allocation Process which will be announced later.

JEE Main Cut-off Top Management Colleges

Students will be offered admission based on their choices and their all India rank through Seat Allocation Process which will be announced later.

JEE Main 2018 Exam Syllabus

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main 2018) will be conducted by the JEE Apex Board for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes in NITs, IIITs, other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs), participating State Government Institutions etc.

For admission to NITs, CFTIs like IIITs etc. and other participating Institutions, the merit/rank list shall be prepared based on 40% weightage to school Boards marks in class 12th or equivalent examination and 60% weightage to IIT JEE (Main). The weightage to school Board/Equivalent examination marks shall be considered only after normalisation.

The IIT JEE (Main) will also be the eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced), which the candidate has to take if he/she is aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programmes offered by the IITs/ ISM Dhanbad.

JEE Mains 2018 shall have two papers, Paper-1 (B. E./B. Tech.) and Paper-2 (B. Arch./B. Planning.). Depending upon the course(s) candidates are seeking admission, they may take Paper-1 (B. E./B. Tech.), or Paper-2 (B. Arch./B. Planning.), or both.

Number of Attempts

The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at JEE (Main) shall be limited to 03 (three).

JEE Main 2018 Exam Centers

City Code	State	City	Mode of Exam	Mode of Exam
1	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
2	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
3		Tirupati	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
4		Vijayawada	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
5		Visakhapatnam	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
6	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
7	Assam	Guwahati	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
8	Assam	Silchar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
9	Bihar	Gaya	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
10		Muzaffarpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
11		Patna	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
12	Chandigarh	Chandigarh/Mohali	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
13	Chhattisgarh	Raipur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
14	Dadra Nagar Haveli	Dadra Nagar Haveli	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
15	Daman & Diu	Daman & Diu	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
16	Delhi	Delhi/New Delhi	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
17	Goa	Panaji	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
18	Gujarat	Ahmedabad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
19		Anand	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
20		Bhavnagar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
21		Gandhinagar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
22		Godhra	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
23		Patan	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
24		Rajkot	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
25		Surat	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
26		Vadodara	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
27		Valsad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
28	Haryana	Faridabad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
29		Gurgaon	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
30		Hisar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
31		Karnal	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
32		Kurukshetra	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
33	Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
34	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
35	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
36	Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
37	Jharkhand	Bokaro	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
38		Dhanbad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
39		Jamshedpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
40		Ranchi	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
41	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
42		Hubli	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
43		Mangalore	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
44	Kerala	Ernakulam	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
45		Kozhikode	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
46		Thiruvanthapuram	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
47	Lakshadeep	Kavarrati	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
48	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
49		Gwalior	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
50		Indore	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
51		Jabalpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
52		Rewa	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
53		Ujjain	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
54	Maharashtra	Amravati	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
55		Aurangabad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
56		Mumbai	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
57		Nagpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
58		Nasik	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
59		Pune	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
60		Thane	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
61	Manipur	Imphal	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
62	Meghalaya	Shillong	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
63	Mizoram	Aizwal	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
64	Nagaland	Dimapur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
65	Nagaland	Kohima	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
66	Odisha	Balasore	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
67		Berhampur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
68		Bhubaneswar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
69		Cuttack	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
70		Rourkela	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
71		Sambalpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
72	Puducherry	Puducherry	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
73	Punjab	Amritsar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
74	Punjab	Bathinda	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
75	Rajasthan	Ajmer	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
76		Bikaner	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
77		Jaipur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
78		Jodhpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
79		Udaipur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
80	Sikkim	Gangtok	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
81	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
82		Coimbatore	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
83		Madurai	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
84	Telangana	Hyderabad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
85		Khammam	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
86		Warangal	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
87	Tripura	Agartala	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
88	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
89		Haldwani	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
90		Haridwar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
91		Roorkee	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
92	Uttar Pradesh	Agra	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
93		Allahabad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
94		Bareilly	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
95		Gorakhpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
96		Jhansi	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
97		Kanpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
98		Lucknow	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
99		Varanasi	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
100	West Bengal	Durgapur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
101		Howrah	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
102		Kolkata	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
103		Siliguri	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
104	Outside India	Colombo		Computer Based
105		Kathmandu		Computer Based
106		Singapore		Computer Based
107		Bahrain	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
108		Dubai	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
109		Muscat	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
110		Riyadh	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
111		Sharjah	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
112	Rajasthan (India)	Kota	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
113	Outside India	Dhaka		Computer Based

JEE Main 2018 Contact Details

JEE (Main) Unit Central Board of Secondary Education

Plot No. 149, Block - H,
Sector - 63, Noida – 201309
Distt- Gautam Budh Nagar (U.P.)

Email-jeemain@nic.in

Helpline No.: 7042399520, 7042399521, 7042399524, 7042399525, 7042399526, 7042399528, 7042399529

Computer Based Exam Helpline No.: 18002660372 (only during 15th March - 15th April 2016)

Computer Based Exam Email: cbsejeehelpdesk@gmail.com (only during 15th March - 15th April 2016)

For more information on JEE Main 2020, read more.

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