Nagpur: The tentative exam date for JEE 2016 for It admission to undergraduate engineering courses, in ISM and IIT Dhanbad has been released. The exam is expected to be held on May 22. The JAB, also known as Joint Admission Board conducts the JEE Advanced exam.
Eligibility criteria for JEE Advanced 2016
The candidate should be among the top 1,50,000 students (all the categories included) in JEE (Main).
The percentage required for various categories is as below:
General (from the common rank list): 5 percent
OBC-NCL: 27 percent
SC: 15 percent
ST: 7.5 percent
Please note, within each of these four categories, 3 percent score horizontal reservation is available for PWD candidates.
Hence, 1215 of OBC seats, 675 of SC seats and 338 of ST seats are for PWD candidates of their respective categories.
Age limit:
The age of the general candidates and other backward classes (OBC) candidates should not be more than 25 years. It means they should have been born on or after October 1, 1991. Relaxation in age will be provided as per government norms.
Number of attempts
Candidates can attempt JEE (Advanced) only two times and that too only if he /she attempts it in consecutive years.
JEE (Advanced) 2016 should be either the candidate’s first attempt or the second consecutive attempt.
Application form
The application form will be available online only through the official website of the JEE Apex Board in the first week of November 2015. No other mode for applying is there. The last date of the application will be on last week of December 2016.
The candidates can avail the JEE Advanced in two consecutive years after cracking the JEE Main.
