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20-Sep-2016
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras the conducting body of JEE has declared the dates for JEE 2017.
The exam for admissions into various Bachelor's degree programmes in eighteen IITs and Indian School of Mines (ISM), along with other reputable engineering institute will be conducted on May 21, 2017.
As compared to 2016, around 20,000 more candidates will be eligible to write the JEE (Advanced) after clearing JEE (Main) thus taking the total number of such candidates to 2.2 lakh.
Last year approximately 11.28 lakh students had appeared for the same.
According to an official, students need to have at least score 75 per cent marks or be in top 20 percentile in class 12 examination so as to qualify for appearing in the exam. The SC, ST students should have 65 per cent marks. All other JEE examination systems shall remain unchanged.
Changes for admission to 2017 courses
The HRD Ministry took a significant decision regarding JEE exams and decided that class 12 marks of the students will not be taken into account while admitting them to undergraduate courses of engineering. This rule will be applicable to all engineering aspirants from next year.
The percentages of various categories are as follows:
Within each of these four categories, 3 per cent horizontal reservation is available for PwD (including dyslexic) candidates.
Number of Attemps
A candidate is allowed to appear for JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in consecutive years. Therefore, candidates who appeared in JEE (Advanced) 2016 for the first time are also eligible.
