JEE Advanced 2018 Notification Released

What is JEE Advanced?

Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are institutions of national importance established through Acts of Parliament for fostering excellence in education. Over the years, IITs have created a world class educational platform that is dynamically sustained through quality teaching and internationally acclaimed research with excellent infrastructure and the best available minds. The faculty and alumni of IITs occupy key positions in academia and industry, both in India and abroad, and continue to make considerable impact on all sections of the society. At present, there are twenty three IITs across the country.

Eligibility Criteria: All foreign candidates must fulfil each and every one of the following four criteria to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018.

Criterion 1 – Performance in JEE (Main) 2018: Candidates should be among the top 2,24,000* (including all categories) in Paper-1 of JEE (Main) 2018.

The percentages of various categories of candidates to be shortlisted are: 27% for OBC-NCL, 15% for SC, 7.5% for ST and the remaining 50.5% is OPEN for all.

Within each of these four categories, 5% horizontal reservation is available for PwD candidates.

The following table show the order to be followed while choosing top 2,24,000* candidates in various categories based on the performance in Paper-1 of JEE (Main) 2018.

Category-wise distribution of top 2,24,000* candidates (Criterion 1)

Order	Category	Number of “Top” candidates
1	OPEN	1,07,464	Total: 1,13,120
2	OPEN-PwD	5,656	Total: 1,13,120
3	OBC-NCL	57,456	Total: 60,480
4	OBC-NCL-PwD	3,024	Total: 60,480
5	SC	31,920	Total: 33,600
6	SC-PwD	1,680	Total: 33,600
7	ST	15,960	Total: 16,800
8	ST-PwD	840	Total: 16,800

* The total number of candidates can be slightly greater than 2,24,000 in the presence of “tied” ranks/scores in any category.

Criterion 2 – Age limit: Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1993. Five years relaxation is given to SC, ST and PwD candidates, i.e., these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1988.

Criterion 3 – Number of attempts: A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in two consecutive years.

Criterion 4 – Appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination: A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2017 or 2018.

However, if the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declares the results for the academic year 2015-16 after June 2016, then the candidates of that board who appeared for their class XII exam in 2016 are also eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018, provided they meet the other eligibility criteria. In case, the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declared the results for the academic year 2015-16 before June 2016 but the result of a particular candidate was withheld, then the candidate will not be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018.

Criterion 5 – Earlier admission at IITs: A candidate should NOT have been admitted in an IIT irrespective of whether or not he/she continued in the program OR accepted an IIT seat by reporting at a reporting centre in the past. Candidates whose admission at IITs was cancelled after joining any IIT are also NOT eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018.

Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2017 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018.

The candidates who paid seat acceptance fee in 2017 but (i) did not report at any reporting centre OR, (ii) withdrew before the last round of seat allotment, OR, (iii) had their seat cancelled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITs, during the joint seat allocation in 2017, are eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018.

Eligibility criteria for foreign candidates can be found at: https://www.jeeadv.ac.in/Foreign-Candidates.html

Registration Fee:

	Registration Fee for Examination Centres in India
Indian Nationals (including PIO/OCI)	Female Candidates (all categories)	INR 1300
	SC, ST, PwD Candidates	INR 1300
	All Other Candidates	INR 2600
Foreign Nationals	Candidates from SAARC countries	USD 160
Foreign Nationals	Candidates from Non-SAARC countries	USD 300

	Registration Fee for Examination Centres in Foreign countries
Indian Nationals (including PIO/OCI)	All Indian Nationals	USD 160
Foreign Nationals	Candidates from SAARC countries	USD 160
Foreign Nationals	Candidates from Non-SAARC countries	USD 300

The registration fee shown above DOES NOT INCLUDE service charges, processing fees and any other charges that the payment gateway/banks may levy.
Detailed instructions related to the payment of registration fee will be provided at the time of JEE (Advanced) 2018 registration on the online registration portal.

Important Dates:

Online registration begins	Wednesday, May 2, 2018 10:00 IST
Online registration closes	Monday, May 7, 2018 17:00 IST
Last date for fee payment for registered candidates	Tuesday, May 8, 2018 upto 17.00 IST
Admit Card Downloading Schedule	Monday, May 14^th, 2018 10:00 IST to Sunday, May 20^th, 2018 09:00 IST

Architecture Aptitude Test:

Arch program is available at IIT Kharagpur and IIT Roorkee only.

Candidates desirous of joining the B. Arch (Architecture) program will have to PASS in the Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT). Only those candidates who have qualified in JEE (Advanced) 2018 are eligible to appear in AAT 2018.

Schedule of AAT:

Registration for AAT	Sunday, June 10^th, 2018 10:00 IST to Monday, June 11^th, 2018 17:00 IST
Architecture Aptitude Test	Thursday, June 14^th, 20118 9:00 to 12:00 IST
Declaration of AAT Results	Monday, June 18^th, 2018

Mode of Exam: Online

Exam Pattern: The examination consists of two papers (Paper 1 and Paper 2) of three hour duration each. Both the papers are compulsory. Each question paper will consist of three separate sections: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The examination will be held as per the following schedule

Date of Examination	Sunday, 20^th May, 2018
Paper 1	09:00 IST to 12:00 IST
Paper 2	14:00 IST to 17:00 IST