IIT JEE 2013 to be in two parts JEE-MAIN and JEE-ADVANCED

To reduce incovinience interm of time, finances and the stress caused in scheduling and preparing for multiple entrance examinations, on both, the students and parents, the Council of Indian Institutes of Technology CIIT had, in its meeting on 14.09.2011, endorsed 'in-principle' the proposal of a Common Entrance Examination for admission to undergraduate programmes in Engineering.

Based on the discussions held amongst the various stakeholders, including those from the IIT system, it has been decided to hold a Joint Entrance Examination from the year 2013 for admission to the undergraduate programmes in engineering in two parts, JEE-MAIN and JEE-ADVANCED.

Eligibility to attend JEE-Advanced
Top 1,50,000 candidates (including all categories) based on the performance in JEE-MAIN will qualify to appear in the JEE Advanced examination.

Final Admission Criteria

Admission to IITs will be based only on category-wise All Indian Rank (AIR) in JEE-ADVANCED, subject to condition that such candidates are in the top 20 percentile of successful candidates in Class XII examination conducted by their Boards in applicable categories.

Admission to NITs will be based on 40% weightage for performance in Class XII Board marks normalized on percentile basis and the remainder 60% weightage would be given for performance in JEE-MAIN and a combined AIR would be decided accordingly.

Advanced IIT-JEE 2013 Date Announced

The Advance Joint Entrance Exam-2013 or JEE 2013 to be conducted on June 2, 2013. The conduct of the exam has been prepared in IIT Delhi. If a student want to have admission in IIT s, IT - BHU, ISM - Dhanbad, thet have to appear for this Advanced IIT JEE 2013 Examination.

Joint Admission Board (JAB) plays an important role in deciding the percentile formula for conducting Advanced IIT-JEE 2013 Exam.

Before taking Advanced IIT-JEE Examination, the candidates has to appear for a screening test first. Those who qualify in the screening test will be allowed to attend Advanced IIT JEE 2013 on June 2, 2013.

What is the syllabus for the new pattern of Advanced IIT JEE Exam 2013 ?

The key subjects to be tested will be Physics, Chemistry and Maths.

What is the examination / question pattern of the new Advanced IIT-JEE 2013 ?

The exam would be held in two shifts as it was held in JEE-2012. The questions will be objective in nature. The duration for each paper would be three hours.