JEE Main 2016 exam

JEE main engineering entrance exam is conducted to short list candidates seeking admission to undergraduate engineering programmes at NITs, IIITs, other centrally  funded Technical Institutions, institutions funded by several participating state governments, and several other Institutions.

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the online as well as offline examination dates for Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main 2016. The offline exam will be held on April 3, 2016 and the online exam will be held on April 9 and 10, 2016.

The registration for JEE Main 2016 will begin on December 1, 2015 and will continue till December 31, 2015. Last year, over 13 lakh candidates appeared for this national level exam for admissions to 31 NITs, 18 IIITs and 18 GFTIs, which are the participating institutes of JEE Main. Top 2 lakh candidates of JEE Main are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced, which is the second stage of entrance test for admissions to IITs and ISM.

Eligibility

The candidates are advised to read the following eligibility criteria before applying the JEE Main 2016:
•The general and OBC candidates must born on or after 1st October 1991 and the SC/ST/PwD candidates must born on or after 1st October 1986.
•The candidates must be passed or appearing the 12th or its equivalent examination from a recognized board with PCM group with minimum 50%.
•The Candidates passed the 12th or its equivalent exam before 2014 will not be eligible for JEE Main 2016.

JEE Main 2016 Important Dates:

The important dates will include all the crucial dates pertaining to the exam such as dates of application form availability, fee payment, exam, result, answer key, etc. Interested students can check below the tentative dates of JEE Main-

Event	Date
Start of JEE Main 2016 Online Applications	1-Dec-15
Last Date for submitting Online Applications and uploading of scanned images	31-Dec-15
JEE Main 2016 Admit Card Download	2nd week of March, 2016
JEE Main 2016 Pencil-Paper Based Exam (Paper 1 & 2)	3-Apr-16
JEE Main 2016 Computer Based Test	9-Apr-16
	To
	10-Apr-16
Display of Answer Key and OMR sheets	April 18, 2016 to April 22, 2016
Acceptance of challenge of Answer Keys	4th week of April, 2016
JEE Main 2016 Results (Scores)	27-Apr-16
Declaration of All India Ranks	On or Before June 30, 2016
Availability of JEE Main 2016 Rank Card	After declaration of AIRs

For more details on application process and eligibility criteria, aspirants are required to visit the official website of JEE Main, http://www.jeemain.nic.in/