IIT JEE 2010 - Joint Entrance Exam notification

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is an all-India examination administered and conducted in eight IIT zones across the country by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) for admission to undergraduate courses at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar, Bombay, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Mandi, Patna, Punjab, Rajasthan, Roorkee, IT-BHU Varanasi, ISM Dhanbad

IIT JEE 2010 - Important Dates

Examination Schedule

April 11th (Sunday), 2010, Paper 1 – 09.00 – 12.00 hrs, Paper 2 – 14.00 – 17.00 hrs

Paper-1 and Paper-2 will each have separate sections in Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. Both papers will be of objective type, designed to test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of candidates.

Syllabus for this examination will be available on the website of all IITs.

The candidate will have the option of submitting the application form either on-line or off-line

Important dates regarding application form and brochure

On-line application process: From Sunday, November 01, 2009 to Monday December 07, 2009

Off-line application process: From Monday, November 16, 2009 to Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Last date of receipt of completed hard copy of application forms at IITs: Saturday, December 19, 2009

IIT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Notification

PATTERN OF IITJEE

Question Papers

There will be two question papers, each of three hours duration. Both the question papers would consist of three separate sections on Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. Questions in these papers will be of objective type, which are to be answered on a specially designed machine-gradable sheet (ORS – Optical Response Sheet) using HB pencils only. Incorrect answers will be awarded negative marks.

Language and Font of Question Papers

Candidates can opt for Question Papers either in English or in Hindi. This option should be exercised while filling the application form. It cannot be changed at any later stage.

Visually impaired candidates, on request, will be provided with question papers with 20% enlarged font.

Calculating Aids

Use of log tables and any electronic calculating aids are NOT permitted in JEE-2009.

Aptitude Test for B.Arch. and B.Des.

Candidates called for counselling and desirous of joining the B.Arch. and B.Des. courses will be required to qualify in an Aptitude Test to be conducted at each counselling institute on June 11 and June 15, 2009. The test will consist of one paper of three hours duration – from 10:00 to 13:00 hrs. Candidates who fail to qualify in the Aptitude Test will not be eligible for admission to either B.Arch. or B.Des. courses. Question papers for aptitude test for B.Arch and B.Des will be in English only. The candidate should write the test only once, either on June 11 or June 15, 2009.

ELIGIBILITY FOR IIT JEE 2010

Eligibility: You must make sure that you satisfy all the eligibility conditions given below for appearing in JEE-2010

Date of birth: Candidate belonging to GE, OBC and DS categories must be born on or after October 01, 1985 and those belonging to SC, ST and PD categories must be born on or after October 01, 1980

Year of passing qualifying examination (QE): Must have passed the qualifying examination, namely, XII standard or any equivalent examination, after 1st October 2008 or in the year 2009 or will be appearing in 2010

Minimum percentage of marks in QE: candidates belonging to GE, OBC and DS categories must secure at least 60% marks and candidates belonging to SC, ST and PD categories must secure at least 55% marks in aggregate in the qualifying examination

Important notes: (i) You can attempt JEE only twice, in consecutive years. That means you should have attempted JEE for the first time in 2009 or will be appearing in 2010

(ii) If you have accepted admission after qualifying in JEE in earlier years by paying full fees at any of the IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi or ISM, Dhanbad, you will not be eligible to write JEE at all, irrespective of whether or not you joined in any of the programmes

Reservation of seats: For SC and ST candidates, respectively 15% & 7.5% seats are reserved in each programme in all the IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISM, Dhanbad. Some candidates belonging to these categories who do not qualify in JEE-2010, may be offered admission to the Preparatory course of one-year duration provided (i) seats are available, (ii) candidates satisfy minimum norms, and (iii) candidates have not undergone the preparatory course earlier. Candidates successfully completing the preparatory course will be offered direct admission to the first year in the academic year 2011-12. For details, please refer to the information brochure or IIT websites

For OBC candidates belonging to non-creamy layer, 27% seats are reserved in each programme in all the IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi and ISM, Dhanbad. Candidates belonging to this category are admitted on the basis of a relaxed criterion.

For candidates with physical disability (PD), including leprosy-cured candidates, and who are otherwise fit to pursue the course, 3% seats are reserved in each of the categories (viz. GE, OBC, SC and ST). Candidates in this category are also admitted under relaxed norms. In case the reserved seats are not filled, a limited number of PD candidates are admitted to a Preparatory course of one year duration on the basis of a further relaxation. Two seats in each institute are preferentially allotted to children of defence/paramilitary personnel killed or permanently disabled in action during war or peacetime operations (DS) and who qualify in the general category.

How to Apply for IIT Joint Entrance Examination ?

Application procedure: A candidate can submit application either on-line through internet or off-line through prescribed (OMR) application form.

(a) On-line: For on-line submission of applications, visit any of the websites given below and carefully follow the instructions given therein. The students can pay the application fee through credit and debit cards of major banks or through challan of selected banks. The reduced examination fee for on-line mode is Rs. 450/- for SC/ST/PD/female candidates and Rs. 900/- for all other candidates.

(b) Off-line: A candidate can buy an application form with Information Brochure from any one of the designated branches of banks by paying Rs. 500/- for SC/ST/PD/Female candidates (light green envelope) or Rs. 1000/- for all other candidates (light blue envelope). This includes the examination fees. The information brochure contains details regarding application procedure, syllabus of JEE, examination centres, and courses available at various institutions, counseling, fee structure and other relevant information about JEE-2010

(c) Help-line (only in IIT Madras zone): Those who do not have access to computers and internet can also apply on-line with reduced examination fees by visiting any of the forty approved ‘CMC help-line’ centres distributed all over the IIT Madras zone. For details visit JEE website or contact CMC office tele – 044-22504500

All India list of designated branches of banks for purchase of application material is also given in websites of all IITs.

Institute – website

IIT Bombay – http://www.jee.iitb.ac.in

IIT Delhi – http://jee.iitd.ac.in

IIT Guwahati – http://www.iitg.ac.in/jee

IIT Kanpur – http://www.jee.iitk.ac.in

IIT Kharagpur – http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee

IIT Madras – http://jee.iitm.ac.in

IIT Roorkee – http://www.iitr.ac.in/jee

All India helplines from 8 am to 8 pm – 044-42925020 and 21

List of designated branches of banks for purchase of application material is as follows

IIT Delhi zone (Union Bank of India)

Delhi/New Delhi – Anand Vihar (C-8, Anand Vihar), Connaught Place (14/15F), Dwarka (Bansal Plaza Sec-6), Karol Bagh (Arya Samaj Road), Model Town-2 (B-5), Nehru Place (73/74, Sheetala House), Rajouri Garden (Patel Market), Sarita Vihar (Local shopping complex, F&G Pkt), S.D.A. (Opposite IIT Main gate), Shahdara (Raj Block, G.T. Road), Shalimar Bagh (BQ Commercial Complex); Haryana – Faridabad (56, Neelam Bata Road), Gurgaon (New Railway Road); Jammu and Kashmir – Jammu (Raghunath Bazar), Srinagar (Lal Chowk); Madhya Pradesh – Indore (1/3 Murai Mohalla, Sanyogita Ganj), (453, MG Road), Ujjai (5, Vishala Kshetra, Rishi Nagar), Uttar Pradesh – Alligarh (Pathar Bazar, Railway Road), Gautam Budh Nagar (Brahmaputra Shopping Complex, Sector-29, Noida ), Ghaziabad (15, G.T. Road), Mathura (1872, Tilak Dwar)

IIT Kanpur zone (State Bank of India – Main branch)

Madhya Pradesh – Bhopal (T.T. Nagar), Gwalior (Jiwaji Chowk, Lashkar), Jabalpur (Main branch), Uttarakhand – Almora (The Mall), Haldwani (Nainital road), Nainital (The Mall), Pant Nagar (University Campus), Uttar Pradesh – Agra (M.G. Road), Allahabad (Kutcheri Road, and High court branch), Amethi (Railway station road), Azamgarh (near collectorate), Ballia (near Kutcheri), Banda (Kutcheri compound), Etawah (Shastri nagar), Faizabad (civil lines), Gonda (Malaviya nagar, near Gandhi park), Hardoi (station road), Jhansi (civil lines, near elite crossing), Kanpur (mall road and IIT Kanpur), Lucknow (Moti mahal marg and ashok marg), Raebareli (super market), Sitapur (Eye hospital road), Sultanpur (main branch)

IIT Roorkee zone (Punjab national bank)

Chandigarh – Chandigarh (sector 17-C branch, sector 37-D branch); Haryana – Ambala (Tandura bazar, Ambala city), Hissar (model town); Kurukshetra (railway road, Thanesar), Panipat (G.T. Road), Rohtak (Jhajjar road) and Yamuna nagar (Saharanpur road); Himachal Pradesh – Palampur (main branch) and Shimla (The Mall); Punjab – Amritsar (Lawrence road), Bhatinda (bank street), Jalandhar (Civil lines), Ludhiana (Civil lines), Pathankot (railway road) and Patiala ( The Mall), Uttarakhand – Dehradun (Astley Hall), Hardwar (Ahmedpur), Roorkee (IIT campus), Srinagar Garhwal (Main branch) and Uttarkashi (main branch); Uttar Pradesh – Bareilly (shyam ganj), Bijnor (main branch), Meerut (eastern kutchehri road), Moradabad (civil lines), Muzaffarnagar (Gaushala Nai mandi, south Bhopa road), Saharanpur (Shaheed ganj) and Varanasi (Nichi bagh)

IIT Bombay zone (Canara Bank)

Rajasthan – Ajmer (M.G. Marg), Bhilwara (14-A, PWC road), Bikaner (Phad bazaar), Jaipur (Arvind marg; Malaviya nagar; Mirza Ismail road, Vaishali Nagar) Jodhpur (Jalori gate) Kota (Baran road) Sriganganagar (Shiv circle), Udaipur (Sethjiki Bari)

IIT Guwahati zone (State Bank of India)

Uttar Pradesh – Gorakhpur (Main)

IIT Kharagpur zone (Axis Bank)

Chhattisgarh – Bhilai (Supela chowk), Bilaspur (Rama trade centre), Raipur (Jeevan bima marg)