Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)
The Joint Entrance Examination or JEE (Main) is an engineering examination conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). In the former years, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was responsible for conducting the national-level examination. From the year, 2019, however, the NTA was assigned the responsibility of managing the crucial examination. The JEE exam is applicable for admission to prestigious engineering institutes in the country such as NITs, IITs, and CFTIs.
The JEE (Main) is also an eligibility examination for JEE (Advanced) which is solely responsible for admission to IITs.
Number of Seats and Cut Off
The allocation of seats is based on the cut-off. Both seats and cut-off are segregated according to reservations.
The number of seats is as follows:
| Category | Total Seats | IITs |
| ST-PWD | 218 | 17 |
| OBC | 12345 | 1431 |
| OBC-PWD | 618 | 71 |
| Total seats | 50822 | 5643 |
The cut-off for JEE is as below:
| Category | Cut off |
| EWS | 63.1114141 |
| OBC-NCL | 67.0090297 |
| SC | 43.08220954 |
| ST | 26.7771328 |
| UR | 88.4121383 |
| PWD | 0.0031029 |
Eligibility Criteria
To appear for JEE (Main) the students should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12th examination or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class examination from the recognized boards. For SC/ST, the qualifying marks are 65% in the 12th class examination.