JEE Advanced 2016: New Test Centers Added

JEE Advanced 2016 Eligibility & Test Centres.

JEE Advanced 2016 exam is scheduled to be held on May 22, 2016. The registrations for the exam will begin from April 29 and will continue till May 4, 2016. Check JEE Advanced 2016 important dates here!

 In order to take the exam, aspirants need to fulfill the eligibility criteria prescribed by IIT Guwahati, the conducting authority of JEE Advanced 2016, which is divided into five parts primarily - Performance in JEE Main 2016, Age limit, Number of attempts, Appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination and Earlier admission at IITs/ISM.

All the candidates, including foreign nationals, must fulfill each and every one of the following five criteria to appear in JEE Advanced 2016.

JEE Advanced 2016 Eligibility Criteria

1. Criterion 1 – Performance in JEE Main 2016

Aspirants should be among the top 2, 00,000 (including all categories) by scoring positive marks in Paper-1 of JEE Main 2016.

The percentages of various categories 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, 3% horizontal reservation is available for PwD (including Dyslexic) candidates.

As shown in the following table, the usual order will be followed while choosing top 2, 00,000 candidates in various categories who have scored positive marks in JEE Main 2016.

Criterion 2 – Age limit

Aspirats must have been born on or after October 1, 1991. Five years relaxation is given to SC, ST and PwD candidates, i.e., these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1986.

Criterion 3 – Number of attempts

Applicants can attempt JEE Advanced a maximum of two times in consecutive years. Therefore, aspirants who appeared in JEE Advanced in the year 2015 for the first time are also eligible.

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 all the subjects in either 2015 or 2016.
• Candidates who appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2015 and wish to re-appear in the same in 2016 (either for improvement or because they failed in one or more subjects), will have to re-appear in all the subjects in 2016.
• Those who appeared for the first time in their Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2014 or earlier are NOT eligible. However, candidates whose Class XII (or equivalent) examination Board results for the academic year 2013-14 were declared after June 2014 are eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2016.

Criterion 5 – Earlier admission at IITs/ISM

• A candidate should NOT have been admitted in an IIT/ISM (irrespective of whether or not he/she continued in the program) OR even accepted the IIT/ISM seat by reporting at a reporting centre in the past. The candidates whose admission at IITs or ISM was cancelled are also NOT eligible.
• Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2015 can appear in JEE Advanced 2016. The candidates who have paid seat acceptance fee but not accepted the seat by reporting at the reporting centre during joint seat allocation in 2015 are also eligible.

JEE Advanced 2016 Test Centers

Here are the states and cities in which JEE Advanced 2016 will be held:

According to the official website of JEE Advanced 2016, the exam will be conducted in 16 more cities across the country. Take a look at the same below. 

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