JEE Main 2016 Eligibility Criteria & Test Centers

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Updated on Nov 19, 2015 16:51 IST

JEE Main 2016 registrations commence on Dec 1, 2015. Take a look at the eligibility criteria and test centers for JEE Main 2016 on shiksha.com

JEE Main 2016 will be held on April 3 (Offline), April 9 and 10, 2016 (Online). To be eligible for the exam, candidates will have to ensure that they fulfill the eligibility norms released by CBSE(Central Board of Secondary Education) recently.

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Though the detailed JEE Main 2016 information bulletin is set to be released by the Board on December 1 , 2015, you can take a look at the eligibility criteria for taking JEE Main 2016 below.

JEE Main 2016 Eligibility Criteria

Date of Birth

General Candidates	Born or after October 01, 1991
Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Person with Disabilities (PwD) candidates	Born or after October 01, 1986

Please note that the DOB recorded in the Secondary Education Board/University certificate will only be taken into consideration.

Year Of Appearance In Qualifying Examination (QE):

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To appear for JEE Main 2016, aspirants must have passed their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2014 or 2015. Or,
Aspirants who are appearing in their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2016 can appear for the exam too.
Aspirants who have passed Class 12th/Qualifying examination in 2013 or before will not be eligible to appear in JEE Main 2016.
Aspirants who will appear in such examination in 2017 or later too will not be eligible to appear in JEE Main 2016.
Aspirants who appeared in class 12th/ equivalent qualifying Examinations in 2013, did not pass in 2013, but passed in 2014 will also not be eligible to appear in JEE Main 2016.
Aspirants planning to appear for improvement examination of class 12th in 2016 have to appear in all the 5 subjects as per the scheme of study of the concerned board. Please note that in the percentile system, the total marks (of all five subjects) obtained/shown on the mark-sheet of a particular year are required in JEE Main and also in JEE Advanced. The marks from two different year’s (i.e. marks for 3 subjects from year 2015 and marks for other 2 subjects from 2016) mark-sheets cannot be considered for percentile calculation.]

Number of Attempts:

Aspirants can take JEE Main for maximum number of three times. Anyone planning to take a fourth attempt at the exam will not be eligible for the exam.

Number Of Attempts And Age Limit For The States Of Odisha:

The State of Odisha has joined JEE Main 2016 system. Thus, the age limit, for admission to institutions in the state of Odisha which were earlier admitting candidates based on their State level examinations, will be as per their past practice only
Also, the number of attempts for students from the state will also remain same as per their past practice. This will, however, be obviously not applicable for admission to IITs/NITs/IIITs/CFTIs.

JEE Main 2016 Test Centers:

The test centers for JEE Main 2016 have been declared. This year, the number of JEE Main 2016 test centers have been reduced by a great number. Also, from 2016, new states have been added as the exam has been joined by states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Nagaland & Odisha.

The detailed JEE Main 2016 information brochure is now out. JEE Main 2016 exam will conducted in test centers given below.

City Code	State	City	Mode Of Exam.	Mode Of Exam.
1.	Andaman & Nicobar	Port Blair	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
2.	Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
3.		Tirupati	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
4.		Vijayawada	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
5.		Visakapatnam	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
6.	Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
7.	Assam	Guwahati	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
8.		Silchar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
9.	Bihar	Gaya	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
10.		Muzaffarpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
11.		Patna	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
12.	Chandigarh	Chandigarh/Mohali	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
13.	Chhatisgarh	Raipur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
14.	Dadra Nagar Haveli	Dadra Nagar Haveli	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
15.	Daman & Diu	Daman & Diu	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
16.	Delhi	Delhi/New Delhi	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
17.	Goa	Panaji	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
18.	Gujarat	Ahmedabad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
19.		Anand	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
20.		Bhavnagar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
21.		Gandhinagar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
22.		Godhra	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
23.		Jamnagar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
24.		Patan	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
25.		Rajkot	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
26.		Surat	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
27.		Vadodara	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
28.		Valsad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
29.	Haryana	Faridabad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
30.		Gurgaon	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
31.		Hisar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
32.		Karnal	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
33.		Kurukshetra	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
34.	Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
35.		Shimla	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
36.	Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
37.		Srinagar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
38.	Jharkhand	Bokaro	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
39.		Dhanbad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
40.		Jamshedpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
41.		Ranchi	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
42.	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
43.		Hubli	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
44.		Mangalore	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based

45.	Kerala	Ernakulam	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
46.		Kozhikode	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
47.		Thiruvanthapuram	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
48.	Lakshadeep	Kavarrati	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
49.	Madhya Pradesh	Balaghat	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
50.		Barwani	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
51.		Betul	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
52.		Bhopal	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
53.		Chhatarpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
54.		Chhindwada	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
55.		Guna	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
56.		Gwalior	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
57.		Indore	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
58.		Jabalpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
59.		Khandwa	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
60.		Khargon	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
61.		Mandsour	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
62.		Ratlam	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
63.		Rewa	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
64.		Sagar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
65.		Satna	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
66.		Shahdol	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
67.		Ujjain	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
68.		Vidisha	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
69.	Maharashtra	Amravati	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
70.		Aurangabad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
71.		Mumbai	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
72.		Nagpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
73.		Nasik	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
74.		Pune	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
75.		Thane	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
76.	Manipur	Imphal	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
77.	Meghalaya	Shillong	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
78.	Mizoram	Aizwal	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
79.	Nagaland	Dimapur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
80.		Kohima	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
81.		Mokokchung	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
82.	Odisha	Angul	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
83.		Balasore	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
84.		Berhampur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
85.		Bhawanipatna	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
86.		Bhubaneswar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
87.		Cuttack	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
88.		Jeypore	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
89.		Rourkela	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
90.		Sambalpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
91.	PUDUCHERRY	Puducherry	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
92.	PUNJAB	Amritsar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
93.		Bathinda	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
94.	RAJASTHAN	Ajmer	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
95.		Bikaner	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
96.		Jaipur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
97.		Jodhpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
98.		Kota	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
99.		Udaipur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
100.	SIKKIM	Gangtok	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
101.	TAMILNADU	Chennai	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
102.		Coimbatore	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
103.		Madurai	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
104.	TELANGANA	Hyderabad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
105.		Khammam	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
106.		Warangal	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
107.	TRIPURA	Agartala	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
108.	UTTARAKHAND	Dehradun	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
109.		Haldwani	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
110.		Haridwar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
111.		Pant Nagar	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
112.		Roorkee	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
113.	UTTAR PRADESH	Agra	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
114.		Allahabad	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
115.		Bareilly	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
116.		Gorakhpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
117.		Jhansi	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
118.		Kanpur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
119.		Lucknow	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
120.		Varanasi	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
121.	WEST BENGAL	Durgapur	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
122.		Howrah	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
123.		Kolkata	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
124.		Siliguri	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
125.	OUT SIDE INDIA	Colombo		Computer Based
126.		Kathmandu		Computer Based
127.		Singapore		Computer Based
128.		Bahrain	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
129.		Dubai	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
130.		Muscat	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
131.		Riyadh	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based
132.		Sharjah	Pen & Paper Based	Computer Based

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