NTA JEE Main 2025: Why number of registrations is increasing every year

The National Testing Agency will soon release the JEE Mains 2025 exam date at the official website. Candidates can fill JEE Main application form at jeemain.nta.ac.in. As per the statistics, JEE Main registrations are increasing every year. JEE Main 2025 exam will be conducted in two sessions β January and June. Check JEE Main statistics and year wise comparison here.
JEE Mains 2025 Exam Date: The National Testing Agency will soon release the JEE Main 2025 exam date at the official website. The authorities will release the JEE Main exam date along with the NTA calendar 2025. NTA will release the JEE Main 2025 application form at jeemain.nta.ac.in. Candidates looking for admissions to engineering courses are advised to keep track of JEE Main official website. Every year students search for βHow many students appear for JEE Mainβ. To answer this question, we have compiled the JEE Main previous year statistics as how registrations are increasing every year.
In 2021, JEE Main exam was conducted in four sessions. For the February session a total of 652628 candidates registered for the exam. However, for the August session a total of 767700 registrations were made by candidates. Being a National Level common entrance test across India, JEE Main exam one of the top choices among the candidates. Additionally, to pursue engineering degrees from top colleges like NIT, IIT and IIITs JEE Main exam is the common gateway.
Also Read: JEE Main 2025 Exam date, registration schedule expected this week
JEE Main Exam Year-by-Year Statistics Comparision
Year |
Session |
No. of Registered Students |
No. of Students Appeared |
---|---|---|---|
2024
|
Session 1 |
1231874 |
1170036 |
Session 2 |
1179569 |
1067959 |
|
2023 |
Session 1 |
860064 |
823967 |
Session 2 |
931334 |
883367 |
|
2022 |
Session 1 |
872970 |
769604 |
Session 2 |
622034 |
540242 |
One more reason for rising popularity of JEE Main exam among aspirants is score acceptance by various universities. We have seen with time many Universities are now opting for JEE Main score for engineering admissions. Many states are also now planning to take engineering admissions through JEE Main instead of state level exam.
Being a common gateway for admissions to engineering courses, most of the aspirants opt for JEE Main exam to increase their chances of admission to prestigious colleges.
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The application fees for JEE Main is
- INR 1,000 for Male unreserved, OBC, EWS category candidates
- INR 800 for Female unreserved/OBC/EWS category candidates
- INR 500 for SC/ST/PwD/Transgender category candidates
The documents required to fill application form are
- Class 10 marksheet
- Aadhar card
- EWS, OBC-NCL certificate (if applicable)
- Scanned photograph and signature of the candidate for uploading
- Scanned copy of the PwD/PwBD certificate/UDID card (if applicable) for uploading
- Net banking, credit card, debit card, or UPI details for payment of the application fee
The documents which need to be uploaded has to be clearly visible, and exactly in the size, format as specified in the information brochure.
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