JEE Advanced 2019 Application Form(Released), Dates, Eligibility and Pattern

IT Roorkee has released the official schedule of JEE Advanced 2019. This year, the exam is scheduled for May 27, 2019 (Monday) in India and abroad. Candidates can apply online on jeeadv.ac.in.

Latest: Application Process for foreign students has began from April 24 – May 9, 2019. JEE Advanced Registration for Indian students will begin on May 3, 2019.

• Top 2,45,000 candidates (including reserved categories) of JEE Main 2019 will be eligible to appear for JEE Advanced.
• The Supreme Court has removed the age bar for JEE Advanced. 
• The exam will be conducted in two shifts: Paper 1 (09:00 to 12:00 IST) and Paper 2 (2:00 to 5:00 IST).
• Admit card will be released on May 20, applicants can download their hall ticket till the exam date.

JEE Advanced 2019 is a national-level entrance exam for providing admissions in engineering or architecture programs in the top institutes of India such as IITs, NITs, IIITs, CFTIs etc. It is conducted by the seven zonal IITs under the guidance of Joint Admission Board (JAB) for admission into Bachelor’s, Integrated Masters and Dual Degree programs for all the IITs.

#JEE Main 2018 Result Facts

• As per JEE Main Result 2018, a total of 2,31,024 candidates (180331 boys and 50693 girls) had qualified for JEE Advanced 2018, out of which approximately 1.55 lakh candidates had appeared and 18,138 students met the cut-off.
• There will be 2 papers of 3-hour duration each.
• Both papers will have 3 sections – Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

Check out the following article to know all the details about JEE (Advanced) 2019 such as important dates, eligibility, reservation criteria, pattern, syllabus, cutoff, admission process and seat allotment.

JEE Advanced 2019 Highlights

About JEE Advanced

• JEEAdv. is the second phase of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE).
•  Top 2 lakh 45 thousand AIR Holders from JEE Main 2019 are eligible to apply for JEE Advanced.
• JEE (Advanced) will be conducted to fill 10,988 seats in 23 IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) and IISC Bangalore.
• JAB (Joint Admission Board) formed by the participating IITs is the regulatory body of JEE Advanced.
• Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) is conducted after JEE Advanced test.

JEE Advanced 2019 – zone wise statistics

JEE Advanced 2019 Important Dates

The exam date has been released by IIT Roorkee at www.jeeadv.ac.in. The entire schedule will be released shortly. Till then, candidates can go through the following table to get an idea of the timeline:

What’s New

• JEE Adv 2019 will be completely online (computer based).
• The reservation for PwD candidates has increased to 5% from 3%.
• Supernumerary seats will be created for female candidates to increase their presence from 8% (existing) to 14%.
• 4000 more candidates will be shortlisted from JEE Main.
• Application fee has increased to INR 2600 for General category and GST will not be applicable.
• A total of 5 exam centres must be chosen while filling application form, earlier it was 3.

Difference b/w JEE Main and Advanced

JEE Main is the eligibility test for appearing in JEE Advanced examination. Check the following differences between the two:

• Conducting Body: NTA will conduct JEE Main from 2019 onwards. But JEE Advanced is held by one of the seven Zonal Coordinating (ZC) IITs on a rotational basis, under the guidance of JAB every year. Know more about NTA
• Eligibility: Top 2, 45,000 students qualifying JEE Main are eligible to appear for the test. CBSE defines the eligibility of JEE Main on certain criteria such as qualifying exams, passing marks and etc.
• Number of Attempts: A student can appear for JEE Main for 3 consecutive years while for JEE Advanced, he can appear for only 2 consecutive times.
• Exam Pattern: CBSE defines the exam pattern for JEE Main whereas there is no fixed pattern for JEE Advanced.

Eligibility for JEE Advanced 2019

Both Indian and foreign nationals (including OCI/PIO) are eligible to apply for the test. However, foreign candidates need not required to write JEE Main and may register for JEE Adv directly.

1. Performance in JEE Main 2019: Top 2, 45,000 All India Rank holders in JEE Main 2019.
2. Age: General category candidates should not be more than 26 years of age.
3. Number of Attempts: Only 2 times in 2 consecutive years
4. Appearance in Class 12 (or equivalent): Candidates appearing for 10+2 or equivalent in 2019 are also eligible.
5. Earlier Admission at IITs:

• Students who rejected the seat of IIT earlier are not eligible to apply.
• Those who joined preparatory courses in any of the IITs in the previous academic sessions can also apply.
• And those who have paid the seat acceptance fee but still not accepted the seat are eligible.

7. Performance in Class 12 (or equivalent):

• Minimum 75% marks in 10+2 or equivalent or they must be within the category-wise top 20 percentile of qualified candidates in their particular 10+2 or equivalent examination.
• Candidates who appeared in 10+2 examination in 2017 but reappeared in 2019, the best performance from the two will be considered.

Facility of Scribes in JEE Advanced

Only PwD candidates are permitted to use the service of scribe and they will get an hour as a compensatory time to complete each paper. The criteria for availing the service of scribe are:

Only PwD candidates who are visually impaired OR dyslexic OR have disability in the upper limbs or have lost fingers/hands thereby preventing them to properly operate the Computer Based Test platform.