Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination or IIT JEE

Indian Institute of Technology or the IIT are the most respected engineering institute of India. These are known to produce the best talent in the country.

They have been modeled after some of the best engineering institutes of the world. To get entry or admission into these prestigious institutes the IITs’ together conduct an entrance on an annual basis which is known as the Joint Entrance Exam or JEE.

The institutes that use this IIT JEE as the means to select candidates for admission into the undergraduate programs are

IIT Mumbai
IIT Kanpur
IIT Delhi
IIT Chennai
IIT Kharagpur or iit kgp
IIT Guwahati
IIT Roorkee
IT-BHU Varanasi
ISM Dhanbad.

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) which are located at these places Kolkata, Pune, Mohali, Bhopal & Thiruvananthapuram.

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

Indian Institute of Maritime Studies, Mumbai

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Raebarely Uttar Pradesh.

Each of the IIT conducts the iitjee on a rotation basis.

Toughest Entrance Exam

JEE is known to be the toughest entrance exam in the world and has been known to use the tough questions in the exam to weed out not so bright students. Courses offered are

BArch (Bachelor of Architecture)
BDes (Bachelor of Design)
BTech (Bachelor of Technology)
Dual Degree (Integrated Bachelor of Technology and Masters of Technology)
Integrated MSc (Master of Sciences)

The IIT JEE does not have the screening test as was the case from year 2000-2005. The syllabus is taken from the CBSE board class XII course. The IIT JEE exam was instituted 52 years ago. The test now consists of only objective exam as opposed to the earlier exam of the subjective exam. The age limit is 25 years.

There a number of coaching institutes that coaches the students each year on ways to crack this tough exam. These institutes offer B. Tech as opposed to BE or bachelor of engineering that is offered by most undergraduate programs. For entry into the main colleges for M.Tech the institutes have the GATE exam.