Indian Institutes of Technology Bombay
JEE (Advanced) - 2013
Frequently Asked Questions for JEE (Advanced) 2013
| Q1. | What will be the syllabus for JEE(Advanced) 2013? | ||||||||||||||
| Ans. | The syllabus will be the same as of IIT-JEE 2012. | ||||||||||||||
| Q2. | What will be the eligibility criteria for candidates who have qualified their 10+2 examination in 2012? | ||||||||||||||
| Ans. | In respect of those students who passed their Board exam for the first time in 2012, the eligibility criteria for joining any of the IITs or ISM Dhanbad will be 60% marks in their 12th Board or equivalent (55% for SC/ST/PD candidates). For those candidates who appear in their Board exams for the first time in 2013, the eligibility criteria will remain top 20 percentile of the successful candidates in their Boards, category-wise. This will be a one-time exception for JEE (Advanced) 2013 only. For those students who passed their 12th Board exams in 2012 but are re-appearing in the 2013 Board exams with a view to improve their performance, 60% rule will apply if they use their 2012 Board exam results and top 20 percentile rule will apply if they use their 2013 Board exam results. This too will be a one-time exception for JEE (Advanced) 2013 only. |
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| Q3. | Those who are appearing for their board examination in 2013 and after all efforts if the percentile score is not available for any board then what will be the eligibility criteria? | ||||||||||||||
| Ans. | In case the percentile score is not available from testing agencies [such as Pre-University exam conducted by a University, two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy, General Certificate Education examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka), High School Certificate Examination of Cambridge University, International Baccalaureate Diploma (Geneva), Senior Secondary School Examination of National Institute of Open Schooling, three year Diploma recognized by AICTE / State Board of Technical Education and any Public School/Board/University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU)] the CBSE score for top 20 percentile of the successful candidates in the students category will be used. | ||||||||||||||
| Q4. | What is the eligibility criteria of the board examination for a Foreign National? | ||||||||||||||
| Ans. | For all Foreign Nationals, the eligibility criteria based on the qualifying examination shall be 60% aggregate marks. | ||||||||||||||
| Q5. | When would the JEE (Advanced) – 2013 application start? | ||||||||||||||
| Ans. | The online application for both JEE (Main) 2013 as well as JEE (Advanced) 2013 will be available from 1st November 2012 (Thursday) to 15th December 2012 (Saturday). Any candidate who wants to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2013 examination must appear for the JEE (Main) 2013, Paper-1. Online application form will be available at the website http://www.jeemain-edu.in/. | ||||||||||||||
| Q6. | Is there a need to fill up any other form by the candidates (category wise) who are eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2013 examination at a later date? | ||||||||||||||
| Ans. | Yes. The top 1,50,000 candidates (including all categories) who qualify with their respective category wise cut-off scores in JEE (Main) – 2013 are eligible to write JEE (Advanced) – 2013. The candidates of JEE (Main) – 2013 who qualify to write JEE (Advanced) – 2013 have to register himself/herself online (between 8th May 2013 (Wednesday) to 13th May 2013 (Monday) through the url: http://jeeadv.iitd.ac.in). | ||||||||||||||
| Q7. | Where can we get JEE (Advanced) 2013 information brochure? | ||||||||||||||
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Information brochure will be available online and can be accessed through seven zonal IITs websites.
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| Q8. |
Do the students have to pay a single application fee for both JEE (Main) – 2013 as well as for JEE (Advanced) – 2013? |
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| Ans. |
No. The top 1,50,000 candidates (including all categories) who qualify, with their respective category wise cut-off scores in JEE (Main) – 2013, and are eligible to write JEE (Advanced) - 2013 have to register themselves through JEE (Advanced) – 2013 website. On completion of the registration process, a challan for fee payment through the bank will be automatically generated. |
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| Q9. |
What is the application fee for JEE (Advanced) – 2013? |
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| Ans. |
The application fee for JEE (Advanced) – 2013 is (i) Rs. 1800 (One thousand eight hundred rupees only) for the GN/OBC/OBC-NCL candidates, (ii) Rs. 900 (Nine hundred rupees only) for the SC/ST/PD candidates and (iii) No fee for the female candidates (all categories). For candidates appearing from Dubai centre, the fees will be US$ 200. This fee can be paid at any branch of State Bank of India (SBI) having Core Banking Solutions (CBS). The process of paying the application fee must be completed between 8th May 2013 (Wednesday) to 13th May 2013 (Monday). |
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