Whats new in JEE Advanced 2017

JEE Advanced 2017 is the premium engineering

entrance examination conducts by IITs, every year.
Lakhs of students appear in the examination to get
admission in all the finest engineering colleges, Indian
Institute of Technology (IITs) and ISM. For 2017, the
examination dates and conducting authority has been
announced. JEE Advanced 2017 will be conducted on
21 May 2017 by IIT Madras under the aegis of seven
Zonal IITs. Although, the overall application and
examination process will remain the same, some
important changes have been introduced in the
reservation, a number of appearing candidates,
eligibility criteria and more. Here, we have listed what
new changes have been introducing in JEE Advanced
2017.

Whats
2017

new

in

JEE

Advanced

Number of Appearing CandidatesPreviously, only 2,00,000 JEE Main qualifiers are

allowed to appear in the JEE Advanced Exam,
However, due to the latest announcement, an
additional no. of 20,000 candidates will be able to
appear in JEE Advanced 2017.
OBC- NCL Certificate
According to the eligibility of JEE Advanced 2017,
the OBC candidates who were eligible to appear in JEE

Advanced have to issue a valid certificate to be issued

on or after 01 June of the year.
However, according to the new guidelines, to apply
for JEE Advanced, the OBC-NCL Certificate will be
issued by Ministry of Personnel, Public grievances and
Pensions on or after 01 April 2017.
Relaxation in Cut off for Class XII Aggregate Marks
New amendments have also brought a good news for
the candidates belonging to SC and ST categories as
the authority has declared to reduce the cut off for
the aggregate marks in class XII by 5%.
Previously, the minimum cut off marks was 70%,
however, from 2017, the cut off marks will be deemed
65%.

Introduction of New features

The latest JEE Advanced 2017 Notification has
revealed that in the coming application and
examination procedure, a few new features will be
introduced to make the process more user-friendly.
Candidates will encounter new features in fee
payment, registration, result announcement, choice
filling etc.
Short video tutorial and SMS service will be hosted to
assist the candidates while applying for JEE
Advanced 2017 Exam.
Opportunity for foreign candidates
From 2017, the candidates from Maldives, Sri Lanka,
Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Singapore, the

UAE, and Afghanistan will be allowed to appear

directly for JEE Advance 2017.
The foreign candidates will not occupy the seats
meant for Indians. Instead, they will be provided seats
under the supernumerary category.

Important
Details
Advanced 2017

of

JEE

JEE Advanced Exam is the second level of Joint

Entrance Examination which is conducted to get
admission in into undergraduate courses in
Engineering,
Architecture,
Science,
or
Pharmaceutics offered by premium engineering
colleges including IITs and ISM.
Only top 2 lakh 20 thousand JEE Main qualifiers
will be allowed to appear in JEE Advanced 2017.

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Advanced 2017