JOINT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (JEE – 2009)

 

ELIGIBILITY:

Candidates appearing in JEE-2009 should have either passed the qualifying examination in 2008 or should be appearing in 2009. They should also satisfy the specific eligibility criteria in the qualifying examination. Candidates who have passed the qualifying examination before October 1, 2007 are not eligible to write JEE-2009

1. Qualifying Examination:

Candidates applying for JEE-2009 should have either passed after October 1, 2007, or should be appearing in 2009 in any one of the following qualifying examinations.

                      i.        The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized Central/State Board, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi; Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi; etc.

                    ii.        Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board/ University.

                   iii.        Final Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.

                   iv.        General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.

                    v.        High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University.

                   vi.        Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in any foreign country recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to the 10+2 system.

                  vii.        H.S.C. Vocational Examination.

                viii.        Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects.

                   ix.        3 or 4-year Diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education.

1. Eligibility Criteria:

Candidates belonging to General (GE), Other Backward Classes (OBC) and DS categories must secure at least 60% marks in aggregate in their Qualifying Examination. Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Physically Disabled (PD) categories must secure at least 55% marks in aggregate in the Qualifying Examination.

1. Age Requirements:

For GE and OBC categories, only those candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1984, are eligible to appear in JEE-2009. For SC, ST, and PD categories, candidates who were born on or after October 01, 1979, are eligible. Date of birth as recorded in the High School/first Board/Pre-University Certificate will be taken as authentic.

 

Schedule:

The date and the schedule of JEE-2009:

 

April 12, 2009 (Sunday)

Paper- 1:    09.00 AM – 12.00 NOON (IST)   Paper- 2 :   02.00 PM – 05.00 PM (IST)

 

The schedule will remain unaltered even if the above date is declared a public holiday.

 

Pattern Question Papers

 

There will be two question papers, each of three hours duration. Both the question papers would consist of three separate sections on Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. Questions in these papers will be of objective type, which are to be answered on a specially designed machine-gradable sheet (ORS – Optical Response Sheet) using HB pencils only. Incorrect answers will be awarded negative marks.

 

Aptitude Test for B.Arch. and B.Des.

 

Candidates called for counselling and desirous of joining the B.Arch. and B.Des. courses will be required to qualify in an Aptitude Test to be conducted at each counselling institute on June 11 and June 15, 2009. The test will consist of one paper of three hours duration – from 10:00 to 13:00 hrs. Candidates who fail to qualify in the Aptitude Test will not be eligible for admission to either B.Arch. or B.Des. courses. Question papers for aptitude test for B.Arch and B.Des will be in English only. The candidate should write the test only once, either on June 11 or June 15, 2009.

 

IMPORTANT DATES

Last date of receipt of completed JEE Application Form at the JEE Office		Wednesday	December 24, 2008
Joint Entrance Examination		Sunday	April 12, 2009
Declaration of Results		Monday	May 25, 2009
Medical Examination and Counseling for Qualified PD Candidates (the Schedule will be announced on the IIT websites)		Tuesday - Thursday	June 9-11, 2009
Counseling (the Schedule will be announced on the IIT websites)	OBC/SC/ST Candidates	Tuesday - Friday	June 9-12, 2009
	GE/DS Candidates	Saturday - Tuesday	June 13 -16, 2009*
	Preparatory Courses	Monday	July 6, 2009
Architecture / Design Aptitude Test		Thursday and Monday	June 11 & 15, 2009
Website release of Course Allocation		Wednesday	June 24, 2009

 

Examination Centres: GATE Office Indian Institute of Technology

 

Centres	Address	Phone No.	Website
IIT Bombay	Bombay Powai Mumbai - 400 076	(022) 25767068	www.iitb.ac.in
IIT-Delhi	Delhi Hauz Khas New Delhi - - 110 016	(011) 2659 1749	www.iitd.ac.in
IIT-Guwahati	Guwahati - 781 039	(0361) 2582751	www.iitg.ernet.in
IIT-Kanpur	Kanpur - 208 016	(0512) 2597412	www.iitk.ac.in
IIT-Kharagpur	Kharagpur - 721 302	(03222) 282091	www.iitkgp.ac.in
IIT-Madras	Madras Chennai - 600 036	(044) 22578200	www.iitm.ac.in
IIT-Roorkee	Roorkee - 247 667	(01332) 284531	www.iitr.ac.in

IIT JEE Syllabus (Chemictry) 2009
IIT JEE Syllabus (Mathematics, Physics, Aptitude test) 2009