JEE Main 2025 Live: IIT registration begins at jeemain.nta.nic.in; exam centre, how to apply online

As per the age limit criteria, there is no age restriction for candidates appearing in JEE Main 2025. Candidates who have passed their Class 12 or equivalent examination in 2023, 2024, or are appearing in 2025 are eligible to take the JEE Main 2025 exam, regardless of age.

The IITs and NITs have been witnessing a drop in placement rates in mechanical, civil, and chemical engineering programmes, as per data in response to RTI queries. 40% of BTech mechanical students were yet to be placed till May this year. Even top branches such as CSE and ECE faced placement crunch this year.

Candidates must ensure that the e-mail address and mobile number provided in the online application must be correct.

 JEE Main 2025 information bulletin includes other details including how to fill the application form, documents required for registration, application fee, eligibility criteria, detailed exam pattern, syllabus, marking scheme, and more.

Candidates can check the JEE Main 2025 exam schedule in the table given below-

The JEE Mains 2025 will not have any optional questions. The total marks of the paper will be 300.

1. Scheduled Caste (SC) – 15% of seats in every course.

2. Scheduled Tribe (ST) – 7.5% of seats in every course.

In case of assistance while applying for JEE (Main) 2025, candidates may contact 011-40759000/011-69227700 or e-mail at jeemain@nta.ac.in.

The official website of JEE Mains 2025 is jeemain.nta.nic.in. 

The JEE Main 2025 registration link will remain active till November 22 up to 11:50 pm. Candidates can register for JEE Mains 2025 session 1 through the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Candidates must have studied Physics, Mathematics, and one of the following: Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, or Technical Vocational subjects in Class 12 to apply for JEE Main 2025.

Candidates can check the list of documents required for JEE Mains registration:

1. Identity proof (Aadhar card, voter ID, passport, driver's license)
2. Class 10 marksheet
3. Class 12 marksheet/passing certificate
4. Recent passport-sized photograph
5. Scanned signature
6. Category certificate (if applicable)
7. PwD certificate (if applicable)
8. Valid email ID and mobile number
9. Bank details for fee payment

Candidates can attempt JEE Main for a maximum of three consecutive years.

JEE Main will be used for admission to the engineering and architecture programmes at the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and other institutions. It will also be used as an eligibility test for JEE Advanced 2025.

Candidates will be able to download the JEE Main 2025 dmit card from the NTA website. Candidates will have to appear in the examination at the given centre on the date and shift/timing as indicated in their hall tickets.

The JEE Main 2025 admit cards will be issued three days before the commencement of exam.

As per the guidelines by National Testing Agency (NTA), candidates having disabilities will get scribe facility upon producing a certificate.

As per the guidelines, PwD and PwBD candidates will get an additional time of a minimum of one hour for the three-hour JEE Mains 2025 exam. Moreover, the word extra or additional time will be called compensatory time. The facility of a scribe will be granted on the production of relevant certificates.

The tie between candidates obtaining the same Total NTA scores will be resolved in the following manner:

1. NTA score in Mathematics, followed by;

2. NTA score in Aptitude Test, followed by;

3. NTA score in Drawing Test, followed by;

4. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in all the subjects in the Test, followed by;

5. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Mathematics

   (Part-I) in the Test, followed by;

6. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Aptitude Test

   (Part-II) in the Test followed by;

7. If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank.

For JEE Main 2025, the number of domestic exam centers have been reduced from 300 in the previous year to 284.

In comparing the JEE Main exam cities for 2024 and 2025, a significant reduction in the number of exam centers can be observed. For the 2025 exam, there are 284 cities designated for Indian candidates and 14 for foreign candidates. This marks a decrease from the 2024 exam, which had 300 Indian cities and 24 foreign cities.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has reduced the number of exam cities in Odisha for JEE Mains this year. As per NTA, number of exam cities in Odisha has reduced from 23 to 17.

JEE Main 2025 will be conducted in thirteen languages i.e. English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.

JEE Main 2025 session 1 for paper 1 (BE / BTech) will be held between January 22 and January 31, 2025 and Session 2 will be held between 1 April and April 8, 2025 tentatively. "This is being done to ensure that the JEE (Main) - 2025 does not interfere with the Board examinations, which may be held at different times across the States/UTs. Paper 2A and Paper 2B (B. Arch and B. Planning) are also being held twice a year (January and April 2025)",  NTA notification read.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has added Germany as international exam centre this year. Munich has been identified as the new exam city in Germany for JEE Mains this year.

The NTA has reduced the international exam centres for JEE Mains this year. Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam have been removed from international centres.

 Last year, around 12 lakh students registered for the JEE Main session 1 exams.

• Visit the JEE Main official website, jeemain.nta.ac.in,
• Click on the JEE Main new registration 2025 link displayed on the homepage.
• NTA also allows creating an account using Digi locker account through the NAD portal, Academic Bank of Credits ID (ABC ID) through the ABC ID, Indian passport number, non-Indian passport number, PAN card number, or Aadhaar.
• Login using the credentials generated and provide personal and academic details.
• Select number of JEE Main attempts and paper appearing for.
• Upload all the necessary documents and pay the JEE application fee.
• Review the application form and submit.
• Download the confirmation page for future reference.

The JEE Main 2025 registration link will remain active till November 22 up to 11:50 pm only. 

JEE Main comprises two papers: Paper 1 (BE/BTech) is conducted for admission to Undergraduate Engineering Programs (BE/BTech) at NITs, IIITs, and other centrally funded technical institutions (CFTIs), and Paper 2 is conducted for admission to BArch and BPlanning courses in the country.

Candidates must ensure that the e-mail address and mobile number provided in the online application must be correct. 

Candidates can apply for JEE Main-2025 Session 1 through the "Online" mode only through the website jeemain.nta.nic.in. The Application Form in any other mode will not be accepted. 

JEE Mains 2025 will be conducted in 13 languages including English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

The JEE Main 2025 admit cards will be issued three days before the commencement of the exam.

 As per the latest NTA schedule, the JEE Main 2025 exam will be conducted between January 22 to January 31.

The JEE Main 2025 registration link will remain active till November 22 up to 11:50 pm

Candidates can now apply for the JEE Mains 2025 through jeemain.nta.nic.in. 

The JEE Mains 2025 questions paper consists of three sections with 75 questions in total. The number of questions per subject is as follows: 

• Physics- 20 MCQ and 5 Numerical Value Questions
• Chemistry- 20 MCQ and 5 Numerical Value Questions
• Mathematics- 20 MCQ and 5 Numerical Value Questions

The exam conducting authority has revised the JEE Main 2025 exam pattern section B for paper 1 and 2. As per the updates, section A will contain 20 multiple choice questions (MCQs), while Section B will contain only 5 numerical value type questions per subject.

NTA has released a notice regarding the discontinuation of optional questions in section B of the JEE Main 2025 exam. As per the revised JEE Main exam pattern, all subjects of section B will consist of 5 questions.

Candidates can apply for the JEE Mains 2025 session 1 and session 2 through online mode only. The application form will not be accepted in any other mode. 

The JEE Main 2025 official website has changed from jeemain.nta.ac.in to jeemain.nta.nic.in

As per the latest update, NTA is expected to announce the JEE Mains 2025 exam date this week. 

The syllabus for JEE Main 2025 includes important topics of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics of NCERT Class 11 and 12.

Candidates who have qualified for Class 12 board exams in the year 2023, and 2024 or appearing in 2025 are eligible to apply for JEE Mains 2025. However, the candidate may be required to check the JEE eligibility criteria of the institute to which they are taking admission.

The JEE Mains 2025 marking scheme is as follows:

• Four marks for each correct answer. 

• No negative marking.

• One mark will be deducted for every incorrect response. 

• No marks will be given for questions left unanswered.

The best books for JEE Mains 2025 are shown in the table given below: 

The steps to download the JEE Main 2025 information bulletin are as follows. 

• Visit the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.

• Click on the “Information Bulletin” option available under the “Information” tab. 

• The information bulletin will automatically appear on the JEE Main 2025. 

• Click on the “download” option available. 

Candidates can have a look at the JEE Main 2025 marks vs ranks (as per past trends) below. 

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) has launched a new initiative, the Self Assessment Test and Help for Entrance Exams (SATHEE) scheme, aimed at helping students prepare for competitive exams like JEE Mains 2025, NEET UG 2025, and government services (SSC) free of cost.

The number of questions in each section of the JEE Main 2025 exam paper is as follows.

• Physics: 20 MCQs and 5 Numerical Value Questions

• Chemistry: 20 MCQs and 5 Numerical Value Questions

• Mathematics: 20 MCQs and 5 Numerical Value Questions

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is yet to announce the JEE Main 2025 eligibility criteria. Last year, the exam agency re-introduced the 75% criteria wherein students are required to score 75% marks in Class 12 in order to be eligible. In a slight modification to the rule, NTA allowed students in top 20 percentile to be eligible to apply for the engineering entrance exam. The policy was scrapped during the Covid pandemic. 

According to the JEE Main marking scheme following during the recent years, candidates will be awarded four marks for each correct answer. There will be negative marking and one mark will be deducted for every incorrect response. 

Aspirants will be able to fill the JEE Main 2025 application form, once out, by using the steps given below.

• Go to the new official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in
• Click on the link for registration
• Register using email ID and password
• Login and fill the required details
• Upload the documents and pay the application fee
• Submit and save the details
• Download the confirmation page or take a screenshot

Engineering colleges across the country including NIT Warangal, BITS Pilani, DTU are strengthening their core BTech branches -- civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical -- with mandatory internships, live projects, and fresh courses in AI, ML, and other new technologies. IIT Madras is pushing students to take part in national and international competitions. 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to start the JEE Main 2025 registration process in November, as per past trends. As per the JEE Main registration details, students will be allowed to create a profile on the official website using their Digi locker account through the National Academic Depository (NAD) portal, Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) ID through the ABC portal, Indian passport number, non-Indian passport number, PAN card number, or Aadhaar enrollment number.

Introduction to consciouness and well-being, Bhagwad Gita recitals, and Yoga classes are mandatory for undergraduate students pursuing BTech at IIT Mandi. The topics under the course offered by the Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) department at the IIT include 'concept of subtle body', 'reincarnation', 'near death and out-of-body experiences' among others. According to students, the courses have been introduced as a result of the director's interest in IKS. 

The following basic documents will be required while filling the JEE Main 2025 application form: 

• Class 10 marksheet
• Class 12 marksheet
• Candidate's photograph
• Candidate's signature
• PwD certificate, if any

The first session of JEE Main 2025 is likely to be held in the last week of January 2025. Students can check and include the following subject-wise important topics in their JEE Main 2025 study plan. 

90% of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay students who opted for early exit last year were from the reserved categories including Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC), as per the data provided by the institute in a response to the Right-to-Information (RTI) query.

JEE Mains 2025: IIT Bombay students opt for early exit; maximum from SC, ST, OBC. (Image: Official Facebook account)

While NTA is yet to release the JEE Main 2025 information bulletin containing JEE Main 2025 registration fees, students can check last year's category-wise and gender-wise application fee details here. 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) recently updated the new Joint Entrance Examination, JEE Main 2025 official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in, and notified the changes in JEE Mains 2025 exam pattern and guidelines for scribe and compensatory time for PwD candidates.

The National Testing Agency will notify the JEE Mains 2025 syllabus, with changes if any, along with the JEE Main 2025 information bulletin and JEE Main exam date 2025. The JEE Main previous year question papers are available on the official website in the archive section. Meanwhile, students can check the important topics under each subject below. 

The IITs and NITs have been witnessing a drop in placement rates in mechanical, civil, and chemical engineering programmes, as per data in response to RTI queries. 40% of BTech mechanical students were yet to be placed till May this year. Even top branches such as CSE and ECE faced placement crunch this year. 

The JEE Main 2025 exam date has not been announced yet. NTA will release the session 1 and 2 exam dates on the new official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. As per trends, JEE Mains 2025 session 1 is expected to be held in January. The Goa board also rescheduled board exams 2025 to avoid clash with the entrance exam, hinting that the JEE Main session 1 will be held in the last week of January. 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has notified the guidelines for the facility of scribe and compensatory time for Persons with Disabilities (PwD) and Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) candidates. According to the rules, such students will get an additional time of a minimum of one hour for the three-hour exam. Those having specified disabilities will have to produce a certificate to avail the scribe facility.

As per NIRF ranking 2024, the best NITs in India are given below. 

JEE Main 2025: NIT Trichy among top NITs in India. (Image: Official)

NTA has revised the JEE Main 2025 exam pattern and discontinued the optional questions in Section B of each paper. Now, candidates will not get any choices in questions and will be required to attempt all five. The options were introduced during Covid pandemic to assist students and now that the Covid 19 has been declared not to be a public health emergency, NTA has scrapped the measure. 

JEE Main 2025 information bulletin will be released soon on jeemain.nta.nic.in. It  will contain the following details: 

• JEE Main 2025 exam date
• JEE Main 2025 registration dates
• JEE Main 2025 application form details
• JEE Main 2025 eligibility criteria
• JEE Main 2025 exam pattern
• JEE Main 2025 reservation criteria
• JEE Main 2025 syllabus

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 registration is likely to commence on November 1, based on last year's trends. 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the JEE Main 2025 exam date for session 1 and session 2 on the new official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in, soon. 

The new official website for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 is jeemain.nta.nic.in.