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NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has commenced the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 registration for session 1. Interested and eligible candidates can fill up the JEE Main 2025 registration form by visiting the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in. As per the latest updates, the deadline to apply for the entrance exam is November 22. The JEE Main 2025 session 1 will be held from January 22 to 31, while session 2 is scheduled from April 1 to 8.
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Alongside the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main, numerous national and state-level exams offer pathways to top engineering institutions in India. These include the Vellore Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE) for Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), the SRM Joint Engineering Entrance Examination (SRMJEEE) for SRM Institute of Science and Technology, and the Manipal Entrance Test (MET) for Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE).
The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, conducts the Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test (BITSAT) for admission to undergraduate engineering courses at its campuses in Pilani, Goa, and Hyderabad. The BITSAT 2025 exam date is expected to be announced today.
The Vellore Institute of Technology has begun the registration process for the Vellore Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Examination (VITEEE) 2025. The exam is scheduled to take place from April 21 to 27, with the registration deadline set for March 31. Candidates can access the registration link on the official website – viteee.vit.ac.in.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham will conduct the Amrita Entrance Examination – Engineering (AEEE) 2025 phase 1 on February 1 and 2. The AEEE registration deadline has been extended to January 20. Meanwhile, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has opened registration for the Manipal Entrance Test (MET) 2025, with forms available on manipal.edu. The MET application deadline is March 15, with exam dates yet to be announced.
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Engineering Entrance Exams 2025: JEE Mains registration underway. Apply online at jeemain.nta.nic.in. Updates on state-level BTech exams, BITSAT, VITEEE, AEEE, SRMJEEE, GUJCET, MET.
SRMIST is expected to announce the SRMJEEE 2025 exam date for admission to its engineering programmes soon. Aspirants will be required to fill the SRMJEEE 2025 application form. The registration process includes uploading of documents and payment of application fee. Students can check the documents required for SRMJEEE 2025 registration below.
BITS Pilani will announce the BITS Admission Test (BITSAT) 2025 exam date and registration date soon. The exam is held for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes offered by the institute. Candidates must have secured a minimum aggregate of 75% marks in physics, chemistry, and mathematics (PCM) in Class 12. Additionally, a minimum of 60% marks is required in the each subject.
In an advisory regarding the Aadhaar Card authentification for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2025, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has asked candidates to close the pop-up window and enter the name exactly written on their Aadhaar ID. This comes after several aspirants complained of technical issues. NTA informed that the problem is arising due to a mismatch in the name of students on their Class 10 educational certificate and on the Aadhaar Card.
Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture, and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (AP EAPCET) 2025 exam date will be announced soon. APSCHE will announce the AP EAMCET 2025 notification including the exam date, registration details, application fee, and other information on cets.apsche.ap.gov.in. Meanwhile, students can check last year's application fee:
Stream | OC | BC | SC/ST |
Engineering | Rs 600 | Rs 550 | Rs 500 |
Agriculture | Rs 600 | Rs 550 | Rs 500 |
E and A | Rs 1,200 | R 1,100 | Rs 1,000 |
As a result of increase in engineering seats in colleges across Karnataka, BTech seats are going vacant despite counselling through the engineering entrance exams, Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) and COMEDK UGET. More than 30,000 BTech seats have been found unallotted in engineering colleges despite several rounds of counselling. Another reason for the vacancies, raised by students, is fee hike. Since AICTE lifted the ban on new engineering colleges and courses, the state saw a massive increase in seat intake.
The National Testing Agency will conduct the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2025 session 1 in January 2025. JEE Main 2025 will be held from January 22 to January 31, 2025. The exam will determine the eligibility of aspirants for admission to undergraduate BTech and BArch programmes at the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and others.
For the first time, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has admitted five students to its BTech programme through the sports quota. Introduced last year, the policy requires candidates to qualify the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2025 and to be having at least one medal in the last four years in a national or international competition.
The Common Entrance Test (CET) cell, Maharashtra will announce the MHT CET 2025 exam date soon on the official website, cetcell.mahacet.org. According to the exam pattern, the MHT CET will consist of three question papers having multiple-choice questions. Each paper will carry a total of 100 marks. In paper 1, candidates will be awarded two marks for each correct answer while in paper 2 and 3, the students will be given one mark per question.
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) will conduct GUJCET 2025 on March 23. The GUJCET 2025 registrations will begin from January 25.
As per the official brochure, the JEE Mains 2025 result will be declared by February 12.
AEEE 2025 exam will be held on February 1 and 2. Similar to previous year, the AEEE 2025 exam is expected to be held in 3 slots- from 9 am to 11: 30 am, 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm and 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
There is no age limit 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, regardless of their age, are eligible to take the JEE Main 2025 exam.
Universities accepting CUET scores for BTech admissions include:
JEE Mains 2025 will be conducted in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
The VITEEE 2025 will consists of 125 questions divided into mathematics or biology (40 questions), physics (35 questions), chemistry (35 questions), aptitude (10 questions), and English (five questions).
The total marks for JEE Main 2025 paper 1 is 300 marks. The JEE Main 2025 total marks for paper 2 is 400 marks
The Manipal Entrance Test (MET) 2025 registration deadline is March 15.
As per the NTA revised pattern, there will be no optional questions in section B of the JEE Mains 2025 exam.
SRMJEEE 2025 exam is expected to be held in two phases (as per past trends). SRMJEEE 2025 phase 1 will likely be conducted in April and phase 2 in June 2025.
AEEE 2025 registration has been extended till January 20. Candidates can fill out the AEEE 2025 registration form by visiting the official website, aeee.amrita.edu.
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In MET 2025, candidates will get 4 marks for each correct answer. For multiple-choice questions (MCQs), 1 mark will be deducted for each incorrect response, while no marks will be deducted for incorrect answers in numerical answer type (NAT) questions.
The AEEE 2025 registration deadline for phase 1 exam is January 20.
The VITEEE 2025 exam will be conducted from April 21 to 27. The VITEEE 2025 mathematics syllabus covers the following topics:
BITSAT 2025 registration has not yet commenced. The BITSAT 2025 registration link will be active at bitsadmission.com. During BITSAT 2025 registration, candidates are required to fill out their personal, academic, contact details and pay an application fee.
Candidates can have a look at the JEE Main 2025 physics syllabus below.
JEE Main 2025 physics topics | Number of questions | Marks |
Modern Physics | 5 | 20 |
Heat and Thermodynamics | 3 | 12 |
Optics | 3 | 12 |
Current Electricity | 3 | 12 |
Electrostatics | 3 | 12 |
Magnetics | 2 | 8 |
Unit, Dimension and Vector | 1 | 4 |
Kinematics | 1 | 4 |
Laws of Motion | 1 | 4 |
Work, Power and Energy | 1 | 4 |
Centre of Mass, Impulse, and Momentum | 1 | 4 |
Rotation | 1 | 4 |
Gravitation | 1 | 4 |
Simple Harmonic Motion | 1 | 4 |
Solids and Fluids | 1 | 4 |
Waves | 1 | 4 |
Electromagnetics Induction; AC | 1 | 4 |
SRM Institute of Science and Technology is yet to announce the SRM Joint Engineering Entrance Exam (SRMJEEE) 2025 exam date. The SRMJEEE 2025 exam date will be announced on the official website, srmist.edu.in.
JEE Main 2025 exam for session 1 will be conducted from January 22 to 31.
The Manipal Entrance Test (MET) 2025 registration has commenced. The MET 2025 registration link can be accessed at manipal.edu
Engineering exams conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) include:
To address name mismatches during Aadhaar authentication in the JEE Mains 2025 registration, the NTA has issued an advisory regarding the the application process. Candidates who see a pop-up message indicating a name discrepancy are required to close the message. A new window will then open, allowing them to proceed with Aadhaar authentication by entering their name exactly as it appears on their Aadhaar card. The system will capture both Aadhaar and educational certificate names.
Here is a list of some of the top engineering entrance exams in India:
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham has commenced the Amrita Entrance Examination Engineering (AEEE) 2025 registration process from October 22. Interested and eligible candidates can fill up the AEEE 2025 application form by visiting the official website, aeee.amrita.edu.
Candidates can have a look at the JEE Mains 2025 password creation policy below.
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) will conduct the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET) 2025 on March 23. GUJCET 2025 exam will be held in offline mode.
The JEE Mains 2025 registration deadline is November 22. The JEE Mains 2025 registration link is active on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.
Candidates can have a look at the VITEEE 2025 exam pattern below.
Exam Mode: The VITEEE is typically a computer-based test (CBT).
Duration: The exam lasts for 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Subjects Covered:
A candidate can attempt JEE Advanced 2025 maximum of three times in three consecutive years.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has commenced the JEE Main 2025 registration for session 1. The JEE Main 2025 registration link is active at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
BITSAT 2025 will be conducted for admission to the following engineering programmes at BITS Pilani:
The JEE Mains 2025 exam will be held in different languages including Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Odia, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil, Hindi, English, Telugu, and Urdu and Gujarati.
MCQs: Four marks will be awarded for each correct answer. A negative marking of one mark for each wrong answer will be followed.
Questions with numerical value answers: Four marks for each correct answer and there will be a negative marking of one mark for each wrong answer.
The MHT CET 2025 is scheduled for admissions to BTech programmes across engineering colleges in Maharashtra. Based on past trends, registration is likely to open in January.
According to the eligibility criteria, candidates seeking admission to NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs must achieve a minimum of 75% marks in Class 12 to qualify for admission.
Candidates who have qualified for Class 12 board exams in the years 2023, and 2024 or appearing in 2025 are eligible to apply for JEE Mains 2025. However, the candidate may be required to meet the JEE eligibility criteria of the institute to which they are taking admission.
Candidates can access the registration link on the official website – jeemain.nta.nic.in.
IIT Kanpur (IITK) has not announced the JEE Advanced 2025 exam dates yet.
There is no age limit for candidates appearing in JEE Main 2025. Candidates who have passed their Class 12 or equivalent examination in 2023 or 2024, or are appearing in 2025, are eligible to take the JEE Main 2025 exam, irrespective of their age.
According to the age limit criteria, candidates born on or after July 1, 2004, and up to June 30, 2009, are eligible to take the entrance exam.
Candidates can apply for JEE (Main) 2025 session 1 and session 2 through the “Online” mode only. The application form in any other mode will not be accepted.
Here is a list of some of the top engineering entrance exams in India:
As per the official NTA schedule, JEE Main 2025 exam for session 1 will be conducted from January 22 to 31
The JEE Mains 2025 Paper 1 (BE/Btech) is as follows:
Subjects | Section A | Section B |
Maths | 20 | 05 |
Physics | 20 | 05 |
Chemistry | 20 | 05 |
Total | 75 |
The JEE Mains 2025 exam pattern for Paper 2 (BArch) is as follows:
Subjects | Section A | Section |
Maths - Part 1 | 20 | 05 |
Aptitude Test - Part 2 | 50 | |
Drawing Test | 02 | |
Total | 77 |
The exam is scheduled to take place from April 21 to 27, with the registration deadline set for March 31.
The registration deadline for AEEE Phase 1 is January 20, as per the latest annoucement.
The registration deadline for GUJCET 2025 is February 25.
To be eligible for VITEEE 2025, candidates must achieve a minimum aggregate of 60% in physics, chemistry, and mathematics or biology in their qualifying examination. However, candidates from the SC and ST categories, as well as those from Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and the Northeastern states, are required to secure a minimum of 50%.
The best books for JEE Mains 2024 are shown in the table given below:
Best Books | Authors |
Skill in Mathematics | Amit M Agarwal |
Comprehensive Organic Chemistry | Amitava Mazumder |
Problems in General Physics | IGOR. EVGENYEVICH IRODOV |
Physics Galaxy 2020-21: Advanced Illustration in Physics | Ashish Arora |
The last date to apply for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 is November 22.
The syllabus for JEE Main 2025 includes important topics of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of NCERT Class 11 and 12.
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) will hold the GUJCET 2025 on March 23. Registrations for GUJCET 2025 are set to commence on January 25.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has reduced the number of international exam cities for JEE Main 2025 from 24 to 14. Newly added cities for this year include Bahrain, Indonesia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Germany, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah in the UAE, and Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, several locations have been removed from the list, including Sri Lanka, Qatar, Dubai (UAE), Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam.
For VITEEE 2025 eligibility, candidates must secure a minimum aggregate of 60% in physics, chemistry, and mathematics or biology in their qualifying exam. However, candidates from SC and ST categories, as well as those from Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and Northeastern states, need a minimum of 50%.
The BITSAT 2025 exam will have a duration of 3 hours and will be conducted in online mode, consisting solely of multiple-choice questions.
Students who meet the following eligibility criteria will be allowed to appear for the entrance exam:
The last date to apply for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 is November 22. To complete the JEE Main application form for 2025, candidates must submit a photograph, signature, marksheet, and other necessary documents. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the JEE Main 2025 application form, which includes details on the required documents along with their respective file sizes and formats for registration.
The MHT CET 2025 is scheduled for admissions to BTech programmes across engineering colleges in Maharashtra. Based on past trends, registration is likely to open in January. Candidates who have completed Class 12 or an equivalent exam and hold Indian nationality are eligible to apply for the Maharashtra Common Entrance Test. The exam will feature multiple-choice questions and will be divided into three papers, each with a total of 100 marks.
The JEE Main registration 2025 link has been hosted on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. The last date to submit the JEE Mains application form for session 1 exams, scheduled to commence on January 22, is November 22.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has maintained the 75% criterion for the Joint Entrance Examination - Main (JEE Main 2025). According to the eligibility criteria, candidates seeking admission to National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and centrally-funded technical institutes (CFTIs) must achieve a minimum of 75% marks in Class 12 to qualify for admission.
Nearly 30,000 BTech seats remain vacant in engineering colleges across Karnataka, despite several rounds of counselling for the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) and the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka Under Graduate Entrance Test (COMEDK) 2024. These tests are held for admissions to engineering programmes in state colleges. The vacant seats are reportedly due to an increase in the number of seats available and a rise in fees. Additionally, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) lifted its ban on establishing new engineering colleges last year.
The increase in engineering seats, especially in computer science and AI, has led to vacancies in core branches and mid-level colleges, with thousands of seats remaining unfilled even after multiple counselling rounds. Given below are the 10 states with the highest numbers of seats added.
State | Increase in intake (2024-25) |
Tamil Nadu | 39,978 |
Telangana | 33,913 |
Andhra Pradesh | 31,482 |
Maharashtra | 26,732 |
Karnataka | 19,486 |
Uttar Pradesh | 10,839 |
Odisha | 8,070 |
West Bengal | 6,399 |
Madhya Pradesh | 5,873 |
Kerala | 4,623 |
As per the official NTA schedule, JEE Main 2025 exam for session 1 will be conducted from January 22 to 31.
The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) conducts the WBJEE for admission to engineering and other programmes at colleges throughout the state. The exam consists of two papers, with the question paper featuring multiple-choice questions totaling 200 marks. Students must pay an application fee of Rs 500, while female and reserved category applicants are required to pay Rs 400.
Candidates can refer to the marking scheme for OJEE 2025 outlined below:
The BITSAT 2025 exam will have a duration of 3 hours and will be conducted in online mode, consisting solely of multiple-choice questions.
The registration deadline for GUJCET 2025 is February 25. Eligible candidates can fill out the GUJCET 2025 application form through the official website, gujcet.gseb.org.
According to the age limit criteria, candidates born on or after July 1, 2004, and up to June 30, 2009, are eligible to take the entrance exam. Additionally, students must have passed Class 12 or an equivalent examination from a recognized board, achieving a minimum aggregate of 60% in mathematics, physics, and chemistry, with at least 55% in each of these three subjects.
A candidate must have appeared for the Class 12 (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2023, 2024, or 2025, with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.
Candidates who appeared for the Class 12 (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2022 or earlier are not eligible to appear for JEE Advanced 2025, regardless of the subjects attempted or offered.
However, if the respective board for Class 12 (or equivalent) declared results for the 2021-22 academic year on or after September 21, 2022, then candidates from that board are also eligible to appear for JEE Advanced 2025, provided they fulfil all other eligibility criteria.
BITSAT 2025 will be conducted for admission to the following engineering programmes at BITS Pilani:
Candidates must have been born on or after October 1, 2000. However, SC, ST, and PwD candidates are granted a relaxation of five years, meaning they should have been born on or after October 1, 1995. Candidates can attempt JEE Advanced 2025 a maximum of three times, in three consecutive years.
In the event of a tie between candidates with identical total National Testing Agency (NTA) scores, the following criteria will be applied sequentially to resolve the tie:
Candidates must be among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates (across all categories) in JEE Main 2025 paper 1 for BE and BTech. The distribution of the top 2.5 lakh candidates across categories in JEE Main 2025 will be as follows:
Category | Number of "Top" Candidates | |
OPEN | 96,187 | 101,250 |
OPEN-PwD | 5,063 | |
GEN-EWS | 23,750 | 25,000 |
GEN-EWS-PwD | 1,250 | |
OBC-NCL | 64,125 | 67,500 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 3,375 | |
SC | 35,625 | 37,500 |
SC-PwD | 1,875 | |
ST | 17,812 | 18,750 |
ST-PwD | 938 |
To be eligible for VITEEE 2025, candidates must achieve a minimum aggregate of 60% in physics, chemistry, and mathematics or biology in their qualifying examination. However, candidates from the SC and ST categories, as well as those from Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and the Northeastern states, are required to secure a minimum of 50%.
IIT Kanpur (IITK) has not announced the JEE Advanced 2025 exam dates yet. The institute will soon release the JEE Advanced 2025 information bulletin, which will include details on the exam date, registration process, application fee, exam pattern, syllabus, marking scheme, and more. The bulletin will be available on the official JEE Advanced 2025 website.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur will conduct JEE Advanced 2025. Students who qualify JEE Main 2025 will be eligible to appear for JEE Advanced 2025, which is held for admission to the IITs.
There is no age limit for candidates appearing in JEE Main 2025. Candidates who have passed their Class 12 or equivalent examination in 2023 or 2024, or are appearing in 2025, are eligible to take the JEE Main 2025 exam, irrespective of their age.
Amrita University will conduct the Amrita Engineering Entrance Examination (AEEE) 2025 in two phases, scheduled for February and April. The registration deadline for AEEE Phase 1 is January 20, as per the announced schedule. The university offers admission to Bachelor of Technology (BTech) programmes based on marks obtained in either the Joint Entrance Examination - Main (JEE Main) or AEEE 2025.
Here is a list of some of the top engineering entrance exams in India:
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has opened registration for JEE Main 2025 session 1. Candidates can access the registration link on the official website – jeemain.nta.nic.in.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct JEE Main 2025, the national-level engineering entrance exam, in two sessions. Session 1 is scheduled from January 22 to 31, while session 2 will take place from April 1 to 8.