New Delhi: Gates to the hallowed corridors of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) now stand open for aspirants, with the Online Registration for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2012 starting today, i.e. October 31, 2011.

To be held on April 8, 2012, IIT JEE 2012 will have two modes of registration. The online mode will be active on the IIT JEE website from October 31, 2011 to December 10, 2011 and the offline mode, i.e. physical sale of application forms, will be from November 11, 2011 to December 5, 2011.

The last date for receipt of completed application forms (offline or printed copy of the Online Form) is December 15, 2011.


IIT JEE 2012 will also work on a different method of qualification marks in which candidates will have to score at least 10% marks in all the three subjects and a minimum aggregate of 35% to make it to the common rank list.

A separate rank list will also be prepared for OBC and SC/ST candidates, with OBCs getting a relaxation of 10% in the minimum marks required to crack JEE 2012. Some more changes to the JEE format include allowing a candidate to circle their answers in the answer sheet using a pen instead of pencil.

The answer keys for IIT JEE 2012 will be published online at least three weeks after the examination.

NNE wishes all JEE aspirants, Best of Luck!