JEE Advanced 2021 to held on October 3

 The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2021 exam will be held on October 3, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.

JEE Advanced 2021 will be held on October 3, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced today. This year the exam has been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Candidates can check all the details related to the exam including registration, application, eligibility, and exam pattern can visit jeeadv.ac.in. JEE exams information brochure has been released by IIT Kharagpur.

While releasing the JEE information brochure earlier, IIT Kharagpur said: “Due to the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic-related circumstances in India, the date of JEE (Advanced) 2021 had earlier been postponed. A new date will be announced in due course.”

This year, candidates have been given leniency to attend JEE Main exam twice. In short, those who could not appear in JEE Advanced last year due to Covid-19 can directly appear in the exam this year.

About JEE exams

JEE is being conducted four times a year for the first time to provide flexibility to students. The JEE Main April and May exams for 2021 had also been postponed back in April due to the surge in Covid-19 cases.

JEE Advanced is being conducted for admission in 23 IITs for undergraduate Engineering, Science and Architecture courses. Applicants who are top rankers in JEE Main exam, managed to get a seat in JEE Advanced.