Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai Admission Requirements

Can you tell me about the admission requirement 2017 to 4 and 5 year Undergraduate programmes at IITB or Indian Institute of Technology Bombay?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Admission to 4 and 5 year Undergraduate programmes at IITB or Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is through the JEE Exam.

Eligibility Requirement

Criterion 1 – Performance in JEE (Main) 2017
One should be among the top 2,20,000 (including all categories) by scoring positive marks in Paper-1 of JEE (Main) 2017.
The percentages of various categories are: 27% for OBC-NCL, 15% for SC, 7.5% for ST and the remaining 50.5% is OPEN for all. Within each of these four categories, 3% horizontal reservation is available for PwD (including Dyslexic) candidates.

Criterion 2 – Age limit
One should have been born on or after October 1, 1992. Five years relaxation is given to SC, ST and PwD candidates, i.e., these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1987.

Criterion 3 – Number of attempts
One can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in consecutive years. Therefore, candidates who appeared in JEE (Advanced) 2016 for the first time are also eligible.

Criterion 4 – Appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination
One should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2016 or 2017.

However, one whose Class XII (or equivalent) examination results for the academic year 2014-15 were declared after June 2015 are eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2017.

Criterion 5 – Earlier admission at IITs
One should not have been admitted in an IIT irrespective of whether or not he/she continued in the program) OR accepted the IIT seat by reporting at a reporting centre in the past. One whose admission at IITs was cancelled are also NOT eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2017.

One who has been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2016 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2017. One who have paid seat acceptance fee but not accepted the seat (by not reporting at any reporting centre during joint seat allocation in 2016) are eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2017.

Schedule of JEE (Advanced) 2017
Item Day Date Time
Paper-1 Sunday 21-May-2017 09:00 to 12:00 IST
Paper-2 Sunday 21-May-2017 14:00 to 17:00 IST