JEE Advanced exam to be held on May 17; test also to be conducted in US for first time

Entrance exam for the premier engineering colleges-Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) or Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Advanced) is going to be held on May 17 next year. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi will be organising the JEE-Advanced in 2020 for admissions to all 23 IITs in the country.

In a meeting of IIT Joint Admission Board (JAB) held last Sunday (15 September), several key decisions including the date have been taken regarding the JEE (Advanced) to be held in 2020.

The IIT JAB has also decided to hold the JEE (Advanced) 2020 for the first time in the US. For this, an examination centre will be set up in San Francisco area.


“JEE exam is now conducted in five countries worldwide and we have added USA to this list. US has benefitted significantly by the presence of a large number of IIT alumni there and there is considerable awareness in the US about IITs, said V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi.

The Board has decided to shortlist 2.5 lakh students (including all categories) from JEE (Main) 2020 to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2020.

On May 17, 2020, the first paper of JEE (Advanced) will start at 9.00 a.m. and end at 12 noon (IST). The second paper will be conducted from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. (IST).

In 2019, apart from India, JEE (Advanced) centres were also set up in Dubai (UAE), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Kathmandu (Nepal), Singapore and Colombo (Sri Lanka).