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How to get into IITs?
From 2006, the new test consists of only a single objective test, replacing the earlier two tests system.
The IITs use the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to select students for their undergraduate programmes.
The Joint Entrance Examination is one of the toughest science-oriented entrance exams in the world, testing applicants' knowledge of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
The undergraduate acceptance rate at the IIT's through the JEE is around 2 per cent, with around 2,00,000 annual test takers.
Since inception, the IITs have had a tough subjective pattern of questioning.
In 2000, a preliminary test was introduced, thus allowing only top 10-15 thousand students to take the main examination.
The admissions into the postgraduate programmes are made through various other exams, primarily the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
In September 2005, an analysis group comprising of directors of all the IITs announced major reforms in JEE, to be implemented from 2006 onwards.
The new test consists of only a single objective test, replacing the earlier two tests system.
A requirement of a score of at least 60 per cent in the intermediate board exams is to replace the "screening test". Also, starting 2007, a candidate can take the JEE at most twice.
This has been done mainly to reduce stress on students and discourage the concept of cram schools.
From 2006, the new test consists of only a single objective test, replacing the earlier two tests system.
The IITs use the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to select students for their undergraduate programmes.
The Joint Entrance Examination is one of the toughest science-oriented entrance exams in the world, testing applicants' knowledge of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.
The undergraduate acceptance rate at the IIT's through the JEE is around 2 per cent, with around 2,00,000 annual test takers.
Since inception, the IITs have had a tough subjective pattern of questioning.
In 2000, a preliminary test was introduced, thus allowing only top 10-15 thousand students to take the main examination.
The admissions into the postgraduate programmes are made through various other exams, primarily the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
In September 2005, an analysis group comprising of directors of all the IITs announced major reforms in JEE, to be implemented from 2006 onwards.
The new test consists of only a single objective test, replacing the earlier two tests system.
A requirement of a score of at least 60 per cent in the intermediate board exams is to replace the "screening test". Also, starting 2007, a candidate can take the JEE at most twice.
This has been done mainly to reduce stress on students and discourage the concept of cram schools.
The Indian Institutes of Technology need no introduction either in India or abroad, for their alumni have already made their presence felt everywhere. The Institutes were set up by the Government of India as 'Institutions of National Importance' and almost all reputed international academic benchmarks have given them high rating. Sakshi Arora takes you through the corridors of IITs.
