JEE Main 2021 aspirants will take the test over four cycles this year. A total of 21.75 lakh candidates have made the JEE Main registration. The number is near to twice the number of students that appeared in 2020 for JEE Main. With nearly 22 lakh candidates, JEE surpasses NEET 2020 as the largest UG exam in the country in terms of registration.
It is going to be one of the biggest computer-based UG competitive exams in the country. Primarily because JEE Main would also replace UPSEE examination for admissions to AKTU. Also, 200 technical institutions from UP would be conducting its admission through JEE Main 2021 scores.
From this year candidates can appear the exam in 10 new languages. JEE Main 2021. There are nearly 2.2 lakh candidates appearing from Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. However, most of the students would be taking up JEE Main 2021 in English.
The last date for JEE Main 2021 registration was January 23, 2021. A total of 149621 candidates have opted to appear for the exam in Indian languages. Nearly half of this value has opted for Hindi Languages. A total of 44094 and 24841 candidates will appear in Gujarati and Bengali Languages respectively.
The first cycle of JEE Main 2021 will be held in February. The consecutive cycles will be in March, April and May, respectively. A total of 6.6 lakh candidates will appear in the first cycle. The registration window will open briefly for the second, third, and fourth cycle. The total number of candidates may go high during the registration processes.
Apart from IIITs, NITs, GFTIs and premier private institutions, technical colleges from Uttar Pradesh will also take admission based on JEE Main score. The other States which have been using JEE main scores are Haryana, MP, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Nagaland, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Punjab.