JEECUP 2023: UP Polytechnic Application Form, Exam Dates

JEECUP 2023: Uttar Pradesh Board of Technical Education (UPBTE) organizes a state level Polytechnic entrance examination called Joint Entrance Examination Council of UP’ or generally known as JEECUP for candidates, who wish to pursue the Polytechnic diploma, PG diploma, and post-diploma programs in the field of technology & engineering and management. The board conducts the JEECUP examination every year. All eligible and interested candidates can apply for admission and the entrance exam.

JEECUP 2023 Overview

EXAM NAME	JEECUP 2023 (UP Polytechnic Entrance Exam)
ORGANIZING AUTHORITY	Joint Entrance Examination Council, Uttar Pradesh
OFFICIAL  WEBSITE	https://jeecup.nic.in
EXAM TYPE	State Level Entrance Exam
PROGRAMS OFFERED	Engineering, Technology, Pharmacy, and Other Diploma Courses
MODE OF JEECUP	Offline (pen and paper-based) mode
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS	100
MARKING SCHEME	4 marks for each correct answer and -1 mark for each incorrect answer
TYPE OF QUESTIONS	Multiple Choice Question
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA	Different as per different courses
EXAM DATE	To be updated

UP Polytechnic 2023- Updates

The online application process will be started from the 2nd week of December 2022. Check Here: UP Polytechnic Application Form. 

JEECUP 2023 Important Dates

The online registration will be commenced from	2nd week of December 2022
The final date for online registration is	2nd week of February 2023
The JEECUP 2023 admit card will be uploaded in	1st week of April 2023
The UP Polytechnic 2023 examination will be conducted on	3rd week of April 2023
JEECUP 2023 result will be out in	last week of May 2023
The JEECUP 2023 Counselling date	June 2023

Eligibility Criteria

• A candidate must be a citizen of Uttar Pradesh besides having Indian nationality.
• The minimum age for applying thru the application form is 14 years.
• The board has not set an upper age limit for the candidates.
• The educational criterion asks to have group-wise different academic qualifications but all in all a candidate must pass minimum higher secondary or any equivalent course.

Group	Programs	Minimum Eligibility
A	Diploma in Engineering & Technology	10th passed/appeared with minimum 35% marks
B	Agriculture Engineering	10th passed/appeared with Agriculture subject in 12th.
C	Fashion Design, Home Science and Textile Design and Engineering	10th passed/appeared with minimum 35% marks
D	Modern Office Management & Secretarial Practice. Library & Information Science.	12th passed/appeared (Hindi and English)
E	Diploma in Pharmacy.	10+2 Examination (Academic Stream) in science with 50% marks for Unreserved/OBC and 45% marks for SC/ST
F	Post Graduate in Biotechnology	B.Sc Passed/appeared with Biology, Chemistry/Biochemistry
G	Post Graduate Diploma Courses.	Graduate in any discipline
H	Diploma in Hotel Management.	12th passed/appeared with 50% marks for GEN/OBC and 45% for SC/ST
I	Diploma in Aircraft Maintenance Engineering.	12th Science passed/ appeared and aggregate 50% marks in physics, chemistry, and mathematics subjects
J	Post Diploma in Information Technology.	Engineering diploma passed/ appeared from BTEUP affiliated institute

UP Polytechnic Application Form 2023

All the candidates, who are eligible to apply for the entrance test, can apply online. The JEECUP Application form will be available on the official website of the UP Technical Board. The applicant shall have to attach their scanned copy of the signature and photo in the application form.

Application Fee

• The application fee will be Rs. 300/- for general and OBC candidates.
• The application fee for SC and ST candidates will be Rs. 200/-.
• The application fee payment can be made via debit/credit card, net banking or e-challan of SBI bank.

Exam Pattern

• Candidates will have both languages on the question paper which are Hindi and English.
• There will be 120 questions in the question paper.
• Candidates will get three hours to solve the question paper.
• Every question will reward 4 marks and the negative marking will be 1/4th.

An overview of the number of marks for JEECUP 2023 is as follows

Number of Questions	120
Question Paper Type	Objective Type
Language	English and Hindi
Mode of Exam	Pen & Paper Based (Offline)
Duration	3 Hours
Marking Scheme	4 Marks for each correct
Negative Marking	1 Marks deducted for each wrong

Reservation of Seats

As per UP Government rules candidates belonging to certain categories as admitted to the seat reserved for them based on relaxed criteria

• OBC NCL (Other Backward Classes)- 27%
• SC (Scheduled Castes)- 21%
• ST (Scheduled Tribes)- 2%
• PwD (Persons with Disability with 40% or more disability)- 3%
• Ward of Military Personnel- 5%
• Girl Candidates of all categories– 20%

JEECUP 2023 Admit Card

• Admit cards will be available, two or three weeks ago of the commencement of the exam.
• From the official web portal of the board, candidates will be able to get the admit card.
• Applicants need to take the printout of the application form.
• While going to appear for the examination, it is necessary for all the candidates to take the admit card with them.
• Those, who will not have their admit card with them, shall not be allowed to appear in the exam.

JEECUP 2023 Result

• All the dates given in the chart are tentative.
• The result will be available on the official website in the month of May 2023.
• Candidates will not get the rank or scorecard, instead, they will just get notified that they have qualified the exam.

UP Polytechnic Counselling

All the candidates can apply for admission in the various institutes for admission, after getting the result of the examination. To pursue the desired program, candidates can take admission in their preferred institute. The counseling is expected to be starting from June 2023.

Documents Required for Counselling/Admission:

• 10th class mark sheet & passing certificate.
• 12th class mark sheet & passing certificate.
• UP Polytechnic 2023 admit card & result.
• Character certificate.
• Transfer certificate.
• Category certificate (if applicable).
• Passport size photographs.

JEECUP Counselling Schedule

1st round registration	2nd week of June 2023
1st round choice filling	2nd week of June 2023
1st round choice locking	2nd week of June 2023
1st round payment of security	3rd week of June 2023
1st round reporting and document verification	3rd week of June 2023
2nd round registration	3rd week of June 2023
2nd round choice filling	3rd week of June 2023
2nd round choice locking	4th week of June 2023
2nd round payment of security	4th week of June 2023
2nd round reporting and document verification	4th week of June 2023
2nd round registration	4th week of June 2023
2nd round choice filling	4th week of June 2023
2nd round choice locking	1st week of July 2023
2nd round payment of security	1st week of July 2023
2nd round reporting and document verification	1st week of July 2023

UP Polytechnic Syllabus

• Students should prepare as per the syllabus to score better in the examination.
• It will be of 10th or 12th class standard as per the courses opted by the students.
• The syllabus for the diploma in the pharmacy will contain questions from Physics, Chemistry, Biology, or Mathematics subjects.
• For the engineering & technology diploma, questions will be asked from Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry subjects.