The Joint Entrance Examination (Main), also known as JEE Main, is the exam held to shortlist candidates for admission to BTech, BArch, and BPlan courses at the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and other Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs). JEE Main also serves as the qualifying exam for the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technologies (IITs). National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts the exam every year in multiple sessions. The exam is conducted in 13 languages across all the states of India and several countries outside the country.