IIT-JEE was held as single exam for admission to the IITs and other selected colleges for the academic year 2007-2008. Out of total seats, 15% seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste students and 7.5% for Scheduled Tribe students, besides 3% for Physically Handicapped candidates.
The total number of students who appeared for the JEE this year was 2,43,029 of which 7,209 were eligible to seek admission to 5,537 seats in IITs at Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Chennai and Roorkee, IT-BHU Varanasi and ISMU, Dhanbad. This number is 30% more than the available seats, with the assumption that not all qualified candidates will accept admission offer.
IITs admit SC/ST students with relaxed criteria and this year 20,892 Scheduled Caste candidates appeared for the JEE of which 594 qualified and similarly of the 5,909 Scheduled Tribe candidates who wrote the exam, 109 candidates qualified.
Candidates with certified physical disabilities (PD) are also granted admission with relaxed norms and 15 candidates qualified under these norms. For students with reading disability specially enlarged question papers were provided this year.
IITs have also put out an extended merit list and students on this list were counseled by the Indian Institute of Space Science and Space Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Pune, Kolkata and Mohali. The Directorate General of Shipping also offered admission to Marine Engineering Colleges in Bombay and Calcutta, based on JEE result (extended merit list).