Joint Entrance Examination JEE (Main): Eligibility

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Introduction

Eligibility

Examination

Application Procedure

Syllabus

Institutes

Exam Date 2024

Eligibility for appearing in JEE (Main)

Age Limit : Between 16-24 years of age on the first day of the October of the year of examination can attempt JEE (Main). However, in the case of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years. Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board/University certificate will only be considered.

Educational Qualification

Only those candidates who have passed their Class 12th Exam or any other qualifying examination are eligible to appear in JEE (Main).

List of Qualifying examination :

The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized central/ state Board, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi; Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi; etc
Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a recognized Board/ University
Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.
Any Public School/ Board/ University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
H.S.C. vocational examination. [Only for Admission to IITs]
A Diploma recognized by AICTE or a state board of technical education of at least 3 year duration. [Only for Admission to IITs]
General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London / Cambridge / Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level. [Only for Admission to IITs]
High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International

Candidates must have taken at least five subjects in class 12th/any other Qualifying examination in order to be eligible for writing JEE (Main). The candidates who have taken four subjects are not permitted to write JEE (Main) and if such candidates appear in JEE(Main) by furnishing wrong information, their rank/result will not be declared.

The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at JEE (Main) shall be limited to 03 (three).

Number of Attempts
The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at JEE (Main) shall be limited to 03 (three).

Eligibility for Admission to NITs, IIITs and CFTIs participating through SEAT ALLOCATION BOARD

Admission to NITs, IIITs and CFTIs participating though Central Counselling Board will be based on All India Rank. Also the candidate should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12th class examination, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class examination conducted by the respective Boards. For SC/ST candidates the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12thclass examination.

Subject combinations required in the qualifying examination for admission to B.E./B.Tech. and B. Arch./B. Planning Courses in NITs, IIITs, and other CFTIs shall be as under.

Course	Required Criteria based on Class 12th / Other Qualifying Examination
B.E/B.TECH	Passed 10+2 examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/ Technical Vocational subject.
B.ARCH/B. PLANNING	Passed 10+2 examination with Mathematics

Eligibility for Admission to Other Institutions
The above mentioned policy could also be adopted by other Technical Institutions participating in counselling through JoSAA/CSAB. In case a State opts to admit students in the engineering Colleges affiliated to state Universities,the Statemay prepare separate rank list based on criteria decided by them.

Number of seats in various institutions

The JEE (Main) secretariat/CBSE is only an examination conducting body. After declaration of result the data is handed over to SEAT ALLOCATION BOARD or the concerned state government/institute for Seat Allocation Process and admission procedure. The JEE (Main) secretariat does not collect the information regarding total number of seats available in the institutions and reservation criteria followed by the institutions. For all admission related procedures/queries, the candidates are advised to refer the website of JOSAA, Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) or the concerned state government/institute after declaration of ranks of JEE (Main). The letter/e-mails regarding admission related procedures/queries will not be entertained by JEE (Main) secretariat /CBSE.

Reservation of seats

As per Government of India rules candidates belonging to certain categories are admitted to seats reserved for them based on relaxed criteria. These categories are:

Other Backward Classes (OBC) if they belong to Non Creamy Layer (NCL)
Scheduled Castes (SC)
Scheduled Tribes (ST)
Persons with Disability (PwD) with 40% or more disability

Benefit of reservation for admission to NITs/ IIITs and CFTIs shall be given only to those classes/castes/tribes which are in the respective central list published by the Govt of India. For admission to State Engineering colleges who have opted for admission through JEE (Main), the reservation rules of that state shall apply.The letter/e-mails regarding reservation criteria will not be entertained by JEE (Main) secretariat/CBSE.

Seat Allocation Process and Admission Procedure

Candidates shall be offered admission based on their choices and All India Ranks of JEE (Main) through a Seat Allocation Process to be announced later.The candidates will be able to make their choices online for branches/programmes and institutes at appropriate time.

Candidates are advised to regularly visit the JEE(Main) website http://jeemain.nic.in for latest information.

The verification of documents would be done at the time of Seat Allocation Process/admission. The purpose would be to verify different records regarding identification, age, qualifying examination, state of eligibility, category and disability (if any) of the candidate. On failing to produce any of the authentic documents, the candidate will not be considered for admission.

SC, ST, OBC and PwD candidates will be required to produce original certificate issued by the competent authority at the time of Seat Allocation Process as well as at the time of admission, failing which they will not be considered for admission.