JEE Advanced 2024 - Joint Entrance Examination Advanced, 2024

JEE Advanced 2024 Eligibility Criteria  

What are the Eligibility Criteria for JEE Advanced 2024?

In order to be eligible for Joint Entrance Examination Advanced (JEE Advanced) 2024, candidates are required to fulfil the following five criteria simultaneously:

Performance in Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) 2024

Candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 scores (including all categories) in Paper 1 of JEE Main 2024. The percentages of various types of candidates to be shortlisted are: 

1. 10% for GEN-EWS 
2. 27% for OBC-NCL 
3. 15% for SC, 7.5% for ST 
4. 40.5% is OPEN for all. 
5. Within each of these five categories, a 5% horizontal reservation is available for PwD candidates.

The order to be followed for choosing the top 2,50,000 candidates in all categories based on their performance in Paper 1 of JEE Main 2024 is as follows:

Age Limit

Candidates should have been born on or after 01October 1999. Five years of age relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates, i.e. these candidates should have been born on or after 01 October 1994.

Number of Attempts

Candidates can attempt JEE Advanced a maximum of two times in two consecutive years.

Appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination

Candidates should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2023 or 2024 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects. 

By appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination, it is meant that the Board concerned declared the result for that year irrespective of whether or not examination was conducted. It will be considered as an appearance even if the result of a particular candidate got withheld. 

However, if the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declared the results for the academic year 2021-22 on or after 25 October 2022, then the candidates of that Board who appeared for their Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2022 are also eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2024, provided they meet all the other eligibility criteria. In case the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declared the results for the academic year 2021-22 before 25 October 2022 but the result of a particular candidate was withheld, then the candidate will not be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2024.

Earlier Admission at IITs

Candidates should not have been admitted to an IIT irrespective of whether or not the candidate continued in the program OR accepted an IIT seat by reporting “online” / at a “reporting centre” in the past. Candidates whose admission to IITs was cancelled (for whatever reason) after joining any IIT are also not eligible to appear for JEE Advanced 2024. 

Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2023 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2024. 

The candidates who were allocated a seat in an IIT through JoSAA 2023 but (i) did not report “online” / at any “reporting centre” OR, (ii) withdrew before the last round of seat allotment, OR, (iii) had their seat cancelled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITs, are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced 2023. However, in all of the above cases, the candidates are also required to fulfil all the other criterias mentioned above. 

List of Examinations to be considered Equivalent to Class XII are as follows:

1. The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by a Central or State Board recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). 
2. Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a Board or University recognized by the Association of Indian Universities. 
3. Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy. 
4. Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects. 
5. Any Public School, Board or University examination in India or in a foreign country recognised as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the AIU. 
6. H.S.C. vocational examination. 
7. A Diploma recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) or a State Board of Technical Education of at least 3 years duration. 
8. General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level. 
9. High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva. 
10. Candidates who have completed Class XII (or equivalent) examination outside India or from a Board not specified above should produce a certificate from the AIU to the effect that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class XII examination. 
11. In case the Class XII examination is not a public examination, the candidate must have passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination earlier.