JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has released the Joint Entrance Exam Advanced (JEE Adv) 2025 Eligibility Criteria on 06 November, 2024.

Candidates must meet the JEE Advanced 2025 elgibility requirements to take the IIT JEE Advanced exam. Candidates need class 12th percentage necessary for JEE Advanced, the age restriction for JEE Advanced, Qualifying marks, and more in JEE Advanced 2025 eligibility. Candidates who appearing the JEE Advanced 2025 exam should meet eligibility critieria will be able to register for the JEE Advanced 2025.

JEE Advanced 2025 Eligibility Criteria

ELIGIBLITY CRITERIA for Indian Nationals and OCI / PIO candidates who have secured OCI / PIO Card before 04.03.2021 for appearing for JEE (Advanced) 2025.

All the candidates must simultaneously fulfil each and everyone of the following five criteria.

Criterion A1 - Performance in JEE (Main) 2025:

Candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates (including all categories) in B.E./B.Tech Paper (Paper I) for JEE (Main) 2025.

The percentage of various categories of candidates to be shortlisted are as follows:

Candidates must pass the JEE Main (Paper 1) Exam. It is also required that they be among the top 2,50,000 candidates. The reservation percentage for the following categories is listed below:

The following table shows the order to be followed while choosing the top 2,50,000 candidates in various categories based on the performance in B.E./B.Tech Paper of JEE (Main) 2025.

Category - wise distribution of top 2,50,000* candidates (Criterion 1)

*Total Number of candidates may be slightly greater than 2,50,000 in the presence of "tied" ranks / scores in any category.

OCI / PIO (I) candidates, are not eligible for benefits of any kind of reservation (e.g., GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST) with the exception of OPEN-PwD. That is, SI No. (3) to (10) in the above table are not applicable for such OCI / PIO (I) candidates and these candidates are required to be in the rank list in SI. No. and / 02 in the above table.

Criterion 2: JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria - Age Limit

Candidates should have been born on or after October 01, 2000. Five year age relaxation is given to SC, ST and PwD candidates, i.e. these candidates should have been born on or after October 01, 1995.

Criterion 3: JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria - Number of Attempts

A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) maximum of two times in three consecutive years.

Criterion 4: JEE Advanced 2025 Eligibility Criteria - Appearance in 12th (or equivalent) Examination

A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2024 or 2025 with Phsics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.

Candidates who had appeared in Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2023 or earlier, are NOT eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025, irrespective of the combination or number of subjects attempted / offered.

*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 or Class XII (or equvalent) declared the results for the academic year 2022-23 on or after June 28, 2023, then the candidates of the Board who appeared in the Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2023 are also eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025, provided they meet all the other eligibility critieria.

In case the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declared the results for the academic year 2022-23 before June 28, 2023 but the result of a particular candidate was withheld for whatever reason, then the candidate will not be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025.

Criterion 5: Earlier admission to IITs:

A candidate should NOT have been admitted to an IIT under any academic program that is listed in JoSAA Business Rule of 2024 or earlier, 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 to JEE (Advanced) 2025.

Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2024 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025.

The candidates who were allocated a seat in an IIT through JoSAA 2024 but (i) but did not report "online" OR 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 the seat allotment for IITs, are eligible to appear for JEE (Adanced) 2025.

However, in all the above cases, the candidate is also required to fulfil the conditions mentioned from Criterion 1 to Criterion 4.

The qualifying examinations listed below will be regarded comparable to the 12th standard:

The 10+2 system's final examination is administered by a Central or State Board Accredited by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

Intermediate or two-year Pre-University test adminstered by an Association of Indian Universities - recognized Board or University.

Final exam for the National Defence Academy's two-year Joint Services Wing Course.

The National Institute of Open schooling conducts a Senior Secondary School Examination with a minimum of five topics.

The AIU recognizes any public school, board, or university examination in India or a foreign country as equivalent to the 10+2 system.

The H.S.C. Vocational examination.

A three-year diploma from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) or a State Board of Technical Education is required.

Adanced (A) Level General Certificate of Education (GCE) examination (London, Cambridge, or Sri Lanka).

Cambridge University's High School Certificate Examination or the International Baccalaureate Diploma from the Internation Baccalaureate Office in Geneva.

12th Standard JEE Advanced Eligibility Marks

Candidates seeking admission to IITs must meet the JEE Advanced 2024 qualifying criterion. Furthermore, candidates can check their jEE Advanced Eligibility grades to see how many points they need to get in the Class 12 Test.

The 12th Percentage necessary for the JEE Advanced exam is 75% for both General and OBC Candidates.

For SC/ST applicants, the 12th percentile for JEE Advanced eligibility is 65%

Candidates must score in the top 20% in their qualifying examination category.

Candidates should include their scores in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Language, and one more course when determining their aggregate marks.

Process of Total Marks Calculation for 12th (or equivalent) Examination.

If a subject's grades are not out of 100, they will be scaled (up or down) to 100, marking the total aggregate marks out of 500.

If a Board only gives letter grades without providing an equal percentage of marks on the grade sheet, the canddiates must receive a certificate from the Board detailing the comparable marks and submit it when accepting the allocated seat. If the candidate fails to deliver the certificate, the Joint Implementation Committe will make the ultimate judegement.

If any of the subjects, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Language are not evaluated in the final year, the marks from the proceding years will be utilised to calculate the percentage of aggregate marks.

Candidates who took the 12th standard (or equivalent) board examination for the first time in 2022 and then retook it in all subjects in 2023 should be aware that the best of the two results will be considered.

If a Board assigns aggregate marks based on the both 11th and 12th grade examinations, only the 12th grade marks will be evaluated.

If a Board awards aggregate scores for all three years of a three-year diploma or courses of equal duration, only the grades earned in the final year will be considered. Similarly, for Boards that use a semester system, the final two semesters' grades will be evaluated.

If a Board does not reveal individual subject marks but only the aggregate marks, the aggregate marks issued by the Board will be used.

JEE Advanced 2025 Eligibility for Foreign Students

ELIGIBILTIY CRITERIA for foreign national candidates and for those OCI / PIO candidates who obtained their OCI / PIO Cards an or after 04.03.2021 for appearing for the JEE (Advanced) 2025.

Foreign National Candidates:

Candidates who are NOT citizens of India (by birth or naturalize) shall be considered as foreign nationals. Seats allotted to such foreign national candidates are supernumerary with a cap of 10% of total number of seats of every course. These candidates are outside the ambit of reservation of seats under the GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD categories / sub categories, as specified herein. There are no separate supernumerary seats or sub-category for females in the foreign national supernumerary seats.

The foreign national candidates, at the time of registering for JEE (Advanced) 2025 are NOT required to write JEE (Main) 2025 and may register for JEE (Advanced) 2025 directly subject to fulfilment of other eligiblity criteria mentioned below.

All foreign national candidates will be considered in addition to, and not as a part of the 2,50,000 Indian national candidates who qualify for appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2025.

All the seats allotted to the foreign national canddiates will be supplementary with a cap of 10% of total number of seats in every course. These candidates are outside the ambit of reservation of seats under the GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and PwD categories / sub-categories as will be specified in the Information Brochure of JEE (Advanced) 2025. There are no separate supernumerary seats or sub-category for femals in the foreign national supernumerary seats.

OCI / PIO Candidates:

As per the decision dated February 03, 2023 passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Writ Petition (Civil) 891 / 2021, the OCI / PIO candidates who have secured OCI / PIO card before 04.03.2021 shall be considered as Indian Nationals.

OCI / PIO candidates who have obtained their OCI / PIO card before 04.03.2021 have the option of applying for JEE (Advanced) 2025 EITHER as (a) foreign nationals OR (b) at par with Indian Nationals. Accordingly, OCI / PIO candidates are divided into three categories as follows:

1. Those OCI / PIO candidates who have obtained their OCI / PIO cards subsequent to 04.03.2021 will be considered as foreign national candidates and will be governed by the eligibility conditions contained herein for the foreign national candidates. For ease of convenience, these candidates are referred to as OCI / PIO (F). The OCI / PIO (F) candidates will be eligible to compete only for the foreign supernumerary seats.

2. The OCI / PIO candidates who have obtained their OCI / PIO cards before 04.03.2021 AND choose to be considered as foreign nationals, will be governed by the eligiblity conditions contained herein for the foreign national candidates and are also referred to as OCI / PIO. The OCI / PIO (F) candidates will be eligible to complete only for the foreign supernumerary seats.

3.Those OCI / PIO Candidates who have obtained their OCI / PIO cards before 04.03.2021 AND choose to be treated at par with Indian Nationals, will be governed by the eligibility conditions contained herein for the Indian national candidates and are referred to as OCI / PIO.

4.At the time of seat allocation, the OCI / PIO (I) candidates shall be considered for the seats in the OPEN and / or OPEN-PwD category and shall be included in the Common Rank List (CRL) and / or CRL-PwD, as also for the Female Supernumerary seats are applicable, subject to qualifying the JEE (Advanced) 2025.

5.OCI / PIO and OCI / PIO (F) candidates are NOT entitled to the benefit of reservation under the GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC or ST categories for the allocation of seats.

6.OCI PIO candidates who have obtained their OCI / PIO cards before 04.03.2021 are advised to choose thier option (OCI / PIO) (I) or OCI / PIO (F) carefully.These candidates have to exercise their option while registering for JEE (Advanced) 2025.The option once submitted cannot be changed at any subsequent stage.

7.Candidates must upload correct and complete documents at the stage of registration of JEE (Advanced) 2025.

8.In the event it is discovered that an OCI / PIO candidate has applied for JEE (Advanced) 2025 using his / her JEE (Main) credentials and has also applied as OCI / PIO (F) through direct registration, then such cases shall be treated as use of unfair means and the candidature shall be summarily cancelled.

Identity Proof: Identity proof of the candidate is required in the form of Citizenship Certificate / Foreign Passport and / or OCI / PIO Card, where applicable.

Eligibility Criteria for Appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2025:

Candidates who are NOT citizens of India (by birth or naturalized) (but not OCI / PIO candidates who have secured OCI / PIO card before 04.03.2021) and have studied or are studying in INDIA / ABROAD at 10+2 level or equivalent at the time of registering for JEE (Advanced) 2025 must simultaneously fulfil each and every one of the following four criteria (Criterion 1 to 4) to appear for (JEE Advanced) 2025.

Criterion 1 - Age Limit:

Candidates should have been born or after 01 October, 2000.In countries where a minimum stint in the armed forces (or allied) for a certain period is mandatory before / after Class XII (or equivalent) examination, the candidate will be given a relaxation of the required number of years.In such cases, the candidate is required to upload a certificate / testimonial issued by the competent authority to this effect at the time of registration.

Criterion 2 - Number of Attempts:

A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) maximum of three times in three consecutive years.

Criterion 3 - Appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination:

A candidate should have appeard for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2023 or 2024 or 2025 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.

Candidates who had appeared in Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2022 or earlier, are NOT eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025, irrespective of the combination or number of subjects attempted / offered.

*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 of 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 September 21, 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) 2025, provided they meet all the other eligiblity Criteria.In case the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declared the results of a particular candidate was withheld for whatever reason, then the candidates will not be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025.

Criterion 4 - Earlier Admission at IITs:

A candidate should NOT have been admitted to an IIT under any academic program that is listed in JoSAA Business Rules of 2024 or earlier, irrespective of whether or not the candidate continued to 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) 2025.

Candidates who have admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2024 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025.

The candidates who were allocated a seat in an IIT through JoSAA but did not report "online" IR (ii) withdraw before the last round of seat allotmen, 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) 2025.

Howver, in all the above cases, the candidates are required to fulfil the conditions mentioned from Criterion 1 to Criterion4.

Eligibility Criteria for Cut-off of JEE Advanced 2025

JEE Advanced category cutoff marks for the top 20%ile are calculated based on the marks obtained by applicants who pass their respective boards in the given year.

The Cut-off marks for JEE Advanced for PwD applicants will be the same as the lowest of the cutoff marks for the other categories.

Candidates who passed the 12th standard (or equivalent) examination in the same year will be considered for the top 20%ile cutoff for the academic year 2024.Similarly, for applicants who qualified for the exams in the academic year 2023, the cutoff of 2023 will be used.

Candidates who took the qualifying exam for the first time in 2024 and want to retake it in 2025 in order to qualify for the top 20%ile cutoff must retake all of the topics.For such individuals, the top 20%ile cutoff of 2024 will be considered.

If a Board does not give information on the top 20%ile cutoff, candidates must present a certificate from the individual board stating that they are in the top 20%ile of successful candidates.

JEE Advanced Past Year's Cut-Off (Qualifying)

Candidates can forecast their JEE Advanced qualifying percentage in 2024 by looking at the previous year's cutoff.The JEE Advanced qualifying % from the previous year is show below.

JEE Advanced 2024 Cutoff (Qualifying Marks)

Check the qualifying marks to see what the minimal JEE Advanced marks are to get into IIT for General, OBC, and SC/ST Students.However, the MInimum JEE Advanced marks will vary from year to year.

JEE Advanced Past Year Aggregate Marks Reservation Category-Wise

Relaxation in JEE Advanced Eligibility Criterion 2025

Candidates who successfully registered for JEE Advanced 2025 but were missing in both sessions, i.e.Paper 1 & Paper 2, are eligible to take the exam and do not need to meet any of the qualifying conditions listed above.The must, however, register for the JEE Advanced through the online registration portal and pay the registration fee.