JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria 2024

The criteria include factors such as performance in JEE Main, age limit, educational qualification, and more. To be eligible, candidates must appear in JEE Main and be among the top 2,50,000 qualifying candidates. Those who meet the eligibility conditions can register for the JEE Advanced exam. The exam will be conducted on May 26.

JEE Advanced 2024 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates can check the JEE Advanced eligibility criteria 2024 in the online mode. The criteria include various conditions that candidates need to fulfill in order to apply for the entrance exam. These include age, number of attempts, qualifying exam marks, JEE Advanced qualifying percentile, minimum marks in JEE Main 2023, and more. Below are the detailed eligibility criteria for JEE Advanced.

Criterion 1 - Performance in JEE Main

Candidates must pass JEE Main (Paper 1) and be among the top 2,50,000 candidates. The percentage reservation for different categories is provided below:

• GEN-EWS - 10%
• OBC-NCL - 27%
• SC - 15%
• ST - 7.5%
• OPEN - 40.5%
• PwD - 5% horizontal reservation in all of the above.

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

Criterion 2: JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria - Age Limit

• Candidates must have been born on or after October 1, 1999, to meet the JEE Advanced attempt limit.
• There is a relaxation of 5 years for SC, ST, and PwD candidates (born on or after October 1, 1994).

Criterion 3: JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria- Number of Attempts

• Candidates can appear for two consecutive years.

Criterion 4: JEE Advanced 2024 Eligibility Criteria- Appearance in 12th (or equivalent) Examination

• Candidates who have taken the class 10+2 exam in 2023 or 2024 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects are eligible for JEE Advanced.
• Aspirants who took the class 10+2 exam in 2022 or earlier are not eligible.
• If the result for the academic year 2021-22 is declared on or after September 21, 2022, candidates from that board who took their 12th standard qualifying exam in 2022 will also be eligible for JEE Advanced 2024 if they meet the other eligibility criteria. However, if the result for a particular candidate was withheld despite the board declaring the results for the academic year 2020-2021 before September 21, 2021, the candidate will not be eligible for JEE Advanced 2024.

The following qualifying examinations are considered equivalent to 12th standard:

• Final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by a Central or State Board recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
• Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a Board or University recognized by the Association of Indian Universities.
• 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, or University examination in India or a foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the AIU.
• H.S.C. vocational examination.
• Diploma recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) or a State Board of Technical Education of at least 3 years duration.
• General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London, Cambridge, or Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
• High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.

JEE Advanced Eligibility Marks in 12th Standard

For admissions into IITs, candidates must meet the eligibility criteria of JEE Advanced 2024. Additionally, aspirants can check the JEE advanced eligibility marks to determine the minimum marks required in the class 12 exam.

• The 12th percentage required for JEE Advanced exam is 75% for General and OBC candidates. For SC/ST candidates, the JEE Advanced eligibility 12th percentage is 65%.
• Candidates must be within the top 20 category percentile of the qualifying examination.
• When calculating aggregate marks, candidates should consider scores in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Language, and any one other subject.

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

• If the marks given in a subject are not out of 100, they will be scaled (up or down) to 100 so that the total aggregate marks become out of 500.
• If a Board only awards letter grades without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the grade sheet, the candidate must obtain a certificate from the Board specifying the equivalent marks and submit it when accepting the allocated seat. Failure to provide the certificate will result in the final decision being made by the Joint Implementation Committee.

• If any of the subjects Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Language are not evaluated in the final year, the marks from the previous year/s will be used to calculate the aggregate marks.
• Candidates who appeared in the 12th standard (or equivalent) board examination for the first time in 2023 and reappeared in all subjects in 2024 will have their best performance considered.
• If a Board considers both 11th and 12th standard examinations for aggregate marks, only the 12th standard marks will be considered. If a Board considers the results of all three years of a 3-year diploma or equivalent courses, only the marks from the final year will be considered. Similarly, for Boards following a semester system, the marks from the final two semesters will be considered.
• If a Board does not provide marks for individual subjects but only gives aggregate marks, the aggregate marks given by the Board will be considered.

JEE Advanced 2024 Eligibility for Foreign Students

The application process for JEE Advanced 2024 is open to all Indian citizens. Additionally, international candidates, who make up less than 10% of the SNQ, are also eligible. Candidates must have completed their Class 12 exams during the academic year 2024-2025.

Factors that determine the cut off of JEE Advanced

Various factors determine the cut off of JEE Advanced, including previous year’s cutoff trends, the total number of applicants, the difficulty level of the exam, candidates’ performance in JEE Advanced 2023, and the number of available seats for admission.

Eligibility Criteria for Cutoff of JEE Advanced 2024

The category-wise cutoff marks of JEE Advanced for the top 20 percentile are calculated based on the marks scored by candidates who pass their respective boards in the particular year. The cutoff marks for PwD candidates will be the same as the lowest cutoff marks for other categories. The top 20 percentile cutoff for the academic year 2024 will be considered for candidates who passed the 12th standard (or equivalent) examination in the same year. Similarly, the cutoff of 2023 will be taken for candidates who qualified the exam in the academic year 2023. Candidates who appeared for the qualifying exam for the first time in 2023 and wish to reappear in 2024 to qualify for the top 20 percentile cutoff will have to retake all subjects. The top 20 percentile cutoff of 2023 will be considered for such candidates. If a Board does not provide information about the top 20 percentile cutoff, candidates will need to produce a certificate from the respective board stating that they fall within the top 20 percentile of successful candidates.

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

Candidates can refer to the previous year’s cutoff to predict the expected JEE Advanced qualifying percentile in 2024. Below is the previous year’s JEE Advanced qualifying percentile.

JEE Advanced 2023 Cutoff (Qualifying Marks)

Relaxation in JEE Advanced Eligibility Criterion 2024

Candidates who registered for JEE Advanced 2023 but did not appear for both Paper 1 and Paper 2 are still eligible to appear for JEE Advanced 2023. They do not need to fulfill eligibility criteria 1 to 4 mentioned above. However, they must register for JEE Advanced in the online registration portal and pay the registration fee.

Criterion 5: JEE Advanced 2024 Eligibility Criteria - Earlier Admissions at IITs

Candidates who were previously admitted to an IIT through JoSAA 2023 are not eligible for JEE Advanced, regardless of whether they continued in the program or not. Candidates who accepted an IIT seat by reporting at a reporting center in the past are also not eligible for admission. Additionally, candidates whose admissions to IITs were cancelled after joining are not eligible for JEE Advanced 2024.

However, candidates who were admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2023 will be able to appear for JEE Advanced 2024. Candidates who paid the seat acceptance fee in JoSAA 2023 will also be eligible for JEE Advanced 2024 if they meet the following conditions:

• If the candidates did not report at any reporting centers
• If they withdrew before the last round of seat allotment
• If their seat was cancelled (for any reason) before the final round of seat allotment.

JEE Advanced 2024 Stats

The authority will announce JEE Advanced 2024 stats on the official website. The stats will include details regarding the number of students who appeared and how many students qualified for JEE Advanced. Knowing the number of qualifying candidates will help understand the ratio of qualifying candidates by category. Candidates can check the previous year stats to see how many students qualified for JEE Advanced compared to the number of applicants.

JEE Advanced 2023 Statistics: Summary of Number of Candidates