JEE Advanced 2020 Eligibility Criteria relaxed for IIT Admissions
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Students qualifying only the JEE Advanced, irrespective of their marks in Class 12 board exams, will be eligible for admission to IITs, said HRD Minister. Read on to know more.
JEE Advanced 2020: The admission criteria for Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have been relaxed, announced the Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Twitter.
In his tweet, the HRD minister said that apart from qualifying the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced, the mandatory eligibility to score a minimum of 75% aggregate in class XII board has been revoked.
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Earlier, it was must for students to score a minimum of 75 percent aggregate marks in the Class XII board exams or ranked in the top 20 percentile in their qualifying examinations to be eligible for IIT admissions.
The MHRD has taken the step after the cancellation of several board exams due to the COVID-19 outbreak in the country. Due to the cancellation of exams, even bright students may have scored lesser marks, thus, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) has relaxed the criterion of 75% aggregate.
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Students qualifying only the JEE Advanced, irrespective of their marks in Class 12 board exams, will be eligible for admission to IITs, said HRD Minister Pokhriyal.
The HRD Minister tweeted: “For admissions to IITs, apart from qualifying the JEE (Advanced), the eligibility was to secure either a minimum score of 75% marks in class XII Board exams or rank among the top 20 percentile in their qualifying examinations. Due to the partial cancellation of class XII exams by several Boards, Joint Admission Board (JAB) has decided to relax the eligibility criterion for JEE (Advanced), 2020 qualified candidates, this time.”
“Qualified candidates who have passed class XII examinations will now be eligible for admissions irrespective of marks obtained,” he further added.
JEE Advanced is annually for admission to various undergraduate Engineering, Science and Architecture courses in 23 IITs. Applicants have to qualify the JEE Main first.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 3 weeks ago
To be eligible for JEE Advanced JoSAA counselling:
- Candidates should have JEE Advanced rank
- Candidates must have passed class 12 or equivalent exam
- Candidates should have studied Physics, Chemistry and Maths in class 12
- In class 12, canmdidates must have score 75% aggregate marks or must be in top 20 p
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
No, your candidature will be rejected as you need to have minimum of 75% in class 12 to be eligible for admisison to the IITs, NIT, IIITs and GFTIs via the JoSAA counselling. Even if you pass JEE Advanced and JEE Main, of you do not have 75% minimum marks in class 12 boards you will no get admission
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
Devdutta Majhi was the female topper in JEE Advanced 2025. She has scored 312 marks out of 360 marks and got anm all India rank of 16.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
In 2025, the number of male candidates who passed JEE Advanced were 44,974 and 9,404 females qualified.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
1,87,223 candidates registered for JEE Advanced 2025 and 1,80,422 appeared in the exam. Of them, 54,378 passed the JEE Advanced exam in 2025.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
No. The JEE Advanced counselling is held online only on the official website of JoSAA - josaa.nic.in. The counselling process includes:
- Registration
- Choice filling
- Mock seat allotment
- Seat allotment
- Online reporting (seat confirmation, payment of fee, freeze/slide/float)
- Document verification
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
The official website for JEE Advanced counselling is josaa.nic.in. All details related to the JEE Advanced counselling is posted on the official website. Candidates have to register online for the counselling process at josaa.nic.in.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 weeks ago
The JEE Advanced counselling is held online on the official website - josaa.nic.in. The JEE Advanced counselling for IIT admission is called the JoSAA counselling. Only candidates with JEE Advanced rank are allowed to register for the counselling process.
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
As per the analysis of the previous year data, the candidates belonging to general category must aim to score around 180 marks out of 360 to qualify the exam. 180+ marks will be a safe zone and will ensure that you pass the exam for IIT admissions. However, note that this marks will not get you a go
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Contributor-Level 6
Answered 3 weeks ago
To get a JEE Advanced AIR below 5000, candidates must score around 145 marks out of 360 as per the 2025 data.
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Contributor-Level 6
What is the JEE Advanced JoSAA counselling eligibility?