JEE Main 2024 Eligibility Criteria: 75% Criteria, 12th Percentage, Number of Attempts, Age Limit

JEE Main 2024 Eligibility Criteria has been released by the National Testing Agency on the website jeemain.nta.nic.in. Candidates can check the complete JEE Main 2024 eligibility. The Supreme Court of India had earlier dismissed the plea regarding the relaxation of 75% marks in class 12 for admission at IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs.  Every JEE Main 2024 aspirant needs to fulfill the eligibility criteria mentioned by NTA in order to take admission at NITs, IIITs, and GFTId. JEE Main eligibility criteria are of two types:

• Eligibility criteria for appearing in JEE Main 2024 examination

• Eligibility criteria for admission in institutes – IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs

JEE Main eligibility criteria 2024 for appearing in the exam consist of conditions related to age limit, qualifying exam, subjects in qualifying exam, number of attempts, and year of passing the qualifying exam. JEE Main eligibility criteria for admission in institutes consist of conditions related to the nationality of the candidate, percentage of marks, and year of passing class 12/qualifying exam.

Candidates should check the detailed eligibility criteria of JEE Main 2024 before filling out the application form. JEE Main 2024 application form of candidates who do not fulfill the eligibility criteria will be cancelled and they will not be eligible for admission. It is thus candidates’ responsibility to check the JEE Main eligibility criteria before filling out the form.

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JEE Main 2024 Eligibility Criteria Highlights

Candidates can check here for complete details about JEE Main eligibility criteria provided by NTA. Candidates need to confirm that they meet all the conditions of eligibility before they fill the application form.

Eligibility Parameter	Eligibility Condition
Age Limit	No age limit
Qualifying exam	Class 12/equivalent exam
Year of passing the qualifying exam	2022, 2023 or appearing in 2024
Subjects in the qualifying exam	For JEE Main Paper 1 (BTech)- Physics and Maths as compulsory subjects and any one subject among Chemistry/Biology/Technical Vocational Subject For JEE Main Paper 2A (BArch)- Physics, Chemistry, and Maths as compulsory subjects in class 12 For JEE Main Paper 2B (BPlan) - Mathematics as a compulsory subject in class 12
Percentage of marks	Minimum 75% marks in class 12 or be in the top 20 percentile
Number of attempts	Candidates can appear in JEE Main for three consecutive years from passing their class 12/qualifying exam Two attempts in a year

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JEE Main Eligibility Criteria 2024 - Complete Details

Check the eligibility criteria in detail that candidates need to fulfill in order to appear in JEE Main 2024.

JEE Main 2024 Eligibility Criteria- Age Limit

For appearing in the JEE Main 2024, there is no age limit for the candidates. The candidates who have passed the class 12/ equivalent examination in 2021, 2022, or appearing in 2024 irrespective of their age can appear in JEE Main 2022 examination.

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria 2024 - Qualifying Exam

Candidates need to have passed anyone of the following exams in order to appear for JEE Main 2024

• The final examination of the 10 2 system conducted by any recognized Central/ State Board, such as the 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 Defense 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 any foreign country is recognized as equivalent to the 10 2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

• Higher Secondary Certificate Vocational Examination.

• A Diploma recognized by AICTE or a State board of technical education of at least 3 years duration.

• General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London/Cambridge/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 Main 2024 Eligibility Criteria - Year of Passing Qualifying Examination

Only those candidates who have passed the Class 12/equivalent examination in 2022, 2023, or appearing in 2024 are eligible to appear in JEE Main 2024. Candidates who passed the Class 12/equivalent examination in 2020 or before as well as those who will appear in such examination in 2024 or later are not eligible to appear in JEE Main 2024.

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria of Subjects in Class 12/Qualifying Exam

JEE Main 2024 will be held for three separate courses, BTech, BArch, and BPlan. The combination of subjects is different for all three courses.

• For JEE Main 2024 Paper 1 (BTech): Candidates need to have Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects and one subject among Chemistry/Biology/Technical Vocational Subject

• For JEE Main 2024 Paper 2A (BArch): Candidates need to have Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics in class 12/equivalent examination

• For JEE Main 2024 Paper 2B (BPlan): Candidates need to have Mathematics in class 12/equivalent examination.

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria- Number of Attempts

Candidates who have passed class 12 in 2022 or 2023 or candidates who are appearing in their class 12 exam in 2024 are eligible to appear in JEE Main 2024. Candidates who have passed their class 12 exam before 2021 or would appear in class 12 after 2024 are not eligible to appear in the exam as per JEE Main 2024 eligibility criteria. In 2024, JEE Mains will be conducted two times in January and April respectively.

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria- 75% Marks in Class 12

Candidates can appear in JEE Main irrespective of their percentage in class 12. Candidates must note that there is no requirement for JEE Main eligibility marks in 12th for appearing in the exam. The eligibility criteria of 75% marks are applicable only at the time of taking admission to the institute.

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria 2024 - State of Eligibility

State of eligibility in JEE Main 2024 eligibility criteria means the State from where the candidate has passed Class 12 or equivalent qualifying examination by virtue of which the candidate becomes eligible to appear in JEE Main 2024. It is important to note that the State code of eligibility does NOT depend upon the native place or the place of residence of the candidate. For example, if a candidate appears for the Class 12 examination in New Delhi but is a resident of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, the candidate’s State code of eligibility will be Delhi and NOT Uttar Pradesh. If a candidate has passed Class 12 or equivalent qualifying examination from one state but appeared for improvement from another state, the candidate’s State code of eligibility will be from where the candidate first passed the Class 12 and NOT the State from where the candidate has appeared for improvement. Candidates who passed/appeared in class 12th from NIOS should select the State of Eligibility according to the State in which the study center is located.

For Indian nationals passing the Class 12 or equivalent examination from Nepal/Bhutan, the State code of eligibility will be determined based on a permanent address in India as given in the passport of the candidate.

State Code of Eligibility

Name of State	Code of State
Andhra Pradesh	AP
Arunachal Pradesh	AL
Assam	AM
Bihar	BR
Chhattisgarh	CG
Delhi/New Delhi	DL
Goa	GO
Gujarat	GJ
Haryana	HR
Himachal Pradesh	HP
Jammu & Kashmir	JK
Jharkhand	JH
Karnataka	KK
Kerala	KL
Madhya Pradesh	MP
Maharashtra	MR
Manipur	MN
Meghalaya	MG
Mizoram	MZ
Nagaland	NL
Odisha	OR
Punjab	PB
Rajasthan	RJ
Sikkim	SM
Tamil Nadu	TN
Telangana	TL
Tripura	TA
Uttar Pradesh	UP
Uttarakhand	UK
West Bengal	WB
Name of Union Territory	Code
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT)	AN
Chandigarh (UT)	CH
Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT)	DN
Daman & Diu (UT)	DD
Lakshadweep (UT)	LD
Puducherry (UT)	PO
Foreign
Foreign/OCI/PIO/Nepal/Bhutan	-

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria for Admission in IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs

The eligibility criteria for admission in IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs are decided by the institute and not by NTA. JEE Main eligibility criteria decided by NTA are only meant for appearing in the examination. The details about eligibility criteria for admission to the institute are provided by Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), the counselling authority which admits students to these institutes. For details about the eligibility criteria for admission, candidates can visit the JoSAA website. 

Minimum 75% Marks in Class 12

Candidates need to score at least 75% marks in class 12 to get admission in NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs. Candidates belonging to SC/ST need to have at least 60& marks.

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria for Appearing in JEE Advanced

The eligibility criteria for appearing in JEE Advanced is that candidates should have appeared in JEE Main and obtained the minimum cutoff marks decided by NTA. Also, candidates need to be in top 2,50,000 rank in order of merit in the Common Rank List in order to appear in JEE Advanced 2024. One important condition is that candidates can appear in JEE Advanced twice, in two consecutive years from the year of passing class 12/equivalent examination.

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria - Important Points to Remember

• It is the candidate's responsibility to check all the details about eligibility criteria before filling out the application form
• Candidates who do not fulfil the eligibility criteria but apply for JEE Main 2024, their application can get cancelled at any stage of the admission cycle
• Candidates need to fill in the correct details in their application form as per the original documents and eligibility conditions
• There is no age limit for appearing in JEE Main 2024, the only condition being is that they can appear in three consecutive years after passing class 12
• There are no criteria for a minimum percentage of marks in class 12 for appearing in class JEE Main 2024