OJEE Colleges 2025: Admissions, Fees, Ranking, Placements

Reserved category students will be given a five percent relaxation in the minimum aggregate required for students from Schedule Caste or Schedule Tribe categories for all the courses offered through Odisha Joint Entrance Examination. There is also a 30 percent reservation for female students in Bachelor of Technology, Bachelor of Planning, Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Business Administration, Master of Computer Application, and Integrated Master of Business Administration. A detailed resrvation criteria is given in the table below:

Category	Reservation
Scheduled Caste (SC)	8%
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	12%
Green Card (GC)	5%
Persons with Disabilities (PwD)	5%
Ex-Servicemen (ES)	3%
Tution Fee Waiver	5%
Women	30%
Outlying Odisha	3% in government colleges only

The course-wise eligibility & selection criteria for admission to National Institute of Science and Technology is given below: 

Course	Eligibility Criteria	Selection Criteria
BTech	Class 12th in the relevant discipline	JEE Main/ OJEE
MBA	Graduation with a minimum of 50% aggregate	MAT/XAT/ CAT/ ATMA/ OJEE
MTech	Graduation in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 50% aggregate	GATE/ OJEE/ CUET-PG
BCA	Graduation in the relevant discipline with a minimum of 50% aggregate	OJEE
BSc	Class 12th in the relevant discipline	merit-based
BCA	Class 12th in the relevant discipline	merit-based
ATMA/	Graduation with a minimum of 50% aggregate	merit-based

Students who wish to participate in the OJEE counselling must fulfil the below-mentioned eligibility criteria. 1. Candidate must have completed at least 17 years of age 2. Candidates who wish to participate in BAMS/BHMS counselling must have qualified in NEET (UG) with a valid rank 3. Candidates' parents should be a native of Odisha state. 4. Candidates have to present the Resident/Nativity Certificate during document verification 5. Candidate must have scored 50% aggregate in Physics Chemistry and Biology in Class 12 for General category candidates. The minimum aggregate for SC/ST is 40%. 6. Also, the candidates must have passed English Physics Chemistry and Biology subjects individually.

The OJEE Board releases the OJEE counselling notification online on the website, ojee.nic.in. The OJEE counselling process has started on June 20, 2025.

Candidates who qualify the OJEE exam will be eligible to participate in the OJEE counselling process. The qualifying candidates have to complete the OJEE counselling registration online once the registration window opens. The registration process for OJEE counselling comprises registration, choice filling & locking, seat allotment, and reporting to the nodal centre. The authority will release OJEE counselling 2025 schedule online. The registration window will be open for approximately a month and the students can lock their choices and get the document verification done after the final seat allotment process is complete.

The OJEE counselling process will be conducted for admission into different courses in the Odisha state. Students will have to fill the online application form in which they have to fill the college or courses of their choice. Candidates who wish to take part in the OJEE counselling process, need to pay a non-refundable fee of INR 450. Along with this, students will have to present original documents at the time of document verification at the nodal centers. Candidates will be allotted the seats provisionally and courses at first round of counselling. After the final seat allotment, students will have to pay the part admission fee of 10,000 or INR 5,000, based on the category online.