JEE Main 2022 Eligibility: Qualifications, Age Limit, Reservation | EducationAsia.in

JEE Main 2022 Eligibility:

Candidates must check the eligibility criteria carefully before filling out an application for the JEE Main 2022: The following are the eligibility criteria from below:

Age Limit

For JEE Main 2022 there is no age limit for candidates. The candidates who have passed the class 12 / equivalent examination in 2020, 2021 or appearing in 2022 irrespective of their age can appear in the examination.

Attempt Limit

1. Candidates can appear a maximum of three times for the JEE Mains exam.

2. Attempted limits are the same for all the categories.

3. Candidates can appear for a maximum of two consecutive years for JEE advanced.

Educational Qualification:

For B.Planning: The candidates must have passed qualifying exams with 50% marks in Mathematics and 50% marks in aggregate of the qualifying exams.

For B.E/B. Tech: The applicants must have passed qualifying exams with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/Technical Vocation subjects.

For B.Arch: The candidates must have passed the qualifying examination with Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry. 

Qualifying Exams to Appear for JEE Main:

The basic qualifying exam to appear JEE Main is 12th from a recognized board and institution. However, there are other equivalent qualifying exams considered for eligibility in the JEE Main Exams, such as:

1. Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defense Academy (NDA)

2. Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects

3. Any Public School/ Board/ University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU)

4. Higher Secondary Certificate Vocational Examination

5. A Diploma degree holder recognized by AICTE or a State board of technical education of at least a 3-year duration

6. General Certificate of Education (GCE) examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level

Eligibility Criteria for Droppers:

Candidates who have gap years after 12th have to meet certain criteria, such as:

For admissions into NITs, IIITs and CFTIs admissions, applicants must have obtained a 75% aggregate or be amongst the top 20 percentile of their respective boards. At least 65% of marks are required for SC/ST category candidates

Reservation Criteria:

1. 15% of the seats Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates

2. 7.5% seats for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates

3. 27% seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC)

4. 10% of the seats for General Economically Weaker Sections (General - EWS) candidates

5. 405 of the seats for Persons with Disability (PwD) candidates

Reservation of Seats in Different Institutes: