JEE Main 2025 Eligibility Criteria: What is state code of eligibility? Here’s list of qualifying exams

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has started the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main 2025) registration for eligible candidates who wish to give their first attempt in January. As per the schedule, the JEE Main registration last date is November 22. Interested candidates can check the detailed eligibility criteria to be considered for BTech admission for the upcoming academic year 2025-26. BTech Admissions without JEE Main 2025 LIVE

The JEE Mains session 1 exam will commence from January 22 at various locations across India and abroad. The exam will be held for BE, BTech and BArch and BPlanning papers. The national-level entrance exam is conducted for offering admission into BTech courses at National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), centrally-funded technical institutes (CFTIs) and other participating colleges.

Students who qualify the exam and obtain a rank in the top 2.5 lakh will be eligible to appear in the JEE Advanced 2025, a gateway to IIT admissions. JEE Main session 1 exam 2025 will be held from January 22 to January 31 and session 2 from April 1 to 8.

JEE Mains 2025: Eligibility

• Class 12 students who have passed exam with physics and mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of chemistry, biotechnology, biology, technical vocational subjects.
• Candidates who have passed Class 12 exams in 2023, 2024 will be eligible to apply.
• Those who are appearing in 2025 board exams will also be eligible.
• There is no age limit to apply for the IIT JEE Mains exam 2025, however, they will be required to fulfil the age criteria if it’s applicable for the institute applying for.

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List of qualifying exams

• Class 12 board exam conducted by any recognized central or state educational board, such as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) etc.
• Intermediate or two-year Pre-University exam (PUC) conducted by a recognized board or 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 (NIOS) with a minimum of five subjects.
• Any public school, board, or university exam in India or any foreign country is recognized as equivalent to the Class 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, 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.
• Candidates who have completed the Class 12 or equivalent exam outside India or from a Board not specified above should produce a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) to the effect that the examination they have passed is equivalent to the Class 12 Examination.
• Candidates should have passed at one public exam either Class 12 board exam or pre-university exam.

What is state code of eligibility?

If a candidate has passed the Class 12 exam from one state but appeared for improvement from another state, the state code of eligibility will be from where the candidate first passed the qualifying exam and not from where they appeared for improvement.

Those who have passed Class 12 or appearing for the exam from NIOS should select the state of eligibility according to the state in which the study centre is located.

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

Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) passing the Class 12 from an institution abroad are eligible for other state quota seats or All India quota seats, but not for Home State quota seats in all NITs, IIITs and Other-CFTIs.