JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria (2024): IIT Madras will publish the eligibility criteria for JEE Advanced 2024 on the official website. The eligibility criteria contain all the existing or new conditions and requirements for the entrance examination. Meanwhile, from 2020 onwards, the exam authorities are shortlisting the top 2,50,000 JEE Main candidates to appear for the JEE Advanced. The complete information on expected eligibility for JEE Advanced 2024 is discussed here. JEE aspirants can go through them below.
Eligibility Criteria for Indian Nationals Appearing for JEE (Advanced) 2024
All the candidates must simultaneously fulfill every one of the following five criteria to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2023. Criterion 1 – Performance in JEE (Main) 2023: Candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates (including all categories) in B.E./B.Tech. paper of JEE (Main) 2023.
The percentage-wise reservations of different categories are:
| Category | Percentage |
| Open | 40.5% |
| GEN-EWS | 10% |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 15% |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 7.5% |
| OBC-NCL | 27% |
| PwD | 5% Horizontal Reservation |
The following table shows the order to be followed while choosing the top 2,50,000 candidates in various categories based on their performance in B.E./B.Tech. paper of JEE (Main) 2024.
Criterion 1: Category-wise distribution of top 2,50,000* candidates
| Category | Number of Top Candidates | Total Candidates |
| Open | 96,187 | 101250 |
| Open PwD | 5,063 | |
| General-EWS | 23,750 | 25000 |
| General-EWS-PwD | 1,250 | |
| OBC Non-Creamy Layer | 64,125 | 67500 |
| OBC Non-Creamy Layer PwD | 3,375 | |
| Scheduled Caste | 35,625 | 37500 |
| Scheduled Caste PwD | 1875 | |
| Scheduled Tribe | 17,812 | 18750 |
| Scheduled Tribe PwD | 938 |
* The total number of candidates may be slightly greater than 2,50,000 in the presence of “tied” ranks/scores in any category.
Criterion 2 – Age limit:
Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1999. Five years of age relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates, i.e. these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1994.
Criterion 3 – Number of attempts:
A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in two consecutive years.
Criterion 4 – Appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination*:
- A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2023 or 2024 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.
- Candidates who had appeared in Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2022 or earlier, are NOT eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2024, irrespective of the combination of subjects attempted/offered.
- By appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination, it is meant that the Board concerned declared the result for that year irrespective of whether or not the examination was conducted.
- It will be considered as an appearance even if the result of a particular candidate got withheld.
- However, if the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declared the results for the academic year 2021-22 on or after October 25, 2022, then the candidates of that Board who appeared for their Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2022 are also eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2023, provided they meet all the other eligibility criteria.
- In case the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declared the results for the academic year 2021-22 before October 25, 2022, but the result of a particular candidate was withheld, then the candidate will not be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2024.
Criterion 5 – Earlier admission at IITs:
- A candidate should NOT have been admitted to an IIT irrespective of whether or not the candidate continued in the program OR accepted an IIT seat by reporting “online” / at a “reporting center” in the past.
- Candidates whose admission to IITs was canceled (for whatever reason) after joining any IIT are also NOT eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2024.
- Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2023 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2024.
- The candidates who were allocated a seat in an IIT through JoSAA 2023 but
(i) did not report “online” / at any “reporting center” OR,
(ii) withdrew before the last round of seat allotment, OR,
(iii) had their seat canceled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITs, are eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2024. - However, in all of the above cases, the candidate is also required to fulfill the conditions mentioned from Criterion 1 to Criterion 4.
Eligibility criteria for foreign national candidates and OCI/PIO card holders can be found at https://jeeadv.ac.in/foreign.html.