The eligibility criteria for JEE Advanced 2022 have been released by IIT Bombay on the official website. The eligibility criteria contain all the existing or new conditions and requirements that are set for the entrance examination. Meanwhile, from 2020 onwards, the exam authorities will be shortlisting the top 2,50,000 JEE Main candidates to appear for JEE Advanced.
The complete information on eligibility for JEE Advanced is discussed here on this page. Aspirants can go through them below.
Nationality: Students who are citizens of India, PIOs (Persons of Indian Origin), OCIs (Overseas Citizens of India) and Foreign nationals are eligible to appear for the JEE Advanced exam. Certain conditions have to be met by foreign nationals. We will look at them in detail below.
Age Criteria: Candidates who were born on or after the 1st of October 1997 are eligible. Applicants belonging to the reserved category are provided with a relaxation of 5 years. So, candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1992.
Candidates may appear and write the exam twice in two years, regardless of whether they passed the qualifying exam.
Exam And Percentage of Marks: We will look at the exam requirements in detail below.
Name of the Category | % of Candidates to be Shortlisted for JEE Advanced |
OBC-NCL | 27% |
SC | 15% |
ST | 7.5% |
Open (General) | 40.5% |
General EWS | 10% |
Here is the category-wise distribution of top 2,50,000* candidates (Criterion 1) –
Category-wise | No. of Top candidates | Total no. of top candidates |
OBC-NCL | 64,125 | 67,500 |
OBC-NCL-PwD | 3375 | |
SC | 35,625 | 37,500 |
SC - PwD | 1,875 | |
ST | 17,812 | 18,750 |
ST - PWD | 938 | |
Open | 96,187 | 1,01,250 |
Open - PwD | 5,063 | |
General EWS + General EWS PWD | 23,750+1,250 | 25,000 |
Total | 2,50,000 |
The age criteria for JEE Advanced 2022 is as follows –
Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1997. Five years age relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates, i.e., these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1992
Appearance in Class 12th Exam or Equivalent Examination Criteria for JEE Advanced 2022: