Candidates should check the eligibility criteria before the applying the JEE Main 2025 examination
Age Criteria
- For appearing in the JEE Main -2025, there is no age limit for the candidates. The candidates who have passed the class 12/ equivalent examination in the last previous year including 2024, 2023.
List of Qualifying examination
- The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized central/ state board, such as the central board of secondary education, New Delhi; council for the Indian School Certificate examinations, New Delhi, etc.
- Intermediate or two-year Pre-University
- Final examination of the two-year course
- Senior secondary school examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.
- 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 examination (London/Cambridge/ Sri Lanka) at advanced (A) level.
Year of appearance in Qualifying examination
- Only those candidates who have passed the class 12/ equivalent examination in 2023, 2024, or those who are appearing in class 12/ equivalent examination in 2024, are eligible to appear in JEE (Main)- 2025.
Check JEE Main 2025 State Eligibility
- State code of eligibility means the code of the State from where the candidate has passed class 12 (or equivalent) qualifying examination by virtue of which the candidate becomes eligible to appear in JEE (Main) .
- If a candidate has passed the Class 12 (or equivalent) qualifying examination from one state but appeared for improvement from another state, the candidate state code of eligibility will be from where the candidate first passed the class 12.
- The state code of eligibility of OCI passing class 12 (or equivalent) examination in India at par with Indian Nationals. However, OCI passed class 12 (or equivalent).