JEE Main Eligibility Criteria

As per the official announcement by the Department of Higher Education, candidates need to match the following criteria to be eligible to appear in the JEE Main 2022:

Age criteria

• There is no age bar for appearing in the JEE Main 2022 examination
• Candidates who completed the class 12/ corresponding examinations in 2020, 2021, or are appearing in 2022, regardless of age, are eligible to sit for the JEE (Main) – 2022 examination
• In case, if the institute they are taking admission in has specific age criteria, they need to follow that

Qualifying examinations list

• Vocational Examination for the Higher Secondary Certificate
• The end examination of the 10+2 curriculum, which is administered by any recognized Central/ State Board, such as the CBSE in New Delhi, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations in New Delhi, and so on
• A two-year intermediate or pre-university test administered by a recognized Board/ University
• Any public school/board/university examination in India or any other country, recognized as equivalent to 10+2 by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU)
• A three-year diploma approved by AICTE or a state board of technical education
• The National Institute of Open Schooling conducts the final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy Senior Secondary School Examination, with a minimum of five topics
• Advanced (A) level General Certificate of Education (GCE) test (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka)
• Cambridge University’s High School Certificate Examination or the International Baccalaureate Diploma from the International Baccalaureate Office in Geneva
• If the Class 12 Exam is not a public test, the candidate must have previously passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination
• Candidates who have finished the Class 12 (or comparable) examination outside of India or from a Board other than those listed above must present a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) stating that the test they passed is equal to the Class 12 Examination

Years of appearing in the qualifying examination

• Those applicants who completed the Class 12/ corresponding test in 2020, and 2021, or who are scheduled to take the Class 12/ corresponding exam in 2022 are qualified to take the JEE (Main) – 2022
• Applicants who completed the Class 12/corresponding exam in 2019 or earlier, as well as those who will take it in 2023 or after, are ineligible to take the JEE (Main) – 2022