JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria 2023

The JEE Advanced eligibility criteria are important guidelines that aspirants should adhere to before filling out the application form for JEE Advanced. Students are suggested to carefully check the detailed information on the eligibility criteria listed by the exam conducting body. It will help them know many important details about the exam, like age criteria, nationality, number of attempts, and more. The JEE Advanced eligibility criteria will help students know the minimum requirements they need to fulfil to appear for the exam. Further, the information provided will help students analyse whether they are eligible or not. Those who fail to meet the requirements will not be able to appear for the exam.

IIT JEE Advanced 2023 Eligibility Criteria

IIT Guwahati released the eligibility criteria for JEE Advanced 2023 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 2023 is discussed here. 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 1998 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, 1993.

Candidates may appear and write the exam twice in two consecutive years, regardless of whether they passed the qualifying exam.

Exam and Percentage of Marks: We will look at the exam requirements in detail below.

JEE Advanced Eligibility Based on Performance in JEE Main

To be eligible for JEE Advanced, aspirants should rank within the top 2,50,000 (including all categories) of successful candidates in JEE Main. The total number of candidates may also be greater than 2,50,000 in the presence of “tied” ranks or scores in any category.

The percentage-wise reservations of different categories are:

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) 2023.

JEE Advanced Eligibility on the Basis of Class 12 Board Exams or Other Equivalent Exams

• The applicants should have cleared Class 12 board exams or any other equivalent exam in 2022. Applicants appearing for the 2023 board exams are also eligible. Candidates who had appeared in the Class 12 (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2021 or earlier are NOT eligible to appear in the JEE Advanced 2023.

• Students are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced if the results of their Class 12 board exams or any other equivalent examination for the academic year 2023 were declared after June 2023. Note: By appearance in the Class 12 (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 would be considered as an appearance even if the result of a particular candidate got withheld.

• However, suppose the examination board of Class 12 (or equivalent) declared the results for the academic year 2020-21 on or after October 15, 2021. In that case, the candidates of that board who appeared for their Class 12 exam in 2021 are also eligible to appear in the JEE (Advanced) 2023, provided they meet all the other eligibility criteria. If the examination board of Class 12 (or equivalent) declared the results for the academic year 2020- 21 before October 15, 2021, but the result of a particular candidate was withheld, then the candidate will not be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2023.

• The students belonging to the general category must secure a minimum of 75% of their marks. Students belonging to SC, ST, and PwD categories must secure a minimum of 65% of marks in their Class 12 board examinations, or they must be from the list of category-wise top 20 percentile in their respective Class 12 equivalent board examinations.

• The following five subjects will be considered to calculate the cut-off marks and aggregate marks for fulfilling the JEE Advanced eligibility criteria of the top 20 percentile:

• If the total marks scored in any of the subjects are not out of 100, then, while calculating the aggregate marks, the total marks obtained will be scaled up and down to 100.

Also Check: JEE Advanced 2023 Information Brochure

Eligibility Criteria for Foreign Nationals

Those candidates who are foreign nationals have a different set of eligibility criteria laid out for them by the authorities. As per the details provided in the official document, candidates are treated as foreign nationals if they are not citizens of India, or their parents are not of Indian origin and do not belong to either OCI/PIO category.

Some of the other information that candidates should be aware of are:

• Foreign nationals do not have the privilege of reservation of seats under any categories as directed by the Government of India.
• Foreign national candidates who have studied or are studying ABROAD at  10+2 level or equivalent at the time of registering for JEE (Advanced) 2023 are not required to write JEE (Main) 2023 and may register for JEE (Advanced) 2023 directly subject to fulfilment of other eligibility criteria. 
• Foreign national candidates who have studied or are studying in INDIA at 10+2  level or equivalent are required to write JEE (Main) 2023 and qualify for JEE (Advanced) 2023 under the OPEN category. 
• Identity proof of both the parents and the candidate is required as a citizenship certificate/passport.
• Talking about the availability of seats, foreign nationals are allotted a maximum of 10% of the total number of seats in every course.

All foreign candidates planning to write the JEE Advanced exam must first register online through the JEE Advanced website (https://jeeadv.ac.in) or (https://jeeadv.ac.in/foreign.html). The registration fee for JEE (Advanced) 2023, applicable to foreign nationals, is given in the following table.

Registration Fee for JEE Advanced 2023

• The registration fee does not include any processing fees or service charges, or any other charges that the banks can levy.
• The online registration portal normally provides detailed instructions related to the payment of the registration fee.

Documents Required for Registration

• 12th standard marks sheet/certificate for cut-off.
• Identity proof.
• Birth certificate for verifying the age.
• Citizenship certificate/passport of parents.
• Testimonial (if required).

*All the seats allotted to foreign national candidates will be supernumerary, with a cap of 10% of the total number of seats in every course. 

Foreign Centres For JEE Advanced

Due to the prevailing pandemic situation resulting from COVID-19 in  India and abroad, the exam authority has decided not to conduct the JEE  (Advanced) 2023 in any of the foreign centres/countries.  As per the information provided by the exam authority, foreign national candidates can appear for JEE Advanced 2023 at any of the Indian centres of their choice at their own expense (including travel etc.) after adhering to the required travel norms of the Government of India and their respective countries of residence.

Overview of JEE Advanced

JEE Advanced is the second phase of IIT JEE that is conducted after JEE Main. The exam is conducted yearly by different IITs on a rotation basis under the supervision of IIT–JAB (Joint Admission Board). Based on their performance in the exam, students are granted admission to various undergraduate courses (engineering, science, or architecture) offered at top IITs and ISM in the country. With some recent changes, the examination will be conducted in a computer-based online test comprising two papers (Paper 1 and Paper 2). The exam will also be carried out in two sessions on the same day. Students must appear for both Paper 1 and Paper 2 and clear them to have their names included in the merit list.

The eligibility criteria of JEE Advanced 2023 highlight some of the minimum requirements that engineering candidates need to fulfil in order to appear for the exam. Those candidates who do not meet the eligibility requirements will not be allowed to appear for JEE Advanced. 

Note: Registration for foreign nationals will begin first for JEE Advanced 2023. And for Indian candidates, the registration will open at a later stage.

Notably, it is crucial for aspirants to read and know the eligibility criteria before filling out the JEE Advanced application form. The student’s applications will be rejected if the defined requirements are not met. As for the exam, IIT Bombay has been chosen to organise and conduct the upcoming exam.

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