JEE Main 2020 Eligibility Criteria

Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is the engineering entrance examination conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) to provide admissions to various engineering colleges across India. JEE replaces AIEEE which was conducted by CBSE. JEE has two categories. JEE main and JEE advanced. Only those selected in JEE main will be eligible for JEE Advanced examination. JEE main is for admissions to National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and other colleges designated as centrally funded technical institutes (CFTIs). JEE- Advanced is for admissions to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). In this article let us check the JEE Main 2020 Eligibility Criteria.

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JEE Main 2020 Exam Dates- April session

JEE Main 2020 Eligibility Criteria

Let us check few areas that needs to be satisfied in order to be considered eligible to appear for the JEE Main Examinations.

Few factors  that has to be checked for eligibility are

• Age limit
• Educational Qualification
• Year of appearance in the examination
• State of eligibility
• Eligibility for Admissions

Age Limit

• There is no age limit to appear for JEE Main examination
• Candidates who passed 12^th or equivalent in the year 2018, 2019 or appearing in 2020 irrespective of their age will be able to attend JEE Main.

Educational Qualification

Below mentioned are the few qualifications that make the candidates eligible to appear for the JEE Mains 2020

• The final examination of 10+2 class system conducted by central or state boards in India.
• Intermediate or two years pre-university examination conducted by recognised board or university.
• Final examination of the two year course of the joint services wing of the National defence academy.
• A minimum of 5 subjects senior secondary school examination conducted by National Institute of Open schooling.
• Higher secondary certificate vocational examination.
• Exams conducted in India or foreign countries that is recognised as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian universities (AIU).
• General certificate education (GCE) examination with advanced A level(London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka)
• High school certificate examination of Cambridge university or the International baccalaureate diploma of the international Baccalaureate Office, Geneva

Year of Appearance in the Examination

Below mentioned are the details of the year of appearance in the class 12 examination that will be considered eligible for JEE Main 2020

• Candidates who passed 12^th examination or equivalent qualifying examination in 2017 or before will not be eligible for JEE Main 2020.
• Candidates appearing for 12^th examination in 2021 or later also will not be eligible for JEE Main 2020.
• Only candidates who passed 12^th or qualifying examination in 2018,2019, or will be appearing in for class 12^th or equivalent examination in  2020 will be considered eligible for JEE Main 2020 examinations.

State of Eligibility

• State of eligibility means the state from which the candidate has passed the class 12 or its equivalent examination. State of eligibility will be considered to be eligible for JEE Main examination. State of eligibility doesn’t mean the candidates native or place of residence.
• If the candidate has appeared for class 12 examination in Karnataka and the candidate is from Kerala then the candidates state of eligibility will be Karnataka
• If the candidate has passed the class 12 or its equivalent examination from one state and has appeared for improvement in another state then the state from where the candidate passed the examination at first will be considered as the state of eligibility. The state where the candidate attended the examination for improvement will not be considered.
• For candidates who passed or appearing class 12 from NIOS should select the state in which the study centre is located as the state of the eligibility.
• For the nationalities of India who passed Class 12 or its equivalent from Nepal or Bhutan, the state of eligibility will be determined based on the permanent address as mentioned in the passport

Eligibility for Admission 

Subject combinations required in the qualifying examination for admission to B.E./B.Tech, B. Arch and B. Planning Courses in NITs, IIITs, and other CFTIs is mentioned below.

Eligibility for Admission of B.E. / B.Tech / B.Arch / B.Planning. To NITs, IIITs and CFTIs participating through Central Seat Allocation Board

Candidates should have obtained a minimum of 75% marks in class 12 or equivalent exam or they must be in the top 20 percentile in their class 12 examination. For SC/ ST, the eligibility is to obtain a minimum of 65% marks in class 12 or equivalent.

The eligibility criteria by the Council of Architecture for admission to B.Arch. course other than NITs, IIITs, CFTIs:

Candidates should have obtained a minimum of 50% in physics, chemistry, mathematics and a minimum of 50% in the aggregate of the qualifying examination

For B. Planning the candidates should have a minimum of 50% in mathematics and a minimum of 50% in the aggregate of the qualifying examination.

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