JEE Main Eligibility Criteria 2025: Age Limit & Qualification

Overview: Uncover essential updates in JEE Main Exam Eligibility 2025. This concise guide offers crucial insights for aspiring engineering students from age limits to educational requirements. Prepare effectively for JEE Main Paper 2 exams with key information at your fingertips!

Eligibility requirements are essential to understand before applying for any exam. This article outlines the JEE Main Paper 2 eligibility criteria, which underwent significant changes last year.

Notably, the Joint Entrance Test 2025 Paper 2 has no age limit, expanding opportunities for more students.

We will cover the age restrictions, educational qualifications, nationality, and reservation requirements for JEE Mains.

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JEE Main 2025 Eligibility Criteria

Here is everything you need to know about JEE Main Paper 2 Eligibility Criteria 2025:

Age Restrictions

• There is no age limit for appearing in the JEE (Main) - 2025. 
• If you passed class 12 or equivalent examination in 2023/24 or are appearing in 2025. 
• But you must meet the age limit prescribed by the institute to which you desire admission.

Educational Qualification

• As per the Eligibility criteria for JEE mains, only those who have passed the class 12/ equivalent examination in 2023, 2024 or 2025 can apply.
• Also, those appearing in the Class 12 / equivalent examination in 2025 can apply.
• There are no age restrictions for appearing in JEE Main 2025; the only requirement is that they appear for three consecutive years after passing class 12.

JEE Main Exam Eligibility 2025 for State

• State code of Eligibility is the code of state from where you have passed class 12 or equivalent. 
• Remember that the state code of eligibility does NOT depend upon the candidate's native place or residence.
• For instance, if you have appeared for the class 12 examination in New Delhi and are a resident of Noida, UP, your state code of eligibility will be New Delhi and NOT UP.
• Suppose you have passed the Class 12 (or equivalent) qualifying examination from one State but appeared for improvement from another State. In that case, your State code of eligibility for JEE mains paper 2 will be from where you have first passed the Class 12 (or equivalent) examination and NOT the State from where you have appeared for improvement.
• If you appeared or appearing for class 12 from NIOS, then you must select the state code of eligibility as per the state in which the study centre is located. 
• For Indian nationals passing the Class XII (or equivalent) examination from Nepal/Bhutan, the State code of eligibility of JEE main paper 2 will be determined based on a permanent address in India as given in the passport.
• The State code of eligibility for JEE mains paper 2 for OCI/PIO passing the Class XII (or equivalent) examination in India is at par with Indian nationals.
• Also note that OCI/PIO passing the Class 12 (or equivalent) examination from an institution abroad are eligible for Other State quota seats or All India quota seats (but NOT for Home State quota seats) in all NITs, IIEST and Other-CFTIs

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List of Qualifying Examinations

If you are applying for JEE Main, ensure you have qualified in any of the below-listed exams and have the valid documents.

• The final examination of the 10+2 system is 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 examination conducted by a recognized Board/ University.
• The final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defense Academy Senior Secondary School Examination was conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling and included a minimum of five subjects.
• The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) recognizes any public school/ Board/ University examination in India or any foreign country as equivalent to the 10+2 system.
• Higher Secondary Certificate Vocational Examination/ A Diploma recognized by AICTE or a State board of technical education of at least 3 years.
• General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level/ High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
• If you have completed the Class 12 (or equivalent) examination outside India or from a Board not specified above should produce a certificate from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) to the effect that the examination you have passed is equivalent to the Class 12 examination.

JEE Main Exam Reservation Policy

As per the central government norms, the reservations for categories is as tabulated below:

Category	Reservation Percentage
Scheduled Caste (SC)	15%
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	7.5%
Other Backward Classes (OBC) Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) candidates as per the Central List	27%
General Economically Weaker Sections (General - EWS)	10%
Persons with Disability (PwD) with 40% or more disability	5%

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria for Persons with Disability (PwD)

As per RPwD Act, “Persons with Disability (PwD)” means a person with a long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairment which, in interaction with barriers, hinders his full and effective participation in society equally with others. 

As per Section 2(r) of the RPwD Act, 2016, “persons with benchmark disabilities” means a person with not less than forty per cent (40%) of a specified disability where the specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes a person with a disability where specified disability has been defined in measurable terms, as certified by the certifying authority.

The specified disabilities included in the Schedule of the RPwD Act are as follows:

Type of Disability	Specified Disability
Locomotor Disability	Leprosy-cured Person
	Cerebral Palsy
	Dwarfism
	Muscular Dystrophy
	Acid Attack Victims
Visual Impairment	Blindness
	Low Vision
Hearing Impairment	Deaf
	Hard of Hearing
Speech & Language Disability	Permanent disability arising from conditions such as laryngectomy or aphasia affects one or more speech and language components due to organic or neurological causes.
Intellectual Disability	Specific Learning Disability (Perceptual Disabilities, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia & Development Aphasia)
	Autism Spectrum Disorder
Mental Behaviour	Mental Illness
Disability caused due to Chronic Neurological Conditions	Multiple Sclerosis
	Parkinsonism
Disability caused due to Blood disorder	Haemophilia
	Thalassemia
	Sickle Cell Disease
Multiple Disabilities	More than one of the above-specified disabilities, including deaf blindness

JEE Main Exam Sessions

JEE (Main) - 2025 will be held in two sessions for admissions to this academic year.

You will thus get benefits in the following ways:

• If you cannot put in your utmost effort on the first attempt, you will have two chances to improve your exam scores.
• On the first attempt, you will get a first-hand experience of taking an examination and will know your mistakes which you can improve while attempting for the second time. This will reduce the chances of dropping a year, and droppers would not have to waste an entire year.
• If someone misses the exam due to any circumstances beyond their control (such as the Board exam), they will not have to wait for one year.

You do not have to show up for both sessions.

If you appear in multiple sessions, the best of your JEE (Main) - 2025 NTA scores will be used to compile the Merit List/ Ranking. 

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Key Takeaways:

• The candidate must double-check all JEE main paper 2 2025 eligibility criteria before completing and submitting the application form.
• Candidates who do not meet the eligibility criteria but apply for JEE Main 2025 risk having their application cancelled at any stage of the admission process.
• Candidates must complete their application form with the correct information based on the original documents and eligibility crteria for JEE main paper 2 exam.
• There are no age restrictions for appearing in JEE Main 2025; the only requirement is that they appear for three consecutive years after passing class 12.
• There are no requirements for a minimum percentage of marks in class 12 to participate in JEE Main 2025.