Recently, NTA has brought a complete shift in the eligibility criteria of the JEE Advanced 2025 and has thus thrown the avenue open for many. Change of eligibility criteria includes increasing the number of attempts, particular age criteria, and clearing through JEE Main. Thus, this change may affect those students wanting to enter the IITs of India.
JEE Advanced 2025 Attempts Increase
Two changes would happen for JEE Advanced 2025:
- Attempts Increase: Candidates can attempt the same exam three times within three years. Earlier candidates could attempt this exam twice in two continuous years. This decision has been considered as an effort to provide more flexibility to the candidates while searching for IIT admissions.
- Age Limit Criteria: It has been made official that the candidates who are looking to enroll for JEE Advanced 2025 must be born after October 1, 2000 There are, however, relaxations in birth dates for some categories. It has been stated that SC, ST, and PwD candidates can smoothly apply for the JEE advanced if they are born after October 1, 1995. This is an effort for fairness and inclusiveness at the eligibility stage.
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JEE Main Education Qualification 2025
- Candidates will be qualified through JEE Main 2025. Candidates can sit for JEE advanced if they are among the top 2,50,000 ranks in BE/BTech paper (Paper I) of JEE Main. Further, the pool would be reserved as per the following proportions – 10% GEN-EWS; 27% OBC-NCL; 15% SC; 7.5% ST, and the balance 40.5% as open seats. There will be a 5% horizontal reservation in all categories for candidates with PwD.
- In case of equality in any category, then the number of qualified candidates for JEE Advanced would exceed 2.5 lakh to include all successful candidates.
Class 12 Examination Conditions
Candidates should have appeared in the Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2023, 2024, or 2025 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.
In this case, candidates whose results were declared on or after September 21, 2022, shall be eligible to apply. Those candidates whose results have been declared before this date, and whose results are withheld, shall not be eligible.
Previous Admissions to IITs
Candidates already admitted to any IIT shall not be considered eligible unless it is permitted by the business rules of JoSAA.
If someone’s IIT admission got canceled after admission, then the person is not allowed to sit for JEE Advanced 2025. However, candidates attending a preparatory course at an IIT for the first time in 2024 are eligible to apply. Likewise, candidates admitted to an IIT through JoSAA but have not reported or withdrawn before the final round of allotment are eligible for application.
OCI/PIO Candidates
As per the Supreme Court judgment in 2023, candidates who are OCI/PIO card holders which were issued before 04 March 2021 would also be considered Indian citizens for allotment of seats but will not avail of any category other than OPEN-PwD.
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The new eligibility criteria for JEE Advanced 2025
Advanced 2025 have made the pathway much more accessible and plausible, thus giving aspirants multiple ways into IIT. Now with three attempts available and eligibility criteria well defined, candidates get equal opportunities to showcase their talents and compete for premier IITs.
