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NTA JEE Main Date 2022 will be announced at jeemain.nta.nic.in and nta.ac.in 2022 by the National Testing Agency (NTA). The JEE Main 2022 exam is anticipated to be held twice, in April and May. The application form for JEE Main 2022 will be available soon on the NTA JEE Main website. The JEE Main form date for 2022 is yet to be notified. The eligibility criteria for JEE Main 2022 will be announced alongside the NTA JEE 2022 brochure.
The National Testing Agency, the official body for administering the JEE Main 2022 exam, has posted the JEE Main eligibility requirements as well as the official notification brochure on their official website. Before selecting to take the entrance test, all candidates must check their eligibility for JEE Mains 2022. It addresses issues such as educational qualifications, age limits, and age relaxation for designated groups. Continue reading to learn more about JEE Main eligibility for class 12 graduates, diploma holders, and applicants with comparable qualifications.
Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank,' Union Minister, has relaxed the minimum criterion of 50% in PCM and an aggregate of 10+2. JEE Main Paper 2 is open to all candidates who have completed class 12 with PCM subjects/10+3 Diploma with Mathematics (B.Arch).
Only those applicants who meet the qualifying requirements will be given an admission card.
The age criteria, total number of attempts, eligibility marks, pass percentage, subjects pursued in the qualifying test, and the year of passing or participation in the qualifying exam are all included in the JEE Main eligibility criteria 2022. Before filling out the application form, candidates should double-check their eligibility for JEE Mains and ensure that they are eligible to take the exam. Candidates' information on the application form will be validated, which means it must be accurate.
Pay particular attention to the JEE Main 2022 eligibility criteria for reserved and unreserved categories, which are listed in the table below.
Criteria | Eligibility for General and OBC | Eligibility for Reserved Categories |
Minimum qualifying marks (for admission in NITs, IIITs, IITs, and CFTIs) | 75% marks in 12 (aggregate) | 65% marks in aggregate |
Age limit | Must have been born on or after 1st October 1995 | 5 Years relaxation for SC, ST, and PWD |
Maximum number of attempts | 4 times in a year, for three consecutive years | 4 times in a year, for three consecutive years |
Year of passing class 12 | Passing after 2019 or 2020 or appearing in 2022 | Passing after 2019 or 2020 or appearing in 2022 |
In terms of the JEE Main 2022 exam, there is no upper age limit for applicants. JEE Main is open to those who have finished class 12 at a school or institution recognised by the Indian government. Regardless of age, candidates who scored over JEE Main eligibility marks in class 12/equivalent examinations in 2020 or 2021 or who are sitting for their board examinations in 2022 are eligible to sit for the JEE Main 2022 exam. However, the candidate's age may be restricted by the institute to which he or she is applying.
As a result, all candidates should examine each college's eligibility age criterion or the JEE Main eligibility criteria of the institutes they are interested in.
In terms of nationality, the JEE Main 2022 eligibility criteria say that only the code of the state in which a candidate completed his or her 12th grade examinations is taken into account when determining whether or not a candidate is eligible to take the JEE Main exam. Any aspiring applicant who has passed or is scheduled to take the NIOS class 12th should select the state code of eligibility that corresponds to the state where the study centre is located. The state code of eligibility for Indian applicants who pass the Class XII (or equivalent) examination at a foreign institution shall be determined based on the permanent address in India as shown in the passport.
Similarly, the State code of eligibility for Indian applicants clearing the Class XII (or equivalent) examination in Nepal/Bhutan will be decided based on the permanent address in India as stated in the passport.
The state code of eligibility for OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) or PIO (Person of Indian Origin) aspirants who complete their class 12 or any comparable exam in India is the same as for an Indian citizen. In any case, individuals in this category who have passed their class 12 test from a foreign institution are only eligible for Other State Quota Seats or All India Quota Seats (but strictly not for Home State Quota Seats). They are eligible for NITs, IIEST, and other CFTI.
The JEE Main qualifying criteria for 2022 are listed below, according to educational qualification requirements. A thorough description of the eligibility criteria for aspiring candidates can be found in the table. The table also includes a brief description of applicants who will be ineligible to take the JEE Main 2022 exam.
Criteria | Description |
10+2 qualification | Candidates must have passed the Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2020 or 2021. Candidates appearing in the Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2022 are also eligible to appear in JEE Main 2022. |
Ineligible Candidates | Candidates who have passed Class 12th or qualifying examination in 2018 or before as well as those who will appear in such examination in 2022 or later are not eligible to write JEE Main 2022. |
Candidates who had appeared in class 12th or its equivalent qualifying Examination in 2019-20, did not pass in 2019-20, but passed in 2020-21 are not eligible to appear in JEE (Main) 2022. |
The following is a list of qualifying exams that are taken into account for JEE Main Eligibility.
The following are some additional details about JEE Mains 2022 eligibility:
Main Eligibility for JEE Based on the combination of subjects All students taking the JEE Mains must have studied at least five subjects in high school, with Physics and Math as core topics. JEE Main 2022 is not open to students who have studied less than 5 topics in their qualifying test.
Criteria | Description |
Permitted | Candidates must have passed class 12th/qualifying examination with at least five subjects to be eligible for writing JEE Main 2022. |
Not Permitted | Candidates with four subjects are not permitted to write the exam and if such candidates appear by furnishing wrong information, their rank/result will not be declared. |
B.E./B.Tech. |
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B.Arch. | Must have passed the qualifying examination with Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, or 10+3 Diploma in Mathematics |
In order to improve their chances of receiving the NTA JEE Main 2022 qualification, aspirants must complete the JEE Main 2022 sample test. The IIT JEE admit card will be available for download from the official website for NTA JEE Main 2022 registered applicants. Students are recommended to check the NTA's eligibility criteria before filling out the NTA JEE Main 2022 application form. Qualified students will be able to take part in the counselling process for engineering institutes that accept the NTA JEE Main 2022 results. The paper 1 of JEE Main 2022 is for admission to BTech programmes at 31 NITs, 25 IIITs, and 28 GFTIs, while the paper 2 is for admission to BArch/ BPlan programmes at 31 NITs, 25 IIITs, and 28 GFTIs.
These factors may also be used by other institutes that participate in the JoSAA/CSAB admission procedure. In the event of state university-affiliated colleges, the state university will publish a separate list for admissions that will be determined by the university itself.
Candidates belonging to particular categories are admitted to seats allotted for them depending on relaxation criteria, according to Government of India laws. Seat reservation in the JEE Main test was implemented to provide equal opportunity to students from underrepresented groups in society. In the table below, the names of all of those categories are listed.
Categories with Relaxation under JEE Main 2022 Eligibility Criteria | |
Other Backward Classes (OBC), only those who belong to Non-Creamy Layer(NCL) | 27% |
Scheduled Castes (SC) | 15% |
Scheduled Tribes (ST) | 7.5% |
Persons with Disability (PWD) | 5% |
General - Economically Weaker Section (Gen-EWS) | 10% |
Important Reminders
- Disability benefits: Applicants with a 40% or more disability will be given priority for admission to NITs/IIITs and CFTIs. However, those candidates must fall under the Government of India's reservation categories (GOI).
- There will be no letters or emails: The reservation criteria shall not be addressed in letters or emails sent to the JEE (Main) administration.
The following are the reservation criteria used by various institutions:
Institution | Criteria Laid Out |
NIT (Home Quota) | 50% of seats are reserved for candidates belonging to the state where the NIT is situated |
NIT (Other State Quota) | 50% of seats are reserved for candidates who do not belong to the state where the NIT is situated |
State Engineering Colleges | State Quota |
Government Funded Technical Institutions | Based on All India Quota |
Centre Funded Institutes | Home Quota/State Quota/All India Quota |
State-Funded Institutes | Home Quota/State Quota/All India Quota |
IIIT | Home Quota/State Quota/All India Quota |
The state code of eligibility for JEE Main refers to the code that corresponds to the state in which the candidate passed or is taking the Class 12 or similar qualifying examination. This state code allows a candidate to sit for the JEE Main 2022 exam regardless of where they were born or where they currently reside. Candidates can look up state codes in the table below (State name & State code):
Candidates can look up state codes in the table below (State name & State code): The table lists all of the states where the JEE Main 2022 exam will be held, as well as the state codes for each.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) | 01 |
Andhra Pradesh | 02 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 03 |
Assam | 04 |
Bihar | 05 |
Chandigarh (UT) | 06 |
Chhattisgarh | 07 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) | 08 |
Daman & Diu (UT) | 09 |
Delhi (NCT) | 10 |
Goa | 11 |
Gujarat | 12 |
Haryana | 13 |
Himachal Pradesh | 14 |
Jammu & Kashmir | 15 |
Jharkhand | 16 |
Karnataka | 17 |
Kerala | 18 |
Lakshadweep (UT) | 19 |
Madhya Pradesh | 20 |
Maharashtra | 21 |
Manipur | 22 |
Meghalaya | 23 |
Mizoram | 24 |
Nagaland | 25 |
Odisha | 26 |
Pondicherry (UT) | 27 |
Punjab | 28 |
Rajasthan | 29 |
Sikkim | 30 |
Tamil Nadu | 31 |
Tripura | 32 |
Uttar Pradesh | 33 |
Uttarakhand | 34 |
West Bengal | 35 |
Telangana | 36 |
Foreign/OCI/PIO/Nepal/Bhutan | 98 |
NOTE: The state code to determine the JEE Main eligibility for improvement students is determined in the following way:
If a candidate takes the improvement exam in a state other than the one in which he took the initial Class 12 or equivalent qualifying exam, the candidate's state code of eligibility will be the state in which he took the initial Class 12 or equivalent qualifying exam.
Candidates will be needed to present the following documents in order to enrol: