JEE Advanced 2021 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates who are preparing to appear for JEE Advanced 2021 are needed to meet certain eligibility criteria authenticated by the exam conducting authority. Aspirants who do not satisfy the expected patterns are not qualified to appear for the JEE Advanced 2021 exam. Therefore, applicants are suggested to read the eligibility criteria for JEE Advanced accurately before submitting their application form to avoid any discrepancy in the future.

Here are some requirements that students need to satisfy.

• The aspirant should have born on or after 1st of October 1995. For the reserved category, the age has been decreased to 1st of October 1990.
• The applicants are allowed to attempt the exam twice in 2 back-to-back years irrespective of whether or not he/she passed the qualifying exam.
• The candidates must have cleared their class 12th board exams or any other equivalent exam in 2020. The candidates appearing for board exams in 2021 are also eligible to apply. The candidates should also have at least 75% aggregate marks (65% for SC, ST, and PwD) or be in the top twenty percentile in their own Board examinations.
• The aspirants have to clear and rank among the top 2.50 Lac students in JEE Mains.

Category	Number of Selected Candidates	Total Candidates
General	1,08,464 Candidates	1,15,120 Candidates
General PwD	6,656 Candidates
OBC Non-Creamy Layer	57,956 Candidates	61,480 Candidates
OBC Non-Creamy Layer PwD	3,524 Candidates
Scheduled Caste	32,420 Candidates	34,600 Candidates
Scheduled Caste PwD	2180 Candidates
Scheduled Tribe	16,460 Candidates	17,800 Candidates
Scheduled Tribe PwD	1340 Candidates