JEE Advanced 2025: Number of attempts increased to 3; check other eligibility criteria

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA for Indian Nationals and OCI/PIO candidates who have
secured OCI/PIO Card before 04.03.2021 for appearing for JEE (Advanced) 2025

All the candidates must simultaneously fulfil each and every one of the following five
criteria.
Criterion A1- Performance in JEE (Main) 2025:
Candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates (including all
categories) in B.E./B.Tech. paper (Paper I) of JEE (Main) 2025.
The percentages of various categories of candidates to be shortlisted are as follows:
10% for GEN-EWS, 27% for OBC-NCL, 15% for SC, 7.5% for ST, and the remaining
40.5% is OPEN for all. Within each of these five categories, 5% horizontal reservation
is available for PwD candidates.
The following table shows the order to be followed while choosing the top 2,50,000
candidates in various categories based on the performance in B.E./B.Tech. paper of
JEE (Main) 2025.
Category-wise distribution of top 2,50,000* candidates (Criterion A1)
Sl No. Category Number of “Top” candidates
1 OPEN 96187
101250
2 OPEN-PwD 5063
3 GEN-EWS 23750
25000
4 GEN-EWS-PwD 1250
5 OBC-NCL 64125
67500
6 OBC-NCL-PwD 3375
7 SC 35625
37500
8 SC-PwD 1875
9 ST 17812
18750
10 ST-PwD 938
* The total number of candidates may be slightly greater than 2,50,000 in the
presence of “tied” ranks / scores in any category.

As per the decision dated February 03, 2023 passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of
India in Writ Petition (Civil) 891 / 2021, the OCI/PIO candidates who have secured
OCI/PIO card before 04.03.2021 shall be considered as Indian nationals for the purpose
of seat allocation to IITs. However, these candidates are not eligible for benefits of any
kind of reservation (e.g., GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST) with the exception of OPENPwD. That is, Sl No. (3) to (10) in the above table are not applicable for such OCI/PIO
card holders and these candidates are required to be in the rank list in Sl. No. 1 and / or
2 in the above table.
Criterion A2- Age Limit:
Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 2000. Five years age
relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates, i.e. these candidates should have
been born on or after October 1, 1995.
Criterion A3 – Number of attempts:
A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) maximum of three times in three consecutive
years.
Criterion A4 – Appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination*
:
A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for
the first time in either 2023 or 2024 or 2025 with Physics, Chemistry, and
Mathematics as compulsory subjects.
Candidates who had appeared in Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first
time in 2022 or earlier, are NOT eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025,
irrespective of the combination or number of subjects attempted/offered.
* By appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination, it is meant that the Board
concerned declared the result for that year irrespective of whether or not examination
was conducted. It will be considered as an appearance even if the result of a
particular candidate got withheld.
However, if the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declared the results
for the academic year 2021-22 on or after September 21, 2022, then the candidates
of that Board who appeared for their Class XII (or equivalent) examination in 2022
are also eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025, provided they meet all the other
eligibility criteria. In case the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent)
declared the results for the academic year 2021-22 before September 21, 2022 but
the result of a particular candidate was withheld for whatever reason, then the
candidate will not be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025.
Criterion A5 – Earlier admission at IITs:
A candidate should NOT have been admitted to an IIT under any academic program
that is listed in JoSAA Business Rules of 2024 or earlier, irrespective of whether or
not the candidate continued in the program OR accepted an IIT seat by reporting
“online” / at a “reporting centre” in the past. Candidates whose admission to IITs was

cancelled (for whatever reason) after joining any IIT are also NOT eligible to appear
for JEE (Advanced) 2025.
Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the
first time in 2024 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025.
The candidates who were allocated a seat in an IIT through JoSAA but did not report
“online” OR, (ii) withdrew before the last round of seat allotment, OR, (iii) had their
seat cancelled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITs,
are eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2025.