JEE Advanced 2024 Eligibility Requirements 

The requirements for eligibility have been loosened this year. Below, aspirants can determine whether they are eligible to participate in JEE Advanced 2024.

There are 5 requirements:

1. JEE Main 2024 scores: Participants must rank among the top 2,50,000 graduates of the BE/BTech Paper of JEE (Main) 2024 (across all categories). According to last year, the graph and table below show the total number of applicants who would be accepted for JEE Advanced 2024, broken down by category.

CategoryCutoff Marks 2024Number of "Top" candidates
OPEN90.778864296187
OPEN-PwD0.00135275063
GEN-EWS75.622902523750
OBC-NCL73.611422764125
SC51.977602735625
ST37.234877217812

2. Candidates must be at least 18 years old and have had their birth on or after October 1, 1999. Candidates who are SC, ST, or PwD are permitted a five-year age relaxation; therefore, they must have been registered on or after October 1, 1994.

3. The maximum number of tries for the JEE (Advanced) is two during the course of two consecutive years.

4. Class XII (or equivalent) assessment participation: JEE Advanced 2024 is open to applicants who graduated from Class 12 in 2023 or 2024.

Regardless of the mix of topics attempted or offered, candidates who have taken their Class XII (or equivalent) exam for the initial time in 2022 or earlier are NOT eligible to take the JEE (Advanced) in 2024.