jee advanced 2018 eligibility criteria

JEE Advanced 2018 Eligibility Criteria

For Indian National (including PIO/OCI)

Criterion 1

Performance in JEE (Main) 2018: Candidates should be among the top 2,24,000 (including all categories) by scoring positive marks in Paper-1 of JEE (Main) 2018. Numbers can be exceed slightly if there will ties in marks among students.

Category-wise distribution of top 2,24,000 candidates (Criterion 1)
Order	Category	Number of “Top” candidates
1	OPEN	1,07,464	Total: 1,13,120
2	OPEN-PwD	5,656	Total: 1,13,120
3	OBC-NCL	57,456	Total: 60,480
4	OBC-NCL-PwD	3,024	Total: 60,480
5	SC	31,920	Total: 33,600
6	SC-PwD	1,680	Total: 33,600
7	ST	15,960	Total: 16,800
8	ST-PwD	840	Total: 16,800

Criterion 2

Age limit: Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1993. Five years relaxation is given to SC, ST and PwD candidates, i.e., these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1988.

Criterion 3

Number of attempts: A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in consecutive years.

Criterion 4

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 2017 or 2018. However, candidates whose Class XII (or equivalent) examination Board results for the academic year 2015-16 were declared after June 2016 are eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018. In case, the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declared the results for the academic year 2015-16 before June 2016 but the result of a particular candidate was withheld, then the candidate will not be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018.

Criterion 5

Earlier admission at IITs: A candidate should NOT have been admitted in an IIT irrespective of whether or not he/she continued in the program) OR accepted the IIT seat by reporting at a reporting centre in the past. The candidates whose admission at IITs was cancelled are also NOT eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2018.