A. Date of Birth Criteria:
General Candidates: Born or after October 01, 1989
Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidates: Born or after October 01, 1984
Note – Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board/University certificate will only be considered.
B. Year of Appearance in Qualifying Examination (QE):
Only those candidates who have passed their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2012 or 2013; or those who are appearing in their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2014 are eligible to appear in JEE (Main) – 2014. Candidates who passed Class 12th/Qualifying examination in 2011 or before as well as those who will appear in such examination in 2015 or later are not eligible to appear in JEE (Main)-2014. The candidates who appeared in class 12th/equivalent qualifying examinations in 2011, did not pass in 2011, but passed in 2012 are also not eligible to appear in JEE (Main) 2014.
C. Number of Attempts:
The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at JEE (Main) shall be limited to 03 (three).
D. Number of Attempts and Age Limit for States of Maharashtra and Odisha:
Since the states of Maharashtra and Odisha have now joined JEE (Main) system from 2014. The age limit, for admission to institutions in these states which were earlier admitting candidates based on their state level examinations, will be as per their past practice only. The number of attempts in such cases will also remain same as per their past practice. This will however be obviously not applicable for admission to IITs/NITs/IIITs/CFTIs.