Eligibility for JEE (Advanced) - 2015

There are five important criteria listed below, failing in any one of them will disqualify the aspirant from procuring a seat in the colleges under JEE (Advanced) 2015. 

JEE Main 2015: Candidates have to appear for Paper - I of JEE (Main) - 2015. Only top 1,50,000 candidates (including all categories) out of the qualifying candidates in Paper - I of JEE (Main) - 2015 will be eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) - 2015. Distribution of top 1,50,000 candidates across various categories is as follows: 

Top 75750 (50.5 %)	Common Merit List
Top 40500 (27%)	Other Backward Classes-Non creamy layer OBC (NCL)
Top 22500 (15 %)	Scheduled Caste (SC)
Top 11250 (7.5 %)	Scheduled Tribe (ST)
3% of the total candidates in each category are reserved for PD candidates as per GoI norms

Age Limit: Candidates of GE and OBC categories must have been born on or after October 01, 1990 and those of SC, ST and PwD categories must have been born on or after October 01, 1985.

Minimum Marks in Qualifying Examination (QE) for JEE (Advanced) 2015: Admission to the 16 IITs and ISM Dhanbad will be based only on category wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE (Advanced) - 2015, under the condition that such aspirants satisfy AT LEAST ONE OF THE TWO CRITERIA given below: 

1. He/ she is in the top 20 percentile of successful aspirants of their respective Boards (or equivalent examination) in their respective categories.


2. 2. He/ she has secured 75% (for GEN/ OBC - NCL) or 70% (for SC/ ST/ PD) in their respective boards (or equivalent examinations).
   
   • If the Board does not provide the information regarding the same, the candidate will have to produce a certificate from the concerned Board stating that he/she falls within the top 20 percentile.
     If the candidate fails to do so, then the CBSE percentile will be used as the criteria for deciding minimum percentage of marks in the qualifying examination.
   • If the Board awards only letter grades (without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the grade sheet) the candidate should obtain a certificate from the Board specifying the equivalent marks, and submit it at the time of counselling.
     In case such a certificate is not provided the decision taken by the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) of JEE (Advanced) - 2015 will be final.