IITJEE 2012|IITJEE 2012 ELIGIBILITY|

Candidates must make sure that
they satisfy all the eligibility
conditions given below for
appearing in IIT-JEE 2012:
Date of Birth
General (GE) and Other
Backward Classes (OBC)
category candidates must
have been born on or after
October 1, 1987. Those born
earlier are not eligible to
appear in IIT-JEE 2012.
Candidates belonging to
Scheduled Castes (SC),
Scheduled Tribes (ST), and
those with Physical Disability
(PD) must have been born on
or after October 1, 1982. SC/
ST/PD candidates born before
October 1, 1982 are not
eligible to appear in IIT-JEE
2012.
The date of birth as recorded
in the high school/first Board/
Pre-University certificate will
be accepted. If the certificate
does not mention the date of
birth, a candidate must submit
along with the application, an
authenticated document
indicating the date of birth.
Year of Passing Qualifying
Examination (QE)
To appear in IIT-JEE 2012, a
candidate must have either
passed the QE for the first time,
on or after October 1, 2010 or
appearing for the first time in
2012. Those who are going to
appear in the QE later than
September 30, 2012 are not
eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.
The year of passing the QE will be
determined based on the
examination he/she passed the
earliest out of the qualifying
examinations listed below. In
case the applicant passed more
than one QE or attempted
successfully same QE more than
once, the year of the first
successful QE/attempt will be
used to determine the eligibility
for IIT-JEE 2012.
The qualifying examinations are
listed below:
1. The final examination of the
10+2 system, conducted by
any recognized central/
state Board, such as Central
Board of Secondary
Education, New Delhi;
Council for the Indian
School Certificate
Examinations, New Delhi;
etc.
2. Intermediate or two-year
Pre-University examination
conducted by a recognized
Board/ University.
3. Final examination of the
two-year course of the Joint
Services Wing of the
National Defence Academy.
4. General Certificate
Education (GCE)
examination (London /
Cambridge / Sri Lanka) at
the Advanced (A) level.
5. High School Certificate
Examination of the
Cambridge University or
International Baccalaureate
Diploma of the International
Baccalaureate Office,
Geneva.
6. H.S.C. vocational
examination.
7. Senior Secondary School
Examination conducted by
the National Institute of
Open Schooling with a
minimum of five subjects.
8. A Diploma recognized by
AICTE or a state board of
technical education of at
least 3 year duration.
9. Any Public School/Board/
University examination in
India or in any foreign
country recognized as
equivalent to the 10+2
system by the Association
of Indian Universities (AIU).
In case the relevant QE is not a
public examination, the
candidate must have passed at
least one public (Board or Pre-
University) examination at an
earlier level.
Minimum Percentage of Marks
in QE
Candidates belonging to GE and
OBC categories must secure at
least 60% marks in aggregate in
QE. SC, ST and PD candidates must
secure at least 55% marks in
aggregate in QE.
The percentage of marks
awarded by the Board will be
treated as final. If the Board does
not award the percentage of
marks, it will be calculated based
on the marks obtained in all
subjects listed in the mark sheet.
If any 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 / admission. In case
such a certificate is not provided
the decision taken by the Joint
Implementation Committee (JIC)
of IIT-JEE 2012 will be final.
Number of JEE Attempts
A candidate can attempt JEE
maximum two times in
consecutive years irrespective of
whether or not he/she passed
QE. Those who have attempted
JEE in 2010 or earlier are NOT
ELIGIBLE to appear in IIT-JEE
2012.
Earlier Admission Taken
Through JEE
Candidates who have taken
admission (irrespective of
whether or not they continued in
any of the programmes) or
accepted the admission by
paying the registration fee at any
of the IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi or
ISM Dhanbad, are NOT ELIGIBLE
to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.
Important Points
1. The offer of admission is
subject to verification of
original certificates/
documents at the time of
admission. If any candidate
is found ineligible at a later
date even after admission
to an Institute, his/her
admission will be cancelled.
2. If a candidate is expecting
the results of the QE in
2012, his/her admission
will only be provisional until
he/she submits the relevant
documents. The admission
stands cancelled if the
documents are not
submitted in original to the
concerned institute on or
before September 30, 2012.
3. If a Board invariably
declares the results of the
QE after September 30,
every year, the candidate is
advised not to attempt IIT-
JEE 2012.
4. The decision of the Joint
Admission Board of IIT-JEE
2012 regarding the
eligibility of any applicant
shall be final.