• 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. 
• Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a recognized Board / University.
• Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
• General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London / Cambridge / Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
• High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
• 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).
• H.S.C. vocational examination.
• Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.
• 3 year Diploma recognized by AICTE or a state Board of technical education.

In case the relevant qualifying examination is not a public examination, the candidate must have passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination at an earlier level.

Note: Candidates who appearing in Qualifying Examination (QE) later than October 1 in the year of JEE are not eligible to appear.

Reservation of Seat: For SC candidates 15%; For ST Candidates 7.5%; For OBC non creamy layer candidates 27%;and Physically Disabled i.e. PD Category candidates 3%

Note: Two seats in each Institute are preferentially allotted to children of defence/ paramilitary personnel killed or permanently disabled in action during war or peacetime operations and who qualify in the General Category.