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JEE Eligibility For IIITs

IIITs are autonomous bodies offering various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. NRI students wish to take admission into IIITs, can either opt for JEE Mains or choose IIITs participating in DASA.

To take admission into IIITs, students take the JEE Main. The essential requirement to take admission into IIIT is your JEE Main. NTA, the body responsible for conducting JEE EXAMS, has introduced some necessary changes within the eligibility criteria for this examination, they have been very specific about their requirements on the list.

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JEE Main Eligibility Criteria

Joint examination Main or JEE Main 2022 is a national level examination held for getting admission into undergraduate programs like architecture and engineering. This examination also acts as a preliminary test for JEE Advanced, the ultimate examination to qualify for a seat in IITs.

The JEE Main exam is conducted twice a year, over 2 sessions – January and April. Keeping in mind that aspirants would wish time to organize for this national level examination,

Eligibility	Specific Details
1. Nationality	One should be a citizen of India. Foreign nationals such as NRIs, PIOs, OCIs can also apply.
2. Age Criteria	Any candidate born on or after the 1st of October 1995 is eligible for JEE Main. But reports are that the age limit will be scrapped off for the upcoming exam.
3. Total Attempts	The exam will be held twice a year so the total attempts a candidate can appear for are six.
4. Subjects In The Qualifying Exam	Candidates must have studied at least 5 subjects with physics and maths being the main subjects.
5. Year Of Passing The Qualifying Exam	Candidates who are appearing in class 12th exams provided their result should be declared before 15th of June 2020.
	Also, Candidates who have cleared 12th class or other equivalent qualifying examination in 2019 or 2020.
	Both are eligible for appearing in JEE Main 2022.
6. Diploma Holders	candidates holding diplomas can apply in JEE Main exam.
7. Marks Eligibility	candidates of the general category must have scored at least 75%belonging in their class 12th board exams
7. Marks Eligibility	candidates belonging to a reserved category, a minimum of 65% marks is required.

*NOTE:

Apart from JEE, many IIITs have started to conduct their own entrance exam. Some IIITs also participate in DASA as well.

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Courses Offered by IIITS

BTech
MTech programs
Dual Degree (BTech + MTech) programmes

However, IIITs also offer courses like MDes, BDes & MBA.

UG Programmes	PG Programmes
BTech (Bachelors of Technology)	MTech (Masters of Technology)
BDes (Bachelors of Design)	MDes (Masters of Design)
BTech + MTech	MBA (Masters of Business Administration)
	PhD (Doctorate of Philosophy)

The Eligibility criteria for droppers in JEE Main

These are the two categories of JEE Main examination

Candidates who appeared for the JEE Main last year failed to qualify and can be making an attempt for it once.
Students who passed their 12th previous year, took a year gap to prepare for JEE Main and can be shown for it this year.

Eligibility criteria	Details
Age Limit	The best age to qualify for your JEE Mains exam was 25 years. Recently The Supreme Court of India has announced that there is no age of limitation.
Qualification	Every candidate must complete 10+2.
Minimum marks for SC, ST, PwD Candidates	The minimum aggregate is 65%.
Minimum marks for General Candidates	The Minimum aggregate is 75% or is within the prime twenty scores in their 12th examination.

List of IIITs In India till 2022

According to the MHRD website, we have 24 IIITs. Of which 5 are centrally funded and the other 19 are on PPP mode.

S.No.	Name of the Organisation
1	ABV -Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior – 474003
2	Indian Institute of Information Tehnology (IIIT), Allahabad
3	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Kancheepuram, Chennai – 600048
4	Pandit Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM), Jabalpur
5	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh – 600127

Under PPP Mode:

S.No.	Name of the Organisation
1	Indian Institute of Information Technology Chittoor
2	Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati
3	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani
4	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una
5	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara
6	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota
7	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Tiruchirappalli
8	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonepat
9	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Manipur
10	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
11	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam, Kerala
12	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad
13	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune
14	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhopal
15	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Agartala
16	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur
17	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand
18	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Surat
19	Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur

Things to Keep In Mind While Preparing For IIIT

Proper Planning

Good planning will keep you focused and result in better gains. Make a to-do list, set your goals, work out how much time is needed to achieve them, and allocate a realistic time frame. See if you are able to achieve them, if yes, set more ambitious goals next time, if not, analyze what went wrong and how you can improve. I am sure you would be able to crack the JEE in the coming years.