Qualifying Examination
Candidates applying for JEE-2006 should have either completed or appearing in 2006 in any one of the following qualifying examinations :

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 Indian School Certificate Examination, 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.

Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in any foreign country recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system.

H.S.C. Vocational Examination.

Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects.

3 or 4-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.

Eligibility Criteria for Candidates appearing in qualifying examination in 2006

(i) The candidates belonging to the general category must secure a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate in their Qualifying Examination. Candidates belonging to SC, ST and PD categories must secure a minimum of 55% in aggregate in the Qualifying Examination.  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 equivalent marks, and submit it  at the time of counselling.  In case, such a certificate is not provided by the candidate, the decision of the Joint Implementation Committee regarding his/her eligibility shall be held final.

(ii) With effect from 2006, a candidate is allowed only two attempts to write JEE.  Furthermore, he/she is allowed to write JEE only in the year in which he/she passes the qualifying examination and/or in the following year. 

(iii) Candidates, who join any of the IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad through JEE-2006, will not be permitted to appear in JEE in future.

One-Time Exception

Candidates, who have passed their Qualifying Examination in 2005 or earlier, will be permitted to appear in JEE-2006, as a last chance, irrespective of the marks secured in the Qualifying Examination, or the number of earlier attempts at JEE, subject to their satisfying age limit criteria specified in section 8.5. This exception is also applicable to those candidates who are currently registered in any of the IITs, IT-BHU, Varanasi, and ISM, Dhanbad.
 
Important Notes

(i) Those candidates who will be appearing in the qualifying examination in 2007 or later are not eligible to apply for JEE-2006.

(ii) All provisional admissions to candidates who are appearing in the qualifying examination in the year 2006 will stand cancelled, if the proof of having passed the Qualifying Examination, as per the eligibility criteria specified in section 8.2, is not submitted to the concerned Institute latest by September 30, 2006.

(iii) All admissions will be subject to verification of facts from the original certificates/documents of the candidates. If an applicant is found ineligible at a later date even after admission to an Institute, his/her admission will be cancelled. The decision of the Joint Admission Board regarding the eligibility of any applicant shall be final. 

Date of Birth

Only those candidates, whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1981, are eligible for JEE-2006. However, in the case of SC, ST and PD candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e., SC, ST and PD candidates, who were born on or after October 01, 1976, are eligible. Only the date of birth as recorded in the High School/first Board/Pre-University Certificate will be taken as authentic.  Candidates must produce this certificate in original as a proof of their age at the time of counselling, failing which they will be disqualified.

Physical Fitness

All qualified candidates will have to submit a Physical Fitness certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner in the prescribed format that will be made available to them at an appropriate time. They will be admitted only if they are physically fit for pursuing a course of study at the participating Institutes.

Special Requirements for Mining Engineering and Mining Machinery Courses

Candidates opting for these courses should make sure that they are free from colour blindness. They will be required to submit a certificate from a Registered Medical Practitioner to this effect at the time of counselling. The standard of visual acuity with or without glasses will be adhered strictly for candidates seeking admission in Mining as per DGMS Circular 14 of 1972. Persons with one-eyed vision are not permitted to work underground. Candidates with above limitations are not allowed to opt for admission to Mining Engineering or Mining Machinery Engineering.

Women Candidates for Mining Courses

Section 46 (1) of the Mines Act, 1952 states that “No woman shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any other law, be employed (a) in any part of a mine which is below ground, (b) in any mine above ground except between the hours 6 a.m. and 7 p.m.”. Women candidates are not admitted to Mining Engineering and Mining Machinery Engineering at ISM Dhanbad, whereas the corresponding programmes at IIT Kharagpur and IT-BHU, Varanasi have no such restriction.