A candidate can attempt JEE only twice, in consecutive years. Candidates applying for JEE should have either completed or should be appearing 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 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 the 10+2 system
• H.S.C. Vocational Examination.
• Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as main 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.

Candidates belonging to the general (GE) category and DS 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 final.

All admissions are 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.

Domicile Restrictions

Candidates who wish to appear in the Joint Entrance Exam must be an Indian Citizen and a permanent resident of Tripura, under the conditions of Govt. of Tripura. Either the applicant or his/her parents must have been residing in the state of Tripura continuously for not less than 10 years. Children of All India Services Officers born in Manipur-Tripura Cadre and the Children of the Employees of the State Government posted outside Tripura will be eligible to appear at the examination irrespective of their prior stay in Tripura.

Children of All India Services Officers born in Manipur-Tripura Cadre and the Children of the Employees of the State Government posted outside Tripura will be eligible to appear at the examination irrespective of their prior stay in Tripura. On the other hand, if a candidate is not a permanent resident of Tripura but his/her parents is a deputed officer to the Govt. of Tripura / officer of the Central Government working in Tripura and had served continuously for a period of 3 years or more and passed Higher Secondary Examination from an Institution of Tripura, he/she is eligible for seats of Tripura Engineering College only.If the parents of the candidates is working as wards of Ex- Servicemen, they should also been staying in Tripura continuously for not less than five years, from the date of obtaining the application form for appearing at the Joint Entrance Examination. And he/she should be passed in the HSC Examination with subjects that desires to appear in the Joint Entrance Examination. The same formality is applicable for the candidates of the serving Defence personnel (Army / navy / Air Force).

The maximum age limit will be 25 on the year of admission. In the case of SC, ST and PD candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years. 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.