The minimum academic qualification for admission through JEE is a pass grade in the final examination of 10+2 system or its equivalent, referred to as the Qualifying Examination such as :

• 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 foreign countries 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.

Between 16-21 years of age on the first day of the October of the year of examination can attempt JEE.  Candidates can opt for Question Papers either in English or in Hindi But for the  Main Examination, candidate can choose any of these languages Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Calculators and log table is not permitted during JEE examination.