IIT JEE Entrance Exam Age Requirement

Can you tell me about the age requirement for IIT JEE entrance exam as I want to check it before applying for it?

[Raman Vij]

The details for 2015 EE or Indian Institute of Technology, Joint Entrance Examination are as follows:

Age Criteria for appearing in IIT JEE:

The age limit for appearing in IIT-JEE is 25 years.
For candidates belonging to SC, ST and PD categories, the relaxed age limit is 30 years. A candidate can take the JEE two times at the most.
This has been done mainly to reduce stress on students.
From 2007 onwards, students who are selected for admission to an IIT cannot attempt the exam again in the future.

Number of Seats :

The number of seats available in total is about 5500, indicating a selectivity of about 1 in 50.
The number of students taking the exam has increased substantially each year with the JEE-2006 registering about 300,000 candidates (the number of exam-takers in each of the previous five years was under 200,000).

Eligibility Criteria for appearing in IIT JEE:

The candidates belonging to the general category must score at least 60% marks in aggregate in the qualifying exam of the XIIth standard organized by various educational boards of India.
Candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Physically Disabled (PD) categories must score at leats 55% in aggregate in the Qualifying Examination.

IIT JEE 2015 Entrance Exam Details