Class XII Equivalent Examinations: JEE Main

Examinations accepted as Class XII or equivalent for JEE Main

An important requirement for appearing for JEE Main is that you must have passed a Class XII or equivalent examination that includes the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, without which you would be deemed ineligible for admissions to the famed Indian Institutes of Technology.

List of Qualifying Examinations

1. The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized central/ stateBoard, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi; Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi; etc.
2. Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a recognized Board/ University.
3. Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
4. Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.
5. Any Public School/ Board/ University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
6. S.C. vocational examination*.
7. A Diploma recognized by AICTE or a state board of technical education of at least 3 year duration*.
8. General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced A level*.
9. High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate*.
10. Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva*.

In case the relevant QE is not a public examination, the candidate must have passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination at an earlier level. * indicates that these examinations can be used only as acceptable Class XII equivalents for admission to Indian Institutes of Technology, and not for JEE Main admissions.

India Based Boards

1. Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education
2. Assam Higher Secondary Education Council
3. Bihar Intermediate Education Council (Bihar School Examination Board)
4. Central Board of Secondary Education
5. Chattisgarh Madhyamik Shiksha Mandal (Chattisgarh Board Of Secondary Education)
6. Council for The Indian School Certificate Examinations
7. Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
8. Gujarat Secondary Education Board
9. Haryana Board of Education
10. H P Board of School Education
11. Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education
12. Jharkhand Academic Council
13. Karnataka Board of Pre-University Education
14. Kerala Board of Public Examinations
15. Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education
16. Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education
17. Manipur Council of Higher Secondary Education
18. Meghalaya Board of Secondary Education
19. Mizoram Board of School Education
20. Nagaland Board of School Education
21. Odisha Council of Higher Secondary Education
22. Punjab School Education Board
23. Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education
24. Tamil Nadu Board of Higher Secondary Education
25. Tripura Board of Secondary Education
26. U P Board of High School and Intermediate Education
27. Uttaranchal Shiksha Evam Pariksha Parishad
28. West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
29. National Institute of Open Schooling
30. Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi
31. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
32. Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra
33. Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Rajasthan
34. Vishwa Bharti University, Shantiniketan, Birbhoom, Wb
35. Rajiv Gandhi University Of Knowledge Technologies, Hyderabad
36. Haryana Open School, Bhiwani
37. Rajasthan State Open School, Jaipur
38. M P State Open School, Bhopal
39. Andhra Pradesh Open School Society
40. Bihar Board of Open Schooling Examination
41. Chhattisgarh State Open School
42. CBSE I (CBSE International)
43. Telangana Board of Intermediate Education
44. Telangana Pradesh Open School Society
45. West Bengal Council of Rabindra Open Schooling
46. Assam State Open School
47. Directorate General of Military Training (RIMC)
48. Bhutan Higher Secondary Education Certificate
49. A Level of General Certificate of Education, Cambridge University (IGSE)
50. International Baccalaureate
51. Edexcel, London (UK)
52. Higher Secondary Education Board, Nepal
53. Technical/Vocational Board.

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