BITS Mersa 2021 Eligibility Criteria

Birla Institute of Technology ( BIT Mesra ) Engineering Entrance Examination Eligibility Criteria – 2015

For B.E / B.Arch Courses:

Admission to B.E. and B.Arch programmes at BIT Mesra will be made on the basis of overall AIR in JEE-Main 2015 through Central Seat Allocation Board ( CSAB ) / Joint Seat Allocation 2015 ( JSA ).

Age limit:

Only those candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1990 are eligible. However, in the case of Scheduled Caste ( SC ), Scheduled Tribe ( ST ) and Persons with Disabilities ( PwD ) candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e. SC, ST and PwD candidates who are born on or after October 01, 1985 are eligible. Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board / University certificate will only be considered.

Year of Appearance in Qualifying Examination ( QE ) :

Only those candidates who have passed their Class 12^th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2013 or 2014; or

Those who are appearing in their Class 12^th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2015 are eligible to appear in JEE ( Main ) - 2015.

Candidates who passed Class 12th / Qualifying examination in 2012 or before as well as those who will appear in such examination in 2016 or later are not eligible to appear in JEE ( Main )-2015.

Candidates who appeared in class 12th / equivalent qualifying Examinations in 2012, did not pass in 2012, but passed in 2013 are also not eligible to appear in JEE ( Main ) 2015.

Number of subjects in the Qualifying Examination ( QE )

Candidates must have taken at least five subjects in class 12^th / qualifying examination in order to be eligible for writing JEE ( Main ) - 2015.

The candidates who have taken four subjects are not permitted to write JEE ( Main ) 2015 and if such candidates appear in JEE ( Main ) 2015 by furnishing wrong information, their rank / result will not be declared.

Number of Attempts

The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at JEE ( Main ) shall be limited to 03 ( three ).

Candidates are also advised to note and verify for themselves the eligibility for appearing in JEE ( advanced ) – 2015 as well as eligibility for admission to various institutes. Being eligible to write JEE (Main) and by obtaining an all India rank in JEE ( main ), a candidate does not automatically become eligible for admission.

Candidates seeking admission to the institutions in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya pradesh Nagaland and Odisha, which were earlier admitting based on their state level examination, are also advised to verify their eligibility as per criteria laid down by these state governments.

No. of Attempts and Age limit for the states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha:

Since the states of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland and Odisha have joined JEE ( Main) system from 2014. The age limit, for admission to institutions in these states which were earlier admitting candidates based on their state level examinations, will be as per their past practice only. The number of attempts in such cases will also remain same as per their past practice. This will however be obviously not applicable for admission to IITs / NITs / IIITs / CFTIs.

For More Details refer the official Website.

jeemain.nic.in/webinfo/pdf/JEE_Main_Bulletin%202015.pdf