NEET Eligibility for AIIMS & JIPMER 2024: Check Qualification & Age Limit Criteria

JIPMER MBBS Eligibility Criteria 2024

Candidates aspiring for JIPMER are now required to appear for NEET 2024. However, it is necessary for all candidates to keep in mind that they need to abide by the eligibility criteria of NEET 2024 to get a seat in the institute.

Important Points for JIPMER MBBS Eligibility:

• Candidates who wish to apply for JIPMER but are waiting for their final results will be considered eligible only if they are able to fulfil all other mentioned eligibility criteria. However, their final eligibility will be ensured only after declaration of Class 12 results.
• Candidates of class 12 whose results are awaited should not consider issuance of Admit Card as an assurance of eligibility.
• As per JIPMER eligibility criteria 2024, students from general category and EWS are required to secure at least 50% marks combined in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Students from reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC) are required to score 40% marks. Other details like nationality, academic requirements, age limit and other mandatory details are provided below.
• All JIPMER MBBS NEET 2024 aspirants are advised to go through the details carefully.

JIPMER NEET Eligibility Criteria 2024: Overview

JIPMER NEET 2024 Eligibility Criteria: Nationality

• To seek admission under JIPMER 2024, a candidate must be a citizen of India or Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) or National Residents of India (NRI).
• OCI and NRI candidates are required to upload the necessary documents while filling the application form. Such candidates will only be considered for ‘unreserved’ category seats.

JIPMER NEET Eligibility Criteria 2024: Age Limit

All aspiring candidates applying for JIPMER MBBS 2024 must be of at least 17 years of age on or before December 31, 2024.

According to JIPMER eligibility criteria, there is no upper age limit for the NEET entrance exam. However, there will also be no relaxation in the lower age limit given to any candidate under any circumstances, irrespective of his/her category. 

JIPMER NEET 2024 Eligibility Criteria: Academic Requirements

• It is required for all aspiring candidates of JIPMER to pass the qualifying examination of Class 12 or an equivalent exam. The candidates should have Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Biotechnology as essential subjects in the last two years of study along with English as a core subject.
• Candidates who will be applying under OCI & NRI quota and have not completed class 12 from the country will have to submit an Eligibility Certificate from the Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi.
• Going by the JIPMER MBBS 2024 eligibility criteria, the qualifying marks have been decreased for each category.

Category-wise Minimum Marks Requirement

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JIPMER 2024 Categories Description

Unreserved Category

UR means a candidate who is an Indian national satisfying the eligibility criteria as prescribed by the Medical Council of India and not falling in any other reserved category.

Other Backward Classes (NON-Creamy Layer)

OBC-NCL applicants are required to ensure that they do not belong to the persons/sections of Creamy Layer as recognized by the Government of India, Department of Personnel & Training. 

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

Candidates falling under these categories will be required to produce the necessary certificates in the format provided supporting their claims. 

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Union Territory Specific Eligibility for Reservation

Puducherry – Unreserved

(P-UR): A candidate is considered to belong to the UT of Puducherry (P-UR) if he/she satisfies at least one of the following domicile criteria.

• Those candidates or whose parent (either mother or father or both) or Guardian (in the case of children who have lost both parents) has been residing continuously in this Union territory for at least five years immediately preceding the date of application.
• Candidates who have passed SSLC/HSC or any other public examination and for that purpose had undergone academic studies continuously for 5 successive classes immediately preceding the qualifying examination (including the year of the qualifying examination) in recognized education institutions (s) located in Puducherry Union Territory and having their residence in the Puducherry Union Territory for 5 years continuously during that period.
• Children whose parents are Central Government Servants, State Government Servants, Defence Personnel, Central Paramilitary Forces, Employees of Public Sector Undertakings posted and serving in the Puducherry Union Territory for at least a minimum continuous period of three years immediately prior to the last date of submission of application.
• Children of the above said employees should have studied in the Higher Secondary Course of two years in any of the schools in the U.T. of Puducherry and should have also passed the Higher Secondary Examination from the same school.
• Children of Defence Personnel who were killed or disabled in action and who have declared Puducherry as their hometown.

Puducherry Other Backward Classes

P-OBC means a candidate who satisfies the aforementioned definitions of categories (OBC) as well as (Puducherry Unreserved).

Puducherry Scheduled Caste

P-SC means a candidate who satisfies the aforementioned definitions of categories (SC) as well as (Puducherry Unreserved)

Puducherry Orthopedic Physically Challenged

P-OPH means a candidate who satisfies the aforementioned definition of categories (OPH) as well as (Puducherry Unreserved)

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