Dear Aspirant,

To help you with your query, let's go through the eligibility criteria of JEE which any candidate would have to pass to get into an IIT. JEE Main mentions the criteria in context to age, educational qualification, subjects chosen in the previous stage that are required to be seen to check the eligibility criteria of the candidate. Let's go through the educational requirement to get clear your query. The candidate must have qualified in one of these aspects to apply:

• The candidate must have given class 12th, 10+2 or any other equivalent exam conducted by any recognized Central/ State board like CBSE, ICSE, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi etc.
• The candidate must have given an Intermediate or Pre-University Course or Pre-Degree Course examination conducted by a recognized Board/University.
• The candidate must have given the final examination of the 2-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
• The candidate must have pursued vocational examination of Higher Secondary.
• The candidate must have passed the National Institute of Open Schooling conducted Senior Secondary School Examination with a minimum of 5 subjects.
• The candidate must possess an AICTE or State board of technical education recognised Diploma of at least 3 years duration.
• The candidate must have completed his/her education from the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) recognised school, board, university examination in India or any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system.
• The candidate must have a General Certificate Education (GCE) exam (London/ Cambridge/ Sri Lanka) at Advanced (A) level. This is only for admission to IITs.
• The candidate must have a High School Certificate Examination by Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office. This is also for admission to IITs.

If you look at the highlighted bit, you will realise that if your diploma is recognised by the given organisations, it would be enough for you to be a part of the exam and thus, make your way into IIT. The subjects which are required for admission in class XII or equivalent examination which will be considered in JEE Mains are:

• Language
• Physics (compulsory for B.Arch.)
• Mathematics (compulsory for B.Tech & B.Arch. both)
• Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Technical Vocational Subject (Any one of them)
• Any other subject