OJEE Eligibility Criteria 2025: Check Age Limit, Minimum Educational Qualification, Work experience

OJEE eligibility criteria are the requirements for appearing for the OJEE exam. OJEE scores are accepted in over 40 top B-schools in the country. The OJEE eligibility criteria are prescribed by the OJEE Cell, which is the OJEE exam conducting authority. The minimum requirement or eligibility criteria for appearing for OJEE is graduation. The basic OJEE eligibility criteria include:

• Age Limit: There is no age bar for the candidates appearing for postgraduate courses, however, candidates appearing for BAMS/BHMS or Pharma must be at least 17 years of age as of December 31
• Nationality: Candidates appearing for OJEE must be a citizen of India. If they wish to take admissions to government colleges in Odisha then the candidates must be a native of Odisha. 
• Minimum Educational Qualification: For undergraduate courses, the candidate must have cleared Class 12 or equivalent from a recognized board. As for postgraduate courses, the candidate must hold aDiplomaorBachelorsdegree from a recognized university or institute from a relevant stream.
• Work experience: OJEE exam eligibility criteria do not include work experience. Both working and non-working candidates can apply for the exam

The OJEE application forms will be released online on the official website of OJEE. The registrations form for OJEE will likely be released in the third week of January 2025. The application window will be opened for approximately a month. The OJEE exam will tentatively be conducted in the second week of May 2025. Those interested in appearing for the exam will be required to register for it at OJEE website and fill the online application form. The score of OJEE will be valid for one year only, so if you appear for OJEE 2025, you must take admission in the same academic year.

Students need to complete the Odisha Joint Entrance Exam application process by paying the Odisha Joint Entrance Exam application fee of INR 1,000. In case, students are applying for a combination of papers such as Master of Technology, Master of Business Administration, and Master of Computer Application, then the fee will be INR 1,500. 

Any graduate candidate with a 50 percent aggregate can apply for OJEE. The applicant must also be a citizen of India. There is no age bar for the candidates appearing for the exam. However, candidates appearing for BTech Marine Engineering exam must not be more than 22 years of age. Candidates in the final year of graduation or awaiting their result can also apply provisionally. They will be required to present their marksheets at the time of admissions.

Candidates who are seeking admission to the undergraduate courses through OJEE, can fill the OJEE application form online after Class 12. Undergraduate courses such as BPharma, BTech, BCAT and Integrated MBA are offered through OJEE at various government and private colleges in Odisha. 

Class 12 graduates applying for these courses should fulfil the OJEE eligibilty criteria according to their prefered course in order to be eligible to appear for the exam. The application form for each course offered through OJEE is available online on the official website. 

No, IIM Sambalpur does not accept OJEE test scores for admission. If you want to get admission to the IIM, you will have to appear in the CAT exam. With the score of the OJEE test, you can get admission in about 40 management colleges in Odisha. You can get admission to the following top management colleges such as:

1. Utkal University
2. KIIT School of Rural Management
3. United School of Business Management
4. GIET University
5. National Institute of Science and Technology
6. Rourkela Institute of Management Studies

If in case, students find any discrepancy in their OJEE results, they can get it reviewed by requesting OJEE Cell. For OJEE result rechecking, students will need to pay INR 500 as a fee. Candidates need to pay the fee in the form of a Demand Draft, drawn in favour of OJEE. It needs to be drawn from any nationalised bank, payable at Bhubaneswar and should reach the above address (within seven calendar days) as mentioned above. OJEE scorecard will only mention overall scores. However, those candidates who wish to know their sectional scores can also request the exam conducting authority for the same.

Note: OJEE Committee will only review the OJEE results, they will not re-evaluate the answer sheets of candidates.