Odisha Joint Entrance Examination (OJEE) - Admission Criteria for Odisha State Category

The candidate must have passed/appeared 10+2 examination from any of the recognized institutions in the State of Odisha for taking admission into Bachelor’s Degree. The candidate must have passed/appeared +3 Sc /B.Sc./BCA/ B.Tech/ B.Pharm/ B.Arch Bachelor degree from any of the recognized institutions in the State of Odisha for taking admission into Masters Degree.

Parents of the candidate should be natives of Odisha. To claim benefit under this criteria, a candidate shall have to furnish at the time of document verification, a “resident/ nativity certificate”, in prescribed form (AppendixIII) from a Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tahasildar of the area to which his/ her parents belong as native.

Sons/ daughters/ spouse of the employees of Government of Odisha/ Govt. of India/ Govt. of Odisha Undertakings/ Govt. of India undertakings, serving in the State of Odisha at the time of application. To claim the benefits under this criteria, candidate has to submit a certificate from the employer of his/her parents/spouse in the prescribed form at the time of document verification. The candidate has to submit form issued not earlier than January 2022.

Besides above, the reservation facility is also applicable to the Children/ wards of All India Civil Service Officers serving in the State of Odisha at par with the natives of Odisha, except for any reservation being extended to ST, SC and SEBC categories so far as admission to Professional / Technical Institutions in the State is concerned.