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JEE Advanced 2026: The Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced is the only entrance exam that opens the door to IIT admissions. For the upcoming session 2026-2027, IIT Roorkee is expected to take responsibility for conducting the JEE Advanced 2026 exam. The JEE Advanced 2026 exam date and information brochure are anticipated to be released in December 2025. Further, the JEE Advanced 2026 application form for JEE Main 2026 qualified candidates will be available in April 2026. JEE Advanced 2026 can be attempted by all those top 2.5 lakh JEE Main 2026 candidates who will be declared qualified for JEE Advanced.
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You can appear for JEE Advanced 2026 if you are among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates (including all categories) in JEE Main 2026 paper 1 and are born on or after October 1, 2001 (A five-year age relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates). If you have already attempted JEE Advanced twice, you cannot attempt it again this year. However, if you have attempted JEE Advanced in 2025, you can attempt it again in 2026. Only two consecutive attempts are allowed in JEE Advanced. Additionally, those who had appeared in Class 12 (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2024 or earlier are NOT eligible to appear in JEE Advanced 2026. Candidates must check and understand the JEE Advanced 2026 eligibility criteria as the first step of their preparation for the upcoming IIT admission session.
Note that candidates do not need any minimum marks in class 12 to be eligible for JEE Advanced 2026 exam; however, for IIT admission, they must have a minimum 75% (65% for SC, ST and PWD) marks in class 12.
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Aspirants getting ready for the JEE Advanced 2026 can find the JEE Advanced 2026 exam pattern on this page. Furthermore, the JEE Advanced 2026 syllabus, which will serve as the basis for the questions in the exam, is available here. In addition, to assist with your JEE Advanced 2026 preparation, you can also access JEE Advanced previous years’ question papers along with solutions on this page.
Check all details on JEE Advanced 2026 like eligibility, how to apply, syllabus, exam pattern, chapter-wise important topics weightage, IIT JEE Advanced admission criteria, recommended books for JEE Advanced 2026 and more on this page.
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What is JEE Advanced?JEE Advanced is the second-stage test (after JEE Main) for aspiring IIT students. Remember, only the top 2.5 lakh performers in JEE Main get to challenge JEE Advanced. It’s your doorway to the prestigious IITs and is considered one of the toughest exams in the world. The exam is conducted annually by one of the 7 IITs or IISc Bangalore in CBT mode, under the aegis of the Joint Admission Board (JAB).
Annual test takers
In the last session, a total of 1,87,223 candidates signed up to take the JEE Advanced exam. Out of these, 1,80,422 participated in both papers of the exam. From this group, 54,378 students were successful and qualified for admission into the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Dynamic exam pattern
What adds to the difficulty level of the JEE Advanced exam is its dynamic exam pattern. Unlike many entrance exams, where the exam marking scheme and other details are notified to the candidates beforehand, IIT JEE Advanced likes to keep them a secret until the exam day. Only aspects of the exam pattern that are notified beforehand are:
- The exam has two papers – Paper 1 and Paper 2. Both papers are compulsory.
- Paper 1 has three sections – Physics, Chemistry and Maths. The same goes for Paper 2.
- Each paper is of three hours duration.
- The exam is held in CBT mode with questions displayed in English and Hindi.
- The marking scheme, number of questions and the types of questions asked are revealed on the exam day.
What does the JEE Advanced exam offer?
- Entry to undergraduate courses like B.Tech, B.Sc, B.Arch, etc, offered by the IITs.
- Admission to Integrated Master’s and Dual Degree programs offered by the IITs.
- IIT seat selection through JoSAA, based on JEE Advanced rank and preference.
What courses can you pursue after qualifying JEE Advanced?
- BTech in various Engineering disciplines.
- BSc programs in Science.
- BArch in Architecture.
- Dual Degree programs like B.Tech-MTech and BS-MS.
- Integrated MTech and Integrated MSc programs.
Those who qualify in the JEE Advanced exam are offered seats in IITs based on their course preference and JEE Advanced ranks via a common process by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA).
JEE Advanced 2026 HighlightsThe highlights of JEE Advanced 2026 can be checked below. This will give you quick information about the exam.
Exam Particulars | Exam Details |
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Exam Name | Joint Entrance Exam Advanced |
Conducting Body | IIT Roorkee – expected |
Exam Level | National |
Exam Frequency | Once a year |
Mode of Exam | Computer-based test |
Number of candidates registering | 1,87,223 as per 2025 186,584 as per 2024 |
Number of candidates appearing | 1,80,422 as per 2025 180,200 as per 2024 |
Number of candidates qualifying | 54,378 as per 2025 48,248 as per 2024 |
Colleges Accepting Exam Score | All IITs and other institutes |
Courses offered through Entrance Exam |
Check complete list of courses |
Total seats in IITs | 18,160 as per 2025 17,760 as per 2024 |
Exam Fees |
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Exam Duration |
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No. of Papers | Two papers |
Language/Medium of Exam | English / Hindi |
No. of Test Cities | 224 cities as per 2025 – Check full list |
Official Website | jeeadv.ac.in |
