JEE Advanced is the second and final stage of India's IIT admission process, open only to candidates who rank among the top 2,50,000 JEE Main qualifiers. A different IIT organizes the exam each year on a rotating basis; IIT Roorkee ran the 2026 cycle. Unlike JEE Main's two sessions, JEE Advanced is held once a year, on a single day, split into two compulsory papers. Roughly 1.8 lakh candidates appeared in 2025, and about 54,000 qualified. JEE Advanced 2026 was conducted on May 17, 2026, with results declared June 1, 2026; JoSAA 2026 counselling, which allocates seats at all 23 IITs alongside NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs, is currently in its later rounds and runs through late July 2026.
| Date | Update | Source |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2026 | JEE Advanced 2026 final answer key and result declared | IIT Roorkee |
| May 26, 2026 | Response sheet and answer key objection window closed | IIT Roorkee |
| May 25, 2026 | Provisional answer key and response sheet released | IIT Roorkee |
| May 17, 2026 | JEE Advanced 2026 exam conducted (Paper 1 and Paper 2) | IIT Roorkee |
| May 11, 2026 | Admit card released | IIT Roorkee |
| April 23, 2026 | Registration opened for Indian nationals | IIT Roorkee |
| Full name | Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) |
| Acronym | JEE Advanced |
| Conducting body | Rotating IIT on behalf of the Joint Admission Board (JAB); IIT Roorkee for 2026 |
| Mode | Computer-based test (CBT) |
| Level | National |
| Frequency | Annual (single day, two compulsory papers) |
| Languages | English and Hindi only (switchable per question during the exam) |
| Total marks | 360 (180 per paper, subject to yearly variation) |
| Duration | 3 hours per paper (Paper 1 and Paper 2, same day) |
| Question count (2026) | 48 in Paper 1, 54 in Paper 2 (16 to 18 per subject); format varies by year |
| Negative marking | Varies by question type and year; confirmed only in exam-day instructions |
| Eligibility gate | Top 2,50,000 JEE Main 2026 qualifiers (all categories combined) |
| Registration fee (India, general male) | ₹3,200 |
| Official website | jeeadv.ac.in |
| 2025 cycle appeared | ~1.8 lakh (both papers) |
| 2025 cycle qualified | ~54,000 (~9,400 women) |
| Seats across 23 IITs (2025 cycle, JoSAA) | ~17,700 |
| Exam centres (2026 cycle) | ~220 cities across 7 zones, plus Abu Dhabi and Kathmandu |
| Registration opens, foreign nationals and OCI/PIO abroad | April 6, 2026 |
| Registration opens, Indian nationals | April 23, 2026 |
| Registration and fee payment closes | May 5, 2026 |
| Admit card release | May 11, 2026 (17:00 IST) to May 17, 2026 (14:30 IST) |
| Exam day, Paper 1 | May 17, 2026, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM IST |
| Exam day, Paper 2 | May 17, 2026, 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM IST |
| Response sheet released | May 21, 2026 |
| Provisional answer key released | May 25, 2026, 10:00 AM IST |
| Objection window closes | May 26, 2026, 5:00 PM IST |
| Final answer key and result | June 1, 2026 |
| Counselling registration opened | June 4, 2026 |
| Choice filling | June 4 to June 12, 2026 |
| Mock allotment | June 13, 2026 |
| Round 1 allotment | June 17, 2026 |
| Rounds 2 to 6 | June 20 to July 27, 2026 tentative |
Eligibility for JEE Advanced has two separate layers competitors routinely blur together. The first is eligibility to sit the exam: ranking in the top 2,50,000 JEE Main qualifiers, meeting the age and attempt limits below. The second is eligibility for actual IIT admission once you clear JEE Advanced: a 75 percent Class 12 aggregate (65 percent for SC, ST, and PwD), or a top 20 percentile finish in your board, checked separately by JoSAA at the seat-acceptance stage. Clearing JEE Advanced does not waive the Class 12 admission criterion.
| JEE Main performance gate | Top 2,50,000 JEE Main qualifiers, all categories combined. 2026 category breakdown: OPEN 96,187, OPEN-PwD 5,063, GEN-EWS 23,750, GEN-EWS-PwD 1,250, OBC-NCL 64,125, OBC-NCL-PwD 3,375, SC 35,625, SC-PwD 1,875, ST 17,812, ST-PwD 938. |
| Age limit | General category: born on or after October 1, 2001. SC, ST, and PwD: five-year relaxation, born on or after October 1, 1996. |
| Number of attempts | Maximum two attempts, in two consecutive years. Becoming eligible uses the attempt whether or not you register or appear; an unused eligible year cannot be carried forward. |
| Class 12 appearance year | First appeared for Class 12 in 2025 or 2026, with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics compulsory. 2024-or-earlier first attempts are ineligible, with a narrow exception for late-declared 2023-24 board results. |
| Prior IIT admission | Must not have previously accepted admission to any IIT under any program, except 2025 preparatory-course admits and candidates who withdrew before the final allocation round. |
| Class 12 percentage for IIT admission (General/OBC-NCL/EWS) | 75% aggregate, or top 20 percentile of the qualifying board. Checked at seat acceptance, not at exam eligibility. |
| Class 12 percentage for IIT admission (SC/ST/PwD) | 65% aggregate, or top 20 percentile of the qualifying board. |
| Nationality | Indian citizens, OCI, and PIO candidates eligible under standard categories. Foreign nationals register and pay fees separately under a distinct admission process. |
The application opens only to candidates who already hold a JEE Main application number and qualifying rank; there is no standalone JEE Advanced registration path. Indian nationals do not upload a fresh photograph or signature, both are pulled directly from the JEE Main record. The form cannot be edited after submission, the single biggest procedural difference from JEE Main, which gives every applicant a three-day correction window.
| Document | Format | Size | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photograph (foreign/OCI-PIO only) | JPG / JPEG | 10 KB to 200 KB | Recent (within 6 months), clear background, no sunglasses or cap |
| Signature (foreign/OCI-PIO only) | JPG / JPEG | Per portal limit | Black or blue ink on white paper, scanned |
| Passport (foreign/OCI-PIO only) | Per portal limit | Required for foreign nationals and OCI/PIO applicants only; Indian nationals skip document upload entirely |
| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| General / OBC-NCL | ₹3,200 | ₹1,600 |
| SC / ST / PwD (any gender) | ₹1,600 | ₹1,600 |
| Indian nationals / OCI-PIO (I) abroad, SAARC | USD 200 | USD 200 |
| Indian nationals / OCI-PIO (I) abroad, non-SAARC | USD 300 | USD 300 |
| Foreign nationals / OCI-PIO (F), SAARC | USD 100 | USD 100 |
| Foreign nationals / OCI-PIO (F), non-SAARC | USD 200 | USD 200 |
JEE Advanced runs two compulsory papers on the same day, three hours each, in computer-based mode. For the 2026 cycle, Paper 1 carried 48 questions (16 per subject) and Paper 2 carried 54 questions (18 per subject), against 180 marks per paper and 360 marks overall. Four question formats appear across the two papers in a mix that changes from year to year: single-correct MCQs, multiple-correct MCQs with partial credit, numerical-answer-type questions, and occasionally matching-list or paragraph-based questions. Unlike JEE Main, the exact question-type mix and marking scheme are confirmed only in the exam-day instructions booklet, not fixed in the information bulletin.
| Mode | Computer-based test (CBT) |
| Papers | Paper 1 and Paper 2, both compulsory |
| Duration | 3 hours each (Paper 1: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM; Paper 2: 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM) |
| Sections per paper | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics |
| Questions, Paper 1 (2026) | 48 (16 per subject) |
| Questions, Paper 2 (2026) | 54 (18 per subject) |
| Marks per paper | 180 |
| Total marks | 360 |
| Question types | Single-correct MCQ, multiple-correct MCQ (partial marking), numerical answer type, matching-list (year-dependent) |
| Negative marking | Varies by question type; typically -1 to -2 on MCQ formats, none on numerical-type in most recent cycles |
| Partial marking | Applies to multiple-correct MCQs: reduced credit for partially correct selections, forfeited if any wrong option is selected |
| Calculator | On-screen calculator only, no physical calculator |
| Language | English or Hindi, switchable per question during the exam |
IIT Roorkee's 2026 cycle shifted to an asymmetric paper split (48 questions in Paper 1 versus 54 in Paper 2) after two years of 51 questions in each paper. Multiple-correct MCQs carried a milder -1 negative mark instead of the -2 seen in some earlier cycles, and numerical-type questions in Paper 2 carried a small negative mark in a departure from the fully non-negative numerical format used previously. A different IIT organizes the exam every year and each organizer has discretion over exact format, so confirm the current figures against the exam-day instructions before relying on any single year's marking scheme.
Because JEE Advanced mixes negative and non-negative question types within the same paper, a uniform attempt-everything or skip-anything-uncertain rule does not work the way it does on JEE Main. Numerical-answer questions with zero or low negative marking are worth attempting even on a partial guess if you can narrow the answer range. Multiple-correct MCQs reward partial selection only when you are confident about a subset of options; selecting one wrong option among four forfeits the entire question, so a single guessed option on an MSQ is close to break-even at best. Read the exam-day marking instructions for each section before starting, since the scheme is not fixed year to year.
JEE Advanced's syllabus overlaps heavily with JEE Main's Class 11 and 12 Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics curriculum but goes deeper in application and multi-concept problem solving. No syllabus changes were notified for 2026. The core difference from JEE Main is not new chapters so much as depth: JEE Advanced questions routinely combine two or three concepts in a single problem where JEE Main tests them separately, and matching-list and multi-step numerical formats appear only here.
JEE Advanced Physics leans harder on Mechanics, Electrostatics, and Modern Physics than JEE Main, and expects derivation-level understanding rather than formula recall. Thermal Physics and rigid-body rotation problems are consistently rated the hardest by past test-takers.
| Unit | Weightage | Key topics |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanics (Kinematics, Rotational Dynamics, Gravitation) | 25-30% | Multi-body systems, moment of inertia, rolling without slipping |
| Electrostatics and Current Electricity | 18-20% | Gauss's law applications, RC circuits, multi-loop Kirchhoff's laws |
| Modern Physics | 10-12% | Photoelectric effect, nuclear physics, multi-step atomic-model derivations |
| Thermal Physics and Thermodynamics | 8-10% | Heat transfer, kinetic theory, entropy, multi-process cycles |
| Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction | 10-12% | Motional EMF, AC circuits, magnetic force on moving charges |
| Optics | 8-10% | Wave optics, interference, diffraction beyond JEE Main depth |
| Oscillations and Waves | 6-8% | SHM combined with rotational or electrical systems |
Physical Chemistry keeps its formula-driven accuracy advantage, but JEE Advanced problems frequently combine two Physical Chemistry topics in a single question. Organic mechanism questions go beyond JEE Main's identification-level testing into multi-step synthesis and reasoning.
| Unit | Weightage | Key topics |
|---|---|---|
| Physical: Thermodynamics, Electrochemistry, Equilibrium | 20-24% | Multi-concept numericals, Nernst equation applications |
| Organic: Reaction Mechanisms and Synthesis | 22-26% | Multi-step synthesis, named reactions in combination |
| Inorganic: Coordination Chemistry and d/f-block | 12-15% | Bonding theories, magnetic properties, isomerism |
| Physical: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding | 8-10% | Molecular orbital theory, hybridisation in complex molecules |
| Inorganic: Periodic Properties and Qualitative Analysis | 8-10% | Trend-based reasoning, salt analysis |
| Organic: Biomolecules and Polymers | 6-8% | Structure-property relationships |
JEE Advanced Mathematics tests Calculus and Coordinate Geometry at a level requiring multiple techniques in one problem, and Matrices, Vectors, and 3D Geometry appear more heavily than in JEE Main. Matching-list questions, when they appear, concentrate in Mathematics.
| Unit | Weightage | Key topics |
|---|---|---|
| Calculus (Limits, Differentiation, Integration, Differential Equations) | 28-32% | Multi-technique integration, applications combined with geometry |
| Coordinate Geometry and Conics | 14-16% | Multi-curve intersection problems, locus derivations |
| Algebra (Complex Numbers, Sequences, Permutations, Binomial) | 16-18% | Complex-number geometry, advanced combinatorics |
| Vectors and 3D Geometry | 10-12% | Line-plane intersections, combined distance and angle problems |
| Matrices and Determinants | 6-8% | System-of-equations reasoning, matrix transformations |
| Trigonometry and Probability | 8-10% | Trigonometric equations combined with calculus, conditional probability |
Almost everyone reading this has already cleared JEE Main, which changes the preparation problem entirely. You are not building foundational knowledge from zero; you are converting JEE Main-level competence into JEE Advanced-level depth in a compressed window, most commonly the 10 to 12 weeks between the JEE Main result and JEE Advanced exam day. The three plans below map to the three situations candidates are actually in.
Gap-window plan (10-12 weeks)
Weeks 1-3: Diagnostic and depth audit. Attempt one full JEE Advanced paper from the last three years cold, without prep, to see exactly where the JEE Main-to-Advanced gap bites hardest. Most candidates find it is not knowledge but problem-solving speed on multi-concept questions. Rework every wrong answer from that diagnostic paper before moving on.
Weeks 4-7: Depth-building. Add Irodov (Physics, selective chapters only, not cover-to-cover), Cengage\'s advanced problem sets, and JD Lee\'s full Inorganic Chemistry (not the abridged JEE Main subset). One full-length JEE Advanced mock every four days, reviewed the same day.
Weeks 8-11: Mock-heavy with paper-specific practice. Alternate full JEE Advanced Paper 1 and Paper 2 mocks daily in the final three weeks, timed exactly to the real slots (9 AM and 2:30 PM) to condition your body clock. Revisit matching-list and multi-correct MCQ formats specifically, since JEE Main gives no practice with either.
Week 12: Taper. Stop new mocks four days before the exam. Review your error log only. Sleep on the real exam schedule for the final week.
12-month plan
Months 1-6 align with the standard JEE Main preparation plan; there is no separate JEE Advanced-specific track worth running in parallel this early, since the syllabus overlap is high and JEE Main mastery is the prerequisite.
Months 7-10: Shift toward depth. Once JEE Main-level fluency is solid, move toward JEE Advanced-style multi-concept problems. Introduce Irodov selectively, HC Verma\'s Volume 2 exercises in full, and past JEE Advanced papers as your primary problem source rather than generic question banks.
Months 11-12: Converge with the gap plan. Treat the final two months identically to a first-attempt candidate\'s post-JEE-Main window.
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Days 1-10: two full JEE Advanced mocks per week, both papers back to back on the real exam schedule.
Days 11-18: one mock every two days, heavy focus on your error log\'s recurring trap patterns.
Days 19-21: no mocks, only formula and reaction-mechanism review, plus a dry run of exam-day logistics (admit card, ID, reporting time at your assigned centre).
By the time a candidate reaches JEE Advanced prep, coaching\'s marginal value has already been mostly delivered or not: two-year JEE coaching programs (Allen, Aakash, FIITJEE) build toward JEE Advanced from day one, so a candidate who did a full two-year program has effectively been preparing for this exam all along.
For someone who cleared JEE Main through self-study, the honest calculation changes: a short, focused test-series subscription for the gap window (₹3,000 to ₹8,000) plus Irodov and past papers is usually enough, since you are refining an existing base rather than building one. Full-fee crash courses sold specifically for the JEE Main-to-Advanced window are expensive (₹40,000 to ₹80,000 for 8 to 10 weeks) relative to what they add over disciplined self-study.
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| Book | Subject | Price (₹) | One-line take |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irodov, Problems in General Physics | Physics | 500 | Brutally difficult, relevant only if targeting a top-500 rank; skip if your goal is any IIT seat rather than a specific top branch. |
| HC Verma Volume 2 | Physics | 450 | The bridge between JEE Main and Advanced depth; work every exercise, not just the solved examples. |
| Cengage Physics for JEE Advanced (B M Sharma) | Physics | 2,000 | Closest problem-difficulty match to recent JEE Advanced papers. |
| JD Lee Concise Inorganic Chemistry (full edition) | Chemistry | 900 | The JEE Main version is abridged; JEE Advanced needs the full text. |
| MS Chouhan Organic Chemistry (advanced problems) | Chemistry | 750 | Reaction-mechanism depth beyond the JEE Main-level problem sets. |
| Cengage Mathematics (G Tewani, full series) | Mathematics | 2,200 | Matches JEE Advanced's multi-technique problem style better than any single-author alternative. |
| Arihant Objective Physics for JEE Advanced | Physics | 600 | Useful for matching-list and multi-correct MCQ format practice specifically. |
| I A Maron, Problems in Calculus of One Variable | Mathematics | 550 | The Irodov equivalent for Calculus; relevant only if your target is a top-1,000 rank and you have exhausted Cengage. |
Allen's and FIITJEE's JEE Advanced-specific test series (₹8,000 to ₹15,000 for the gap window) are the most calibrated to the actual paper's difficulty spike from JEE Main. A cheaper adequate option is the official past-papers archive plus one paid test series rather than two, since the marginal value of a second test series is low for most candidates in a 10 to 12 week window.
The activity with the highest score-to-effort ratio in exam prep is mock-test analysis. Solving a mock takes hours; analysing it correctly takes longer. Most candidates skip the analysis. The candidates who score well do not.
| Year | Difficulty | Hardest section | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Moderate-Hard | Physics | Rotational mechanics problems required unusually long solution chains (organized by IIT Kanpur) |
| 2024 | Moderate | Mathematics | Coordinate geometry combined with calculus in most questions (organized by IIT Madras) |
| 2023 | Hard | Chemistry (Physical) | Multi-concept numericals across thermodynamics and electrochemistry (organized by IIT Guwahati) |
| 2022 | Moderate-Hard | Physics | Paper 2 had an unusually low overall attempt rate (organized by IIT Bombay) |
| 2021 | Moderate | Mathematics | Matching-list format returned after a two-year gap (organized by IIT Kharagpur) |
Physics questions recur most in Mechanics (multi-body and rotational systems), Electrostatics combined with Current Electricity, and Modern Physics. Chemistry recurs most in Physical Chemistry numericals that combine two topics, and Organic reaction mechanisms requiring multi-step reasoning. Mathematics recurs most in Calculus combined with Coordinate Geometry, and Vector-3D Geometry problems requiring spatial visualization rather than formula substitution.
| Year | General | OBC-NCL | EWS | SC | ST | PwD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggregate minimum (2025) | ~35% | ~31.5% | ~31.5% | ~17.5% | ~17.5% | ~17.5% |
| Subject-wise minimum, each subject (2025) | ~10.5% | ~9.5% | ~9.5% | ~5.3% | ~5.3% | ~5.3% |
| College | General (HS) | General (OS) | OBC (OS) | SC (OS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIT Bombay (CSE) | — | 66 | 54 | 31 |
| IIT Delhi (CSE) | — | ~116 | — | — |
| IIT Madras (CSE) | — | ~150 | — | — |
| IIT Kanpur (CSE) | — | ~270 | — | — |
| IIT Kharagpur (CSE) | — | ~300s | — | — |
| IIT Roorkee (CSE) | — | ~480 | — | — |
| IIT Guwahati (CSE) | — | ~600 | — | — |
Our 2026 admission cutoff view anchors on the 2024 and 2025 JoSAA final-round data for the IIT block, the same dataset behind the JEE Advanced College Predictor. CSE closing ranks at top-tier IITs move 3 to 8% cycle to cycle historically, less volatile than NIT-level cutoffs because the candidate pool is smaller and more self-selecting. The predictor's rule-based model has not yet run its first formal calibration (scheduled January 2027, after JoSAA 2026 Round 6 closes); treat any single-cycle figure as directional until then.
Use the College Predictor with full methodology disclosure →JEE Advanced 2026 results were declared June 1, 2026, alongside the final answer key, at jeeadv.ac.in. The result includes your Common Rank List (CRL) position, alongside separate category rank lists and, for eligible candidates, the preparatory-course rank list. Unlike JEE Main, which computes rank from normalised percentiles across shifts, JEE Advanced ranks are based directly on raw marks, since the exam runs as a single sitting rather than multiple shifts.
A JEE Advanced rank is valid only for the JoSAA counselling cycle held in the same year. It cannot be carried forward; a candidate attempting again the following year must clear JEE Main and JEE Advanced fresh, subject to the two-attempt limit.
JEE Advanced does not use shift-based normalisation the way JEE Main does. The exam runs as a single sitting nationwide (Paper 1 and Paper 2 on one day, one set of timings), so ranks are computed directly from raw marks without a percentile-conversion step.
JEE Advanced allows formal verification of marks through its response sheet and answer key objection process, a real difference from JEE Main's no-reevaluation policy. The 2026 objection window ran roughly 31 hours (May 25, 10:00 AM to May 26, 5:00 PM), and each challenge costs ₹500 per question, refunded only if the objection is upheld after review. Once the final answer key is published, no further changes are made; the objection window, not a later appeal, is the only opportunity to contest an answer.
JoSAA allocates seats at all 23 IITs through the same six-round process that allocates NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs using JEE Main rank. The mechanics, choice filling, Freeze, Float, Slide, document verification, and fee payment, are identical across both exam tracks and are covered in full on the JEE Main page. What differs for JEE Advanced candidates is IIT-specific: there is no Home-State quota (IITs are pan-India only, unlike NITs), and a dedicated preparatory-course provision exists for SC, ST, and PwD candidates who clear a lower preparatory cutoff but miss their regular category cutoff.
Rank IIT branches by long-term fit, not by IIT name alone. Every JoSAA cycle, students take a less-preferred branch at a top-3 IIT over a strong branch (often CSE or Electrical) at a newer IIT purely for the brand name. Placement data across cycles consistently favours the stronger branch at a lesser-known IIT over a weak branch at a famous one.
List every IIT branch you would genuinely accept, in your honest order. JEE Advanced\'s smaller candidate pool means your realistic option set is narrower than JEE Main\'s; padding your list with branches you would reject wastes choice-form slots without improving your odds.
Treat the preparatory-course rank list as a real option, not a fallback of last resort. For SC, ST, and PwD candidates near their category cutoff, the preparatory route is a legitimate path into an IIT B.Tech seat; candidates who dismiss it outright sometimes forgo a seat they were eligible for.
Re-check the closing rank trend for your target branch across the last three cycles, not just the latest one. A single-year spike or dip (from a syllabus change, a new IIT\'s expanding intake, or an unusually easy or hard paper) can mislead a one-year comparison; three years smooths it out.
IIT seats rarely go unfilled through the standard six JoSAA rounds given demand, so IIT-specific spot rounds are uncommon compared to NIT or GFTI seats. The one structural exception is the preparatory course: SC, ST, and PwD candidates who miss both the regular and preparatory cutoffs have no further IIT route that cycle and must reattempt JEE Advanced the following year, subject to the two-attempt limit.
Talk to a counsellor about your strategy →Top 23 JEE Advanced-accepting institutes by NIRF Engineering rank. Each links to the full college page with placements, fees, hostel, and student reviews.
| NIRF rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | IIT Madras | Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| #2 | IIT Delhi | New Delhi |
| #3 | IIT Bombay | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| #4 | IIT Kanpur | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh |
| #5 | IIT Kharagpur | Kharagpur, West Bengal |
| #6 | IIT Roorkee | Roorkee, Uttarakhand |
| #7 | IIT Hyderabad | Hyderabad, Telangana |
| #8 | IIT Guwahati | Guwahati, Assam |
| #10 | IIT BHU Varanasi | Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh |
| #12 | IIT Indore | Indore, Madhya Pradesh |
| #14 | IIT Mandi | Mandi, Himachal Pradesh |
| #15 | IIT Ropar | Rupnagar, Punjab |
| #18 | IIT Gandhinagar | Gandhinagar, Gujarat |
| #22 | IIT Bhubaneswar | Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
| #25 | IIT Patna | Patna, Bihar |
| #27 | IIT ISM Dhanbad | Dhanbad, Jharkhand |
| #31 | IIT Jodhpur | Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
| #38 | IIT Tirupati | Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh |
| #41 | IIT Palakkad | Palakkad, Kerala |
| #51 | IIT Bhilai | Bhilai, Chhattisgarh |
| #56 | IIT Goa | Ponda, Goa |
| #60 | IIT Jammu | Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir |
| #64 | IIT Dharwad | Dharwad, Karnataka |
| Comparison | Mode | Conducting body | Frequency | College scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEE Advanced vs JEE Main | CBT vs CBT | Rotating IIT vs NTA | Annual, single day vs Biannual | IITs only vs NITs/IIITs/GFTIs |
| JEE Advanced vs BITSAT | CBT vs CBT | Rotating IIT vs BITS Pilani | Annual vs Multi-session | 23 public IITs vs Private BITS campuses |
| JEE Advanced vs VITEEE | CBT vs CBT | Rotating IIT vs VIT | Annual vs Annual | Public IITs vs Private VIT campuses |
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IIT Roorkee organized JEE Advanced 2026. A different IIT organizes the exam each year on a rotating basis among the older IITs; the organizing institute changes annually, so always confirm the current cycle's official site rather than bookmarking a specific IIT's domain.
Only candidates ranking in the top 2,50,000 JEE Main qualifiers (all categories combined) can attempt JEE Advanced. You also need to have first appeared for Class 12 in 2025 or 2026 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, meet the age criteria (born on or after October 1, 2001, with a five-year relaxation for SC, ST, and PwD candidates), and not have previously accepted an IIT admission.
A maximum of two attempts, in two consecutive years. Becoming eligible in a given year counts as using that attempt whether or not you register or appear, so an unused eligible year cannot be saved for later.
JEE Main is a biannual exam run by NTA that qualifies candidates for NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs, and also gates entry to JEE Advanced. JEE Advanced is a once-a-year exam run by a rotating IIT, open only to top JEE Main qualifiers, and is the sole route into any of the 23 IITs. JEE Advanced tests the same core subjects at greater depth, with a marking scheme and question-type mix that changes more often year to year than JEE Main's fixed pattern.
Yes, a real difference from JEE Main. JEE Advanced releases a response sheet and a provisional answer key that you can formally challenge within a short objection window (roughly 31 hours in 2026), for a ₹500-per-question fee refunded only if your objection is upheld. JEE Main allows no re-evaluation once its final key is published.
Rough general-category benchmarks from the 2025 cycle: under 100 for CSE at IIT Bombay; under 300 for CSE at any of the top 5 IITs; under 1,000 for CSE at any IIT; under 3,000 for a strong core branch (Electrical, Mechanical) at a top-10 IIT; under 10,000 for any branch at any of the 23 IITs. Check the current predictor for a rank-specific read.
JEE Advanced ranks are based on raw marks from a single sitting, since the exam runs once with no multi-shift normalisation needed. JEE Main runs across many shifts over multiple days, so NTA converts raw scores to a normalised percentile before ranking.
No. JEE Advanced eligibility requires ranking among the top 2,50,000 JEE Main qualifiers; there is no separate application path. If you have not yet cleared JEE Main, prepare for that exam first.
No. Unlike JEE Main's three-day correction window, JEE Advanced does not allow any edits after submission. Review every field, especially the details auto-pulled from your JEE Main record, before paying the registration fee.
IIT seats are allocated through the same JoSAA process used for NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs, using your JEE Advanced Common Rank List rather than your JEE Main rank. The choice-filling, Freeze, Float, and Slide mechanics are identical across both tracks.
A one-year bridge program at a host IIT for SC, ST, and PwD candidates who clear a lower preparatory-course cutoff but miss their regular category cutoff. Candidates who pass with at least 40% in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics and 30% in English join the B.Tech program directly the following year. It is available only once per candidate.
Less than it might seem, if you already cleared JEE Main through solid self-study. The gap is depth, not new content, so a short, targeted plan using past papers, Irodov (selectively), and one test series usually closes it. Full two-year coaching programs help candidates who did not self-study for JEE Main, but a JEE Main self-study candidate does not need to switch strategies for the gap window.
JEE Advanced 2026 ran across roughly 220 cities in India, split into seven zones, plus two international centres, Abu Dhabi and Kathmandu. This is a smaller international footprint than JEE Main, which offers centres across several Gulf cities.
JEE Advanced 2027's organizing institute and exact dates had not been announced as of this page's last review. The notification typically follows shortly after the November JEE Main 2027 Session 1 announcement.
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