Before you start JEE Advanced 2025 application process, you must clearly have an idea what is the eligibility for JEE Advanced. Check details regarding number of attempts, minimum marks needed in JEE Main 2025 for JEE Advanced 2025, class 12 percentage, and all details here.
JEE Advanced 2025 Eligibility and Exceptions
JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria 2025: IIT Kanpur has released the updated JEE Advanced 2025 eligibility criteria. On November 18, 2024, IIT Kanpur announced that JAB has decided to roll back the JEE Advanced attempt limit to the previously followed criteria which is twice in two consecutive years. Earlier on November 5, IIT Kanpur announced that now JEE Advanced attempt limit will be thrice in three consecutive years.
However, as per the latest development, the JEE Advanced 2025 attempt limit has been rolled back to two attempts in two consecutive years from the revised three attempts in three consecutive years. This has been done after considering various competing requirements in the meeting of JAB held on November 15, 2024. This has resulted in restoring the earlier eligibility criteria followed since 2013 for JEE Advanced exam. All other eligibility criteria remain the same. This means candidates who have appeared in JEE Advanced 2024 can appear for JEE Advanced 2025. But, candidates who have appeared in JEE Advanced 2023 and earlier, cannot appear in JEE Advanced 2025.
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The top 2.5 lakh candidates who will qualify JEE Main 2025 will be eligible to register for JEE Advanced 2025. In this article, we will address the eligibility for JEE Advanced in detail. To appear for JEE Advanced 2025 there are no minimum marks needed in class 12, however, note that to get admission to the IITs candidates will need a minimum of 75% marks in class 12. Other than that, there is also a JEE Advanced age limit. To understand JEE Advanced eligibility 2025 in detail, read below.
JEE Advanced 2025 Eligibility for Indian Nationals
The usual eligibility criteria that are applicable in JEE Advanced every year are:
Criteria 1: JEE Main Scores
Candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates (including all categories) in BE/BTech Paper of JEE (Main) 2025. The number of top JEE Main 2025 candidates that can apply for JEE Advanced 2025 is as follows:
| Category | Number of "Top" JEE Main candidates to be selected for JEE Advanced 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| OPEN | 96187 | 101250 |
| OPEN-PwD | 5063 | |
| GEN-EWS | 23750 | 25000 |
| GEN-EWS-PwD | 1250 | |
| OBC-NCL | 64125 | 67500 |
| OBC-NCL-PwD | 3375 | |
| SC | 35625 | 37500 |
| SC-PwD | 1875 | |
| ST | 17812 | 18750 |
Criteria 2: JEE Advanced Age Limit
Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 2000. Five years of age relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates, ie, these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1995.
Criteria 3: Number of JEE Advanced Attempt Limit
A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in two consecutive years.
Criteria 4: Appearance Year of Class 12 / Qualifying Exam
A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2024 or 2025 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects. Candidates who had appeared in the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2023 or earlier, are NOT eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025, irrespective of the combination of subjects attempted/offered.
Note: By appearance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination, it is meant that the Board concerned declared the result for that year irrespective of whether or not the examination was conducted. It will be considered as an appearance even if the result of a particular candidate got withheld.
Criteria 5: Earlier Admission to the IITs
A candidate should NOT have been admitted to an IIT irrespective of whether or not the candidate continued in the program OR accepted an IIT seat by reporting “online” / at a “reporting centre” in the past. Candidates whose admission to IITs was cancelled (for whatever reason) after joining any IIT are also NOT eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2025.
Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2024 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025. The candidates who were allocated a seat in an IIT through JoSAA 2024 but:
- did not report “online” / at any “reporting centre” OR,
- withdrew before the last round of seat allotment, OR,
- had their seat cancelled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITs, are eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2025.
However, in all of the above cases, the candidate is also required to fulfil the conditions mentioned from Criterion 1 to Criterion 4.
Download detailed JEE Advanced 2025 eligibility criteria here
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Q: How many attempts are there for JEE Advanced?
A candidate can attempt JEE Advanced two times in two consecutive years. The candidates who will be appearing for JEE Advanced 2025 for the first time, can also appear for JEE Advanced 2026. Similary, candidates who have attempted JEE Advanced in 2024 for the first time can attempt JEE Advanced 2025. However, the candidates who have attempted JEE Advanced 2023 cannot attempt JEE Advanced 2025, as only two consecitive attempts are allowed in the exam.
Q: I passed 12th in 2023 with 60% but I repeated 12th in 2024. Am I eligible for JEE advance 2025?
No. Candidates who appeared in Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2023, are NOT eligible to appear in JEE Advanced 2025. Candidates who passed Class 12 in 2024 or 2025 are eligible for JEE Advanced 2025. Since you have appeared for class 12 boards for the first time in 2023 you are NOT eligible for JEE Advanced 2025.
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JEE Advanced 2025 Eligibility for Foreign Nationals
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Eligibility Criteria for Appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2025 for the Foreign Nationals
- JEE Advanced Age Limit: Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 2000. In countries where a minimum stint in the armed forces (or allied) for a certain period is mandatory before/after Class XII (or equivalent) examination, the candidate will be given a relaxation of the required number of years. In such cases, the candidate is required to upload a certificate/testimonial issued by the competent authority to this effect at the time of registration.
- Number of JEE Advanced attempts: A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in consecutive years
- Appearance year of class 12 / qualifying exam: A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2024 or 2025 with the subjects Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects. A Foreign national must have passed class XII (or equivalent) Board examination with a minimum of five subjects and secured at least 75% aggregate marks. Also, candidates must have passed Class XII (or equivalent) Board examination with a minimum of five subjects and be within the top 20 percentile of successful candidates in their respective Class XII (or equivalent) board examination. The marks scored in the following five subjects will be considered for calculating the aggregate marks and the cut-off marks for fulfilling the top 20 percentile criterion.
- Maths
- Physics
- Chemistry
- A language (if the candidate has taken more than one language, then the language with the higher marks will be considered)
- Any subject other than the above four (the subject with the highest marks will be considered).
- Earlier admission to IITs: A candidate should NOT have been admitted to an IIT irrespective of whether or not the candidate continued in the program OR accepted a seat at an IIT by reporting “online” / at a “reporting centre” through JoSAA in the past. Candidates whose admission to IITs was cancelled (for whatever reason) after joining any IIT are also NOT eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2025.
JEE Advanced 2025 Eligibility Criteria for OCI/PIO Candidates
OCI/PIO card holders who have secured OCI/PIO card before 04.03.2021, are considered as Indian nationals for seat allocation to IITs. Candidates who have secured OCI/PIO cards on or after 04.03.2021 will be considered as foreign nationals. However, these candidates are not eligible for benefits of any kind of reservation (for example GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST) except for OPEN-PwD. These candidates shall be required to be in the Open and Open-PwD rank lists in JEE (Main) 2025 to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2025. At the time of seat allocation, the OCI/PIO candidates who have secured OCI/PIO cards before 04.03.2021 shall be considered for the seats in the OPEN category. These OCI/PIO candidates shall be included in the Common Rank List, and/or CRL-PwD list as also for the Female Supernumerary seats, as applicable, subject to qualifying the JEE (Advanced) 2025. These OCI/PIO candidates are NOT entitled to the benefit of reservation under the GEN-EWS, OBC (NCL), SC or ST categories for the allocation of seats.
Q: What minimum marks are required in JEE Mains to be eligible for JEE Advanced?
The minimum marks required in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced 2025 will be announced with the JEE main 2025 final result after session 2 exams. Last year's minimum marks in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced were:
2024:
- General (UR): 93.2362181
- General (UR) PWD: 0.0018700
- Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 81.3266412
- Other Backward Classes (OBC): 79.6757881
- Scheduled Caste (SC): 60.0923182
- Scheduled Tribe (ST): 46.6975840
2023:
- General (UR): 90.7788642
- OBC-NCL: 73.6114227
- SC: 51.9776027
- ST: 37.2348772
- GEN-EWS: 75.6229025
- General (UR) PWD: 0.0013527
Candidates aiming for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) need to meet these cutoff marks in JEE Mains to be eligible for JEE Advanced 2025.
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Q: What are the qualifying marks in JEE Advanced exam?
The qualifying cut-off of the Joint Entrance Examination-Advanced comprises the minimum score that aspirants need to appear in the Joint Seat Allocation Authority counseling. Students who score amongst the top 250000 ranks in the Joint Entrance Examination Main are qualified to apply for the Joint Entrance Examination Advanced exam. Students must have a score of a minimum of 75 percent marks in tier class 12th board exams. For Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe, or OBC categories, the minimum score is 65 percent.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered Yesterday
JEE Advanced has two papers. Each paper has 3 parts (Physics, Chemistry and Maths) and each part has four sections. Every section has a particular marking scheme. As per the later paper pattern, the marking scheme in each of these sections are as follows:
Section | Number of questions and total marks | Marking Scheme |
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1 | 4 questions of 12 marks |
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2 | 3 questions of 12 marks |
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3 | 6 questions of 24 marks |
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4 | 4 questions of 12 marks |
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Beginner-Level 3
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Candidates can download the previous year JEE Advanced question papers on the official website of JEE Advanced - jeeadv.ac.in. For success in the exam, it is important to practice the previous year papers. Toppers and experts believe that solving the previous year question papers is the most integra
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Beginner-Level 3
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The best books to prepare for chemistry section in JEE Advanced as per toppers and experts are:
- Organic Chemistry by Morrison and Boyd for Organic Chemistry
- Concise Inorganic Chemistry by J. D. Lee for Inorganic Chemistry
- Modern Approach to Chemical Calculations by RC Mukherjee
- NCERT Chemistry Class 11
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Beginner-Level 3
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As per the recommendations from the experts and toppers, candidates can refer to the following books for JEE Advanced physics preparations:
- Understanding Physics by DC Pandey
- Practice Book Physics for JEE Main and Advanced by DC Pandey
- NCERT Physics Class 11 and 12
- Problems in General Physics by I. E. I
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Beginner-Level 3
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Both the JEE Main and JEE Advanced syllabi cover Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics from CBSE classes 11 and 12. However, JEE Advanced includes additional topics beyond the standard syllabus. For example, it covers Thermal Physics and Electrochemistry, which are not part of the JEE Main syllabus.
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Beginner-Level 3
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To build this confidence, the student should take the JEE Advabced mock exams that simulate actual exam conditions. These mock tests help with time management, provide valuable practice, and offer a clear understanding of the exam pattern and question format, all of which are beneficial for better p
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Beginner-Level 3
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Students can take JEE Advanced mock tests and do a detailed feedback on their performance. After each test, candidates can do a comprehensive analysis into how the they approached the mock test and identifying areas for improvement. This analysis will helps students rectify mistakes and improve thei
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About 2 to 3 months prior to the exam, start taking JEE Advanced full-length mock tests regularly. This will not only help build stamina for the extended duration of the exam but also give you a realistic sense of the actual test environment.
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Beginner-Level 2
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Yes. Candidates can find official JEE Advanced mock tests on the official website of JEE Advanced, jeeadv.ac.in. The conducting IIT releases the mock tests 1 or 2 months before the exam date. Candidates can access these free mock tests link to practice for the exam. Other than that, many free and pa
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Yes you can apply for JEE Advanced. However, you will not be eligible for admisison to the IITs. As, candidates need to have Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects in the year of first appearance in the Class XII exam to be eligible for admission ti the IITs.
Candidates must have p
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What is the JEE Advanced question paper pattern?