JEE Advanced 2026: Exam Date, Conducting IIT, Eligibility, Registration, Syllabus, Mock Test, Previous Year Papers, How to Prepare

JEE Advanced 2026 is expected to be conducted by IIT Roorkee. All details related to the JEE Advanced 2026 exam will be made available on the official website - jeeadv.ac.in.

The JEE Advanced 2026 application form will be out in April 2026. The exact date for the release of JEE Advanced 2026 application form will be made available on the official website - jeeadv.ac.in.

The JEE Advanced 2026 exam will be held in May 2026. The most probable dates for the JEE Advanced 2026 exam are May 17 or May 24, following the past few years' trends.

There has been no update on any changes in the JEE Advanced 2026 attempt limits. If any changes are to be made in the attempt limit, the same will be officially notified at jeeadv.ac.in. Currently, the JEE Advanced attempt limit is twice in two consecutive years.

The age limit to apply for JEE Advanced 2026 is:

• Candidate should be born on or after October 1, 2001.
• An age relaxation of five years is given to the candidates belonging to the SC, ST and PwD categories.

The official website for JEE Advanced remains the same every year. The official JEE Advanced website is  - jeeadv.ac.in.

Candidates can check the JEE Advanced eligibility on the official website - jeeadv.ac.in and also on the official JEE Advanced information brochure released every year.

PWD in JEE Advanced means "Person with benchmark disability". This means the person has no less than 40% of a specified disability. The candidates belonging to such category are eligible to various reservation as mentioned on the official JEE Advanced brochure.

No. Candidates can only apply for the JEE Advanced exam online on the official website - jeeadv.ac.in. There is no offline for available to apply for the exam. All steps of the application process is online.

The previous year JEE Advanced question papers can be downloaded from the official website - jeeadv.ac.in. The official website has the previous year IIT JEE question papers from 2007 to 2025.

Candidates can find the solved question papers of JEE Advanced exam on the websites of various coaching centres. Also shiksha.com have comoile the solved past 10 year JEE Advanced question papers here: Last 10 Year JEE Advanced Question Papers with Solutions: Download Here.

Solving previous year JEE Advanced question papers can help with:

1. Increasing speed and accuracy.
2. Understanding the previous year trends.
3. Knowing the exam pattern.
4. Indetifying the important topics with high weightage.
5. Knowing the types of question that come.

The JEE Advanced exam pattern is dynamic. It changes every year. The only known aspect of the JEE Advanced exam pattern are:

1. The number of papers: There are two papers - paper 1 and paper 2.
2. The exam mode: The JEE Advanced exam is held in computer based test mode.
3. Duration: The exam is held for 6 hours. Each paper is of 3 hours.
4. Subjects: Each question papers has questions from three sections - Maths, Physics and Chemistry

JEE Advanced pattern will change every year in terms of maeking scheme and the types of questions asked (MCQs, match the following, paragraph type, numerical answer type.)

Aspirants can practice the JEE Advanced mock tests on the official website jeeadv.ac.in. Every year the conducting IIT releases the official JEE Advanced paper 1 and paper 2 mock tests. Candidates can practice these mock tests without any need of registration or payment of fee.

Apart from that, candidates can also practice the JEE Advanced mock exams provided by the coaching centres and experts on their respective websites.

The JEE Advanced exam is held in computer based test mode. The exam is not held in offline mode. Candidates have to visit the allotted exam centre to take the exam. The allotted exam centre will be mentioned on the admit card of JEE Advanced issued to the caandidates a week before the exam.

In JEE Advanced exam, questions are asked from:

1. Maths
2. Physics
3. Chemistry

There are two papers in the exam and each paper has questions from these three subjects.

Yes. Candidates who have appeared for JEE Advanced in 2025 and it was there firts attempt, can also attempt JEE Advanced in 2026. However, if JEE Advanced 2025 was your second attempt, then you cannot attempt JEE Advanced in 2026.

In JEE Advanced maths, the topics that carry high weightage are:

1. Matrix & Determinants
2. Probability
3. Complex Numbers
4. Vector
5. Definite Integration

The important topics in JEE Advanced physics are:

1. Waves & Sound
2. Ray & Wave Optics
3. Fluids
4. EM Waves
5. Thermodynamics
6. Modern Physics
7. Kinematics
8. Gravitation
9. Electrostatics

In JEE Advanced chemistry the high weightage chapters include:

1. p-block
2. Chemical bonding
3. Coordination compounds
4. Electrochemistry
5. Ionic & Chemical Equilibrium
6. Electrochemistry & Surface Chemistry
7. Aldehyde & Ketones
8. Polymers
9. Biomolecules

Preparing for exams like JEE Mains, JEE Advanced, BITSAT, and other CETs can seem overwhelming, but you can achieve this with a strategy. Here are the facts:

• Compare the syllabus: All engineering entrance exams have almost the same syllabus. There might be some additional topics in some exams. The aspirant must study the syllabus for all exams and find out the topics that are extra, and prepare those separately. Almost 90% of the topics will be common for all entrance exams, and hence, syllabus completion for one exam will lead to completion of the syllabus for all the exams.
• Prepare for JEE Mains and incorporate the preparation for all other exams: Apart from JEE Advanced, all the exams are pretty straightforward for a well-prepared candidate. JEE Advanced require a higher level of preparation as the questions are multi-conceptual. However, the state-level entrance exams, and exams like BITSAT, VITEEE, etc., have direct questions. Most of the questions in JEE Mains are also direct and require the application of basic concepts. Hence, the candidates must prepare for one exam, like JEE Mains, that will cover their preparation for all other exams.
• JEE Advanced needs extra effort: For JEE Advanced candidates must focus on time management and building exam day temperament. Learn how to apply multiple concepts to a question.

The bottom line is to prepare for JEE Mains to cover the preparation for all other CETs and exams like BITSAT and VITEEE. For JEE Advanced, work on sharpening your skills of time management, stress handling, multiple concept application, speed and accuracy.

The basic and most efficient way to prepare for the JEE Advanced exam is to complete the syllabus as soon as possible and indulge in solving a lot of questions. All three subjects in JEE Advanced need conceptual clarity and application of various concepts to solve the problems. Practice as many mock tests and previous year papers as possible. Work on time management and building speed. Along with speed, also work on your accuracy.

The JEE Advanced passing marks or the JEE Advanced cutoff is set every year and it differs. Last year the JEE Advanced qualifying cutoff was as follows:

JEE Advanced 2025 Criteria for Inclusion in a Rank List:

JEE Advanced 2025 Qualifying Marks:

No, there is no percentile marks. The marks in JEE Advanced result is the raw marks scored by the candidates. The marks are simply calculated using the making scheme of the exam and is totalled to get the aggregate marks scored by the candidates. This marks form the basis of the JEE Advanced ranks.

The JEE Advanced 2026 application form will be released in April 2026. The application form will be available online only on the official website - jeeadv.ac.in.

The last date to apply for JEE Advanced 2026 will be in April 2026. The exact registration dates will be made available on the official website jeeadv.ac.in.

No, there is no correction facility made available for JEE Advanced 026. Once a candidate has submitted the online JEE Advanced form by paying the application fee, there will be no option availale to edit the form and make corrections. Therefore candidates must submit the form after checking all the entries. Check for these errors:

• Spelling mistakes
• Document upload
• Exam centre perferences
• Reservation details filled

The JEE Advanced 2026 admit card is expected to be released a week before the exam, that is in May 2026.

The last date to doenload the JEE Advanced 2026 admit card will be until the day of the exam. Candidates can download the admit card before the exam starts from the respective logins at jeeadv.ac.in.

No. The JEE Advanced 2026 admit card will not be sent via email or anyother mode of the candidates. Candidates have to doenload the admit card from their respective logins at jeeadv.ac.in.

The JEE Advanced 2026 result will be out a few days of the exam is over, tentatively in the first week of June 2026. The candidates will be able to check the JEE Advanced 2026 result online on the official website - jeeadv.ac.in.

YES. The JEE Advanced 2026 result will be initially announced that will have the subject wise marks and overall marks of the candidates at jeeadv.ac.in. Also, there will be the JEE Advanced AIR of the candidate alonwith the qualifying status. This result is just for information of the candidates so that they can start with the admission process.

However, the JEE Advanced scorecard, which acts as the official document is issued a few days later on the official website - jeeadv.ac.in.

The JEE Advanced cutoff 2026, meaning the minimum needed to qualify the exam will be released with the result. The minimum qualifying marks is also released with the official infirmation brochure, however, they are changed when the result is announced.

The JEE Advanced 2026 counselling (JoSAA) will start a day after the JEE Advanced 2026 result is announced. Note that the counselling for the JEE Advanced qualified candidates for IIT admissions will be conducted via JoSAA - Joint seat allocation authority.

Candidates have to register for JoSAA, fill choices, check allotment, confirm allotment, and pay seat confirmation fee to complete the IIT admisison process after JEE Advanced.

As per the NIRF rankings 2025, the top 10 IITs of India are:

Out of them, IIT Bombay is the most sought after IIT among the JEE Advanced toppers, followed by IIT Delhi and then IIT Madras.

The JEE Advanced JoSAA counselling dates will be made available on the official website of JoSAA - josaa.nic.in. Usually, the JoSAA counselling registration starts a day after the JEE Advanced result is anniunced. Complete schedule will be available on the official website.

NO. Barch admisison in the IITs is based on JEE Advanced and Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT). For Barch admisison t the IITs, candidates have to first qualify JEE Advanced and then appear for AAT.

Only three IITs offer BArch admisison via JEE Advanced and AAT. These IITs are:

1. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
2. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
3. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi

All of them offer 5 Years, Bachelor of Architecture course via JEE Advanced followed by AAT.

Yes, candidates have to qualify AAT after qualifying JEE Advanced to be eligible for IIT BArch admissions.

The fact that no candidate has every scored full marks in JEE Advanced, signifies the exam's difficulty level. However, the highest marks one has achieved till date in JEE Advanced is 355 marks out of 360. This was scored by Ved Lahoti in the year 2024.

The JEE Advanced 2025 all India rank 1 holder was Rajit Gupta. He was from IIT Delhi zone. He scored 332 marks out of the total marks which was 360 in JEE Advanced 2025.

The female topper for JEE Advanced 2025 was Devdutta Majhi with AIR 16. She scored 312 marks out of 360.

The JEE Advanced 2026 answer key will be released a few days after the exam. The JEE Advanced answer key PDF will be uploaded for paper 1 and paper 2. Candidates will be able to challenge the provisional answer key from their logins and a final answer key will be issued with the result with changes, if any.

NO. The JEE Advanced final answer key cannot be challenged. The final answer key is released after the challenges against the provisional answer key is processed. The marks of the candidates for JEE Advanced result will be prepared based on the correct answers in the final answer keys.

YES. To be eligible for IIT admission and pass the JEE Advanced exam, candidates have to appear in both the papers. A candidate skipping any one of the two papers will be not eligible for ranking.

The complete schedule of the JEE Advanced 2026 exam is expected to be out in December 2025 alongwith the information brochure of the exam. the official website of JEE Advanced - jeeadv.ac.in will be updated for the 2026-27 session by the end of this year and the exam dates will be displayed therein.

The aspirants of JEE Advanced must keep in mind that the difficulty level of the exam cannot be determined by the IIT conducting the exam. The JEE Advanced paper is not made by one single IIT; rather, it is prepared by experts from multiple institutes. The difficulty level of the exam is independent of the IIT conducting the exam.

Thus, note that the conducting IIT do not set the difficulty level of the paper and neither do they set the exam paper.

The difficulty level of the exam will vary based on the preparation of the candidates. The same question paper can be difficult for the candidates with poor preparation while a well prepared candidate will find the same paper easy or less challenging.

The minimum marks in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced change year after year. NTA published the JEE Main marks needed to pass for JEE Advanced with the JEE Main session two result. Check below the previous year minimum marks in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced: