Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced

Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced
	Official logo of JEE (Advanced) 2026
Acronym	JEE-Advanced
Type	Computer based test (CBT)
Administrator	2025: IIT Kanpur; 2026: IIT Roorkee;
Skills tested	Paper 1: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics; Paper 2: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics; (Both papers are compulsory);
Purpose	Admission to undergraduate Engineering, Science and Architecture courses in 23 IITs, IISc, IIPE, RGIPT, IIST, IMU-KC
Year started	1961
Duration	2 Papers of 3 hours each (Both papers are compulsory to write); Total 6 hours a day
Score range	-72 – 360 (as of JEE Advanced 2024)
Score validity	1 year (Scorecard of JEE Advanced 2025 is valid upto December 31, 2025)
Offered	Once a year
Restrictions on attempts	Maximum two attempts in two consecutive years
Languages	English; Hindi;
Annual number of test takers	180,422 (2025)
Prerequisites	Candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates (including all categories) in B.E./B.Tech. paper of JEE (Main). The percentages of various categories of candidates to be shortlisted are: 10% for GEN-EWS, 27% for OBC-NCL, 15% for SC, 7.5% for ST, and the remaining 40.5% is open for all. Within each of these five categories, 5% horizontal reservation is available for PwD candidates(For Indian nationals and candidates who have secured OCI/PIO cards before 04-03-2021).; Candidates should have been born on or after 1 October 2000. Five years age relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates, i.e. these candidates should have been born on or after 1 October 1995.; 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 with a minimum of 75% aggregate marks or in the top 20 percentile in their 10+2 Board Examination conducted by their respective board for General, EWS and OBC candidates.For SC, ST and PwD candidates a minimum of 65% aggregate marks(as of 2025).;
Fee	For Indian Nationals and OCI/PIO card holders (where OCI/PIO card was issued before 04-03-2021), Female Candidates (all categories) ₹1600, SC, ST, and PwD Candidates ₹1600, All Other Candidates ₹3200; Foreign Nationals & OCI/PIO card holders (where OCI/PIO card was issued on or after 04-03-2021), Candidates Residing in SAARC Countries, USD 100 and, Candidates Residing in Non-SAARC Countries, USD 200 (as of 2024);
Used by	Qualified candidates can primarily use for admission to IITs (through JoSAA Counselling) and to IISc, IIPE, RGIPT, IIST, IMU-KC
Qualification rate	30.14% (2025) who qualified JEE-Advanced after qualifying JEE-Main
Website	jeeadv.ac.in

The Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced (JEE-Advanced) is an academic competitive examination held annually in India that tests the skills and knowledge of applicants in physics, chemistry and mathematics. It serves as the second stage of the Joint Entrance Examination. It is the primary assessment for entrance to the IITs and various engineering colleges in India.

It is organised by one of the seven zonal Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs): IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur and IIT Guwahati, under the guidance of the Joint Admission Board (JAB) on a round-robin rotation pattern for the qualifying candidates of the Joint Entrance Examination – Main(exempted for foreign nationals and candidates who have secured OCI/PIO cards on or after 04–03–2021). It used to be the sole prerequisite for admission to the IITs' bachelor's programs before the introduction of UCEED, online B.S. and Olympiad entries, but seats through these new media are very low.

The JEE-Advanced score is also used as a possible basis for admission by Indian applicants to non-Indian universities such as the University of Cambridge and the National University of Singapore. High school students from across India typically prepare for several years to take this exam, and most of them attend coaching institutes.

As of 2026, approx. 1.3 million students appear in JEE Main annually, of which 250,000 qualify for JEE Advanced, and around 40,000 students gain admissions to IITs, NIITs, IIITs, and other technical institutions. All India Rank under 300 is often required to qualify for the most coveted Computer Science Engineering programs at one of the top IITs.