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JEE Advanced 2026 - Dates, Syllabus, Eligibility, Preparation

JEE Advanced 2026 is the highly prestigious second-stage national-level entrance examination that serves as the exclusive gateway for admission to undergraduate programs, including B.Tech, B.S., Integrated M.Tech, and B.Arch, at the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), IISc Bengaluru (newly included in JoSAA counselling from 2026), and a select few other premier institutions such as Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology

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JEE Advanced

Conducted by: IIT

EngineeringScienceArchitecture

Application Start

2026-04-23

Application End

2026-05-02

Exam Date

2026-05-17

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Key Summary

•National-level exam conducted by IIT Roorkee on May 17, 2026

•Eligibility: Top 2,50,000 rank holders in JEE Main 2026 with 75% in Class 12 (or top 20 percentile)

•Two compulsory online papers (6 hours total) testing advanced Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics

•Gateway to ~17,500+ seats in 23 IITs, IISc Bengaluru, and other premier institutes

•Registration: April 23 – May 02, 2026 via jeeadv.ac.in

•Known worldwide for extreme difficulty and focus on deep conceptual understanding

JEE Advanced 2026, organised by IIT Roorkee, remains India’s toughest and most prestigious engineering entrance examination.
JEE Advanced stands as India’s most challenging and prestigious engineering entrance examination, universally recognised for producing some of the world’s finest engineers, scientists, and innovators. Established in its current form in 2013 (evolving from the earlier IIT-JEE), it functions as the second and decisive stage after JEE Main, filtering the very best talent for admission to the 23 autonomous Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) – institutions consistently ranked among Asia’s top engineering schools. From 2026, IISc Bengaluru joins JoSAA counselling, further expanding opportunities for top rankers to pursue research-intensive science programs.

JEE Advanced Paper Pattern

exam Mode

Online Based Test

exam Duration

6 hours

total Marks

360 Marks

exam Level

UG

official Website

https://jeeadv.ac.in/

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