JEE Advanced 2026 — Complete Guide for IIT Admission

JEE Advanced is the second stage of the Joint Entrance Examination and the sole gateway to admission in all 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). It is widely regarded as one of the most challenging undergraduate entrance examinations in the world, testing deep conceptual understanding of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.

Only the top 2,50,000 candidates from JEE Main 2026 are eligible to appear in JEE Advanced.

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JEE Advanced 2026 — At a Glance

Parameter	Details
Organizing IIT (2026)	IIT Kanpur
Exam Date	May 18, 2026 (Sunday)
Mode	Computer-Based Test (CBT)
Papers	2 Papers (both mandatory)
Seats	~17,000+ across all 23 IITs
Official Website	jeeadv.ac.in

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Eligibility Criteria

Step 1 — JEE Main Qualification

• Must be among the top 2,50,000 rank holders in JEE Main 2026 Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech)
• Category-wise distribution of 2,50,000 seats: General (96,187), EWS (25,000), OBC-NCL (67,500), SC (35,000), ST (17,500), PwD (5% of each category)

Step 2 — Age Limit

Category	Birth Date Requirement
General / EWS / OBC	On or after October 1, 2001
SC / ST / PwD	On or after October 1, 1996

Step 3 — Class 12 Appearance

• Must have appeared for Class 12 (or equivalent) for the first time in 2025 or 2026
• Candidates who passed Class 12 in 2024 or earlier are NOT eligible

Step 4 — Attempts

• Maximum 2 attempts in 2 consecutive years
• If you appeared in JEE Advanced 2025, you can still appear in JEE Advanced 2026 (2nd attempt)

Step 5 — Earlier admission to IIT

• Candidates who have previously been admitted to an IIT (even cancelled later) are NOT eligible, except under very specific conditions

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JEE Advanced 2026 — Important Dates

Event	Date
JEE Main 2026 Result (Qualifying)	April 2026
JEE Advanced Registration Opens	April 15, 2026
Last Date to Register	April 30, 2026
Admit Card Download	May 12–18, 2026
JEE Advanced Exam	May 18, 2026
Answer Key Release	May 22, 2026
Objection Window	May 22–24, 2026
Result Declaration	June 2, 2026
JoSAA Counselling Begins	June 5, 2026

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Exam Pattern

Paper 1 (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM)

Paper 2 (2:30 PM – 5:30 PM)

Both papers are mandatory. Absence in either leads to disqualification.

Component	Details
Subjects	Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
Duration	3 Hours per paper
Total Marks	360 marks per paper (720 total across both)
Question Types	Single Correct MCQ, Multiple Correct MCQ, Integer type, Match the column
Negative Marking	Varies by question type (−1 for single correct wrong; 0 for integer type)
Language	English / Hindi

Question type breakdown (approximate per paper):

Type	Marks per Q	Negative Marking
Single Correct Choice	+3	−1
Multiple Correct Choice	+4 (partial marking)	−2 for wrong
Integer Answer Type	+3	0
Match the Column	+3	−1

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JEE Advanced 2026 — Syllabus Overview

Physics

• Mechanics: Kinematics, Laws of Motion, Work-Energy, Rotation, Gravitation
• Thermodynamics: Kinetic Theory, Heat Transfer
• Waves & Optics: Wave motion, Ray optics, Wave optics (interference, diffraction)
• Electricity & Magnetism: Coulomb's Law, Capacitors, Current Electricity, Magnetic Effects, EMI
• Modern Physics: Photoelectric effect, Atomic structure, Radioactivity, Semiconductors
• Fluid Mechanics, Surface Tension, Viscosity

Chemistry

Physical Chemistry:

• Atomic Structure, Chemical Bonding, States of Matter
• Thermodynamics, Equilibrium, Electrochemistry
• Chemical Kinetics, Surface Chemistry
• Solutions, Colligative properties

Inorganic Chemistry:

• Periodic Table, S-block, P-block elements
• D and F block, Coordination compounds
• Metallurgy, Qualitative analysis

Organic Chemistry:

• General Organic Chemistry (GOC — isomerism, reaction mechanisms)
• Hydrocarbons, Alcohol, Phenol, Ether
• Carbonyl compounds (Aldehydes, Ketones, Carboxylic acids)
• Amines, Biomolecules, Polymers

Mathematics

• Algebra: Complex numbers, Quadratic equations, Sequences, Matrices & Determinants, Permutations & Combinations, Binomial Theorem
• Trigonometry: Trigonometric identities, Inverse trig functions
• Coordinate Geometry: Straight lines, Circles, Parabola, Ellipse, Hyperbola
• Calculus: Limits, Continuity, Differentiability, Integration, Differential Equations
• Vectors & 3D Geometry
• Statistics & Probability

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IIT-wise Opening & Closing Ranks (JEE Advanced 2025 — Reference)

IIT	Branch	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
IIT Bombay	Computer Science (B.Tech)	1	67
IIT Delhi	Computer Science (B.Tech)	38	118
IIT Madras	Computer Science (B.Tech)	68	150
IIT Kanpur	Computer Science (B.Tech)	101	220
IIT Kharagpur	Computer Science (B.Tech)	183	344
IIT Roorkee	Computer Science (B.Tech)	340	580
IIT Hyderabad	Computer Science (B.Tech)	450	780
IIT Bombay	Electrical Engineering	198	420
IIT Delhi	Mechanical Engineering	890	1,450
IIT Madras	Chemical Engineering	1,200	2,100
Any IIT (last round)	Civil/Environmental (newer IITs)	10,000+	17,000+

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Application Fee

Category	Fee (India)
Female (all)	₹1,400
SC / ST / PwD (Male)	₹1,400
Others (General / OBC / EWS — Male)	₹2,800
Late fee (if applicable)	+₹500

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Preparation Strategy

12-Month Plan (Starting June 2025)

• Month 1–4: Complete NCERT Class 11 + 12 for all 3 subjects; solve all NCERT examples and exercises
• Month 5–8: Solve H.C. Verma (Physics), O.P. Tandon (Chemistry), S.L. Loney (Trigonometry), I.A. Maron (Calculus)
• Month 9–10: JEE Advanced previous papers (2010–2024) — full timed attempts
• Month 11–12: Mock tests + weak area intensive revision

Best Books

Subject	Book
Physics	H.C. Verma Concepts of Physics (Vol 1 & 2) + D.C. Pandey
Chemistry	O.P. Tandon (Physical & Inorganic) + Morrison & Boyd (Organic)
Mathematics	S.L. Loney (Trigonometry & Coordinate) + I.A. Maron (Calculus) + Hall & Knight (Algebra)
Previous Papers	Arihant JEE Advanced 38 Years Solved Papers

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Official Links

Resource	Link
JEE Advanced Official	jeeadv.ac.in
Syllabus PDF	jeeadv.ac.in/syllabus.pdf
Previous Year Papers	Past Question Papers
JoSAA Counselling	josaa.nic.in

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Last Updated: April 2026 | Source: Joint Admission Board (JAB) / IIT Kanpur