JEE Advanced

The eligibility criteria for Indian Nationals and Foreign Nationals for JEE Advanced are as follows:

For Indian Nationals:

• Candidates must have been born on or after Oct 1, 1999.
• Aspirants should have secured a rank within the top 2,50,000 in the JEE Main 2025 B.Tech paper.
• The candidate must have appeared for the Class 12th board examination for the first time either in 2023 or 2022.
• Students who have previously been admitted to an IIT or accepted a seat in an IIT in the preceding year are not eligible.

For Foreign Nationals:

• Similar to Indian Nationals, candidates must have been born on or after Oct 1, 1999.
• There is no requirement for a JEE Main rank.
• They must have appeared for the Class 12th board examination for the first time either in 2023 or 2022.
• Just like Indian Nationals, prior admission to an IIT or acceptance of a seat in an IIT in the previous year are not eligible.

Candidates can refer to the marking schemes given below for the different types of questions asked in the JEE Advanced 2025 paper.

• For questions with one or more answers:
  1. Correct answers will be awarded +4 marks.
  2. Partially correct answers will receive marks ranging from +3 to +1 depending on the partial correctness.
  3. Incorrect answers will have a negative marking of -2 marks.
  4. No marks will be deducted for unattempted answers.
• Numerical Value Type Questions:
  1. Correct answer will be awarded +3 marks.
  2. No negative marking for incorrect or unattempted answers.
• Matching List Type Questions:
  1. Questions with a single correct option will be awarded +3 marks for a correct match.
  2. Incorrect matches will have a negative marking of -1.
  3. No marks will be deducted for unattempted matches.

Candidates can refer to the complete JEE Advanced 2025 Syllabus for the exam to prepare and score well.

Physics:

• Modern Physics
• Optics
• Mechanics
• Thermal Physics
• Electricity and Magnetism

Chemistry:

• Chemical Equilibrium
• Solid State
• Extractive Metallurgy, Preparation
• Properties and Reactions of Alkanes, Alkenes & Alkynes
• Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding
• Solutions
• Surface Chemistry
• Gaseous and Liquid States
• Electrochemistry
• Chemical Kinetics
• Reactions of Benzene, Phenols, Carbohydrates, Ores and Minerals, Amino Acids and Peptides
• Transition Elements
• Nuclear Chemistry

Mathematics:

• Trigonometry
• Integral Calculus
• Analytical Geometry
• Differential Calculus
• Algebra
• Vectors

Preparation for JEE Mains and JEE Advanced typically focuses on the importance of dedicating ample time to practice and learning to increase the chances of getting good scores.

• Candidates must acquire appropriate study materials such as numerous books and study resources.
• It is important to select the most suitable ones as per their need.
• Aspirants must master effective time management to gain admission to the IITs as it allows candidates to cover the extensive syllabus efficiently.
• It involves allocating appropriate time to each topic based on its difficulty level and weightage to the exam.
• Candidates must analyze different strategies employed by past IIT JEE Advanced toppers and can take valuable insights for a successful study plan.
• Aspirants must incorporate these practices into one’s overall strategy to enhance the efficiency of preparation.
• Moreover, candidates must maintain good health and fitness, which is essential for sustaining consistent preparation efforts. Given the additional stress of the board exams, it is important to prioritize healthy eating, adequate rest, and physical activity to avoid any stress-related illnesses.

The counselling process for JEE Advanced 2025, which determines the selection of candidates into IITs and other affiliated institutes, is facilitated by JoSAA. Once the JEE Advanced 2025 results are out, the process involves several key steps:

• JoSAA, the centralized authority, conducts the counselling for admission into IITs, NITs, ISM, and other Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs).
• The counselling is conducted exclusively online.
• Only candidates listed on the JEE Advanced 2025 Merit List are eligible to participate.
• The counselling process has six phases, including registration, choice filling and locking, seat allotment, reporting to allotted colleges, and provisional admission.
• The schedule for JEE Advanced 2025 counselling is determined based on the candidate’s rank in the rank list.
• Minimum scores are required for admission to different IITs, IISc, and ISM participating in JEE Advanced 2025.
  In case of a tie, the candidate with a higher score in the Mathematics section of JEE Advanced 2025 is given priority.
• Candidates must bring a demand draft of INR 60,000 for general category and INR 20,000 for SC/ST category, along with required documents.
• Compulsory documents must be brought by candidates for the counselling process.
• Candidates are required to bring an attested copy of their valid identity proof.