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    How Many Students Qualify for JEE Advanced from JEE Mains 2026? - Past Year Trends Analysis

    How Many Students Qualify for JEE Advanced from JEE Mains 2026? - Past Year Trends Analysis

    Simran KashyapUpdated on 29 Dec 2025, 11:31 AM IST

    How Many Students Qualify for JEE Advanced from JEE Mains 2026? - IIT Roorkee will release the number of students who will qualify for JEE Advanced from JEE Mains 2026. As per JIC report 2025, a total 1,80,422 students appeared for JEE Advanced paper 1 and paper 2. The total number of students registering and appearing for the JEE Advanced 2026 will let candidates know the competition for the exam. Out of 1,80,422, only 54,378 candidates qualified. Candidates will also find the total number of students who will qualify for the JEE Advanced exam here once released. The authority will release this information with the JEE Advanced 2026 result. The authority will conduct the JEE Advanced exam on May 17, 2026.

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    How Many Students Qualify for JEE Advanced from JEE Mains 2026? - Past Year Trends Analysis
    How Many Students Qualify for JEE Advanced from JEE Mains 2026?

    Students can also use the JEE Advanced college predictors 2026 to know their expected colleges, courses and their chances of admission. Read the full article for the total number of students who have qualified for JEE Advanced from JEE Main over the years.

    How Many Students Qualify for JEE Advanced from JEE Mains 2026?

    IIT Roorkee will release the number of students who registered, appeared, qualified JEE Advanced after results. According to eligibility, top 2.5 lakh students will qualify JEE Main for JEE Advanced. Below is the number of candidates who will be short listed for JEE Advanced.

    Category-wise Number of Candidates to Shortlist for JEE Advanced 2026 After JEE Mains - Analysis

    Category

    Required Students

    Shortlisted Students

    Cutoff Percentile

    OPEN

    96187

    97326

    93.10232620

    GEN-EWS

    23750

    25009

    80.38301190

    OBC-NCL

    64125

    67615

    79.43135820

    SC

    35625

    37519

    61.15269330

    ST

    17812

    18823

    47.90264650

    PwD

    12501

    3950

    0.00793490

    Total

    250000

    250243


    Eligibility Criteria for appearing in JEE Advanced 2026

    Candidates should check the JEE Advanced eligibility criteria 2026 before applying for the exam. Below is a detailed list of the requirements:

    • Candidates should be in all of 2,50,000 candidates in all categories in B.E./B.Tech paper in JEE Main.

    • Candidates must have been born on or after October 1, 2001. There is a five year relaxation for the SC,ST and PwD candidates. They should be born on or after October 1, 1996.

    • Aspirants can attempt 2 times JEE Advanced in two consecutive years.

    • Candidates appearing for class 12th first time in 2025 or 2026 are eligible for the JEE Advanced 2026. Students who appeared earlier are not eligible for the exam.

    • Candidates from 2023-24 board whose results were released on or after June 18, 2024 are also eligible.

    • Candidates who have been admitted to any IIT program in JoSAA 2025 are eligible for the JEE Advanced exam. However, applicants admitted to an IIT preparatory course for the first time in 2025 remain eligible.

    • Candidates who were allocated seats in IIT JoSAA 2025 but who did not report, withdrew before the last round, and had seats canceled before the last round are also eligible for the exam.

    How Many Students Qualified for JEE Advanced from JEE Mains 2025?

    The authorities have released the complete list of students who appeared for the JEE Advanced. The authority has fixed a number of students from JEE Main who will go for JEE Advanced. Out of 2,5,000 in 2025, 2,50,243 students were selected for JEE Advanced. Candidates can find the list from the below:

    Number of Students who qualified from JEE Mains to JEE Advanced 2025

    Category

    Total number of students

    Total number of students that registered

    187223

    Total number of students that appeared

    180422

    Total number of students that qualified

    54378

    Total number of students that were allotted seats

    18188

    How Many Students Qualified for JEE Advanced from JEE Mains 2024?

    Candidates can check the total number of candidates who registered and appeared for JEE Advanced 2024:

    Category

    Total number of students

    Total number of students that applied

    186584

    Total number of students that appeared

    180200

    Total number of students that qualified

    48248

    Total number of students that were allotted seats

    17695

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    How Many Students Appeared In JEE Advanced 2023?

    Below are the students statistics data for JEE Advanced 2023:

    Category

    Total number of students

    Total number of students that applied

    1,89,487

    Total number of students that appeared

    1,80,372

    Total number of students that qualified

    43769

    Total number of students that were allotted seats

    17340

    How Many Students Appeared In JEE Advanced 2022?

    In 2022, there were less number of applicants who qualified for JEE Advanced as compared to 2023. Candidates can check the complete list for 2022 from below:

    Category

    Total number of students

    Total number of students that applied

    1,60,038

    Total number of students that appeared

    1,55,538

    Total number of students that qualified

    40,712

    Total number of students that were allotted seats

    16,635

    How Many Students Appeared In JEE Advanced 2021?

    Students can check the complete list of candidates who appeared for JEE Advanced 2021:

    Category

    Total number of students

    Total number of students that applied

    1,51,193

    Total number of students that appeared

    1,41,699

    Total number of students that qualified

    41862

    Total number of students that were allotted seats

    16296

    JEE Main 2026 FAQS

    • Who is eligible for JEE Advanced 2026?
      Candidates in top 2,50,000 from JEE Mains will be eligible for JEE Advanced 2026.
    • Who will hold the JEE Advanced in 2026?
      The IIT Roorkee will conduct the JEE Advanced 2026.
    • Is JEE Advanced now 3 attempts?
      Candidates can only attempt JEE Advanced 2 times.
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    Questions related to JEE Main

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    Have a question related to JEE Main ?

    Hi Narendra,

    Please download the Hindi medium JEE Mains question paper with solution from the link given below:

    https://engineering.careers360.com/hi/articles/jee-main-question-paper-hindi-medium

    Hi Manish Saraswat,

    Yes, you can get NIT seat with 84.89 percentile in JEE Mains. Your's JEE Main rank is expected to be 2 lakh 22 thousand plus. See the list of NITs from the link below in which you may get an NIT seat.

    Link 1: https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-marks-vs-rank

    Link 2:

    Hi,

    High - weightage chapters in JEE Mains are based on past paper analysis, not official NTA rules. Some topics come up more often, so students use them for smart revision. You can refer to this link for details:

    JEE Main Chapter-wise Weightage 2026: Important Topics & Marks Distribution