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    JEE Advanced 2025 Major Update For IIT Aspirants

    JEE Advanced 2025 Major Update For IIT Aspirants

    Gandubilli UnnatiUpdated on 18 May 2025, 11:27 AM IST

    JEE Advanced 2025 Major Update For IIT Aspirants - Candidates who are curious to know the JEE Advanced 2025 major update for IIT Aspirants. Among the major updates to the IIT Advanced 2025 exam is the number of attempts. The authority has also increased the JEE Advanced 2025 registration fees for foreign exam centres by USD 50. The total number of attempts for the JEE Advanced exam has been reduced to two attempts in two years. Read the article for all the details about the JEE Advanced 2025 major update for IIT aspirants.

    JEE Advanced 2025 Major Update For IIT Aspirants
    JEE Advanced 2025 Major Update For IIT Aspirants

    IIT Kanpur announced the JEE Advanced 2025 exam date online. The authority is conducting the IIT JEE Advanced 2025 on May 18, 2025. Candidates seeking admission into IIT, need to qualify the JEE Advanced 2025 exam. Hence, they need to be aware of the major changes in the JEE Advanced exam. The changes introduced in JEE Advanced 2025 include the number of attempts, age limit, earlier admission to IIT and the year of appearing for the qualifying exam. The complete details about the JEE Advanced 2025 eligibility criteria can be found in the information brochure on the official website.

    JEE Advanced 2025 Major Update For IIT Aspirants

    The major changes in the JEE Advanced 2025 can be found in detail below. Candidates attempting the JEE Advanced exam should be thoroughly aware of the major updates in the exam. The in-depth list of the JEE Advanced 2025 major updates is given below

    • Total Number of Attempts in JEE Advanced 2025: For JEE Advanced, IIT Kanpur had increased the total number of attempts to three in three consecutive years. However, they immediately restored the original attempts of two in two years. Hence, candidates can only attempt the JEE Advanced exam twice in two consecutive years.

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    • JEE Advanced exam centres 2025: NTA has removed Dubai from the tentative list of JEE Advanced international centres. The two foreign exam centres of IIT JEE Adv 2025 are Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Kathmandu (Nepal).

    • JEE Advanced Age Limit: The authority has also introduced an age limit for the JEE Advanced 2025 exam. Candidates who are born after October 1, 2000, will be eligible to apply for the JEE Advanced 2025 exam. A 5 year age relaxation has been granted for SC, ST, and PwD candidates. However, these candidates must be born after October 1, 1995.

    • Year of appearing for the qualifying exam: Candidates who have appeared for the 10+2 exam in 2024 or 2025 will be eligible for the JEE Advanced. Candidates who have attempted the 10+2 exam prior to 2002 will not be eligible unless the results have been declared as delayed by the respective boards.

    • Earlier admission into IIT: Candidates who have already been offered admission into IIT and candidates who have cancelled admission after joining are not eligible for the JEE Advanced 2025 exam. However, candidates who have been accepted into the IIT preparatory courses are eligible for admission.

    • JEE Advanced 2025 application fee for foreign exam centres: Aspirants applying for the exam at international test centres, Abu Dhabi and Kathmandu, will have to pay an extra USD 50 compared to last year.

    • JEE Advanced exam zones 2025: The JEE Advanced 2025 exam centres are divided among seven IIT zones. For 2025, the JEE Adv zones are- IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee and IIT Kanpur.

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    JEE Advanced 2025 Updates for Foreign Candidates

    For foreign candidates interested in admission into IITs, the rules are the same as those for Indian candidates. However, OCI/PIO applicants with cards of issue date after March 4, 2021, are treated as foreign nationals. Candidates whose cards have been issued before March 2, 2021, will be considered Indian nationals and are not eligible for any reservations other than PwD

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: How many candidates can attempt the JEE Advanced exam?
    A:

    The total number of students that can attempt the JEE Advanced exam is 2,50000 of the top JEE Main 2025 scorers.

    Q: Has the JEE Advanced syllabus been reduced?
    A:

    No, the authority has not changed the JEE Advanced syllabus for 2025.

    Q: Did the authority revise the JEE Advanced total attempts?
    A:

    Yes, the authority had increased the JEE Advanced total attempts to three but later cancelled it and reverted it back to two attempts in two consecutive years.

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    Questions related to JEE Advanced

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    Have a question related to JEE Advanced ?

    Hi Anupam,

    You can follow these steps:

    • NIOS Enrollment: Register for NIOS 2027 exams and use Transfer of Credit (TOC) to boost your aggregate score.

    • JEE 2027: Use the new NIOS marksheet for JoSAA counseling.

    • Alternative: Qualify via the Top 20 Percentile rule of your board if 75% is not

    Hello student,

    Kindly go through the article to understand what a safe percentile is in JEE Main 2026 to qualify for JEE Advanced.

    Link  - JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile

    Hope this will be helpful!

    Hello Kapil,

    If you are targeting the JEE Main exam, you should focus on your academic studies and understand the topics well. Your priority should be the NCERT books for Classes 8 to 12, as JEE Main includes questions based on them.

    You can learn basic concepts of Physics, Chemistry,