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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.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
No, the authority has not changed the JEE Advanced syllabus for 2025.
The total number of students that can attempt the JEE Advanced exam is 2,50000 of the top JEE Main 2025 scorers.
On Question asked by student community
HELLO,
Repeating class 11th does not affect your JEE eligibility .
For JEE Main there is no age limit , you can appear if you have passed or are appearing in class 12th in the eligible year , so repeating the class 11th will not affect your eligibility.
JEE Advanced
Hello,
You passed your Class 12 (Intermediate) from UP Board in
2024
.
As per
JEE Advanced rules
, a candidate can appear
only in the year of Class 12 passing and the next consecutive year
Eligible years for you were 2024 and 2025
You already appeared in 2025
2026
Hello,
Yes, many IITs now offer specialization BTech programs in AI and data science/engineering, separate from core CSE, while also providing AI/ML/robotics as electives or minors within CSE/other branches, with admission via JEE Advanced, but you'll find specific "robotics engineering" branches more at institutions like IITs/NITs, though IITs integrate robotics
Hello,
You can download the IIT JEE Last 5 Years Chapterwise PYQ's from the Careers360 website. Practising these papers will helps you to understand the exam pattern, to identify the important topics, to improve time management, and overall it enhances your exam preparation.
LINK: https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-question-papers
Hope it helps!
Hello murali
No, your son is not eligible for OBC NCL for IIT JEE because you fall in the "creamy layer" occupational category, regardless of your current employment status or family income. Students whose family income is less than Rs. 8 lakhs annually and they are not belong to the
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