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)
The total number of students that can attempt the JEE Advanced exam is 2,50000 of the top JEE Main 2025 scorers.
No, the authority has not changed the JEE Advanced syllabus for 2025.
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.
On Question asked by student community
To get admission into IIT Bombay , a students belonging to economically weaker section (EWS) should score minimum 108-160+ marks in JEE Advanced examination.
Only the top 2.5 lakh students will be eligible for JEE Advanced. But the qualifying cutoff for JEE Advanced will be out once the JEE Main Session 2 results are out. At this rank, you might not be eligible for the JEE Advanced exam, so we suggest you go for
The JEE Advanced result will be released on June 1, 2026, at 10 AM. The examination will be conducted on May 17, 2026. The JEE Advanced results will be released on the official website at jeeadv.ac.in. To login, you need to enter your application number and date of birth.
You can download the JEE Advanced previous year questions with solutions from the Careers360 website. I am providing the link below.
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-advanced-question-papers
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You passed 12th in 2024 as a PCB student and now plan to appear again in 2026 with PCM through NIOS.
For JEE Main 2026, you will be eligible because students can appear in the year they pass 12 and up to two more years.
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