The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has announced the full schedule for Joint Entrance Examination Advanced 2026, with the exam scheduled to take place on May 17, 2026.
The examination will be conducted in two sessions on the same day. Paper 1 will be held from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, while Paper 2 will take place from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Candidates are required to appear for both papers, as those who miss either will not be included in the merit list.
Registrations for Indian candidates will begin on April 23 and end on May 2, 2026. Applications for foreign nationals will open earlier, starting April 6. The entire registration process will be completed online through the official website, jeeadv.ac.in.
Admit cards will be available for download from May 11 to May 17, 2026. Candidates are required to bring a printed copy of the hall ticket along with a valid photo ID to the examination centre, as digital or soft copies will not be accepted.
Only candidates who rank among the top 2,50,000 in JEE Main 2026 Paper 1 (BE/BTech), across all categories, will be eligible to apply for JEE Advanced. In addition, candidates are allowed a maximum of two attempts in consecutive years. They must have appeared for their Class 12 examination for the first time in either 2025 or 2026 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects. Students who have previously secured admission to any IIT are not eligible to apply.
The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee will release the candidates’ response sheets on May 21, followed by the provisional answer key on May 25. Candidates will have the opportunity to raise objections between May 25 and May 26, after which the final answer key will be published on June 1, 2026.
The results will be announced on June 1, 2026, by 10 am. The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling process for admission to IITs will begin the next day, on June 2.
While the syllabus—covering Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics from the Class 11 and 12 curriculum—remains unchanged, the marking scheme, distribution of marks, and number of questions are revealed to candidates only on the day of the examination, adding a level of unpredictability that is characteristic of the test.
With JEE Main Session 2 scheduled to conclude on April 9, candidates will have around five and a half weeks to focus solely on preparing for JEE Advanced before the exam on May 17.