JEE Advanced 2025 Eligibility Released: Increased Attempts and More
This year the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur is going to conduct the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2025. The institute has released the JEE Advanced 2025 eligibility criteria for both Indian as well as foreign nationals on the official website at jeeadv.ac.in. A major change has been seen as the number of attempts has been increased from thrice which previously was only two.
It is expected that IITK will release the JEE Advanced 2025 information notification which contains the exam date, registration process, application fee, exam pattern, syllabus, marking scheme, and more on the official website very soon.
Shortlisted candidates who qualify JEE Mains 2025 exam will be eligible to appear for the JEE Advanced. JEE Advanced is held for admission for the IITs.
JEE Advanced 2025: Eligibility criteria
Here is the list of five criteria that must be fulfilled by every JEE aspirant before appearing for the JEE Advanced 2025:
Criterion A1: Performance in JEE Main 2025
Candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates (including all categories) in B.E./B.Tech. paper (Paper I) of JEE (Main) 2025. Here is the category-wise distribution provided by IITK:
Criterion A2: Age limit
Candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 2000. Five years of age relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates, i.e. these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1995.
Criterion A3: Number of attempts
A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of three times in three consecutive years.
Criterion A4: Appearance in Class 12
- A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2023 2024 or 2025 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.
- Candidates who had appeared in the Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2022 or earlier, are NOT eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025.
Criterion A5: Admission at IITs previously
- A candidate should not have been admitted to an IIT under any academic program that is listed in JoSAA Business Rules of 2024 or earlier, irrespective of whether or not the candidate continued in the program OR accepted an IIT seat by reporting “online” / at a “reporting center” in the past. Candidates whose admission to IITs was canceled (for whatever reason) after joining any IIT are also NOT eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2025.
- Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2024 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2025.
- The candidates who were allocated a seat in an IIT through JoSAA but did not report “online” OR, (ii) withdrew before the last round of seat allotment (iii) had their seat canceled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITs, are eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2025.
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