संयुक्त प्रवेश परीक्षा (उच्च) २०२६
Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) 2026
भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान रूड़की
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
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Eligibility Criteria for Appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2026 for Indian Nationals and OCI/PIO (I)
All the candidates must simultaneously fulfil each and every one of the following five
criteria to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2026:
Candidates should be among the top 2,50,000 successful candidates
(including all categories) in B.E./B.Tech. paper of JEE (Main) 2026.
The percentages of various categories of candidates to be
shortlisted are: 10% for GEN-EWS27% for OBC-NCL15% for SC7.5%
for STand the remaining 40.5% is OPEN for all. Within each of
these five categories5% horizontal reservation is available for
PwD candidates.
The following table shows the order to be followed while choosing
the top 2,50,000 candidates in various categories based on the
performance in B.E./B.Tech. paper of JEE (Main) 2026:
Category-wise distribution of top 2,50,000* candidates (Criterion
A1)
| Sl No. | Category | Number of "Top" candidates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OPEN | 96187 | 101250 |
| 2 | OPEN-PwD | 5063 | |
| 3 | GEN-EWS | 23750 | 25000 |
| 4 | GEN-EWS-PwD | 1250 | |
| 5 | OBC-NCL | 64125 | 67500 |
| 6 | OBC-NCL-PwD | 3375 | |
| 7 | SC | 35625 | 37500 |
| 8 | SC-PwD | 1875 | |
| 9 | ST | 17812 | 18750 |
| 10 | ST-PwD | 938 | |
* The total
number of candidates may be slightly greater than 2,50,000 in
the presence of “tied” ranks / scores in any category.
OCI/PIO (I) candidates are not eligible for benefits of any kind of
reservation (e.g.GEN-EWSOBC-NCLSCST) with the exception of
OPEN-PwD. That isSl No. (3) to (10) in the above table are not
applicable for such OCI/PIO (I) candidates and these candidates are
required to be in the rank list in Sl. No. 1 and/or 2 in the above
table.
Candidates should have been born on or after October 12001.
Five years age relaxation is given to SCSTand PwD candidatesi.e.
these candidates should have been born on or after October 1,
1996.
A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) maximum of two times in
two consecutive years.
A candidate should have appeared for the Class XII (or equivalent)
examination for the first time in either 2025 or 2026 with Physics,
Chemistryand Mathematics as compulsory subjects.
Candidates who had appeared in Class XII (or equivalent) examination
for the first time in 2024 or earlierare NOT eligible to
appear in JEE (Advanced) 2026irrespective of the combination or
number of subjects attempted/offered.
* By appearance in Class XII (or
equivalent) examinationit is meant that the Board concerned
declared the result for that year irrespective of whether or not
examination was conducted. It will be considered as an appearance
even if the result of a particular candidate got withheld.
Howeverif the examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent)
declared the results for the academic year 2023-24 on or
after June 182024then the candidates of that Board who
appeared for their Class XII (or equivalent) examination in
2024 are also eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2026,
provided they meet all the other eligibility criteria. In case the
examination Board of Class XII (or equivalent) declared the results
for the academic year 2023-24 before June 182024 but the
result of a particular candidate was withheld for whatever reason,
then the candidate will not be eligible to appear in JEE
(Advanced) 2026.
A candidate should NOT
have been admitted to an IIT under any academic program that is listed
in JoSAA Business Rules of 2025irrespective of whether or not the
candidate continued in the program OR accepted an IIT seat by reporting
“online” / at a “reporting centre” in the past. Candidates whose
admission to IITs was cancelled (for whatever reason) after joining any
IIT are also NOT eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2026.
Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2025 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2026.
The candidates who were allocated a seat in an IIT through JoSAA 2025 but (i) did not report “online” / at any “reporting centre” OR(ii) withdrew before the last round of seat allotmentOR(iii) had their seat cancelled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITsare eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2026.
Howeverin all of the above casesthe candidate is also required to fulfil the conditions mentioned from Criterion A1 to Criterion A4.
Candidates who have been admitted to a preparatory course in any of the IITs for the first time in 2025 can appear in JEE (Advanced) 2026.
The candidates who were allocated a seat in an IIT through JoSAA 2025 but (i) did not report “online” / at any “reporting centre” OR(ii) withdrew before the last round of seat allotmentOR(iii) had their seat cancelled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITsare eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2026.
Howeverin all of the above casesthe candidate is also required to fulfil the conditions mentioned from Criterion A1 to Criterion A4.