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| JEE Advanced | |
|---|---|
| Name | JEE Advanced |
| Type | Entrance examination |
| Administered by | Indian Institutes of Technology |
| Established | 2013 (restructured) |
| Purpose | Admission to Indian Institutes of Technology |
| Frequency | Annual |
JEE Advanced
JEE Advanced is the elite undergraduate entrance examination for entry to the Indian Institutes of Technology system and other participating institutes. It determines admission to prestigious programs at institutes such as IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Kharagpur. The examination is preceded by a qualifying stage conducted as JEE Main and is organized by rotating committees from different IITs.
The examination serves as the gateway to institutes including IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Indore, IIT Ropar, IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT Patna, IIT Dhanbad, IIT Mandi, IIT Jodhpur, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, IIT Palakkad, IIT Tirupati, IIT Bhilai, IIT Goa, IIT Jammu, IIT Dharwad, IIT Bhubaneswar (duplicate institute noted in seat matrices), and other participating institutes. Responsibility for administration rotates among organizing institutes; recent organizing bodies included IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Bombay. The examination has implications for candidates from states such as Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rajasthan, Gujarat.
Eligibility rules are framed by committees including representatives from IIT Council and the Joint Seat Allocation Authority. Candidates must meet criteria related to age, attempts, and academic performance at boards such as the Central Board of Secondary Education, Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, State Board of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board, Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education. Reserved categories include lists aligned with policies of Ministry of Education (India) and earlier frameworks influenced by decisions in Supreme Court of India cases. Qualification from the preceding stage, JEE Main, is required; top scorers from JEE Main across zones and categories are eligible to register. Rules on number of attempts and year of passing are periodically revised following decisions involving bodies like Union Public Service Commission advisory reviews and notifications from Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) predecessors.
The exam typically consists of two papers, Paper I and Paper II, each covering sections based on curricula aligned with examinations such as the CBSE Class XII examinations and topics from syllabi comparable to those taught at schools affiliated to ICSE Board, Cambridge Assessment International Education, and various State Boards. Subjects include advanced topics of physics, chemistry, and mathematics with questions inspired by problems in works like Irodov Problems in General Physics in approach and difficulty. The pattern includes multiple-choice questions, multiple-select questions, and numeric answer type questions; the organizing IIT issues detailed guidelines. Syllabus references include classical material similar to chapters listed in textbooks by authors associated with institutions such as IISc Bangalore faculty and pedagogical material used in coaching institutes located in hubs like Kota, Rajasthan, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi University neighborhoods.
Registration is conducted online via portals maintained by the organizing IIT with schedules announced in coordination with agencies that host digital services used previously by bodies like National Informatics Centre and testing collaborations referencing best practices from Common Admission Test logistics. Candidates upload documents issued by authorities such as the Registrar of their board, passport photos, and identity proofs akin to those accepted by Indian Passport Office processes. Admit cards are downloadable, and centers are allocated across cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Patna, Bhopal, ensuring regional coverage. Special facilities and disclaimers follow guidelines impacted by policies from ministries and commissions like the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment for reservation support.
Scoring involves raw marks transformed through normalization and aggregate computations; ranking for admission is determined via a rank list prepared by the organizing IIT and validated by committees including representatives of IIT Council and advisors with precedent from administrative frameworks such as those used by Central Board of Secondary Education. Cutoffs for admission to specific programs at institutes like IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Kharagpur vary annually and are influenced by seat matrices, category-based reservation, and choices in centralized counseling. Tie-breaking rules reference subject-wise marks and age, and inter-se merit protocols echo earlier practices in national-level lists such as those of Union Public Service Commission examinations.
Seat allocation is centralized through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority process, with online counseling rounds that distribute seats in programs at IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, and participating institutes like Indian Institutes of Information Technology and National Institutes of Technology in cases of collaborative seats. Admission offers require document verification from boards such as CBSE and institutions to finalize enrollment. Seat acceptance and withdrawal timelines align with notifications issued by organizing IIT committees and regulatory inputs from bodies like the All India Council for Technical Education when applicable to cross-institute arrangements.
The examination evolved from earlier entrance systems exemplified by practices at IIT Kharagpur and national entrance structures consolidated over decades, with major reorganizations in years where organizing responsibility rotated among IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, and IIT Kharagpur. Controversies have involved question paper leaks, legal challenges in forums such as the Supreme Court of India, disputes over reservation policies debated in Parliament of India proceedings, and administrative critiques reported in national media outlets. Policy changes have been influenced by interventions from Ministry of Education (India), court rulings, and advisory committees populated by academics from IITs and research institutes like IISc Bangalore.