JEE Advanced 2027 Exam Date and Eligibility Cirteria Released

If you are preparing for JEE Main 2027 and targeting JEE Advanced 2027, here’s a news. The IIT Delhi has officially announced JEE Advanced 2027 exam dates and eligibility criteria. To have a seamless preparation routine and registration process read all the details carefully. 

For more timely updates regarding JEE Main and JEE Advanced, follow Education News by Target Publications on WhatsApp.

JEE Advanced 2027 Examination Date

The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has announced the dates for JEE Advanced 2027. The exam will be held on 23 May, 2027 (Sunday).

Eligibility Criteria for JEE Advanced 2027 Examination

Eligibility Criteria For Indian Nationals And OCI/PIO 

You must fulfil each and every one of the following five criteria to appear for JEE Advanced 2027:

Performance In JEE Main 2027

You must be among the top 2,50,000 candidates (including all categories) in JEE Main 2027 B.E/B.Tech paper.

The table below shows the category-wise percentage of candidates to be shortlisted:

Note: 5% horizontal reservation is available for PwD candidates.

Below shown is the category-wise distribution of top 2,50,000 candidates:

Note: The total number of candidates may be slightly greater than 2,50,000 in the presence of ‘tied’ ranks/scores in any category.

You must ensure that, if you are a OCI/PIO you will be not eligible for benefits of any kind of reservation (e.g., GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC,ST) with the exception of Open-PwD.

Age Limit

In order to be eligible, you must be born on or after 01 October, 2002. Five years age relaxation is given to SC, ST, and PwD candidates. This means that these candidates should be born on or after 01 October, 1997

Number of Attempts

You can appear maximum of two times in two consecutive years.

Appearance In Std. 12 Examination or Equivalent

1. First Appearance in Std. 12: You must have appeared for your Std. 12 (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2026 or 2027, with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) as compulsory subjects.

2. Candidates Who Appeared Before 2025: If you first appeared for your Std. 12 examination in 2025 or earlier, you are generally not eligible for JEE Advanced 2027, regardless of the subjects you studied.

3. Special Exception for 2025 Candidates: If your Board declared the Std. 12 results for the 2024–25 academic year on or after 12 June, 2025, you are also eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2027, provided you meet all other eligibility criteria.

However, if your Board declared the results before 12 June, 2025 and only your individual result was withheld, you will not be eligible under this exception.

Note: Your Std. 12 appearance is counted based on the year your Board declared the results, not necessarily the year you personally received your result. Even if your result was withheld, it counts as an appearance if the Board had declared the results for that year.

Earlier Admission At IITs

1. Candidates Already Admitted to an IIT/IISc: If you have been admitted to any academic programme at an IIT or IISc in the past, you are not eligible for JEE Advanced 2027, even if you did not continue the programme or later cancelled your admission.

2. Preparatory Programme Candidates: If you were admitted to a preparatory programme at an IIT or IISc for the first time in 2026, you are eligible to appear for the examination.

3. Candidates Who Did Not Accept Their Allotted Seat: You are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced 2027 if you were allotted an IIT/IISc seat through JoSAA 2026 but:

• Did not complete the online reporting or report to the reporting centre.
• Withdrew your seat before the final round of seat allotment.
• Had your seat cancelled before the final round of seat allotment.

Note: In all these cases, you must also fulfil the other eligibility conditions for JEE (Advanced) 2027.

Eligibility Criteria For Foreign National Candidates And OCI/PIO

• If you are not an Indian citizen (by birth or naturalisation), you will be considered a foreign national. OCI/PIO candidates will also be treated as foreign nationals under these rules.
• If you are a foreign national, you do not need to appear for JEE Main 2027. You can register directly for JEE Advanced 2027, provided you meet the other eligibility criteria.
• Foreign national and OCI/PIO candidates are considered separately from the 2,50,000 Indian candidates eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2027.
• You do not need to be among the 2,50,000 Indian candidates who qualify through JEE Main.
• You can be allotted an IIT seat if your Common Rank List (CRL) rank meets the closing rank for the respective programme under the OPEN Gender-Neutral category.
• You must also fulfil the eligibility requirements applicable to General category candidates.
• Seats for foreign nationals are additional seats and are limited to up to 10% of the total seats in each IIT, programme-wise.
• You are not eligible for reservation under GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST or PwD categories. There are also no separate supernumerary seats or female sub-categories for foreign nationals.
• If you are a foreign national or an OCI/PIO candidate who has studied or is studying in India or abroad at the Std. 12 (10+2) level, you must fulfil all four additional eligibility conditions to appear for JEE Advanced 2027.

Note: The detailed seat-allocation rules will be available in the JoSAA Business Rules 2027 when published.

Age Limit

You must have been born on or after 01 October, 2002 to be eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2027. 

If your country requires you to serve in the armed forces for a specific period before or after completing Std. 12, you will receive an age relaxation equal to the mandatory service period. To claim this relaxation, you must upload a certificate from the relevant authority during JEE Advanced 2027 registration.

Number of Attempts

You can appear maximum of two times in two consecutive years.

Appearance In Std. 12 Examination or Equivalent

• You must have appeared for your Std. 12 (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2026 or 2027, with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) as compulsory subjects.
• If you first appeared for Std. 12 in 2025 or earlier, you are not eligible. However, candidates from countries where military service is compulsory after Std. 12 will receive an appropriate relaxation in the year of their Std. 12 appearance. You must upload an official certificate as proof during registration.
• If your Board declared the Std. 12 results for the 2024–25 academic year on or after 12 June, 2025, you are also eligible for JEE Advanced 2027, provided you meet all other eligibility criteria. However, if your Board declared the results before 12 June, 2025, but your individual result was withheld, you will not be eligible under this exception.

Note: Your Std. 12 appearance is counted from the year your Board declared the results, regardless of whether the examination was conducted or your individual result was withheld.

Earlier Admission At IITs

1. Candidates already admitted to an IIT/IISc: If you have previously joined an academic programme at an IIT or IISc, you are not eligible for JEE Advanced 2027, even if you discontinued the programme or your admission was later cancelled.

2. Preparatory programme candidates: If you were admitted to a preparatory programme at an IIT or IISc for the first time in 2026, you are eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced) 2027.

3. Candidates who did not accept their allotted seat: You are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced 2027 if you were allotted an IIT/IISc seat through JoSAA but:

• Did not complete the online reporting process.
• Withdrew your seat before the final round of seat allotment.
• Had your seat cancelled before the final round of seat allotment.

Note: In all these cases, you must also fulfil the additional eligibility conditions applicable to foreign national candidates.

Your identity proof is required in the form of valid Citizenship Certificate/Foreign Passport and/or OCI/PIO Card, where applicable.

Helpline

If you have any queries, you can contact on:

• +91-11-26591785
• +91-11-26591798
• +91-11-26597099
• +91-8796278464

You can connect from Monday to Friday between 09:00 a.m. to 012:00 p.m. and 02:00 p.m. to 06:00 p.m.

You can also drop an email on: [email protected]

Important Links

Conclusion

With the dates now released you can create a structured plan for your JEE Main and JEE Advanced 2027 preparation. Make sure you read the eligibility criteria carefully and check all the necessary details before taking the final step.

Source

Official announcement by IIT Delhi, 13 November, 2026: Click here to read.

Kindly note that any and all information is subject to change as per IIT Delhi, the Education Ministry, and Government of India.