JEE Advanced Exam 2026 Details: Date, Pattern, Merit List, Old Question Pages, and Answer Keys

JEE Advanced 2026 is a national-level engineering entrance examination conducted for admission to undergraduate programs at IITs and other participating institutes. The JEE Advanced 2026 exam date is May 17, 2026, and the examination will be held in two sessions on the same day. Paper 1 will be conducted between 09:00-12:00 IST and Paper 2 between 14:30-17:30 IST, and each paper will last 3 hours. The test is going to be administered in a Computer-Based Test (CBT) and will consist of various types of questions that will include MCQs, questions of numerical values, and multiple-choice questions that will also have positive and negative marking options.

Candidates must qualify for JEE Main 2026 Session 1 (January 2026) or Session 2 (April 2026) to be eligible. The JEE Advanced 2026 registration date for JEE Main-qualified candidates starts on April 23, 2026, while registration for foreign nationals and OCI/PIO candidates begins on April 6, 2026. The exam fees are ₹3,200 for General/OBC-NCL candidates and ₹1,600 for Indian female, SC, ST, and PwD candidates.

The IITs will administer the exam on a rotating basis through the Joint Admission Board (JAB). The JEE Advanced 2026 syllabus is based on Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics aligned with Class 11 and 12 curricula.

Check the table below for the JEE Advanced 2026 Examination details.

JEE Advanced 2026: Examination Schedule

There are two papers of JEE Advanced 2026 being conducted in different timing slots on the same day.

JEE Advanced 2026:  Examination Details for PwD Candidates

Examination Details for PwD Candidates for JEE Advanced 2026, including details like eligibility, have been mentioned below.

JEE Advanced 2026: Online Registration Schedule

JEE Advanced 2026 mode of registration is online. Students can register themselves online from the official website https://jeeadv.ac.in. Check the other relevant information in the table below.

JEE Advanced 2026 Exam Fee

Here is the application fee JEE Advanced Exam.

Here are the JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Papers with Solutions. Click on the link to download JEE 2025 PYQs.

Here are the simple steps that need to be followed in order to download the JEE Advanced Answer Key:

1. Students have to go to the official JEE Advanced website.
2. Open the link by clicking on the titled “Answer Key” on the homepage.
3. Then, students have to log in to their account by using their JEE Advanced Registration Number, Date of Birth, and Password.
4. The answer key (Paper 1 & Paper 2) will automatically be visible on the screen.
5. Then just download the PDF and save the pdf for the future.

JEE Advanced 2026: Answer Key Schedule

Important dates and events related to the answer key are mentioned in a tabular format.

Challenging JEE Advanced Answer Key

If any problem has been faced by students, the authority provides the opportunity to challenge the answer key. Steps to challenge the answer key are mentioned below.

1. Visit the official website and click on the title ”Answer key challenge”.
2. Select the question that you want to challenge.
3. Upload the supportive documents, and submit the fee.
4. Submit the application form before the deadline.