JEE

No, JEE exams are not mandatory for BSc admissions at IIT Madras. Candidates who wish to take admissions into the BSc course at IIT Madras must appear for IISER entrance examination. The admissions into IIT Madras BSc courses are decided on merit basis where, the scores obtained by candidates in the IISER entrance exam are taken into account to decide the admissions.

20% of the BTech seats are available through JEE Mains and class 12th merit scores.

Candidates who are interested in getting admissions into the BTech course at BITS Pilani are required to appear for the BITSAT entrance examination. Candidates can appear for the BITSAT entrance exam by registering themselves on the official website of BITS Pilani. The institute conducts BITSAT each year once for several course admissions.

The official website for JEE Advanced counselling is josaa.nic.in. All details related to the JEE Advanced counselling is posted on the official website. Candidates have to register online for the counselling process at josaa.nic.in.

The JEE Advanced counselling is held online on the official website - josaa.nic.in. The JEE Advanced counselling for IIT admission is called the JoSAA counselling. Only candidates with JEE Advanced rank are allowed to register for the counselling process.

The JEE Mains and SITEEE syllabus both comprise topics from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. However, the JEE syllabus is much more comprehensive as compared to the SITEEE syllabus.

The changing pattern of the JEE Advanced exam can be due to various reasons:

• One of the reason can be to check how the students perform under pressure and how weel they adapt.
• To check how the students can deal with problems and unfamiliar formats.
• To eliminate the candidates who rote learn.

JEE Advanced is on the toughest exam for selection to the most premiere colleges of the nation - IITs. Therefore to add to the difficulty level, the pattern is kept undiclosed until the exam day.

The minimum marks in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced change year after year. NTA published the JEE Main marks needed to pass for JEE Advanced with the JEE Main session two result. Check below the previous year minimum marks in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced:

The JEE Advanced 2026 counselling (JoSAA) will start in June. Note that the counselling for the JEE Advanced qualified candidates for IIT admissions will be conducted jointly with NITs, IIITs and GFTIs admission counselling by JoSAA - Joint seat allocation authority.

Candidates have to register for JoSAA, fill choices, check allotment, confirm allotment, and pay seat confirmation fee to complete the IIT admisison process after JEE Advanced. The registration for JoSAA counselling will start on June 2, 2026.