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JEE Advanced 2026 Set for May 17 as IIT Roorkee Releases Official Schedule

An IIT Kanpur plan to trial an adaptive, aptitude-focused model this year remains contingent on approval from the organising institute.

Overview

  • IIT Roorkee confirmed the exam will run in computer-based mode on May 17 with two mandatory papers, 9:00–12:00 and 14:30–17:30.
  • Registration opens April 6 for foreign nationals and April 23–May 2 for Indian nationals, with admit cards available May 11–17 on jeeadv.ac.in.
  • Eligibility remains limited to the top 250,000 JEE Main 2026 Paper 1 candidates, with a maximum of two attempts in consecutive years and standard age and prior-admission restrictions.
  • Candidate response sheets will be released May 21, the provisional answer key on May 25, objections accepted May 25–26, and results announced June 1 followed by JoSAA counselling on June 2.
  • Separately reported, IIT Kanpur has prepared questions for a pilot of an adaptive, reasoning-focused test that could be trialled around this cycle if IIT Roorkee grants approval.