The Joint Admission Board (JAB) has clarified that there will be no relaxation in the minimum 75% marks criterion for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) through JEE (Advanced) 2026.
The decision comes amid demands for one-time relaxation in Class 12 eligibility requirements due to delays in the re-evaluation process of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) exams.
JAB, chaired by IIT Roorkee director Kamal Kishore Pant, stated that the eligibility criteria cannot be lowered as candidates from 36 different school boards participate in the admission process.
A total of 56,880 candidates qualified JEE (Advanced) 2026, with 46,773 men and 10,107 women, the highest number of women ever to qualify for the examination.
The qualified candidates will compete for 18,951 B Tech seats across 23 IITs through the counselling process conducted by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority.
The JoSAA 2026 counselling registration and choice-filling process officially opened on June 2, 2026, and the window for registration and choice filling is open until June 11.
