JEE Advanced 2025: IIT Kanpur asks BTech dropouts to submit 3 documents for third attempt

NEW DELHI: The Joint Admission Board (JAB) has notified that the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2025 aspirants who dropped out of their BTech courses between November 5 and 11 last year are allowed to register for the exam, as an exception to the JEE Advanced 2025 eligibility criteria. The announcement comes after the Supreme Court ordered the exam authorities to give a chance to such candidates.

“Consequent to the recent order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India (pertaining to Writ Petition (Civil) Nos. 854/2024 and 17/2025) dated 10.01.2025, students who appeared in their class 12 examination for the first time in 2023 AND have withdrawn from their courses and dropped out between 05.11.2024 to 18.11.2024 would be permitted to register for JEE (Advanced) 2025. Please see Annexure VI of JEE (Advanced) 2025 Information Brochure for detailed information,” reads the latest update on JEE Advanced 2025 official website.

The top court passed the order in a petition filed by students seeking restoration of JEE Advanced third attempt, which was first introduced and then ‘abruptly’ withdrawn. While the court gave relief to the aggrieved students, it refused to interfere with the board’s decision to withdraw the extra attempt in JEE Advanced 2025 for the academic session 2025-26.

Exception in JEE Advanced 2025 eligible criteria

The revised JEE Advanced 2025 information brochure with the exception in eligibility criterion pertaining to number of attempts has been uploaded on the official website, jeeadv.ac.in. Accordingly, such candidates will be eligible to appear for the exam subject to satisfying all other criteria.

Such students will be required to mandatorily upload the following documents to register and appear in JEE Advanced 2025:

• A letter duly stamped and signed, from the head of their institution (Dean/Principal/Director), as per the format given in form withdrawn-certificate.
• An affidavit duly stamped and attested by a notary public, on a nonjudicial stamp paper of Rs 10 as per the format given in form withdrawn-affidavit. The affidavit should be of the candidate if he or she is more than 18 years of age. If the candidate is less than 18 years of age, the affidavit should be given by his or her parents or legal guardian.
• Withdrawal letter or notification issued to the candidate from their college/university/institute.

What happened with JEE Advanced 2025 attempts?

Several students dropped out of BTech to join coaching for admission to an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) through the exam, and were left in a lurch with the removal of JEE Advanced 3 attempts.

On November 5, JAB announced an additional attempt, allowing students who passed Class 12 exams in 2023, 2024, and 2025 to appear for the IIT entrance exam. However, on November 18, the board slashed the number of attempts in JEE Advanced to two, restoring the previous JEE Advanced eligibility criteria.

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) will organise the JEE Advanced 2025 exam on May 18. As per the important dates, the JEE Advanced 2025 registration will start on April 23 and the last date to apply for the exam is May 5.