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After introducing cultural and sports quotas last year, the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) launched admissions to undergraduate programs for students who excel in national and international Olympiads. These Olympiads are competitive examinations that assess and challenge students in various academic subjects and skills.
Called ‘Science Olympiad Excellence’ (ScOpE), as per IIT-Madras, this admission will be outside the JEE (Advanced) framework with the students to be admitted from 2025-2026 academic year.
Similar to admissions through Sports Excellence Admissions and Fine Arts and Culture Excellence modes, ScOpE will also have two supernumerary seats per program of which one seat will be exclusively for women students. The eligibility criteria such as passing of Class 12 and age, among other criteria, remain the same as that of JEE Advanced for the respective year. The candidate also should not have been admitted to an IIT in the previous years.
The applications will be open for the first batch from June 3, 2025. The detailed guidelines and business rules for ScOpE admission are available on the following website.
Outlining the vision for ScOpE admissions, Prof V Kamakoti, director, IIT Madras, said, “The world’s grandest puzzles aren’t solved by memorizing textbooks, but by those who dare to dismantle them, piece by piece, and create new wonders for the future generations. With this vision, IIT Madras embarks on yet another new journey by offering admission to her much coveted undergraduate programs for candidates with demonstrated excellence in science Olympiads. ”
The allotment of seats under this scheme will be based on the ScOpE Rank List (SRL), which will be based on the performance and achievements of the candidates in five Olympiads (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Informatics, and Biology). The rules will be provided on the website for details on the preparation of ScOpE rank list.
The admission process through SCOPE would not be through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) portal but on a separate portal (jeeadv.iitm.ac.in/scope) maintained by IIT Madras.
The IITM-SCOPE portal is to be used exclusively for admission to various academic programs at IIT Madras under SCOPE admission only.
The candidates are required to apply separately on JoSAA portal for the academic programs at IIT Madras and/or other IITs where the seats are offered through JoSAA.
The candidates should satisfy ALL the following criteria to be eligible to apply for SCOPE admission to IIT Madras:
1. The candidate should be an Indian national (by birth or naturalization) or OCI/PIO candidate whose OCI/PIO card was issued before March 4, 2021.
2. In the last 4 years, the candidate must have participated in at least one of the following:
a. Mathematics: International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camps (IMOTC) organized by Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE)
b. Physics, Chemistry and Biology: Orientation-cum-Selection Camps (OCSCs) for Science subjects, organized by Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE).
c. Informatics: International Olympiad for Informatics Training Camp (IOITC) organized by the Indian Association for Research in Computer Science (IARCS).
