IIT-Roorkee releases JEE Advanced 2026 Syllabus; complete list of topics for Physics, Maths, Chemistry here

To be eligible for JEE Advanced 2026, candidates must rank among the top 2.5 lakh students in JEE Main 2026, satisfy the age criteria. Additionally, candidates must have appeared for their Class 12 (or equivalent) examination in 2025 or 2026 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.

JEE Advanced 2026 Syllabus for Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics announced- Complete list of details here (Representative/AI Image)

JEE Advanced 2026 Syllabus: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, the conducting authority for JEE Advanced 2026, has published the detailed, topic-wise syllabus on its official website at jeeadv.ac.in. The JEE Advanced 2026 is scheduled to be held on Sunday, May 17, 2026. Registration for the exam will begin on Saturday, April 18, 2026.

To be eligible for JEE Advanced 2026, candidates must rank among the top 2.5 lakh students in JEE Main 2026, satisfy the age criteria. Additionally, candidates must have appeared for their Class 12 (or equivalent) examination in 2025 or 2026 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects.

The JEE Advanced 2026 syllabus, announced by IIT Roorkee for the upcoming session, remains unchanged from the previous session of JEE Advanced.

JEE Advanced 2026 Physics Syllabus

Covers classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, optics, thermodynamics and modern physics with strong numerical and conceptual emphasis.

Unit	Topics
General	Units and dimensions; dimensional analysis; least count; significant figures; error analysis; Vernier callipers; screw gauge; simple pendulum; Young’s modulus; surface tension; calorimetry; focal length of mirrors and lenses; speed of sound; Ohm’s law; meter bridge and post office box
Mechanics	Kinematics in one and two dimensions; projectile motion; uniform circular motion; relative velocity; Newton’s laws; friction; work, energy and power; conservation laws; centre of mass; impulse; collisions; rigid body dynamics; moment of inertia; torque; angular momentum; rolling motion; oscillations; SHM; gravitation; satellites; escape velocity; fluid mechanics; viscosity; surface tension; waves; sound; Doppler effect
Thermal Physics	Thermal expansion; calorimetry; latent heat; heat conduction; convection and radiation; Newton’s law of cooling; ideal gas laws; specific heats; isothermal and adiabatic processes; thermodynamic laws; Carnot engine; blackbody radiation; Wien’s law; Stefan’s law
Electricity and Magnetism	Coulomb’s law; electric field and potential; Gauss’s law; capacitance; capacitors in series and parallel; electric current; Ohm’s law; Kirchhoff’s laws; heating effect; magnetic field due to currents; Biot–Savart law; Ampere’s law; force on moving charge; magnetic moment; galvanometer; electromagnetic induction; Faraday’s law; Lenz’s law; self and mutual inductance; RC, LR, LC and LCR circuits
Electromagnetic Waves	Nature and characteristics of electromagnetic waves; electromagnetic spectrum; radio waves; microwaves; infrared; visible light; ultraviolet; X-rays; gamma rays; applications
Optics	Rectilinear propagation of light; reflection and refraction; total internal reflection; dispersion by prism; thin lenses; combination of mirrors and lenses; magnification; wave optics; Huygens’ principle; Young’s double slit experiment; diffraction; polarization; Brewster’s law; polaroids
Modern Physics	Atomic nucleus; α, β and γ radiations; law of radioactive decay; decay constant; half-life and mean life; binding energy and its calculation; fission and fusion processes; energy calculations; photoelectric effect; Bohr’s theory of hydrogen-like atoms; characteristic and continuous X-rays; Moseley’s law; de Broglie wavelength of matter waves

JEE Advanced 2026 Chemistry Syllabus

Covers physical, inorganic and organic chemistry with emphasis on concepts, reactions, mechanisms, properties and applications.

Unit	Topics
General Topics	Concept of atoms and molecules; Dalton’s atomic theory; Mole concept; Chemical formulae; Balanced chemical equations; Calculations (based on mole concept and stoichiometry) involving common oxidation-reduction, neutralisation, and displacement reactions; Concentration in terms of mole fraction, molarity, molality and normality.
States of Matter: Gases and Liquids	Gas laws and ideal gas equation, absolute scale of temperature; Deviation from ideality, van der Waals equation; Kinetic theory of gases, average, root mean square and most probable velocities and their relation with temperature; Law of partial pressures; Diffusion of gases. Intermolecular interactions: types, distance dependence, and their effect on properties; Liquids: vapour pressure, surface tension, viscosity.
Atomic Structure	Bohr model, spectrum of hydrogen atom; Wave-particle duality, de Broglie hypothesis; Uncertainty principle; Qualitative quantum mechanical picture of hydrogen atom: Energies, quantum numbers, wave function and probability density (plots only), shapes of s, p and d orbitals; Aufbau principle; Pauli’s exclusion principle and Hund’s rule.
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure	Orbital overlap and covalent bond; Hybridisation involving s, p and d orbitals only; Molecular orbital energy diagrams for homonuclear diatomic species (up to Ne2); Hydrogen bond; Polarity in molecules, dipole moment; VSEPR model and shapes of molecules (linear, angular, triangular, square planar, pyramidal, square pyramidal, trigonal bipyramidal, tetrahedral and octahedral).
Chemical Thermodynamics	Intensive and extensive properties, state functions, First law of thermodynamics; Internal energy, work (pressure-volume only) and heat; Enthalpy, heat capacity, standard state, Hess’s law; Enthalpy of reaction, fusion and vaporization, and lattice enthalpy; Second law of thermodynamics; Entropy; Gibbs energy; Criteria of equilibrium and spontaneity.
Chemical and Ionic Equilibrium	Law of mass action; Significance of ∆𝐺 and ∆𝐺⊖ in chemical equilibrium; Equilibrium constant (Kp and Kc) and reaction quotient, Le Chatelier’s principle (effect of concentration, temperature and pressure); Solubility product and its applications, common ion effect, pH and buffer solutions; Acids and bases (Brønsted and Lewis concepts); Hydrolysis of salts.
Electrochemistry	Electrochemical cells and cell reactions; Standard electrode potentials; Electrochemical work, Nernst equation; Electrochemical series, emf of galvanic cells; Faraday’s laws of electrolysis; Electrolytic conductance, specific, equivalent and molar conductivity, Kohlrausch’s law; Batteries: Primary and Secondary, fuel cells; Corrosion.
Chemical Kinetics	Rates of chemical reactions; Order and molecularity of reactions; Rate law, rate constant, half-life; Differential and integrated rate expressions for zero and first order reactions; Temperature dependence of rate constant (Arrhenius equation and activation energy); Catalysis: Homogeneous and heterogeneous, activity and selectivity of solid catalysts, enzyme catalysis and its mechanism.
Solid State	Classification of solids, crystalline state, seven crystal systems (cell parameters a, b, c, α, β, γ), close packed structure of solids (cubic and hexagonal), packing in fcc, bcc and hcp lattices; Nearest neighbours, ionic radii and radius ratio, point defects.
Solutions	Henry’s law; Raoult’s law; Ideal solutions; Colligative properties: lowering of vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point, and osmotic pressure; van’t Hoff factor.
Surface Chemistry	Elementary concepts of adsorption: Physisorption and Chemisorption, Freundlich adsorption isotherm; Colloids: types, methods of preparation and general properties; Elementary ideas of emulsions, surfactants and micelles (only definitions and examples).
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties	Modern periodic law and the present form of periodic table; electronic configuration of elements; periodic trends in atomic radius, ionic radius, ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, valence, oxidation states, electronegativity, and chemical reactivity.
Hydrogen	Position of hydrogen in periodic table, occurrence, isotopes, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen; hydrides – ionic, covalent and interstitial; physical and chemical properties of water, heavy water; hydrogen peroxide-preparation, reactions, use and structure; hydrogen as a fuel.
s-Block Elements	Alkali and alkaline earth metals-reactivity towards air, water, dihydrogen, halogens, acids; their reducing nature including solutions in liquid ammonia; uses of these elements; general characteristics of their oxides, hydroxides, halides, salts of oxoacids; anomalous behaviour of lithium and beryllium; preparation, properties, and uses of compounds of sodium (sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide, sodium hydrogen carbonate) and calcium (calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, calcium sulphate).
p-Block Elements	Oxidation state and trends in chemical reactivity of elements of groups 13-17; anomalous properties of boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine with respect to other elements in their respective groups.
d-Block Elements	Oxidation states and their stability; standard electrode potentials; interstitial compounds; alloys; catalytic properties; applications; preparation, structure, and reactions of oxoanions of chromium and manganese.
f-Block Elements	Lanthanoid and actinoid contractions; oxidation states; general characteristics.
Coordination Compounds	Werner’s theory; Nomenclature, cis-trans and ionization isomerism, hybridization and geometries (linear, tetrahedral, square planar and octahedral) of mononuclear coordination compounds; Bonding [VBT and CFT (octahedral and tetrahedral fields)]; Magnetic properties (spin-only) and colour of 3d-series coordination compounds; Ligands and spectrochemical series; Stability; Importance and applications; Metal carbonyls.
Isolation of Metals	Metal ores and their concentration; extraction of crude metal from concentrated ores: thermodynamic (iron, copper, zinc) and electrochemical (aluminium) principles of metallurgy; cyanide process (silver and gold); refining.
Principles of Qualitative Analysis	Groups I to V (only Ag+, Hg2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Fe3+, Cr3+, Al3+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, Mn2+ and Mg2+); Nitrate, halides (excluding fluoride), carbonate and bicarbonate, sulphate and sulphide.
Environmental Chemistry	Atmospheric pollution; water pollution; soil pollution; industrial waste; strategies to control environmental pollution; green chemistry.
Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry	Hybridisation of carbon; σ and π-bonds; Shapes of simple organic molecules; aromaticity; Structural and geometrical isomerism; Stereoisomers and stereochemical relationship (enantiomers, diastereomers, meso) of compounds containing only up to two asymmetric centres (R,S and E,Z configurations excluded); Determination of empirical and molecular formulae of simple compounds by combustion method only; IUPAC nomenclature of organic molecules (hydrocarbons, including simple cyclic hydrocarbons and their mono-functional and bi-functional derivatives only); Hydrogen bonding effects; Inductive, Resonance and Hyperconjugative effects; Acidity and basicity of organic compounds; Reactive intermediates produced during homolytic and heterolytic bond cleavage; Formation, structure and stability of carbocations, carbanions and free radicals.
Alkanes	Homologous series; Physical properties (melting points, boiling points and density) and effect of branching on them; Conformations of ethane and butane (Newman projections only); Preparation from alkyl halides and aliphatic carboxylic acids; Reactions: combustion, halogenation (including allylic and benzylic halogenation) and oxidation.
Alkenes and Alkynes	Physical properties (boiling points, density and dipole moments); Preparation by elimination reactions; Acid catalysed hydration (excluding the stereochemistry of addition and elimination); Metal acetylides; Reactions of alkenes with KMnO4 and ozone; Reduction of alkenes and alkynes; Electrophilic addition reactions of alkenes with X2, HX, HOX, (X=halogen); Effect of peroxide on addition reactions; cyclic polymerization reaction of alkynes.
Benzene	Structure; Electrophilic substitution reactions: halogenation, nitration, sulphonation, Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation; Effect of directing groups (monosubstituted benzene) in these reactions.
Phenols	Physical properties; Preparation, Electrophilic substitution reactions of phenol (halogenation, nitration, sulphonation); Reimer-Tiemann reaction, Kolbe reaction; Esterification; Etherification; Aspirin synthesis; Oxidation and reduction reactions of phenol.
Alkyl Halides	Rearrangement reactions of alkyl carbocation; Grignard reactions; Nucleophilic substitution reactions and their stereochemical aspects.
Alcohols	Physical properties; Reactions: esterification, dehydration (formation of alkenes and ethers); Reactions with: sodium, phosphorus halides, ZnCl2/concentrated HCl, thionyl chloride; Conversion of alcohols into aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids.
Ethers	Preparation by Williamson’s synthesis; C-O bond cleavage reactions.
Aldehydes and Ketones	Preparation of: aldehydes and ketones from acid chlorides and nitriles; aldehydes from esters; benzaldehyde from toluene and benzene; Reactions: oxidation, reduction, oxime and hydrazone formation; Aldol condensation, Cannizzaro reaction; Haloform reaction; Nucleophilic addition reaction with RMgX, NaHSO3, HCN, alcohol, amine.
Carboxylic Acids	Physical properties; Preparation: from nitriles, Grignard reagents, hydrolysis of esters and amides; Preparation of benzoic acid from alkylbenzenes; Reactions: reduction, halogenation, formation of esters, acid chlorides and amides.
Amines	Preparation from nitro compounds, nitriles and amides; Reactions: Hoffmann bromamide degradation, Gabriel phthalimide synthesis; Reaction with nitrous acid, Azo coupling reaction of diazonium salts of aromatic amines; Sandmeyer and related reactions of diazonium salts; Carbylamine reaction, Hinsberg test, Alkylation and acylation reactions.
Haloarenes	Reactions: Fittig, Wurtz-Fittig; Nucleophilic aromatic substitution in haloarenes and substituted haloarenes (excluding benzyne mechanism and cine substitution).
Biomolecules	Carbohydrates: Classification; Mono- and di-saccharides (glucose and sucrose); Oxidation; Reduction; Glycoside formation and hydrolysis of disaccharides (sucrose, maltose, lactose); Anomers. Proteins: Amino acids; Peptide linkage; Structure of peptides (primary and secondary); Types of proteins (fibrous and globular). Nucleic acids: Chemical composition and structure of DNA and RNA.
Polymers	Types of polymerization (addition, condensation); Homo and copolymers; Natural rubber; Cellulose; Nylon; Teflon; Bakelite; PVC; Bio-degradable polymers; Applications of polymers.
Chemistry in Everyday Life	Drug-target interaction; Therapeutic action, and examples (excluding structures), of antacids, antihistamines, tranquilizers, analgesics, antimicrobials, and antifertility drugs; Artificial sweeteners (names only); Soaps, detergents, and cleansing action.
Practical Organic Chemistry	Detection of elements (N, S, halogens); Detection and identification of the following functional groups: hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketone), carboxyl, amino and nitro.

JEE Advanced 2026 Mathematics Syllabus

Emphasises algebra, calculus, coordinate geometry, vectors and probability with analytical problem-solving.

Unit	Topics
Sets, Relations and Functions	Sets and representations; types of sets; algebra of sets; union, intersection, complement, difference and symmetric difference; De-Morgan’s laws; Cartesian product of finite sets; ordered pairs; relations; domain and codomain; equivalence relations; functions as mappings; domain, codomain and range; invertible functions; even and odd functions; one-one and onto functions; special functions including polynomial, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic, power, absolute value and greatest integer functions; sum, difference, product and composition of functions
Algebra	Complex numbers; addition, multiplication and conjugation; polar representation; modulus and principal argument; triangle inequality; cube roots of unity; geometric interpretation; fundamental theorem of algebra; quadratic equations with real coefficients; relations between roots and coefficients; formation of quadratic equations; symmetric functions of roots; arithmetic and geometric progressions; arithmetic and geometric means; sums of finite AP and GP; infinite geometric series; sum of first n natural numbers; sums of squares and cubes; logarithms and their properties; permutations and combinations; binomial theorem for positive integral index; properties of binomial coefficients
Matrices	Matrices as rectangular arrays; equality of matrices; addition; scalar multiplication; matrix multiplication; transpose of a matrix; elementary row and column transformations; determinant of a square matrix up to order three; adjoint and inverse of a matrix up to order three; properties of matrix operations; diagonal, symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices; solution of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables
Probability and Statistics	Random experiment; sample space; types of events; addition and multiplication rules of probability; conditional probability; independence of events; total probability; Bayes’ theorem; computation of probability using permutations and combinations; measures of central tendency and dispersion; mean, median and mode; mean deviation; standard deviation and variance for grouped and ungrouped data; analysis of frequency distributions; random variable; mean and variance of a random variable
Trigonometry	Trigonometric functions; periodicity and graphs; addition and subtraction formulae; multiple and sub-multiple angle formulae; general solution of trigonometric equations; inverse trigonometric functions (principal values only); elementary properties of inverse trigonometric functions
Analytical Geometry – Two Dimensions	Cartesian coordinates; distance between two points; section formulae; shift of origin; equation of a straight line in various forms; angle between two lines; distance of a point from a line; lines through the point of intersection of two lines; angle bisectors; concurrency of lines; centroid, orthocentre, incentre and circumcentre of a triangle; equation of a circle; tangents, normals and chords; parametric equations of a circle; intersection of a circle with a line or another circle; equation of a circle through points of intersection; equations of parabola, ellipse and hyperbola; foci, directrices and eccentricity; parametric equations; equations of tangents and normals; locus problems
Analytical Geometry – Three Dimensions	Distance between two points; direction cosines and direction ratios; equation of a straight line in space; skew lines; shortest distance between two lines; equation of a plane; distance of a point from a plane; angle between two lines; angle between two planes; angle between a line and a plane; coplanar lines
Differential Calculus	Limits of functions; continuity; limits and continuity of sum, difference, product and quotient of functions; L’Hospital’s rule; continuity of composite functions; intermediate value property; derivative of a function; derivatives of sum, difference, product and quotient; chain rule; derivatives of polynomial, rational, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions; tangents and normals; increasing and decreasing functions; second order derivatives; maxima and minima; Rolle’s theorem; Lagrange’s mean value theorem; geometric interpretation of theorems; derivatives of implicit functions
Integral Calculus	Integration as inverse of differentiation; indefinite integrals of standard functions; definite integrals as limit of sums; properties of definite integrals; fundamental theorem of calculus; integration by parts; substitution and partial fractions; application of definite integrals to area under curves; formation of differential equations; solution of homogeneous differential equations of first order and first degree; separation of variables; linear first-order differential equations
Vectors	Addition of vectors; scalar multiplication; dot product; cross product; scalar and vector triple products; geometrical interpretation of vector products

Meanwhile, the registration for JEE Main 2026 session 1 is now closed. Candidates who successfully registered are now in the final stage of preparation, awaiting the release of their exam city intimation slips and admit cards for the January exams.

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