SUMMARY
- Over 1.90 lakh students registered for JEE Advanced 2025, including 43,413 female candidates.
- Increased IIT seats and a 20% female quota significantly boost girls’ admission chances this year.
- Exam difficulty was moderate to tough; maths was hardest, Chemistry was comparatively easier.
India’s premier engineering entrance test, JEE Advanced 2025, was held on Sunday by IIT Kanpur in two three-hour sessions at 712 centers in 222 cities in India and three foreign centres, and this year witnessed a record-breaking registration count, with more than 1.90 lakh students registering for the exam. In the first shift alone, 1,87,223 candidates appeared, comprising 1,43,810 boys and 43,413 girls.
Nitin Vijay, Founder and CEO, Motion Education, pointed to a positive trend for girl candidates in the current academic year and said, “The chances for girls to get into IITs are significantly higher in 2025 due to the increase in seats and the 20% female supernumerary quota. With 1,364 new B. Tech seats added this year, taking the total to over 18,500 across 23 IITs, the opportunity for deserving female aspirants is brighter than ever.”
It is to be noted that female admissions in JEE Advanced have averaged 22% in the last three years, while male admissions have averaged around 78%. In addition to the current female pool, the female supernumerary quota continues to provide accessibility and opportunities for girls to get admitted to India’s best engineering colleges.
Sharing his feedback on the paper, Vijay reported that JEE Advanced 2025 was at a moderate to difficult level. Based on initial student feedback, he said, “Mathematics was found to be the most challenging section, with lengthy, difficult, and time-consuming questions requiring conceptual clarity and profound thinking. Physics was reported as moderate to challenging, with questions requiring understanding and accuracy, while Chemistry was comparatively easier in both sessions, allowing students to conserve time during the exam. Paper 2 proved to be tougher than Paper 1, particularly as eight number value-type questions were provided with no options. As compared to previous years, no paragraph-type questions were posed. Maths and Physics proved to be time-consuming and tough in Paper-2, whereas Chemistry proved to be a comparatively easier level of difficulty.”
Following objections’ scrutiny, the final answer key and result will be declared on June 2 on the official website [jeeadv.ac.in](https://jeeadv.ac.in). Category-wise All India Ranks will be intimated through SMS. Personal rank cards will not be distributed this year, though.
