JEE Advanced Syllabus 2027: Complete Physics, Chemistry and Maths Syllabus (with PDF)

Exam

JEE (Advanced) 2027, for admission to the 23 IITs

Who sets the syllabus

Joint Admission Board (JAB), published by the organising IIT on jeeadv.ac.in

Latest official syllabus

JEE Advanced 2026 syllabus, released 14 Dec 2025 by IIT Roorkee

Change from 2025 to 2026

None

JEE Advanced 2027 syllabus status (7 Oct 2026)

Not yet released; expected Nov–Dec 2026

Subjects

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (Paper 1 and Paper 2 both test all three)

Level

Class 11 and 12, deeper application than JEE Main

JEE Advanced 2027 exam

Expected mid-May 2027; date and organising IIT not yet announced

Who can sit

Top 2,50,000 (approx.) in JEE Main 2027, maximum 2 attempts in consecutive years

2027

Not yet announced

Awaited (expected Nov–Dec 2026)

2026

IIT Roorkee

Same as 2025; released 14 Dec 2025

2025

IIT Kanpur

Same as 2024

2024

IIT Madras

Same as 2023

2023

IIT Guwahati

Revised syllabus introduced

General

Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis, least count, significant figures, error analysis. Experiments: Vernier callipers and screw gauge; g by simple pendulum; Young's modulus; surface tension by capillary rise (and effect of detergents); specific heat of a liquid by calorimeter; focal length of concave mirror and convex lens (u-v method); speed of sound by resonance column; Ohm's law with voltmeter and ammeter; specific resistance using meter bridge and post office box

Mechanics — motion and forces

Kinematics in 1D and 2D (Cartesian only), projectiles, uniform circular motion, relative velocity; Newton's laws, inertial and uniformly accelerated frames; static and dynamic friction; work, power, kinetic and potential energy; conservation of linear momentum and mechanical energy

Mechanics — systems and rotation

Centre of mass and its motion, impulse, elastic and inelastic collisions; rigid body, moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems; angular momentum, torque and its conservation; fixed-axis rotation; rolling without slipping (rings, cylinders, spheres); equilibrium of rigid bodies; collision of point masses with rigid bodies

Mechanics — oscillations and elasticity

Linear and angular SHM; forced and damped oscillation (1D), resonance; Hooke's law, Young's modulus, modulus of rigidity, bulk modulus

Mechanics — gravitation

Law of gravitation, gravitational field and potential, acceleration due to gravity, Kepler's laws, geostationary orbits, circular orbits of planets and satellites, escape velocity

Mechanics — fluids

Pressure, Pascal's law, buoyancy; surface energy, surface tension, angle of contact, drops, bubbles, capillary rise; viscosity (Poiseuille's equation excluded), Stokes' law, terminal velocity; streamline flow, continuity equation, Bernoulli's theorem

Mechanics — waves

Plane waves, longitudinal and transverse waves, superposition; progressive and stationary waves; vibrating strings and air columns; resonance, beats; speed of sound in gases; Doppler effect in sound

Thermal Physics

Thermal expansion; calorimetry, latent heat; 1D heat conduction; elementary convection and radiation; Newton's law of cooling; ideal gas laws; Cv and Cp (monoatomic, diatomic); isothermal and adiabatic processes, bulk modulus of gases; first law (ideal gases only) and second law; reversible/irreversible processes; Carnot engine; blackbody radiation, Kirchhoff's law, Wien's displacement law, Stefan's law

Electricity and Magnetism

Coulomb's law; electric field and potential; potential energy of point charges and dipoles in uniform fields; field lines, flux; Gauss's law for long wire, infinite sheet, thin spherical shell; capacitance, parallel-plate capacitor with/without dielectric, series/parallel, stored energy; current, Ohm's law, resistor and cell combinations, Kirchhoff's laws, heating effect; Biot–Savart and Ampere's laws (straight wire, circular coil axis, long solenoid); force on moving charge and current-carrying wire; magnetic moment of a loop and its torque; moving coil galvanometer, ammeter and voltmeter conversion; Faraday's and Lenz's laws, self and mutual inductance; RC, LR, LC and series LCR circuits with DC and AC sources

Electromagnetic Waves

Characteristics of EM waves; the EM spectrum (radio to gamma) and basic uses

Optics

Rectilinear propagation; reflection and refraction at plane and spherical surfaces; total internal reflection; deviation and dispersion by a prism; thin lenses, mirror–lens combinations, magnification; Huygens' principle, Young's double-slit interference, single-slit diffraction; polarisation, Brewster's law, Polaroids

Modern Physics

Atomic nucleus, α, β, γ radiation; radioactive decay law, decay constant, half-life, mean life; binding energy; fission and fusion with energy calculation; photoelectric effect; Bohr's theory of hydrogen-like atoms; characteristic and continuous X-rays, Moseley's law; de Broglie wavelength

General topics

Atoms and molecules, Dalton's theory, mole concept, formulae and balanced equations, stoichiometry of redox, neutralisation and displacement reactions; mole fraction, molarity, molality, normality

States of matter: gases and liquids

Gas laws, ideal gas equation, absolute temperature; deviation from ideality, van der Waals equation; kinetic theory, average/rms/most probable speeds; partial pressures, diffusion; intermolecular forces; vapour pressure, surface tension, viscosity of liquids

Atomic structure

Bohr model, hydrogen spectrum; wave–particle duality, de Broglie, uncertainty principle; quantum numbers, wave function and probability density (plots only), s, p, d orbital shapes; Aufbau, Pauli, Hund

Chemical bonding and molecular structure

Orbital overlap, hybridisation (s, p, d), MO diagrams for homonuclear diatomics up to Ne₂, hydrogen bond, dipole moment, VSEPR shapes (linear to octahedral)

Chemical thermodynamics

State functions, first law, internal energy, PV work, enthalpy, heat capacity, Hess's law, lattice enthalpy; second law, entropy, Gibbs energy, spontaneity

Chemical and ionic equilibrium

Law of mass action, ΔG and ΔG° in equilibrium, Kp, Kc and Q, Le Chatelier; solubility product, common ion effect, pH, buffers; Brønsted and Lewis acids/bases; salt hydrolysis

Electrochemistry

Cells and electrode potentials, Nernst equation, emf; Faraday's laws; specific, equivalent and molar conductivity, Kohlrausch's law; batteries, fuel cells, corrosion

Chemical kinetics

Rate, order, molecularity, rate law, half-life; integrated rate equations for zero and first order; Arrhenius equation; homogeneous, heterogeneous and enzyme catalysis

Solid state

Crystal systems and cell parameters, close packing, fcc/bcc/hcp packing, nearest neighbours, radius ratio, point defects

Solutions

Henry's and Raoult's laws, ideal solutions, four colligative properties, van't Hoff factor

Surface chemistry

Physisorption, chemisorption, Freundlich isotherm; colloids; emulsions, surfactants, micelles (definitions and examples only)

Periodicity

Modern periodic law, electronic configuration, trends in radii, ionisation and electron gain enthalpy, valence, oxidation states, electronegativity

Hydrogen

Position, isotopes, preparation, hydrides, water and heavy water, H₂O₂ (preparation, reactions, structure), hydrogen as fuel

s-Block

Reactivity of alkali and alkaline earth metals, solutions in liquid ammonia, oxides/hydroxides/halides, anomalous Li and Be; Na₂CO₃, NaCl, NaOH, NaHCO₃; CaO, Ca(OH)₂, CaCO₃, CaSO₄

p-Block (groups 13–18)

Group trends and anomalies of B, C, N, O, F; borax, boric acid, diborane, BF₃, AlCl₃, alums; CO, CO₂, SiO₂, silicones, silicates, zeolites; N₂, NH₃, HNO₃, PH₃, PCl₃, PCl₅, nitrogen oxides, P oxoacids; O₂, O₃, SO₂, H₂SO₄, S oxoacids; Cl₂, HCl, interhalogens, halogen oxoacids, bleaching powder; xenon fluorides and oxides

d-Block

Oxidation states, electrode potentials, interstitial compounds, alloys, catalysis; oxoanions of chromium and manganese

f-Block

Lanthanoid and actinoid contraction, oxidation states, general characteristics

Coordination compounds

Werner's theory, nomenclature, cis-trans and ionisation isomerism, hybridisation and geometry, VBT and CFT (octahedral, tetrahedral), spin-only magnetism and colour (3d), spectrochemical series, stability, metal carbonyls

Isolation of metals

Ore concentration; thermodynamic (Fe, Cu, Zn) and electrochemical (Al) extraction; cyanide process (Ag, Au); refining

Qualitative analysis

Cations Ag⁺, Hg²⁺, Cu²⁺, Pb²⁺, Fe³⁺, Cr³⁺, Al³⁺, Ca²⁺, Ba²⁺, Zn²⁺, Mn²⁺, Mg²⁺; anions nitrate, halides (not fluoride), carbonate, bicarbonate, sulphate, sulphide

Environmental chemistry

Air, water and soil pollution, industrial waste, pollution control, green chemistry

Basic principles

Hybridisation, σ/π bonds, aromaticity, structural and geometrical isomerism, stereoisomers with up to two chiral centres (R,S and E,Z excluded), empirical formula by combustion, IUPAC naming, inductive, resonance and hyperconjugation, acidity/basicity, carbocations, carbanions, free radicals

Alkanes

Physical properties and branching, Newman projections of ethane and butane, preparation, halogenation (incl. allylic and benzylic), oxidation

Alkenes and alkynes

Preparation by elimination, acid-catalysed hydration, metal acetylides, KMnO₄ and ozonolysis, reduction, electrophilic addition of X₂, HX, HOX, peroxide effect, cyclic polymerisation of alkynes

Benzene

Halogenation, nitration, sulphonation, Friedel–Crafts; directing effects

Phenols

Electrophilic substitution, Reimer–Tiemann, Kolbe, esterification, etherification, aspirin, oxidation and reduction

Alkyl halides

Carbocation rearrangement, Grignard reactions, SN reactions and their stereochemistry

Alcohols

Esterification, dehydration, reactions with Na, PX₃, Lucas reagent, SOCl₂; oxidation to aldehydes, ketones, acids

Ethers

Williamson synthesis, C–O cleavage

Aldehydes and ketones

Preparation from acid chlorides, nitriles, esters; benzaldehyde from toluene/benzene; oximes, hydrazones, aldol, Cannizzaro, haloform; nucleophilic addition (RMgX, NaHSO₃, HCN, alcohols, amines)

Carboxylic acids

Preparation from nitriles, Grignard reagents, ester/amide hydrolysis; benzoic acid from alkylbenzenes; reduction, halogenation, esters, acid chlorides, amides

Amines

Preparation; Hoffmann bromamide, Gabriel synthesis, nitrous acid, azo coupling, Sandmeyer, carbylamine, Hinsberg, alkylation, acylation

Haloarenes

Fittig, Wurtz–Fittig, nucleophilic aromatic substitution (benzyne mechanism excluded)

Biomolecules

Glucose and sucrose, glycosides, maltose, lactose, anomers; amino acids, peptides, protein structure; DNA and RNA composition

Polymers

Addition and condensation, homo- and copolymers, natural rubber, cellulose, nylon, Teflon, Bakelite, PVC, biodegradable polymers

Chemistry in everyday life

Drug–target interaction; antacids, antihistamines, tranquilisers, analgesics, antimicrobials, antifertility drugs (no structures); artificial sweeteners (names only); soaps and detergents

Practical organic chemistry

Detection of N, S, halogens; tests for alcoholic and phenolic –OH, carbonyl, carboxyl, amino and nitro groups

Sets, Relations and Functions

Types of sets, set algebra, complement, difference, symmetric difference, De Morgan's laws; Cartesian product, relations, equivalence relations; functions as mappings, domain/codomain/range, invertible, even/odd, one-one/onto functions; polynomial, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic, power, modulus and greatest-integer functions; sum, product and composition

Algebra

Complex numbers: algebra, conjugate, polar form, modulus and principal argument, triangle inequality, cube roots of unity, geometric meaning. Fundamental theorem of algebra (statement); quadratic equations with real coefficients, roots and coefficients, symmetric functions of roots. AP and GP, AM and GM, infinite GP, sums of n, n², n³. Logarithms; permutations and combinations; binomial theorem for positive integral index, binomial coefficients

Matrices

Matrix operations, transpose, elementary row/column transformations; determinants up to order 3; adjoint and inverse up to order 3; diagonal, symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices; solving linear equations in 2 or 3 variables

Probability and Statistics

Sample space, events, addition and multiplication rules, conditional probability, independence, total probability, Bayes' theorem, counting-based probability; mean, median, mode, mean deviation, standard deviation and variance (grouped and ungrouped); distributions with same mean and different variance; random variable, its mean and variance

Trigonometry

Trigonometric functions, periodicity, graphs; compound, multiple and sub-multiple angle formulae; general solutions of trigonometric equations; inverse trigonometric functions (principal values) and properties

Analytical Geometry — 2D

Distance, section formula, shift of origin; straight line forms, angle between lines, point–line distance, family of lines through an intersection, angle bisectors, concurrency; centroid, orthocentre, incentre, circumcentre; circle forms, tangent, normal, chord, parametric form, circle–line and circle–circle intersection, family of circles; parabola, ellipse and hyperbola in standard form with foci, directrices, eccentricity, parametric equations, tangents and normals; locus

Analytical Geometry — 3D

Distance, direction cosines and ratios, line in space, skew lines and shortest distance, plane, point–plane distance, angles between lines, planes and line–plane, coplanar lines

Differential Calculus

Limits, continuity, algebra of limits, L'Hospital's rule; continuity of composite functions, intermediate value property; derivatives of standard functions, chain rule; tangents and normals, increasing/decreasing functions, second derivative, maxima and minima; Rolle's theorem, Lagrange's mean value theorem; implicit differentiation up to order two

Integral Calculus

Indefinite integrals, definite integral as limit of a sum, properties, fundamental theorem; integration by parts, substitution, partial fractions; area bounded by simple curves; forming ODEs, first-order first-degree homogeneous equations, variables separable, linear first-order equations

Vectors

Addition, scalar multiplication, dot and cross product, scalar and vector triple products with geometric meaning

Set by

National Testing Agency

Joint Admission Board, published by the organising IIT

Basis

NCERT Class 11–12, revised by NTA in 2024

Class 11–12, last revised for 2023

Depth

Direct application, single-concept questions

Multi-concept, analytical and multi-step problems

Chemistry chapters only in Advanced

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States of matter (gases, liquids), solid state, surface chemistry, hydrogen, s-block, isolation of metals, environmental chemistry, polymers, chemistry in everyday life

Physics chapters only in Main

Semiconductors and electronic devices

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Experimental physics

Experimental skills list

Named experiments with error analysis (part of the General unit)

Physics

Rotational dynamics, electrostatics and capacitors, magnetism and EMI, modern physics, thermodynamics, optics

Chemistry

Chemical equilibrium and thermodynamics, electrochemistry, coordination compounds, p-block, organic reaction mechanisms (aldehydes, ketones, amines), GOC

Mathematics

Definite integration and area, functions and limits, matrices and determinants, conic sections, vectors and 3D, probability

Oct–Nov 2026

Finish remaining Class 12 chapters common to JEE Main and the JEE Advanced syllabus

Dec 2026–Jan 2027

JEE Main 2027 Session 1 (22–30 Jan 2027, tentative) mock tests; revise weak chapters

Feb 2027

Advanced-only chapters (surface chemistry, solid state, s-block, metallurgy, polymers) and multi-concept problem sets

Mar–Apr 2027

JEE Main Session 2; two full JEE Advanced mocks per week (Paper 1 + Paper 2 together)

May 2027

Past JEE Advanced papers 2019–2026 under timed conditions; error-log revision only

Freehand drawing

Everyday objects drawn from memory with correct proportion, texture and detail

Geometrical drawing

Lines, angles, polygons, circles; plan and elevation of simple solids

Three-dimensional perception

Understanding 3D forms, volume, colour and orientation

Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity

Composition with given elements, context mapping, creativity, colour use

Architectural awareness

Famous national and international buildings, places and architects