JEE Advanced Syllabus 2027: Subject-wise Topics and Study Plan

The JEE Advanced syllabus covers Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from Classes XI and XII, but the exam tests these topics at a much deeper level than school boards or JEE Main. The official syllabus is released by the organising IIT in Annexure I of the information brochure, along with the separate syllabus for the Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT).

The JEE Advanced 2027 brochure is not out yet. The syllabus has stayed stable since the revision introduced for the 2023 cycle, and the topic lists below follow the 2026 brochure. They are grouped unit by unit, with notes on where to start, how the syllabus differs from JEE Main, and a phased plan to finish it on time. Recheck the 2027 brochure on jeeadv.ac.in when it is released.

JEE Advanced Syllabus 2027 at a Glance

The IITs publish the topic list but not chapter-wise weightage. Any weightage you see online, including the "highest-effort areas" above, comes from analysis of previous papers and is not official. The question format also changes every year; see the JEE Advanced exam pattern for what recent papers looked like.

Key Points to Know Before You Start

• The syllabus is not the same as JEE Main: Several Chemistry chapters dropped from the JEE Main list are still in the JEE Advanced syllabus, so do not plan Advanced preparation from the JEE Main list alone.

• Experimental physics is included: The "General" unit in Physics covers errors, least count and standard laboratory experiments, which appear as direct questions.

• Every subject has a minimum mark: The rank list requires a minimum score in each subject, so you cannot skip a full subject or a large unit.

• Older pages may show the pre-2023 syllabus: Follow the topic list in the latest official brochure rather than old PDFs.

JEE Advanced Physics Syllabus

Physics questions in JEE Advanced usually combine two or more ideas in one problem. Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism form the backbone, and concepts from Mechanics reappear in almost every other unit.

General

• Measurement: Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis, least count, significant figures, errors in measurement.

• Experiments: Vernier calipers and screw gauge, simple pendulum, Young's modulus by Searle's method, specific heat by calorimetry, speed of sound with a resonance column, focal length by the u-v method, and resistance measurement with Ohm's law and a meter bridge.

Mechanics

• Kinematics: Motion in one and two dimensions, projectiles, uniform circular motion, relative velocity.

• Laws of motion: Newton's laws, inertial and non-inertial frames, static and kinetic friction.

• Work, energy and momentum: Kinetic and potential energy, work-energy theorem, power, conservation of linear momentum, impulse, elastic and inelastic collisions, centre of mass.

• Rigid body dynamics: Moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems, torque, angular momentum and its conservation, rolling without slipping.

• Gravitation: Law of gravitation, gravitational potential and field, acceleration due to gravity, Kepler's laws, satellites, escape velocity.

• Properties of matter: Elasticity, pressure in fluids, Pascal's law, buoyancy, surface tension and capillary rise, viscosity and Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline flow, Bernoulli's theorem.

• Oscillations and waves: Simple harmonic motion, wave motion, progressive and stationary waves, vibrations of strings and air columns, resonance, beats, Doppler effect.

Thermal Physics

• Heat: Thermal expansion, calorimetry, latent heat, conduction in one dimension, convection, Newton's law of cooling.

• Gases and thermodynamics: Ideal gas laws, kinetic theory, specific heats, first and second laws of thermodynamics, isothermal and adiabatic processes, Carnot engine and efficiency.

• Radiation: Blackbody radiation, absorptive and emissive powers, Kirchhoff's law, Wien's displacement law, Stefan's law.

Electricity and Magnetism

• Electrostatics: Coulomb's law, electric field and potential, electric dipole, flux, Gauss's law and its applications.

• Capacitance: Parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectrics, series and parallel combinations, energy stored.

• Current electricity: Ohm's law, resistances in series and parallel, Kirchhoff's laws, temperature dependence of resistance, heating effect of current.

• Magnetic effects: Biot-Savart law and Ampere's law, field due to a straight wire, loop and solenoid, force on charges and current-carrying wires, torque on a current loop, moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter and ammeter.

• Electromagnetic induction and AC: Faraday's and Lenz's laws, self and mutual inductance, RC, LR and LC circuits, alternating current, reactance, impedance and LCR circuits.

Electromagnetic Waves

• Core ideas: Characteristics of electromagnetic waves, their transverse nature, and the electromagnetic spectrum with its applications.

Optics

• Ray optics: Reflection and refraction at plane and spherical surfaces, total internal reflection, deviation and dispersion by a prism, thin lenses, combinations of mirrors and lenses, magnification.

• Wave optics: Huygens' principle, interference, Young's double-slit experiment, diffraction at a single slit, polarisation of light.

Modern Physics

• Nuclear physics: Atomic nucleus, alpha, beta and gamma radiation, law of radioactive decay, half-life and mean life, binding energy, fission and fusion.

• Atomic and quantum physics: 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 Chemistry Syllabus

Chemistry is often the most time-efficient subject in JEE Advanced. Physical Chemistry rewards accurate calculation, Organic rewards understanding of mechanisms, and Inorganic rewards steady revision.

Physical Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry

• Periodicity: Classification of elements and periodic trends in atomic size, ionisation energy, electron affinity and electronegativity.

• Hydrogen and s-block elements: Hydrogen and its compounds, alkali and alkaline earth metals and their important compounds.

• p-block elements: Groups 13 to 18, including the structure and properties of their key compounds.

• d-block and f-block elements: Transition elements, lanthanoids and actinoids, and important compounds such as potassium dichromate and potassium permanganate.

• Coordination compounds: Werner's theory, nomenclature, isomerism, valence bond and crystal field theories, magnetic properties.

• Isolation of metals: Principles of metallurgy and extraction of common metals.

• Qualitative analysis: Detection of common cations and anions.

• Environmental chemistry: Atmospheric, water and soil pollution and their chemistry.

Organic Chemistry

• Basic principles: Hybridisation, IUPAC nomenclature, structural and stereoisomerism, inductive and resonance effects, hyperconjugation, reactive intermediates, acidity and basicity.

• Hydrocarbons: Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and benzene, including aromaticity and electrophilic substitution.

• Compounds with functional groups: Alkyl halides, haloarenes, alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, amines.

• Biomolecules: Carbohydrates, amino acids and peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and vitamins.

• Polymers and everyday chemistry: Types of polymers and polymerisation, and chemistry in everyday life.

• Practical organic chemistry: Detection of elements and functional groups.

JEE Advanced Mathematics Syllabus

Mathematics papers in JEE Advanced are often the longest to solve. Calculus links to almost every other unit, so a weak base there slows you down across the paper.

Sets, Relations and Functions

• Core topics: Sets and their operations, relations, types of functions, composition, inverse functions, even and odd functions, graphs of functions.

Algebra

• Complex numbers: Algebra of complex numbers, modulus and argument, polar form, cube roots of unity, geometric interpretation.

• Quadratic equations: Roots and coefficients, nature of roots, symmetric functions of roots.

• Sequences and series: Arithmetic and geometric progressions, means, sums of finite and infinite series.

• Logarithms and counting: Logarithms and their properties, permutations and combinations, binomial theorem for a positive integral index.

Matrices

• Core topics: Types of matrices, matrix operations, determinants and their properties, inverse of a matrix, solutions of simultaneous linear equations.

Probability and Statistics

• Probability: Addition and multiplication rules, conditional probability, independence of events, Bayes' theorem, probability distributions.

• Statistics: Mean, median and mode of grouped and ungrouped data, variance and standard deviation.

Trigonometry

• Core topics: Trigonometric functions, their periodicity and graphs, identities, trigonometric equations, inverse trigonometric functions.

Analytical Geometry and Vectors

• Two dimensions: Straight lines, circles, parabola, ellipse and hyperbola, locus problems.

• Three dimensions: Direction cosines and ratios, equations of lines and planes, angles and distances.

• Vectors: Addition of vectors, scalar and vector products, scalar and vector triple products and their geometric meaning.

Calculus

• Differential calculus: Limits, continuity, differentiability, derivatives, tangents and normals, increasing and decreasing functions, maxima and minima, Rolle's and Lagrange's mean value theorems.

• Integral calculus: Indefinite and definite integrals, properties of definite integrals, area under curves.

• Differential equations: Formation, first-order equations with separable variables, linear first-order equations.

JEE Main vs JEE Advanced Syllabus: What Is Different

Most of the syllabus overlaps, so you study it once for both exams. The differences that matter for planning are below, based on the current official lists of both exams.

Compare both official lists once the new brochures are out, as the boards behind each exam can revise them independently.

Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) Syllabus

The AAT is only for candidates who qualify JEE Advanced and want B.Arch. at an IIT that offers it. It is a qualifying test and does not affect your JEE Advanced rank.

How to Cover the JEE Advanced Syllabus

A long syllabus is easier to finish when you work in phases rather than chapter after chapter without a plan. The outline below assumes you are preparing for JEE Main and JEE Advanced together.

1. Phase 1, foundations: Finish NCERT-level concepts in Mechanics, Physical Chemistry basics, and functions and algebra. Solve standard problems after each chapter.

2. Phase 2, core units: Cover Electricity and Magnetism, Organic reaction mechanisms and Calculus. Start chapter-wise timed tests and a written error log.

3. Phase 3, remaining units: Complete Optics, Modern Physics, Inorganic Chemistry, Coordinate Geometry, Probability and Vectors. Add 30 minutes of Inorganic revision every day.

4. Phase 4, Advanced-only practice: After JEE Main, revise the Advanced-only Chemistry chapters and switch to multi-concept problems and previous year papers.

5. Phase 5, full-length papers: Attempt two full papers in one day with a break, analyse them the same day, and revise from your error log.