Women candidates qualify in record numbers in JEE Advanced 2026, with 10,107 women clearing the exam—crossing the 10,000 mark for the first time in six years. Multiple outlets cite official data from the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) report prepared by IIT Roorkee, which conducted the exam. The women’s qualification rate rises to 23.4%, up from 21.7% in the previous year.
The reports also note that the exam continues to use category- and seat-matrix based allotments. The overall number of qualifying candidates is 56,880 out of 1,79,694 who appear in both papers. While women’s qualifying count increases, one outlet says their seat share remains mostly unchanged, with allocations to female candidates largely around a fifth of seats. Both the Free Press Journal and other coverage add that qualification rates for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates also improve.
Sources differ slightly on framing—some emphasize the women’s record-high success rate, others highlight the year’s rise in qualifying counts and category gains—but they broadly agree on the key figures: women’s 10,107 qualifiers and a 23.4% qualification rate in 2026, alongside higher SC and ST qualification rates.
