India, June 1 -- As many as 56,880 candidates, including 10,107 women, have cleared the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) or JEE (Advanced) 2026, as the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee announced the results on Monday. The number of women qualifiers is the highest-ever in JEE (Advanced), up from 9,404 last year. The qualification rate was 24.92% among the 40,562 women candidates who appeared for the test.

With the 23 IITs offering 18,951 BTech seats, only about one in three qualified candidates will eventually secure admission through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling process.

The number of successful candidates rose 4.6% from 54,378 in 2025 to 56,880 this year, even as that of aspirants appearing f...