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JEE Advanced Physics Syllabus 2026-2027

Complete official syllabus for JEE Advanced Physics with data-backed unit weightage, Class 11 vs Class 12 split, and links to practice on Fundamenthol.

Last updated: 2026-08-05T00:00:00+05:30

At a Glance
25
Total topics
100
Total concepts
Top 3 Highest-Weightage Topics
  1. Ray Optics And Optical Instruments8.56%
  2. System Of Particles And Rotational Motion7.56%
  3. Thermodynamics6.55%

Based on JEE Advanced Physics previous year questions tagged on Fundamenthol.

Class 11 vs Class 12 Weightage Split
Class 11
49.1%
Class 12
50.9%
Jump to topic
GeneralMechanicsThermal PhysicsElectricity and MagnetismElectromagnetic WavesOpticsModern Physics

Topic-wise Syllabus & Weightage

Unit 1

General

5.54% weightage
Practice this topic
→Units And MeasurementClass 115.54%
Concepts (4)
  • Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis
  • Least count, significant figures
  • Methods of measurement and error analysis
  • Experiments: Vernier callipers, screw gauge, g using simple pendulum, Young's modulus, surface tension (capillary rise, effect of detergents), specific heat (calorimeter), focal length (u-v method), speed of sound (resonance column), Ohm's law verification, specific resistance (metre bridge, post office box)
Unit 2

Mechanics

33.24% weightage
Practice this topic
→System Of Particles And Rotational MotionClass 117.56%→WavesClass 114.53%→OscillationsClass 114.03%→GravitationClass 113.27%→Laws of MotionClass 113.02%→Work, Energy And PowerClass 113.02%→KinematicsClass 112.77%→Fluid MechanicsClass 112.77%→Properties Of Solids And FluidsClass 112.27%
Concepts (38)
  • Kinematics in 1D and 2D (Cartesian only), projectiles
  • Uniform circular motion, relative velocity
  • Newton's laws of motion
  • Inertial and uniformly accelerated frames
  • Static and dynamic friction
  • Kinetic and potential energy, work, power
  • Conservation of linear momentum and mechanical energy
  • Systems of particles, centre of mass and motion
  • Impulse, elastic and inelastic collisions
  • Rigid body, moment of inertia
  • Parallel and perpendicular axes theorems
  • MI of uniform bodies with simple geometrical shapes
  • Angular momentum, torque
  • Conservation of angular momentum
  • Dynamics of rigid bodies with fixed axis of rotation
  • Rolling without slipping (rings, cylinders, spheres)
  • Equilibrium of rigid bodies
  • Collision of point masses with rigid bodies
  • Forced and damped oscillation (1D), resonance
  • Linear and angular SHM
  • Hooke's law, Young's modulus
  • Law of gravitation, gravitational potential and field
  • Acceleration due to gravity, Kepler's law
  • Geostationary orbits, motion of planets and satellites
  • Escape velocity
  • Pressure in fluid, Pascal's law, buoyancy
  • Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact
  • Drops, bubbles, capillary rise
  • Viscosity (Poiseuille excluded), modulus of rigidity, bulk modulus
  • Stokes' law, terminal velocity
  • Streamline flow, equation of continuity
  • Bernoulli's theorem and applications
  • Wave motion (plane waves only), longitudinal and transverse
  • Superposition, progressive and stationary waves
  • Vibration of strings and air columns
  • Resonance, beats
  • Speed of sound in gases
  • Doppler effect (in sound)
Unit 3

Thermal Physics

10.33% weightage
Practice this topic
→ThermodynamicsClass 116.55%→Thermal Properties Of MatterClass 112.27%→Kinetic TheoryClass 111.51%
Concepts (15)
  • Thermal expansion of solids, liquids, gases
  • Calorimetry, latent heat
  • Heat conduction in 1D
  • Convection and radiation (elementary)
  • Newton's law of cooling
  • Ideal gas laws
  • Specific heats (Cv, Cp for monoatomic and diatomic gases)
  • Isothermal and adiabatic processes
  • Bulk modulus of gases
  • Equivalence of heat and work
  • First law of thermodynamics and applications (ideal gases)
  • Second law, reversible and irreversible processes
  • Carnot engine and efficiency
  • Blackbody radiation: absorptive and emissive powers
  • Kirchhoff's law, Wien's displacement law, Stefan's law
Unit 4

Electricity and Magnetism

25.43% weightage
Practice this topic
→ElectrostaticsClass 126.30%→Magnetic Effects of Current and MagnetismClass 125.54%→Electromagnetic InductionClass 124.53%→Current ElectricityClass 124.28%→CapacitorsClass 123.27%→Alternating CurrentsClass 121.51%
Concepts (21)
  • Coulomb's law
  • Electric field and potential
  • Electrical potential energy of point charges and dipoles in uniform field
  • Electric field lines, flux
  • Gauss's law and applications (long wire, plane sheet, spherical shell)
  • Capacitance, parallel plate capacitor (with/without dielectrics)
  • Capacitors in series and parallel
  • Energy stored in capacitor
  • Electric current, Ohm's law
  • Series and parallel resistances and cells
  • Kirchhoff's laws
  • Heating effect of current
  • Biot-Savart's law, Ampere's law
  • Magnetic field near current-carrying wire, along axis of circular coil, inside long solenoid
  • Force on moving charge and current-carrying wire
  • Magnetic moment of current loop
  • Effect of uniform field on current loop
  • Moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter, ammeter, conversions
  • Electromagnetic induction: Faraday's law, Lenz's law
  • Self and mutual inductance
  • RC, LR, LC, LCR (series) circuits with DC and AC sources
Unit 5

Electromagnetic Waves

1.51% weightage
Practice this topic
→Electromagnetic WavesClass 121.51%
Concepts (2)
  • EM waves and characteristics
  • EM spectrum (radio, microwave, IR, visible, UV, X-rays, gamma) and uses
Unit 6

Optics

12.84% weightage
Practice this topic
→Ray Optics And Optical InstrumentsClass 128.56%→Wave OpticsClass 124.28%
Concepts (11)
  • Rectilinear propagation of light
  • Reflection and refraction (plane and spherical surfaces)
  • Total internal reflection
  • Deviation and dispersion by prism
  • Thin lenses, combinations of mirrors and lenses
  • Magnification
  • Huygens's principle
  • Interference: Young's double-slit experiment
  • Diffraction due to single slit
  • Polarization of light, plane polarized light
  • Brewster's law, Polaroids
Unit 7

Modern Physics

11.08% weightage
Practice this topic
→NucleiClass 125.04%→AtomsClass 123.27%→Dual Nature Of Radiation And MatterClass 122.77%
Concepts (9)
  • Atomic nucleus; α, β, γ radiations
  • Law of radioactive decay
  • Decay constant, half-life, mean life
  • Binding energy and calculation
  • Fission and fusion, energy calculations
  • Photoelectric effect
  • Bohr's theory of hydrogen-like atoms
  • Characteristic and continuous X-rays, Moseley's law
  • de Broglie wavelength of matter waves

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the JEE Advanced 2027 syllabus the same as 2026?

The JEE Advanced 2026 syllabus is identical to 2025. The organising IIT typically retains the syllabus year-on-year unless a formal revision is announced. The 2027 syllabus is expected to remain the same, and this page will update if there are changes.

Is JEE Advanced syllabus larger than JEE Main?

JEE Advanced covers roughly the same NCERT topics as JEE Main but goes deeper. Some Advanced-only topics include Solid State, Surface Chemistry, and Polymers in Chemistry, plus more advanced problems in Physics and Maths overall.

Who conducts JEE Advanced?

JEE Advanced is conducted by one of the seven zonal IITs on a rotating basis under the guidance of the Joint Admission Board. IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, and IIT Guwahati take turns.