India, June 2 -- Over 54,000 candidates have qualified Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2025, the results for which was announced on Monday by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.

A total of 44,974 male and 9,404 female candidates are among the 54,378 qualified candidates who will be competing for nearly 18,000 undergraduate engineering (B.Tech courses) seats at 23 IITs. This means that only one in three qualified candidates will be able to secure a seat at IITs through Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling 2025.

This year's JEE Advanced results saw an increase in the number of both male and female candidates qualifying the exam compared to last year as the cut-off marks dropped for all categories. The per...