The admission process called ‘Science Olympiad Excellence’ (ScOpE) will be outside the JEE (Advanced) system. ScOpE will also have two supernumerary seats per programme of which one seat will be exclusively for women students. The applications will be open for the first batch from June 3, 2025. The eligibility criteria such as passing of Class 12 and age, among other criteria, remain exactly the same as that of JEE for the respective year. The candidate should be an Indian national (by birth or naturalization) or OCI/PIO candidate whose OCI or PIO card was issued before March 4, 2021. In the last 4 years, the candidate must have participated in at least one of the following: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Informatics, and Biology. The detailed guidelines and business rules for ScOPe admission are available on the following website – https://ugadmissions.iitm.ac.in/scope.