JEE Main
JEE (Main) 2026 (Sessions 1 and 2 completed)
JEE (Main) 2026, conducted by NTA, has Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.), Paper 2A (B.Arch.) and Paper 2B (B.Planning). Session 1 (January 2026) and Session 2 (April 2026) have already been conducted. There is no age limit in JEE (Main) 2026 itself; candidates who passed Class XII in 2024 or 2025, or appeared in 2026, were eligible. The next (2027) Information Bulletin is not stored here.
- Conducting authority
- National Testing Agency (NTA)
- Exam level
- national
- Notification status
- Application closed
- Next important date
- To be announced
- Information last updated
- 9 Oct 2026
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Official website: https://jeemain.nta.nic.in(opens in a new tab)
Overview
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JEE (Main) 2026, conducted by NTA, has Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.), Paper 2A (B.Arch.) and Paper 2B (B.Planning). Session 1 (January 2026) and Session 2 (April 2026) have already been conducted. There is no age limit in JEE (Main) 2026 itself; candidates who passed Class XII in 2024 or 2025, or appeared in 2026, were eligible. The next (2027) Information Bulletin is not stored here.
- Official name
- Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2026
- Common name
- JEE Main
- Conducting body
- National Testing Agency (NTA)
- Recruiting organisation
- NITs, IIITs, GFTIs and other participating institutes; also the eligibility test for JEE (Advanced)
- Exam category
- Engineering / architecture / planning entrance
- Job role
- Undergraduate admission test (not a recruitment exam)
- Post / recruitment
- Admission test for B.E./B.Tech., B.Arch. and B.Planning programmes as notified. Paper 1 is also the screening exam for JEE (Advanced).
- Recruitment cycle
- JEE (Main) 2026 (Sessions 1 and 2 completed)
- Exam stages
- Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.) → Paper 2A (B.Arch.) → Paper 2B (B.Planning)
- Application mode
- Online
- Exam mode
- Online
Official website: https://jeemain.nta.nic.in(opens in a new tab)
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Upcoming exams and important dates
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Confirmed official dates
- Session 1 Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.): January 2026 (admit-card notices list 21–24 and 28–29 January 2026)
- Session 2 Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.): April 2026 (admit-card notices list 2, 4 and 5–7 April 2026)
Session 1 Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.)
CompletedConfirmed official dateJanuary 2026 (admit-card notices list 21–24 and 28–29 January 2026)
Official source(opens in a new tab)Last verified 9 Oct 2026
Session 2 Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.)
CompletedConfirmed official dateApril 2026 (admit-card notices list 2, 4 and 5–7 April 2026)
Official source(opens in a new tab)Last verified 9 Oct 2026
JEE (Main) 2027
To be announcedNot announcedNot announced in this dataset
Official source(opens in a new tab)Last verified 9 Oct 2026
Exam calendar
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Session 1 Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.)
January 2026 (admit-card notices list 21–24 and 28–29 January 2026) · Confirmed official date
Session 2 Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.)
April 2026 (admit-card notices list 2, 4 and 5–7 April 2026) · Confirmed official date
JEE (Main) 2027
Not announced in this dataset · Not announced
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Exam pattern
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| Mode | online |
|---|---|
| Duration (minutes) | 180 |
| Questions | 75 |
| Maximum marks | 300 |
| Negative marking | Needs verification |
| Question type | MCQs and numerical value questions in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics |
| Qualifying stage | Needs verification |
| Section | Questions | Marks | Sectional duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 25 | 100 | Needs verification |
| Physics | 25 | 100 | Needs verification |
| Chemistry | 25 | 100 | Needs verification |
Each subject typically has 20 MCQs plus 5 numerical-value questions (75 questions, 300 marks). Marking: +4 for a correct answer; −1 for a wrong MCQ. Confirm numerical-question negative marking in the live bulletin appendix. Paper 2A drawing is partly offline.
Complete syllabus
Unit list summarised from the NTA 2026 Information Bulletin. Download the bulletin for the full topic text.
46 topics · completion is saved on this device only
JEE Main Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.) — NTA 2026 syllabus outline
Eligibility
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- Nationality / citizenship
- Not available yet
- Age
- Not available yet
- Age calculation reference date
- Not available yet
- Final-year eligibility
- Not available yet
- Experience
- Not available yet
- Number of attempts
- Class XII passed in 2024 or 2025, or appearing in 2026, for JEE (Main) 2026. No age limit in JEE (Main) 2026; institutes may still impose their own age rules.
- Physical / medical requirements
- Not available yet
Educational qualifications
- Class XII / equivalent with the subject combination required for the paper applied for, as in the Information Bulletin.
Previous-year cutoffs
NTA publishes category-wise paper-specific percentile cut-offs for JEE (Advanced) eligibility and for NIT/IIIT admissions via JoSAA. Those numeric tables are issued with results and are not copied here without the official result PDF on file.
sectional: Sectional cutoffs are minimum marks required in an individual section, where the conducting body applies them.
overall: Overall cutoffs are the combined score threshold across sections for a stage.
qualifying: Qualifying cutoffs decide whether a candidate proceeds to the next stage; they may not determine final merit.
final: Final cutoffs are the marks associated with last-listed candidates in a merit or allotment list, when published.
No verified cutoff marks stored
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Selection process
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- 1
JEE (Main) Paper 1 / 2A / 2B
Counts toward merit (as notified)VerifiedNTA scores and All-India Ranks as notified. Paper 1 also determines eligibility for JEE (Advanced) as per that year’s brochure.
- 2
Counselling / JoSAA or other admitting processes
Counts toward merit (as notified)VerifiedAdmission is through JoSAA and institute rules, not through NTA counselling alone.
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Previous-year question papers
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Preparation strategy
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- Read the overview on this page, then confirm details from the official website when a notification is out.
- If a free mock exists for a related exam, use it to learn the practice interface.
- Build a topic list from official syllabus PDFs once they are published — this page will not invent one.
- Start with high-weight core subjects listed for the exam family.
- Add full-length practice only after the official pattern is confirmed.
- Revise from your own error log rather than rereading entire books.
- Revisit official notices for changes to pattern or eligibility.
- Use available mocks as practice tools, not as score guarantees.
- When no mock exists yet, use related-exam practice only if the subjects overlap.
- Attempt previous-year papers only when they are listed as available on this platform.
- Practise under a timer once the official duration is published.
- Relying on unofficial dates or vacancy counts.
- Assuming every recruitment exam uses the same stages.
Core subjects
Follow the subject list on this page as a study outline, then replace it with the official syllabus when available.
Vacancies, salary, and job profile
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Posts
- Not a job recruitment — undergraduate engineering, architecture and planning admissions
Pay scale: Not available yet
Vacancy counts are shown only when a numeric official total is stored. Indicative annexure tables may still be linked from Official resources.
Last verified 9 Oct 2026
FAQs
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