JEE Main Exam Calendar 2026 - The National Testing Agency has released the JEE Main 2026 Exam Calendar. The official website for the JEE Main exam calendar is jeemain.nta.nic.in. The authority releases the JEE Mains exam dates as a notification. The session 1 exam will be held between January 21 to 30, 2026. The April 2 to 9 are the session 2 dates scheduled for IIT JEE Main 2026. Apart from the test dates, the exam calendar of JEE Mains 2026 includes the application, form correction, city slip, admit card, etc. For more information, JEE Main aspirants are advised to go through this page.
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Check the following dates. The table given below is updated with the JEE Main 2026 exam calendar for session 1, as per the official schedule. The authority releases the exam calendar for JEE Main 2026 at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
Events | Dates |
|---|---|
JEE Main 2026 exam date for registration | October 31, 2025 |
Session 1 JEE Mains 2026 registration last date | November 27, 2025 |
JEE Main 2026 form correction dates | December 1 and 2, 2025 |
JEE Main City intimation slip 2026 | First week of January 2026 |
JEE Main January 2026 admit card release date | Three to fours days before the exam |
JEE Main January 2026 exam date | January 21 to 30, 2026 |
JEE Main 2026 answer key release date | February 2026 |
JEE Main answer key challenge period | February 2026 |
Final JEE Mains 2026 answer key | February 2026 |
JEE Main 2026 session 1 result date | February 12, 2026 |
The table given below consists of the session 2 JEE Main exam calendar 2026. The National Testing Agency has announced the exam date for JEE Main 2026 session 2. The same is given here.
Events | JEE April Dates |
|---|---|
JEE Main 2026 April registration dates | Last week of January 2026 |
JEE Main Form correction date | February 2026 |
Advanced JEE Main city slip date 2026 | Second week of March 2026 |
Session 2 JEE Main 2026 admit card | four before the examination |
JEE Mains 2026 exam date session 2 | April 2 to 09, 2026 |
JEE Main session 2 answer key (provisional) | April 2026 |
Session 2 JEE Main 2026 answer key challenge period | April 2026 |
Final JEE Mains answer key 2026 | April 2026 |
JEE Main 2026 session 2 result date | April 20, 2026 |
What is the JEE Main calendar for BTech? Candidates can check this table for the complete JEE Main exam calendar 2026. Note that the authority will announce further dates through an official notification. The authority conducted the JEE Main 2026 registration session 1 between October 31 to November 27, 2025. The form correction period was between December 1 and 2, 2025. The next event, as per JEE Main BTech exam calendar 2026 is the release of city slip. NTA is expected to upload the city slip for JEE Main 2026 BTech in the first week of January.
Most of the events of NTA JEE Main are common for Paper 1 and Paper 2. The point of difference in JEE Main exam calendar 2026 occurs after the conduction of the exam. Since the JEE Main 2026 paper 1 exam includes an offline test as well, their answer key and result is released later than that of JEE Main BTech exam. Check the following table for comparison of JEE Main session 1 exam calendar.
Events | JEE Main 2026 BTech (Paper 1) | JEE Main 2026 BArch/BPlan (Paper 2) |
|---|---|---|
JEE Main 2026 Information Brochure | October 31, 2025 | October 31, 2025 |
JEE Main 2026 exam calendar for BTech application form | October 31 to November 27, 2025 | October 31 to November 27, 2025 |
JEE Main form correction date 2026 | December 1 and 2, 2025 | December 1 and 2, 2025 |
JEE Main city slip 2026 | First week of January 2026 | First week of January 2026 |
JEE Main 2026 admit card | 3 to 4 days before the exam | 3 to 4 days before the exam |
JEE Main exam date 2026 | Between January 21 to 30, 2026 | On a single day between January 21 to 30, 2026 |
Provisional JEE Main answer key | First Week of February 2026 | Second Week of February 2026 |
Answer Key challenge dates | First Week of February 2026 | Third week of February 2026 |
JEE Main 2026 final answer key | Second Week of February 2026 | Fourth week of February 2026 |
JEE Main result 2026 date | Second Week of February 2026 | Fourth week of February 2026 |
On which date is the JEE Main 2026 exam?
The JEE Main session 1 exam date is January 21 to 30, 2026. Whereas, the JEE Main session 2 exam date is April 2 to 9, 2026.
Who will set the JEE Mains in 2026?
JEE Main 2026 paper will be set by NTA.
Who can give JEE Mains in 2026?
Those who completed the 10+2 in 2024, 2025 or 2026 are eligible for JEE Mains in 2026.
Is JEE Main 2 times a year?
Yes, JEE Mains is held 2 times a year.
Is the JEE Main exam calendar 2026 out?
NTA released the JEE Mains exam calendar 2026 for events like the application, form correction, exam and session 2 result.
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Hello aspirant,
It is essential for aspiring engineers to practice with the JEE Main 2026 sample exam. Six months before the test, a lot of students begin taking practice exams. This allows students ample time to learn from their mistakes, identify their areas of weakness, and leverage their strengths to ace the JEE MAINS exam.
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Understanding and solving different question papers is one of the best practices for preparation ,especially when it comes to JEE. It gives you a proper understanding of the exam pattern, important topics to cover, and the marking scheme.
Here is the link attached from the official website of Careers360 which will provide you with the question papers of JEE exam. Hope it helps!
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You're a student in the medical stream, and you should have studied Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology subjects; then you're eligible for the JEE Mains exam, because the eligibility for the JEE Mains exam is that you must have studied Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics subjects. You should focus heavily on PCM, which helps you to get admission in engineering colleges.
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Hello aspirant,
In order to prepare for the JEE Main 2026 exam, it is strongly advised that students complete the JEE Main 2025 Question Paper. This will help them comprehend the exam's difficulty level and question kinds. The JEE Main 2026 session 1 test will be administered by NTA from January 21 to 30, while the session 2 exam will take place from April 2 to 9.
To get the previous year question papers, you can visit our site through following link:
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-question-papers
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With a BC-E category certificate, EWS certificate, and Telangana home-state quota, your chances of getting admission to AIML or related CSE branches in CBIT, VNR VJIET, or similar top private colleges in Telangana depend mainly on your JEE Main percentile and the TS EAMCET counselling process, because these colleges fill seats through both TS EAMCET ranks and JEE Main scores (Category-B seats).
For Category-A seats (through TS EAMCET), JEE Main percentile is not considered. Admission is purely based on your TS EAMCET rank, reservation category, gender, and home-state status. CBIT and VNR are highly competitive, especially for AIML, CSE, and IT branches, so you generally need a very strong TS EAMCET rank (usually within a few thousand for BC-E candidates, sometimes slightly relaxed for girls).
For Category-B seats (JEE Main quota), JEE Main percentile matters. Based on recent trends, to have a realistic chance:
For CBIT (AIML / CSE / IT), a JEE Main percentile of around 95+ is usually expected, even for reserved categories, because Category-B seats are limited and competition is high.
For VNR VJIET (AIML / CSE / IT), candidates with 92–95 percentile sometimes have chances, depending on availability and the specific branch.
If your percentile is below 90, getting AIML or core CSE in CBIT or VNR becomes difficult, but you may still have chances in slightly lower-demand branches (like ECE, EEE, or emerging specialisations) or in other good private colleges affiliated with JNTU or autonomous institutions.
Your BC-E and EWS certificates do help mainly in TS EAMCET counselling (Category-A seats), not significantly in Category-B (JEE Main) admissions, where merit largely dominates. Home-state status is already assumed for these colleges, so there is no extra advantage beyond eligibility.
In summary, if your JEE Main percentile is 95 or above, you can reasonably target AIML/CSE in VNR and possibly CBIT through Category-B. If it is 90–94, VNR or related branches are more realistic than CBIT. Below that, it is better to focus on TS EAMCET performance or consider other reputed Telangana colleges offering AIML. If you want, you can share your exact JEE Main percentile and TS EAMCET rank, and I can give you a more precise college- and branch-wise estimate.
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