JEE Main Participating Institutes 2026 - The National Testing Agency will release the details of JEE Main 2026 participating institutes details on the website, josaa.nic.in. Candidates can check the list of JEE Main 2026 participating institutes on this page to know the B.Tech colleges accepting the rank of JEE Mains 2026 ranks for admission to engineering courses. A total of 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs), 23 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and 40 other Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs) offer admission based on the JEE Main exam. The authority will held the JEE Main 2026 exam from January 21 to 30, 2026.
Moreover, many states and private colleges also accept JEE Main rank for admission, other than JEE Main 2026 participating colleges. Admission to the participating institutes will be done through the JEE Main 2026 counselling. Check out the article for more information about the JEE Main participating institutes 2026.
Below are the JEE Main participating institutes' names, according to the previous year's notification.
Name of the Institute | Total Number of Seats |
1112 | |
888 | |
1203 | |
1104 | |
1084 | |
480 | |
160 | |
1243 | |
360 | |
909 | |
188 | |
944 | |
751 | |
1147 | |
226 | |
165 | |
190 | |
203 | |
949 | |
275 | |
1159 | |
1066 | |
160 | |
903 | |
899 | |
956 | |
1038 | |
180 | |
989 | |
1325 | |
933 | |
| Indian Institutes of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | 764 |
Several states offer admission to the B.Tech courses based on JEE Main ranks in the state institutes. Candidates are selected based on their performance in the JEE Main exam. Moreover, candidates can use the JEE Main College predictor to predict their probable colleges based on their JEE rank.
Name of States | Name of States |
Bihar | West Bengal |
Delhi | Tamil Nadu |
Chandigarh | Uttar Pradesh |
Haryana | Maharashtra |
Himachal Pradesh | Assam |
Jharkhand | Gujarat |
Madhya Pradesh | Telangana |
Nagaland | Kerala |
Odisha | Jammu & Kashmir |
Punjab | Chattisgarh |
Rajasthan | Karnataka |
Uttarakhand | Goa |
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Candidates can check the names of the JEE Main participating institutes that offer admission based on JEE rank.
Name of the Institutes |
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, New Delhi |
International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore (Integrated courses) |
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Through JEE Main 2026 scores, the candidates will be able to apply for admission into 31 NITs, 23 IIITs, and 40 GFTIs. Various state and private colleges also give admissions based on JEE Main scores.
Many states offer admissions based on JEE Main scores. Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Rajasthan are a few of the states that allow admissions based on JEE Main 2026 scores.
Yes. Many private institutes such as Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and more take admissions on the basis of the candidate's score in JEE Main.
Candidates will need to qualify for JEE Main 2026 and get a seat allotted through JoSAA 2026 counselling.
The official website link for JEE Main is jeemain.nta.nic.in
On Question asked by student community
The most effective way to prepare for JEE Main 2026 is by focusing on the most important Previous Year Question Papers (PYQs), which highlight high-weightage and frequently repeated questions across Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. Since the exam strongly tests NCERT concepts, mastering these PYQs is essential for predicting the question pattern and improving your time management. https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-mains-chapterwise-pyq-previous-year-questions-solutions-pdf
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If you need a single book or previous year question, so that you can practice from them and revise the most important concepts well, you can download the book in the pdf form by clicking on the link I am attaching below, you just need to click on the link and after that by log in or sign in you can download the pdf and practice from there.
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With a 99.5 percentile in JEE Mains, you generally come in the range of All India Rank of 4500 and 7500. The exact rank can vary based on the total number of candidates, the difficulty of the exam, and the normalization process for that session. Here in this article you will find all about the JEE Main cutoff.
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Don't worry even if you give the wrong birthplace address in the JEE Main application, because the NTA provides the correction window. Still, it can affect the domicile/state quota. So, you must correct these mistakes in the correction window.
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Here is a list of the toughest JEE Main question papers from the past years based on student reviews and expert analysis. These shifts are widely considered the hardest because maths was very lengthy, physics was tricky, and chemistry had unpredictable questions.
For 2024, the toughest papers were 4 April Shift 1, 8 April Shift 2, 9 April Shift 1 and 6 April Shift 2.
For 2023, the toughest papers were 29 January Shift 2, 30 January Shift 1 and 1 February Shift 2.
For 2022, the toughest papers were 27 June Shift 2, 28 June Shift 1 and 29 June Shift 2.
For 2021, the toughest papers were 27 July Shift 2, 25 February Shift 2 and 16 March Shift 2.
For 2020, the toughest papers were 7 January Shift 2, 9 January Shift 1 and 6 September Shift 2.
For 2019, the toughest papers were 10 April Shift 2, 9 January Shift 1 and 12 April Shift 1.
To get the question papers for JEE main check the below link for (2016 - 2025):
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-question-papers
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