JEE Mains 2026 Exam Schedule- NTA has announced the JEE Main exam schedule 2026 on their official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. Candidates can find the official JEE brochure on the website. The JEE Main 2026 exam date will be between January 21 to 30 and April 2 to 9 for sessions 1 and 2, respectively. The authority had also released an advisory regarding the JEE Main 2026 registration and certificates required on the official website, nta.ac.in. The advisory states that candidates must update their Aadhar card, UDID Card (for Persons with Disabilities) & Category Certificate before the JEE Main 2026 registrations start. The JEE Main 2026 registrations have started on October 31, 2025, for session 1, and the last date to apply is November 27, 2025. Read the article below for details on the JEE Mains 2026 exam schedule.
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The advisory stated that the JEE Main 2026 exam will be conducted in 2 sessions, in January and April 2026. The exam dates, along with other dates related to the JEE Main exam, are announced on the official website. The JEE Mains 2026 exam schedule can be checked in this article.
| Event | Session 1 Date |
| Release of JEE Main 2026 official notification | October 31, 2025 |
| JEE Mains Registration Start Date | November 27, 2025 |
| Last date to apply for JEE Mains 2026 | December 2025 |
| Release date for JEE Main exam admit card | January 2026 |
| JEE Main 2026 Session 1 Exam Date | January 21 to 30, 2026 |
| JEE exam result release date | February 2026 |
| Event | Session 2 Date |
| JEE Main 2026 official notification | November 2025 |
| JEE Main 2026 registration | Last week of January 2026 |
| JEE Main 2026 NTA registration last date | March 2026 |
| JEE Main admit card release date | March 2026 |
| JEE Main 2026 Session 2 Exam Date | |
| Result Declaration Date | April 20, 2026 |
NTA accepts the JEE Main 2026 applications in online mode only through the official website. The authority will allow candidates to apply for both sessions of the JEE Main 2026 exam separately. The dates for the JEE Main registration windows is announced online soon. Once candidates submit their application form, they will also be allowed to edit certain details in the application. Hence, candidates should also be aware of the JEE Main 2026 form correction dates.
NTA will issue the JEE Main 2026 admit card to candidates whose applications have been accepted by the authority. The JEE Main admit card 2026 is expected to be issued in January 2026. Details regarding the JEE Main exam centre, exam date, reporting time and more will be mentioned in the admit card.
NTA has announced the JEE Mains 2026 exam schedule on the official website. The JEE Main exam will be held in 2 sessions, between January 21 to 30 and the other between April 02 to 09, 2026. The JEE Main exam will span over a couple of days with multiple shifts each day; thus, being aware of the exam dates is very important. The exact JEE Main exam date will be mentioned in the admit card of the candidate.
NTA will release the JEE Main 2026 answer key on the official website. Candidates can cross-reference their answers in the JEE Main exam with the official answer key and estimate their score in the exam. The authority will also allow candidates to challenge the provisional answer key. Once the challenge window is closed, the authority will then release the final JEE Main 2026 answer key after taking into consideration the challenges to the answer key.
The JEE Main 2026 result date is announced on the NTA website. Candidates will be able to apply for admission based on the JEE Main 2026 result.
NTA published a JEE Main 2026 advisory on the official website, nta.nic.in. The Aadhar card, UDID Card (for Persons with Disabilities) & Category Certificate(if applicable) of the candidate must be updated for the year 2026, before applying for the JEE Main 2026 exam. The advisory has also indicated that the JEE Main 2026 applications tentative dates.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
NTA has published an advisory of the JEE Main exam schedule. Also, the authority has again prompted all eligible candidates to ensure that their Aadhar cards, UDID Card & Category Certificate are up-to-date before the JEE Main registrations commence.
According to the latest advisory by NTA, the JEE Main registration is will commence in October 2025.
On Question asked by student community
Hello Suhana
If you want to prepare for the JEE Mains exam 2026, then you need to manage your study time and try to give very much attention to your studies. JEE Mains is an entrance exam which is conducted by NTA(National Test Agency), and only science stream students give this exam to get admission in top engineering colleges to get admission in B.Tech or B.E courses.
Students give this exam after completing or appearing in the 12th class. This entrance exam is conducted at the undergraduate level. After clearing the JEE Mains exam, you become eligible to give the JEE Advanced, which helps to get admission in top IIT & NIT colleges of our country.
Here are some tips which help you at the time of your preparation-
I hope this information he;lps you. You also do your preparation on our official website, careers360.
All the best for your exam.
Hello,
Yes, you are eligible to attempt JEE Main 2026, as eligibility is based on appearing for or passing the class 12 exam in 2024, 2025, or 2026. Since you passed Class 12 in 2024, you are within the eligibility window to appear in 2026. Here in this article you will find more about the JEE Main eligibility criteria.
I hope it will clear your query!!
Hello,
If you have already passed Class 12 earlier and you are only taking the improvement exam in 2026, then you must choose “Passed” in the JEE Main 2026 form .
JEE Main always considers the first year in which you passed Class 12 as your official passing year. Improvement does not change that. So your status is not “appeared” and not “appearing.” It stays “Passed.”
You should enter:
Pass Status: Passed
Year of Passing: Your original Class 12 pass year
Marks: Your original marks (you can update later only if NTA allows it)
If you are giving Class 12 for the first time in 2026, then you must choose “Appearing.”
This is the correct and safe option for your JEE Main 2026 registration .
Hope it helps !
Hi Hriday
If your father's name is different on your Aadhar card and 10th marksheet, you need to change your father's name in the Aadhar card and match it with the spelling of the 10th marksheet, because when you take admission in college through JEE Mains score. They match your name, your father's name, and your mother's name with your 10th class marksheet, which serves as a real identity for document verification.
What college typically accepts-
I hope you will understand my point. These are some major issues which many students face during the time of admission in college.
Thank you.
Hello,
Yes, you can apply for JEE Main even if you do not have a caste certificate right now.
You only need the caste certificate if you want to claim a reserved category (SC/ST/OBC/EWS).
If you do not have it at the time of filling the form, you can apply as
General
or
General-EWS/OBC-NCL without certificate
, and later you can upload the valid certificate during counselling or document verification.
So yes, you can fill the JEE Main form without a caste certificate.
Hope it helps !
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