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    Upcoming Engineering Entrance Exams 2026 for BTech - Latest News Updates

    Upcoming Engineering Entrance Exams 2026 for BTech - Latest News Updates

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    Jalla VenkateshUpdated on 11 Mar 2026, 03:13 PM IST
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    Upcoming Engineering Exams 2026: Engineering aspirants can check the upcoming engineering exams on this page. To apply for engineering entrance exam in india, candidates need to complete their 10+2 with Maths, Physics and Chemistry subjects. Students who has certain aggregate marks or cross the cutoff marks will be eligible to take admisstion into engineering colleges. The respective exam conducting authorities release a detailed information brochure specifying the eligibility criteria and application process for admission into various BTech courses. All the national, state and university level institutions provide admission into the engineering courses through the engineering entrance examinations. Students will have to pay the respective application fee for taking the engineering entrance exams. The JEE Main 2026 exam dates has been announced online.

    Live | Mar 28, 2026 | 4:30 PM IST
    Upcoming Engineering Entrance Exams 2026 for BTech - Latest News Updates
    Upcoming Entrance Exams 2026 for BTech after 12th

    The participating colleges shortlist eligible candidates based on their marks obtained and proceed to counselling and seat allotment process. For more details on the upcoming engineering entrance exams 2026, candidates read the article given below.
    Also Check: Top 10 Engineering Entrance Exams in India 2026

    Upcoming Engineering Entrance Exams 2026 Dates

    Candidates can refer to the table below for the upcoming engineering entrance exam dates for 2026.

    Entrance exam for engineering after 12th

    Conducting Body

    List of Top Engineering Entrance Exams list

    Entrance entrance exam 2026 Form dates

    JEE Main

    National Testing Agency (NTA)

    Session 1 - Paper 1 (B.Tech/B.E) - January 21 to 29, 2026.

    Session 2 - April 2 to 9, 2026.

    Session 1 - October 31 to November 27, 2025

    Session 2 - February 1 to 25, 2026

    BITSAT

    Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani

    Session 1: April 15 to 17, 2026

    Session 2: May 24 to 26, 2026

    Phase 1 - December 15 to March 16, 2026

    Phase 2 - April 20 to May 2, 2026

    JEE Advanced

    Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)

    May 17, 2026

    Paper 1: 09:00-12:00 IST
    Paper 2: 14:30-17:30 IST

    April 23 to May 2, 2026

    MHT CET

    Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell

    PCB: Session 1: April 21 to 26, 2026

    Session 2: May 10 and 11, 2026.

    PCM: Session 1: April 11 to 19, 2026

    Session 2: May 14 to 17, 2026

    January 10 to February 24, 2026

    COMEDK UGET

    Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka

    May 9, 2026

    February 3 to March 16, 2026

    WBJEE

    West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB)

    May 24, 2026

    March 10 to April 5, 2026

    TS EAMCET

    Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH)

    Engineering - May 9 to 11, 2026

    Agriculture & Pharmacy - May 4 & 5 2026

    February 19 to April 4, 2026

    KEAM

    Commissioner for Entrance Examinations

    April 17 to 23, 2026

    April 13, 16, 24 and 25, 2026 - buffer dates

    January 5 to February 6, 2026

    VITEEE

    Vellore Institute of Technology

    April 28 to May 3, 2026

    October 24 to March 31, 2026

    OJEE

    Odisha Joint Entrance Examinations Board

    May 4,5,7,8 & 9, 2026

    January 28 to March 22, 2026

    Assam CEE

    Assam Science and Technology University

    April 2026

    First week of February 2026

    KCET

    Karnataka Examinations Authority

    April 23 to 24, 2026

    January 16, 2026 to February 27, 2026

    SRMJEEE

    SRM University

    Phase 1 - April 23 to 28, 2026

    Phase 2- June 10 to 15, 2026

    Phase 3 - July 4 to 5, 2026

    Application starts October 30, 2025

    Last date to apply for Phase 1 - April 16, 2026

    Phase 2 - June 4, 2026

    Phase 3 - June 30, 2026

    AEEE

    Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

    Phase 1 - January 29 - February 1, 2026

    Phase 2 - April 25 to April 30, 2026

    October 29 to January 15, 2026

    AP EAMCET

    Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada

    Engineering - May 12, 13, 14, 15 and 18, 2026

    Agriculture and pharmacy - May 19 & 20, 2026

    February 4 to March 17, 2026

    GUJCET

    Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board

    March 29, 2026

    December 16 to January 16, 2026

    NATA

    Council of Architecture

    March 2026

    March 2026

    MET

    Manipal Academy of Higher Education

    Phase 1: April 13 to 14, 2026

    Phase 2: May 23 to 24, 2026

    Phase 1 - September 30 to March 16, 2026

    IISER

    Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research

    June 7, 2026

    March 5 to April 13, 2026

    IMU CET

    Indian Maritime University

    May 24, 2026

    February 6 to April 24, 2026

    SITEEE

    Symbiosis International University

    Test 1- May 2, 2026
    Test 2- May 10, 2026

    December 12 to April 10, 2026

    Amity University-Noida B.Tech Admissions 2026

    Among top 100 Universities Globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026

    UPES B.Tech Admissions 2026

    Last Date to Apply: 29th April | Ranked #43 among Engineering colleges in India by NIRF | Highest Package 1.3 CR , 100% Placements

    List of Upcoming Engineering Entrance Exams in India After 12th

    Candidates can explore the list of upcoming engineering entrance exams in India after Class 12 below:

    JEE Main 2026

    JEE Main 2026 is one of the most sought-after engineering entrance exams in India, conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). It provides admission opportunities to B.Tech, B.Arch, and B.Planning courses in prestigious institutions like NITs, IIITs, GFTIs, and various top private universities. The exam is held twice annually, in January and April, to give students two chances to improve their scores.

    Related links:

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    JEE Advanced 2026

    The JEE Advanced 2026 is to be held by IIT Roorkee and the exam comprises two compulsory papers to be based on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics only. IIT JEE acts as an entry point to the IITs, with the organisation conducting body being responsible for the eligibility for providing JEE, the dates for the exams, the counselling sessions, the standard that one has to meet to be admitted to any of the IITs, and exam centres. It is conducted jointly by the Zonal Coordinating IITs namely: IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee and IIT Roorkee. As mentioned earlier, candidates seeking admission to IITs have to take and pass both papers of the exam.

    Related links:

    Amrita University B.Tech 2026

    Application Deadline: 15th April | Recognized as Institute of Eminence by Govt. of India | NAAC ‘A++’ Grade | Upto 75% Scholarships

    MAHE, Manipal - B.Tech Admissions 2026

    NAAC A++ Accredited | Accorded institution of Eminence by Govt. of India | NIRF Rank #3

    BITSAT 2026

    The BITSAT 2026 is an online test conducted and owned by the BITS Pilani providing admission to the engineering undergraduate programs offered by the Birla Institute of Technology and Science of Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campuses. This is a highly considered exam that is conducted every year, there are two sessions in the year 2026 which are session one and session two.

    Related links:

    MHT CET 2026

    MHT CET 2026 is an examination organised at the state level for admission to various undergraduate courses in the state of Maharashtra, through the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra. It provides admission for undergraduate engineering, pharmacy, agriculture courses in different colleges of the state. It is a yearly examination and is conducted for candidate’s Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and or Biology examination.

    Related links:

    Upcoming engineering Entrance Exam 2026 after 12th Science

    Engineering Entrance exams are a key part of the admission of candidates completing class 12 (Science) into various undergraduate engineering programmes like ECE, EEE, B.Arch, CSE, IT, Civil, Mechanical and more. Some of the upcoming engineering entrance exams after 12th science which candidates can consider to appear for are JEE Main, JEE Advance, BITSAT, NATA, MHT CET, KCET, WBJEE, TS EAMCET, AP EAMCET, VITEEE, SRMJEEE and MET. The respective exam conducting authorities will release the application form and exam dates on their official websites. Only those candidates who secure the cutoff marks in respective examinations and fulfil the eligibility criteria will get admission into the institutions.

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What is the entrance exam for B Tech 2026?
    A:

    Engineering entrance exams in 2026 are BITSAT 2026, COMEDK UGET 2026, WBJEE 2026, JEE Main 2026, MHT CET,2026, MET 2026, TS EAMCET 2026, KCET 2026, OJEE 2026, SRMJEEE 2026, VITEEE 2026, JEE Advanced 2026.

    Q: Which entrance exam is best for engineering?
    A:

    JEE Main is one of the best, reputed and most popular examinations for admission into engineering in India. This particular paper is the primary medium for getting admission to the undergraduate engineering institutions like IITs, NITs and several other Universities and Colleges.

    Q: Which is the hardest exam in engineering?
    A:

    IIT JEE Advanced is one of the most challenging engineering entrance tests in India and is ranked as the second toughest competition exam in the world. Candidates who wish to get into any of the IITs must write this exam.

    Q: Which exam has no age limit?
    A:

    There is no upper age limit for the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) exam as far as the engineering exams are concerned.

    Q: Which is the easiest engineering entrance exam?
    A:

    The level of difficulty that is posed by engineering entrance exams depends on how prepared the candidate is and how comfortable he/she is with the subject content. But in today’s analysis most of the students feel that comparatively COMEDK UGET and MHTCET are easier than VITEEE,SRMJEEE or BITSAT etc.

    Q: When will the MHT CET 2026 Examination for PCM and PCB groups be conducted?
    A:

    The MHT CET 2026 examination for the PCM group will be conducted between April 2026.

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