Upcoming Engineering Exams 2026: Students can check the upcoming engineering exams on this page. In India the Engineering entrance exams are conducted for candidates passing their class 12 to get admission into various undergraduate Engineering programmes. 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.
Last three years' NIT Trichy cut-offs for BTech civil engineering are as follows:
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli | HS | Gender-Neutral | 31593 | 36104 | 33703 |
HS | Female-only (including Supernumerary) | 41075 | 43172 | 42452 | |
OS | Gender-Neutral | 17304 | 18965 | 20873 | |
OS | Female-only (including Supernumerary) | 26836 | 27581 | 28979 |
The Participating colleges shortlist eligible candidates based on their marks obtained and proceed to counselling and seat allotment process. For more details on upcoming engineering entrance exams 2026, candidates read the article given below.
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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 |
National Testing Agency (NTA) | Session 1 - Paper 1 (B.Tech/B.E) - January 21 to 30, 2026. Session 2 - April 2 to 9, 2026. | Session 1 - October 31 to November 27, 2025 Session 2 - January February 2026. | |
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani | Session 1: May 2026 Session 2: June 2026 | Phase 1- January 2026 Phase 2 - May 2026 | |
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) | May 2026 Paper 1: 09:00-12:00 IST | April 2026 | |
Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell | PCB: April 2026 PCM: April 2026 | December 2026 | |
Consortium of Medical Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka | May 2026 | February 2026 | |
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB) | April 2026 | January 2026 | |
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH) | Engineering - May 2026 Agriculture & Pharmacy - April 2026 | February 2026 | |
Commissioner for Entrance Examinations | April 15 to 21, 2026 April 13, 14, 22 and 23, 2026 - buffer dates | February 2026 | |
Vellore Institute of Technology | April 28 to May 3, 2026 | October 24 to March 24, 2026 | |
Odisha Joint Entrance Examinations Board | May 2026 | January 2026 | |
Assam Science and Technology University | April 2026 | February 2026 | |
Karnataka Examinations Authority | April 2026 | January 2026 | |
SRM University | Phase 1 - April 23 to 28, 2026 Phase 2- June 10 to 15, 2026 Phase 3 - July 4 to 5, 2026 | October 30, 2025 | |
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | Phase 1 - January 29 - February 1, 2026 Phase 2 - April 25 to April 30, 2026 | Phase 1 - October 29, 2025 | |
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada | Engineering - May 2026 Agriculture and pharmacy - May 2026 | To be notified | |
Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board | March 29, 2026 | December 2026 | |
Council of Architecture | March 2026 | February 2026 | |
Manipal Academy of Higher Education | Phase 1: April 2026 Phase 2: May 2026 | Phase 1 - September 30, 2025 | |
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research | May 2026 | March 2026 | |
Indian Maritime University | May 2026 | January 2026 | |
Symbiosis International University | Test 1- May 2026 | December 2025 |
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.
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JEE Advanced 2026
The JEE Advanced 2026 is to be held by IIT Kanpur 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 Kanpur. As mentioned earlier, candidates seeking admission to IITs have to take and pass both papers of the exam.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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.
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.
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.
There is no upper age limit for the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) exam as far as the engineering exams are concerned.
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.
The MHT CET 2026 examination for the PCM group will be conducted between April 2026.
On Question asked by student community
Hey there,
Your OBC-NCL certificate will not be valid for the JEE Mains 2026 application as it is from June 2024. You can apply for a new one as soon as possible. For the JEE Mains, the OBC-NCL certificate should be issued on or after 1 April 2025.
And as for your Aadhar, the mistakes in your name and Date of Birth will be an issue during the document verification process. The details should match your 10th-class certificate. So you will also need to update it as soon as possible.
Hope it helps!!!
Hello Satyam,
Yes, your EWS certificate is valid.
In Bihar, the EWS certificate can be issued by the Circle Officer, BDO, SDO, or DM. So a certificate signed by the Circle Officer (Revenue Officer) is acceptable.
If the format of your certificate is the same as the Central Government EWS format, then it is valid for JEE Main registration and also for JoSAA counselling. The heading “Government of Bihar” does not create any problem.
Just remember one point:
For
JoSAA 2026
, you will need an EWS certificate issued on or after 1 April 2025. Even if your current certificate works for registration, you must update it before counselling.
Hope it helps !
Hello murali
No, your son is not eligible for OBC NCL for IIT JEE because you fall in the "creamy layer" occupational category, regardless of your current employment status or family income. Students whose family income is less than Rs. 8 lakhs annually and they are not belong to the "creamy layer".
Note -
Thank You
Hello,
You can fill the JEE Main form even if you are a private candidate
Write the
name of the school/board from where you are appearing as a private candidate
.
If your Class 12 admit card or registration slip shows a school/centre name, use that exactly.
If your board lists you as a “Private Candidate” under the board name , then write:
CBSE – Private Candidate
(or your board name – Private Candidate)
Use the pin code of the examination centre/school mentioned on your Class 12 private candidate admit card or registration details.
If your board does not give any school address and only shows the regional office address, then use the regional office address pin code given by your board.
Hope it helps !
Hello Aspirant
You should not leave the OBC-NCL certificate ID blank in the JEE Main form it can create problems later.
NTA wants the certificate details while filling the form, not just at counselling. If you can, apply for the OBC-NCL certificate immediately so you get the ID on time.
If you fail to submit the certificate during counselling, your category will shift to General. It’s safer to enter OBC-NCL only if you’re sure you’ll get the certificate before counselling.
Hope it will help you
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