JEE-Mains

Exam Announced? YES

General Info: JEE (Mains) is conducted for admission to Undergraduate Engineering Programs at NITs, IIITs, other centrally funded Technical Institutions, Institutions funded/recognized by several participating State Governments, and several other Institutions. JEE (Mains) is also an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced), which the candidate has to take if he/she is aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programmes offered by the IITs.

It will be conducted in two sessions, spread over Jan & April 2026. A candidate may appear in one or more sessions. Score of the best attempt shall be used for preparation of merit list for admissions.

- Paper 1 is conducted for admission to Undergraduate Engineering Programs (B.E/B.Tech.). It is also used for admission inother programmes like Integrated M.Sc., Integrated M.Tech, Integrated B.Tech and MBA, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of pharmaceutics, Bachelor of Design, etc.

- Paper 2 is conducted for admission to B. Arch and B. Planning courses in the country.

Ranking and admissions

No Score/Rank Card will be dispatched to the candidates and the candidates are advised to download their Score/Rank Cards from the JEE (Main) website.

There shall be no provision for re-valuation/re-checking of the result. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained.

Only the All India Rank (AIR) is used for admissions through Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB)/Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) to NITs/ IIITs/ CFTIs/ SFIs/ Others.

All participating Institutions that do not use the Centralized Seat Allocation Process will prepare their own ranking based on the performance in JEE (Main) and other criteria as decided by them.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is an examination conducting body and not an admission giving authority. Therefore, NTA does not collect the information regarding the total number of seats available in the institutions, or the eligibility and reservation criteria followed by the institutions.

Reservations

(i) 15% for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates

(ii) 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates

(iii) 27% seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) candidates

(iv) 10% of the seats for General Economically Weaker Sections (General - EWS) candidates

(v) Persons with Disability (PwD) - Each category will have 5% reservations for the candidates with 40% or more disability

Test preparation

Content based lectures by IIT professors / subject experts available at https://nta.ac.in/LecturesContent

Mock test available at https://nta.ac.in/Quiz

SATHEE: Additionally, the Ministry of Education, in association with IIT Kanpur, has launched the SATHEE (Self Assessment Test and Help for Entrance Exams) online initiative to provide preparation for competitive exams free of cost.

National Test Abhyas

NTA launched a mobile app called the “National Test Abhyas” to enable candidates to take mock tests for various competitive exams. The app works on Android-based and iOS smartphones and tablets. The app provides students access to high-quality mock tests in the safety and comfort of their homes.

The National Test Abhyas is available on the website https://www.nta.ac.in/Abhyas and Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.abhyas.nta.com

In addition to that, NTA has also developed an extensive support system available at http://nta.ac.in/abhyas/help

Previous years opening and closing ranks: Check HERE

Conducted by: National Testing Agency (NTA), Min of HRD

Conducting organization type: Other

Additional info: The exam is popular across All India