JEE Mains 2026 Session 2 registrations started by NTA

National Testing Agency (NTA) has opened the application process for Session 2 of Joint Entrance Exam (JEE Mains 2026) which shall close on 25 Feb. Session 2 exam will be over multiple days in the month of April.

Key dates

Last date to apply for session 2: 25 Feb 2026

Entrance exam: 2 to 9 Apr 2026

Please note that JEE Mains 2026 Session-2 dates clash/overlap with date of BITSDAT (31 Mar – 5 Apr 2026).

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.

It 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.

Humanities & Commerce Students eligible: Important to note that students of any stream who have passed the qualifying examination (10+2 or equivalent) with 50% marks in Mathematics and 50% marks in aggregate of the qualifying examination are eligible to attempt JEE-Mains Paper 2B and thereby get admission in B.Planning course even in NITs, IIITs and CFTIs.

Language options : NTA is offering option of taking the test in as many as 13 languages, as listed below :

English: All Examination Centres in India and Abroad

English and Hindi: All Examination Centres in India

English and Assamese: Examination Centres in Assam

English and Bengali: Examination Centres in West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

English and Gujarati: Examination Centres in Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Nagar Haveli

English and Kannada: Examination Centres in Karnataka

English and Malayalam: Examination Centres in Kerala and Lakshadweep

English and Marathi: Examination Centres in Maharashtra

English and Odia: Examination Centres in Odisha

English and Punjabi: Examination Centres in Punjab, Chandigarh, Delhi (including Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Noida/ Greater Noida)

English and Tamil: Examination Centres in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

English and Telugu: Examination Centres in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

English and Urdu: All Examination Centres in India

Check JEE-Mains eligibility, application procedure, old papers, opening & closing ranks and other related details.