NTA starts JEE Mains 2026 applications

Application process for Joint Entrance Exam (JEE Mains 2026) has been started by National Testing Agency (NTA). It will be conducted in 2 Sessions spread over multiple days in the month of Jan and April.

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.

Key dates

Last date to apply for Jan session: 27 Nov 2025

Entrance exam (Jan session): 21 - 30 Jan 2026

Entrance exam (Apr session): 2 to 9 Apr 2026

Please note that JEE Mains 2026 Session-1 dates clash/overlap with date of Amrita Engineering Entrance Exam AEEE Phase 1 (30 Jan – 1 Feb 2026).

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.