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JEE (Main)

National engineering entrance conducted by NTA in two sessions a year. Paper 1 is used for B.E./B.Tech admission at NITs, IIITs and participating institutions, and is the qualifying test for JEE (Advanced).

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Mode Computer Based Test (CBT)
Difficulty High
Quick overview
Conducting body: National Testing Agency (NTA)
Attempts: Two sessions a year (January and April)
Used for: B.E./B.Tech at NITs, IIITs, other CFTIs and participating state institutions; also the eligibility test for JEE (Advanced)
Score validity: The better of your two session scores counts for that year
Application fee: Per session, Paper 1, centres in India (2026 bulletin): ₹1,000 General male · ₹900 Gen-EWS/OBC-NCL male · ₹800 female (General, Gen-EWS, OBC-NCL) · ₹500 SC/ST/PwD and third gender
  • Conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes at NITs, IIITs, other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions and participating state institutions.
  • Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech) is also the eligibility test for JEE (Advanced), the entrance for the IITs.
  • Held in two sessions, January and April. You can take one or both; the better NTA score is used for ranking.
  • Paper 2A (B.Arch) and Paper 2B (B.Planning) are held in the same sessions.
Eligibility criteria
Age
  • No age limit for JEE (Main). Institutes may apply their own age rules at admission.
Qualifying exam
  • Class 12 or equivalent from a recognised board.
  • For JEE (Main) 2026, candidates had to have passed Class 12 in 2024 or 2025, or be appearing in 2026. The 2027 bulletin will set the years for 2027.
NIT, IIIT and CFTI admission
  • At least 75% aggregate in Class 12 (65% for SC, ST and PwD), or a place in the top 20 percentile of your board (2026 bulletin).
Exam pattern
Duration: 3 hours
Mode: Computer Based Test (CBT)
Sections: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry — each with 20 MCQs (Section A) and 5 numerical-value questions (Section B), 100 marks per subject
Question Type: Single-correct MCQs and numerical-value questions (answer entered with the on-screen keypad, rounded to the nearest integer)
Marking Scheme: +4 for a correct answer, −1 for an incorrect answer, 0 if unanswered — for both MCQs and numerical-value questions
Language Options: English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu
Questions: 75
Total marks: 300
Application process
  1. Apply online at jeemain.nta.nic.in — only one application per candidate.
  2. Fill in personal and academic details and choose up to four exam cities.
  3. Upload your photograph, signature and any category or PwD certificate.
  4. Pay the fee online (card, net banking or UPI) and download the confirmation page.
  5. To take Session 2 as well, apply again in the Session 2 window using the same application number.
Keep soft copies of documents (Photo, Signature, Category certificate, PwD certificate) ready before the form opens.
Important dates
JEE (Main) 2027 information bulletin Not yet published by NTA (checked 17 Oct 2026)
2026 cycle, for reference Session 1: 21–30 Jan 2026 · Session 2: 2–9 Apr 2026
Preparation insights
  • Start from the official JEE (Main) syllabus on jeemain.nta.nic.in and NTA’s previous papers.
  • All 75 questions are compulsory, and wrong numerical answers also lose a mark — practise accuracy, not just speed.
  • Take timed full-length mocks in a computer-based format to get used to the on-screen keypad.
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Latest updates
17 Oct 2026

NTA has not yet published the JEE (Main) 2027 bulletin; the latest notices on jeemain.nta.nic.in are for the 2026 sessions.

Official links
Official website (NTA) JEE (Main) 2026 Information Bulletin (PDF) JoSAA counselling