JEE Mains 2026: Registration Dates, Eligibility, Exam Pattern

JEE Mains 2026 Registration starts in 31 October 2025. The NTA will conduct JEE Main 2026 in two sessions in January and April. Check complete details related to NTA JEE Main 2026 in this article.

JEE Mains 2026

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has release the official notification for JEE Main 2026 on 31 October 2025. Every year, JEE Mains is conducted in two sessions: JEE Main Session 1 in January and JEE Main Session 2 in April. The JEE Mains 2026 registration has started from 31 October 2025 on the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in. The JEE 2026 is an entrance examination conducted for admission to engineering (paper 1), architecture (paper 2), and planning (paper 2B) at various NITs, IIT and GFITs.

Candidates who is 12th pass are eligible to apply for the Joint Entrance Exam Main 2026. The JEE Main application form 2026 has available from 31 October 2025 to 27 November 2025 the JEE Main exam date 2026 has announced by NTA. The JEE Mains exam date 2026 session 1 is 21 January to 30 January 2026 and JEE Mains exam Date 2026 session 2 is 1 April 2026 to 10 April. It is one of the most competitive Engineering exams. Every year, approximately 10 lakh students appear for the JEE examination.

JEE Main 2026 Overview

JEE Mains 2026 Exam Date

The JEE Mains notification 2026 will release along with the complete details such as JEE mains 2026 registration date, JEE mains 2026 exam date, admit card and result date. Interested candidates can check JEE Mains complete schedule below.

JEE Mains 2026 Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for the JEE Mains exam candidate must meet certain eligibility criteria set by the National Testing Agency. The NTA JEE Main eligibility includes candidates’ education qualification, nationality check the details below.

• Candidate must be citizen of India. However, foreign nationals, NRIs, PIOs, and OCI are also eligible.
• Students must be 12th pass or appearing from recognised board.
• There is no age limit to apply for NTA JEE Mains 2026.
• Students can appear in JEE Mains for three consecutive years of passing class 12.

Year of Passing

• The candidate who wants to appear for JEE Main must have passed class 12 in 2024 or 2025, or
• Appearing in 2026, class 12th board examination.
• Those who passed before 2023 are not eligible to apply for JEE Main 2026.

Number of attempts

• Students can appear for NTA JEE Main for three consecutive years.
• However, JEE Mains is conducted twice a year (January and April), a minimum of 6 attempts is allowed.

Minimum Marks Requirements

• There is no minimum marks required in class 12 to apply for JEE mains 2026. However, for admission into NITs, IIITs, CFTIs candidate must have 75% aggregate marks (65% for SC/ST) in class 12.

JEE Mains 2026 Application Form

The National Testing Agency has released the JEE main 2026 application form from 31 October 2025 on the official website. Candidate who wants to take admission in IITs, NITs, IIITs, etc must fill out the JEE Mains 2026 online application form from the JEE Mains 2026 official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in. Candidates are advised to fill out the application form before the last date.

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NTA JEE Main 2026 Application Fees

All candidate needs to pay JEE main 2026 application fee. This is to inform you that the candidate can pay the application fees through online mode with debit card/ credit card /net banking/ UPI.

How to Apply for JEE Mains 2026

Candidates who want to apply for JEE mains 2026 must filll out the JEE mains 2026 session 1 application form with the help of the steps given below.

• Go to the official website of JEE Mains 2026 at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
• On the homepage, click on JEE Main 2026 Session 1.
• Students needs to enter the required details like name, parents name, email ID, Mobile number, address.
• After completing JEE main 2026 registration candidate needs to fill out application form by providing personal details, educational details.
• Select papers for which you want to appear (B.Tech or BArch/BPlan), exam city preference.
• Upload the scanned image of photograph, signature, class 10 certificate and PWD/PwBD certificate if applicable.
• Afterwards, pay the application fees using credit card/debit card UPI or internet banking.
• Submit the JEE Mains application form and take a print out for future reference.

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