Notification Date: 2025-10-19

Last Updated on: 2025-10-25

• The National Testing Agency will be conducting the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) - 2026 in CBT Mode in two sessions (January 2026 and April 2026). The online application form for Session-I will be made live on the website in October 2025.
• A tentative schedule for the conduct of JEE (Main) - 2026 is given below for information of all JEE aspirants:

  Important Dates:

  Events	Dates
  Session 1 (January 2026)
  Online Submission of Application Form	October 2025 onwards
  Dates of Examination	Between 21 - 30 January 2026
  Session 2 (January 2026)
  Online Submission of Application Form	Last week of January 2026 onwards
  Dates of Examination	Between 01 - 10 April 2026

• In order to facilitate active participation of large number of candidates in JEE (Main) 2026, NTA is working towards increasing the number of cities for wider approach and ease of engineering aspirants. Furthermore, special attention is being given to address the requirements and needs of PwD/PwBD candidates appearing in the Examination.
• To minimize the procedural difficulties of JEE (Main) - 2026 aspirants while filling the online application form, the National Testing Agency had issued a public notice on 29 September 2025. The primary objective of issuing this advisory was to support lakhs of aspirants across the country by encouraging timely and accurate updation. NTA will be obtaining Name, Date of Birth, Gender, Photograph and Address from UIDAI through Aadhaar Authentication (for updation in Aadhaar, please follow UIDAI guidelines). However, since Father/Mother/Guardian's name etc. is not recorded in Aadhaar, candidates would have to fill such details separately in the online application form.
• In case of name mismatch in Aadhaar Card and 10th Educational Certificate/Marksheet of any candidate, an option will be given to overcome this issue during the online application stage. They may also refer to the NTA Public Notice dated 06 November, 2024, which is available at JEE(Main) Website on “Advisory and Instructions on Aadhaar Card Name Mismatch while filling up application form for JEE (Main) 2025” which will also be applicable for JEE (Main) - 2026.
• NTA strives to strengthen transparency, trust and integrity in the examination process by maintaining the accuracy of candidate information at every stage

For complete information about JEE MAINS 2026 notification, Syllabus and for Register online, Visit https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/