JEE Main 2026 Update: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is going to conduct JEE Main for the 2026 session is confirmed for admissions into top engineering colleges like NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs. But when?
JEE aspirants for the upcoming session are looking for “When is JEE Main 2026?” and the answer is that the official has not yet released the exam dates.
But not to worry, as the JEE Mains exam is conducted in the same months and the dates are also mostly similar as per last year’s trends.
What is the date of JEE Mains 2026?
Below we have given the JEE Main 2026 expected exam dates and also details and schedule of the last session, so that you have an idea about how much time is left for the exam, when the registration will begin, and how you can plan your preparation accordingly.
| Events | Session 1 2025 | Session 1 2026 | Session 2 2025 | Session 2 2026 |
| Notification | 28 October 2024 | October/November 2025 | 28 October 2024 | October/November 2025 |
| Registration Start | 28 October 2024 | 1st week of November 2025 | 1st February 2025 | 1st week of February 2026 |
| Last Date to Register | 22nd November 2024 (9:00 PM) | 1st week of December 2025 | 25th February 2025 (9:00 PM) | 1st week of March 2026 |
| Fee Payment Deadline | 22nd November 2024 (11:50 PM) | 1st week of December 2025 | 25th February 2025 (11:50 PM) | 1st week of March 2026 |
| Application Correction | 26–27 November 2024 | 1st–2nd week of December 2025 | 27–28 February 2025 | 1st–2nd week of March 2026 |
| City Intimation Slip | 10th January 2025 | 2nd week of January 2026 | 20th March 2025 | 3rd week of March 2026 |
| Admit Card Release | 18th January 2025 | 3rd week of January 2026 | 28th March 2025 | 3 days before exam date |
| Exam Dates | 22, 23, 24, 28, 29 January 2025 | 3rd week of Jan – 1st week of Feb | 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 April 2025 | 1st – 2nd week of April 2026 |
| Official Answer Key | 4th February 2025 | 1st week of February 2026 | 4th week of April 2025 | 2nd week of April 2026 |
| Result Declaration | 12th February 2025 | 2nd week of February 2026 | 17th April 2025 | 4th week of April 2026 |
| JoSAA Counselling Begins | 3rd June 2025 | May/June 2026 | 3rd June 2025 | May/June 2026 |
From the JEE Mains 2026 notification to the result, all the information is going to be released on these two websites: jeemain.nta.nic.in and nta.ac.in
NTA conducted the JEE Main 2025 session 1 for B.E/B.Tech: January 22, 23, 24, 28, and 29, 2025, and for B.Arch/B.Plan: January 30, 2025. JEE Main 2025 Session 2 was held on B.E/B.Tech: April 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8, 2025. and for B.Arch/B.Plan: April 9, 2025.
For this session, the JEE Main 2026 exam dates are going to be around the previous year’s dates. All the engineering aspirants, you only have a few months left to complete your JEE Main preparation. We wish you all the best for the exam.