JEE Main 2026 Registrations Open (Shortly): January Session 1 Exam Date Expected Soon

JEE Main 2026 Registrations Open (Shortly): January Session 1 Exam Date Expected Soon

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The National Testing Agency (NTA) has made the JEE Main registration 2025 demo link active on its official website. The registration window for the JEE Mains 2026 exam is expected to open soon and will be announced by the NTA itself on its official website. Candidates preparing to appear for the JEE Main exam can find the specific application procedure for the JEE Mains 2026 exam, the exam format, and timetable in the official announcement to be made by the NTA. The expected date for the JEE Mains 2026 exam registrations to begin is October 15, 2025. The exam will be conducted in two sessions, with the first session to be conducted in January 2026 and the second to be conducted in April 2026. 

Particulars

Details

Exam Name

Joint Entrance Examination (Main) or JEE Main

Conducting Body

National Testing Agency (NTA)

Exam Level

Undergraduate

Frequency of Exam

Twice a year (January & April)

Mode of Exam

Computer-Based Test (CBT); Drawing section (BArch) – Pen & Paper

Exam Duration

3 hours (4 hours for PwD candidates)

Official Website

jeemain.nta.nic.in

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As per the official notification, the list of administrators and participants in the JEE Mains 2026 exam has been revealed. The Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), and other institutions are expected to administer the JEE Mains Exam for further admissions to the engineering and architecture programs. All the students who pass the JEE Mains exam will have to appear for the JEE Advanced exam for admission to engineering and architecture programs in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). 

Institute Type

Examples

NITs

NIT Trichy, NIT Surathkal, NIT Warangal

IIITs

IIIT Hyderabad, IIIT Delhi, IIIT Allahabad

CFTIs & Other Institutes

SPA Delhi, PEC Chandigarh, DTU Delhi, State & Private Engineering Colleges

JEE Mains 2026: Exam Pattern and Marking Scheme

Approximately 12 lakh students are expected to appear in the JEE Mains exam. The exam will be conducted in the CBT format and will last for a duration of 3 hours. The exam duration is extended to 4 hours for candidates belonging to the PwD category. As there will be two papers, the first will be for the B.E./B/Tech program, and will comprise a total of 75 questions, and the total marks will be 300. The papers 2A and 2B, belonging to B.Arch and B.Planning, will have a total of 400 marks each and will comprise a total of  77 and 100 questions, respectively. There is a negative marking of -1 for each incorrect response and +4 for each answer attempted correctly. 

Paper

Course

Total Marks

Total Questions

Marking Scheme

Paper 1

B.E/B.Tech

300

75

+4 for correct, -1 for incorrect

Paper 2A

B.Arch

400

77

+4 for correct, -1 for incorrect

Paper 2B

B.Planning

400

100

+4 for correct, -1 for incorrect

JEE Mains 2026: Exam Fee

All the candidates belonging to the General, unreserved, OBC, or EWS category will have to pay INR 1000 in exam fee for male candidates, and INR 800 for female candidates. Both the male and female candidates belonging to the SC, ST, PwD, or transgender category will have to pay INR 500 in exam fee. 

Category

Male Candidates

Female Candidates

General/OBC/EWS

INR 1000

INR 800

SC/ST/PwD/Transgender

INR 500

INR 500

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