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
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).
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.