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JEE Main 2027

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NIT

Courses: B.TECH/B.Arch/B.Planning

I

IIIT

Courses: B.TECH

G

GFTI

Courses: B.TECH

S

State Government College

Courses: B.TECH/B.Arch/B.Planning

JEE Main 2026 Concluded

JEE Main 2026 was successfully conducted by NTA in two sessions - Session 1 (January) and Session 2 (April). Both sessions have concluded, results declared, and JoSAA Counselling 2026 has begun. The best of two scores is considered for the final merit list.

Category

General (Male)

Details1000 (India) / 5000 (Outside India)
Category

General (Female)

Details800 (India) / 4000 (Outside India)
Category

Gen-EWS/OBC (NCL) (Male)

Details900 (India) / 4500 (Outside India)
Category

Gen-EWS/OBC (NCL) (Female)

Details800 (India) / 4000 (Outside India)
Category

SC/ST/PwD/PwBD (Male)

Details500 (India) / 2500 (Outside India)
Category

SC/ST/PwD/PwBD (Female)

Details500 (India) / 2500 (Outside India)
Category

Third Gender

Details500 (India) / 3000 (Outside India)
Category

General/Gen-EWS/OBC (NCL) (Male)

Details2000 (India) / 10000 (Outside India)
Category

General/Gen-EWS/OBC (NCL) (Female)

Details1600 (India) / 8000 (Outside India)
Category

SC/ST/PwD/PwBD (Male)

Details1000 (India) / 5000 (Outside India)
Category

SC/ST/PwD/PwBD (Female)

Details1000 (India) / 5000 (Outside India)
Category

Third Gender

Details1000 (India) / 5000 (Outside India)

Mock Tests & Structure

Sample Papers

JEE Sample Paper 1
JEE Sample Paper 2
JEE Sample Paper 3
JEE Sample Paper 4
JEE Sample Paper 5

Test Pattern Details

English
All Examination Centres
English and Hindi
All Examination Centres in India
English and Assamese
Examination Centres in Assam
English and Bengali
Examination Centres in West Bengal, Tripura, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
English and Gujarati
Examination Centres in Gujarat, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
English and Kannada
Examination Centres in Karnataka
English and Malayalam
Examination Centres in Kerala and Lakshadweep
English and Marathi
Examination Centres in Maharashtra
English and Odia
Examination Centres in Odisha
English and Punjabi

Examination Centres in Punjab, Chandigarh, and Delhi/New Delhi (including Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, Meerut, Noida/ Greater Noida)

English and Tamil
Examination Centres in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Andaman & Nicobar Islands
English and Telugu
Examination Centres in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
English and Urdu
All Examination Centres in India

JEE Main Schedule

Activity
Session 1 Registration
Timeline
October 24, 2026 – November 22, 2026 (up to 11:50 PM)
Activity
Session 1 Exam Date
Timeline
January 2027 (multiple shifts)
Activity
Session 1 Result Declaration
Timeline
16 February 2027
Activity
Session 2 Registration
Timeline
January 5, 2027 to February 3, 2027 (up to 11:50 PM)
Activity
Session 2 Correction Window
Timeline
27–28 February 2027
Activity
Session 2 Admit Card Release
Timeline
29 March - 01 April 2026
Activity
Session 2 Exam Date (Paper 1)
Timeline
02, 04, 05, 06, 08 April 2027
Activity
Session 2 Exam Date (Paper 2)
Timeline
07 April 2026
Activity
Session 2 Result Declaration (Paper 1)
Timeline
07 April 2027
Activity
Session 2 Result Declaration (Paper 2)
Timeline
20 April 2027
Activity
JoSAA Counselling Begins
Timeline
06 May 2027

Syllabus

1JEE Main Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.)- Chemistry Syllabus

  • UNIT 1: SOME BASIC CONCEPTS IN CHEMISTRY - Matter and its nature, Dalton's atomic theory, Concept of atom, molecule, element and compound, Laws of chemical combination, Atomic and molecular masses, mole concept, molar mass, percentage composition, empirical and molecular formulae, Chemical equations and stoichiometry.
  • UNIT 2: ATOMIC STRUCTURE - Nature of electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric effect, spectrum of the hydrogen atom, Bohr model of a hydrogen atom - its postulates, derivation of the relations for the energy of the electron and radii of the different orbits, limitations of Bohr's model, dual nature of matter, de Broglie's relationship, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, elementary ideas of quantum mechanics, the quantum mechanical model of the atom and its important features, concept of atomic orbitals as one-electron wave functions, variation of ψ and ψ^2 with r for 1s and 2s orbitals, various quantum numbers (principal, angular momentum and magnetic quantum numbers) and their significance, shapes of s, p and d - orbitals, electron spin and spin quantum number, rules for filling electrons in orbitals – Aufbau principle, Pauli's exclusion principle and Hund's rule, electronic configuration of elements and extra stability of half-filled and completely filled orbitals.
  • UNIT 3: CHEMICAL BONDING AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE - Kossel-Lewis approach to chemical bond formation, the concept of ionic and covalent bonds. Ionic Bonding: Formation of ionic bonds, factors affecting the formation of ionic bonds; calculation of lattice enthalpy. Covalent Bonding: Concept of electronegativity, Fajan's rule, dipole moment, Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory and shapes of simple molecules. Quantum mechanical approach to covalent bonding: Valence bond theory - its important features, the concept of hybridization involving s, p and d orbitals, resonance. Molecular Orbital Theory - Its important features, LCAOs, types of molecular orbitals (bonding, antibonding), sigma and pi-bonds, molecular orbital electronic configurations of homonuclear diatomic molecules, the concept of bond order, bond length and bond energy. Elementary idea of metallic bonding, hydrogen bonding and its applications.
  • UNIT 4: CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS - Fundamentals of thermodynamics: System and surroundings, extensive and intensive properties, state functions, entropy, types of processes. The first law of thermodynamics - Concept of work, heat, internal energy and enthalpy, heat capacity, molar heat capacity, Hess's law of constant heat summation, Enthalpies of bond dissociation, combustion, formation, atomization, sublimation, phase transition, hydration, ionization and solution. The second law of thermodynamics - Spontaneity of processes, ΔS of the universe and ΔG of the system as criteria for spontaneity. ΔG°(Standard Gibbs energy change) and equilibrium constant.

2JEE Main Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.)- Physics Syllabus

  • UNIT 1: Units and Measurements: Units of measurements, System of units, SI Units, fundamental and derived units, least count, significant figures, Errors in measurements. Dimensions of Physics quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.
  • UNIT 2: Kinematics: The frame of reference, motion in a straight line, speed and velocity, uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time, position-time graph, relations for uniformly accelerated motion, relative velocity. Motion in a plane, projectile motion, uniform circular motion.
  • UNIT 3: Laws of Motion: Force and inertia, Newton's first law of motion, momentum, Newton's second Law of motion, impulse, Newton's third Law of motion. Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications, equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and Kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction. Dynamics of uniform circular motion, centripetal force and its applications: vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road.
  • UNIT 4: Work, Energy and Power: Work done by a constant force and a variable force, kinetic and potential energies, work-energy theorem, power. The potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and non-conservative forces, motion in a vertical circle. Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.

3 JEE Main Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.)- Mathematics Syllabus

  • UNIT 1: SETS, RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS: Sets and their representation; Union, intersection and complement of sets and their algebraic properties; Power set; Relations, type of relations, equivalence relations, functions; one-one, into and onto functions, the composition of functions.
  • UNIT 2: COMPLEX NUMBERS AND QUADRATIC EQUATIONS: Complex numbers as ordered pairs of reals, Representation of complex numbers in the form a + ib and their representation in a plane, Argand diagram, algebra of complex numbers, modulus and argument (or amplitude) of a complex number, Quadratic equations in real and complex number systems and their solutions; Relations between roots and coefficients, nature of roots, the formation of quadratic equations with given roots.
  • UNIT 3: MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS: Matrices, algebra of matrices, type of matrices, determinants and matrices of order two and three, evaluation of determinants, area of triangles using determinants; Adjoint and inverse of a square matrix; Test of consistency and solution of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables using matrices.
  • UNIT 4: PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS: The fundamental principle of counting, permutations and combinations; Meaning of P(n, r) and C(n, r). Simple applications.

4JEE Main Paper 2A (B.Arch.) - Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing Test Part - I

  • UNIT 1: SETS, RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS - Sets and their representation; Union, intersection and complement of sets and their algebraic properties; Power set; Relations, type of relations, equivalence relations, functions; one-one, into and onto functions, the composition of functions.
  • UNIT 2: COMPLEX NUMBERS AND QUADRATIC EQUATIONS - Complex numbers as ordered pairs of reals, Representation of complex numbers in the form a + ib and their representation in a plane, Argand diagram, algebra of complex numbers, modulus and argument (or amplitude) of a complex number, Quadratic equations in real and complex number systems and their solutions; Relations between roots and coefficients, nature of roots, the formation of quadratic equations with given roots.
  • UNIT 3: MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS - Matrices, algebra of matrices, type of matrices, determinants and matrices of order two and three, evaluation of determinants, area of triangles using determinants; Adjoint and inverse of a square matrix; Test of consistency and solution of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables using matrices.
  • UNIT 4: PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS - The fundamental principle of counting, permutations and combinations; Meaning of P(n, r) and C(n, r). Simple applications.

5JEE Main Paper 2B (B.Planning) - Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Planning

  • UNIT 1: SETS, RELATIONS AND FUNCTIONS - Sets and their representation; Union, intersection and complement of sets and their algebraic properties; Power set; Relations, type of relations, equivalence relations, functions; one-one, into and onto functions, the composition of functions.
  • UNIT 2: COMPLEX NUMBERS AND QUADRATIC EQUATIONS - Complex numbers as ordered pairs of reals, Representation of complex numbers in the form a + ib and their representation in a plane, Argand diagram, algebra of complex numbers, modulus and argument (or amplitude) of a complex number, Quadratic equations in real and complex number systems and their solutions; Relations between roots and coefficients, nature of roots, the formation of quadratic equations with given roots.
  • UNIT 3: MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS - Matrices, algebra of matrices, type of matrices, determinants and matrices of order two and three, evaluation of determinants, area of triangles using determinants; Adjoint and inverse of a square matrix; Test of consistency and solution of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables using matrices.
  • UNIT 4: PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS - The fundamental principle of counting, permutations and combinations; Meaning of P(n, r) and C(n, r). Simple applications.

Notifications & Past Events

Date:
Nov '25
JEE Main 2026 Session 1 registration openedJEE Main 2026 Session 1 registration opened
Date:
Jan '26
JEE Main 2026 Session 1 exam conducted
Date:
16 Feb '26
JEE Main 2026 Session 1 result declared
Date:
Apr '26
JEE Main 2026 Session 2 exam conducted
Date:
20 Apr '26
JEE Main 2026 Session 2 result declared

Exam Pattern

Physics(JEE MAINS BTECH)
Questions25
Duration60 minutes
Chemistry(JEE MAINS BTECH)
Questions25
Duration60 minutes
Mathematics(JEE MAINS BTECH)
Questions25
Duration60 minutes
TOTAL
Questions75
Duration3 HRS
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Frequently Asked Questions

Website: https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/ The Helpline No.- 011-40759000 Email: jeemain@nta.ac.in
Instructions to apply online for JEE (Main)-2026 are available in the Information Bulletin available on NTA website under the heading Important Information at Glance.
The Choice of exam cities will be displayed to the candidates based on the permanent and present address filled during registration. Four choices of cities are given to the candidates.
AADHAR authentication will be done for the candidates and it will be an optional field. Candidates are advised to update their Aadhaar Card for verification at the Exam Centre.
Candidates are advised to follow the instructions of RPwD Act, 2016 and guidelines as notified in Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India.
For availing the scribe facility, candidates should follow guidelines given in the Chapter 4 of Information Bulletin and public notice dated 25 Oct 2024.
JEE (Main) - 2026 will be conducted in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
Category certificate is not to be uploaded in the application form. Details like certificate number, date of issue, and issuing authority are required.
JEE Main 2026 was conducted in two sessions - Session 1 in January 2026 and Session 2 from April 2 to 8, 2026 (Paper 1), with Paper 2 (B.Arch/B.Plan) on April 7, 2026.
No, candidates are not required to send/submit any documents including the Confirmation Page to NTA.
Yes, a candidate who missed the January session can apply for the April session when the portal is open.
No, the NTA cannot allot a center manually.
NTA will not change the allotted examination date in case of clashes with other examinations.
The date, shift, and slot are allotted randomly by the system for the normalization process and cannot be selected by the candidate.
Yes, the application will not be rejected due to this mistake.
A one-time correction facility will be provided for selected fields only. A public notice will be issued for this.
Once submitted, online application forms cannot be cancelled or withdrawn.
Candidates should download the admit card from the NTA website. For assistance, contact the NTA Helpline or email jeemain@nta.ac.in.
The city of the allotted Examination Centre cannot be changed.
Candidates appearing for the JEE Main exam need to bring several essential items to the exam center. These include a printed copy of their JEE Main Admit Card, which is required for entry. A valid photo ID proof such as an Aadhaar card, passport, or voter ID is also mandatory for identity verification. Candidates should also carry a passport-sized photograph that matches the one uploaded during the application process. Additionally, a blue or black ballpoint pen is necessary for marking responses on the exam sheet. It is important to note that electronic devices, including mobile phones, calculators, and smartwatches, are strictly prohibited in the exam center.
No, candidates will not be allowed to leave the Examination Centre before the test concludes.
Refer to Para 2.4 of the Information Bulletin available on NTA website.
There will be negative marking for both Section A (MCQs) and Section B (numerical value questions).
The duration of the examination is 03:30 hrs for candidates appearing for both B. Arch and B. Planning.
Duration, shift, and timing details are available in the Information Bulletin under 'Important Information at a Glance.'
Candidates are required to select only Five (5) subjects, including mandatory Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics.
Candidates cannot utilize the category certificate of their parents or siblings for registration.
JEE (Main) 2026 score is valid for admission to IITs, NITs, and other institutes participating in the Joint Entrance Examination System.
NTA scores will be calculated based on the normalized scores of candidates using the percentile method.
JEE (Main) 2026 is for admission to various undergraduate courses like B.E/B. Tech and B.Arch.
Candidates should focus on understanding concepts, solving mock tests, and revising frequently asked questions from each subject.
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