JEE 2026 Exam – Dates, Registration, Fee, Pattern

JEE 2026 Exam, Syllabus, Eligibility, Pattern, Important Dates

JEE, Joint entrance exam is a national level entrance exam that is conducted for students who want to get admission in UG engineering colleges. This exam is conducted for students to help them to secure their seats in engineering colleges.

JEE 2026 Exam is conducted in two parts, JEE Mains and JEE advanced. Students after completing their 12th standard should appear in JEE mains. After clearing their JEE mains, they are eligible for JEE advanced and then enrol in the top JEE Colleges. JEE entrance exam opens the gateway for students to get admission in prestigious IIT, CFTIs, and NITs.

If you also want to get admission to the best engineering colleges in India, then you should clear the JEE exam. It is expected that the JEE mains 2026 exam will be conducted in two sessions, in January and April. So, you should be prepared for it. It is recommended to the interested candidates to check JEE 2026 details about JEE exam 2026, consisting of JEE exam eligibility, exam date, JEE exam pattern, colleges, fees, syllabus, etc.

JEE Exam

JEE is the Joint entrance exam, conducted at national level. This entrance exam is conducted for the students who want to make their career in the engineering sector. It has two parts , JEE Mains and JEE advanced in which candidates should go through. NTA will conduct the JEE 2026 exam two times in a year and give opportunities to candidates to secure their admission in top engineering colleges in India.

There are around 23 IITs, 25 IIITs, and 31 NITs, and some government and private colleges that accept the JEE marks and give admission to candidates. Admission of candidates will done on the basis of their marks and ranks in the JEE 2026 Exam

JEE Exam Pattern

Students need to follow the latest JEE exam pattern to prepare properly and clear this exam. Here is the JEE exam pattern, candidates should follow.

JEE exam will be conducted in two papers, paper 1 ( B.E/ BTech ) and paper 2 ( BArch/Bplan)
Paper 1 will be conducted in computer based mode.
Paper 2 will be conducted in CBT mode, but the drawing part will also be held through pen & paper mode based offline.
The JEE exam will be conducted in 13 different languages, Hindi, Assamese, English, Gujarati, Bengali, Odia, Marathi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Urdu, Kannada.
The exam duration is 3 hours. Candidates will get 3 hours and 30 minutes to solve Paper 2A and Paper 2B.
The candidate will get + 4 marks on every correct answer and -1 mark will be deducted on every wrong answer.

Here are the paper-wise marks distribution and subjects mentioned in the exam pattern given below

Paper 1 (B.E/ B.Tech)

Subjects	Section wise Questions		Marks
Subjects	Section A	Section B	Marks
Physics	20	10	100
Chemistry	20	10	100
Mathematics	20	10	100
Total	90		300

Paper 2A (B.Arch)

Subjects	Section wise Questions	Marks
Part 1: Mathematics	20 (Section A) & 10 (Section B)	100
Part 2: Aptitude Test	50	200
Part 3: Drawing Test	02	100
Total	82	400

Paper 2B (B.Plan)

Subjects	Section wise Questions	Marks
Part 1: Mathematics	20 (Section A) & 10 (Section B)	100
Part 2: Aptitude Test	50	200
Part 3: Planning	25	100
Total	105	400

JEE Exam Eligibility

The candidates must have 10+2 passed in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to become eligible for the JEE exam 2026. Moreover, here is the JEE exam eligibility criteria students should meet

Candidates should be in the final year of 10+ 2 standards to become eligible. Candidates who are in intermediate or 2-year Pre-university exam will also be eligible for the JEE exam 2026
Joint service wing of NDA is also eligible for 2 year course
The candidate must be 10+2 passed by the National Institute of Open Schooling with at least 5 subjects to become eligible for this exam
The candidate has 3 year diploma are also eligible
Students of the NIOS board who are 12^th passed need to select a state to become eligible for the JEE exam before JEE 2026 registration date

JEE 2026 Exam Dates

The candidates who have started their JEE preparation need to know about their JEE 2026 exam date. Here are the session-wise JEE 2026 date given below

Events/Session	JEE Main 2026 Session 1 Dates	JEE Main 2026 Session 2 Dates
JEE Main 2026 Notification	November
JEE Main 2026 Application form date	November 1, 2025	February 1, 2026
Last date to apply	December 1, 2025	March 1, 2026
Release of JEE Main Admit Card 2026	January 5, 2026	April 1, 2026
JEE Main 2026 Exam Date	January 2nd week, 2026	April 2nd week, 2026
Announcement of Result	February 1st week, 2026	April last week, 2026

Top JEE Colleges

There are many top engineering colleges and universities that accept the JEE 2026 Cut offs. If you are sure that you will clear the JEE exam, then here is the list of top JEE Colleges you should know about

Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)	National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
1. IIT Bombay	1. NIT Warangal
2. IIT Delhi	2. NIT Tiruchirappalli (Trichy)
3. IIT Madras	3. NIT Surathkal
4. IIT Kharagpur	4. NIT Rourkela
5. IIT Kanpur	5. NIT Calicut
6. IIT Roorkee	6. NIT Kurukshetra
7. IIT Guwahati	7. NIT Nagpur
8. IIT Hyderabad	8. NIT Allahabad (MNNIT)
9. IIT Gandhinagar	9. NIT Bhopal
10. IIT Ropar	10. NIT Durgapur
11. IIT Bhubaneswar	11. NIT Jamshedpur
12. IIT Indore	12. NIT Surat
13. IIT Patna	13. NIT Jaipur
14. IIT Mandi	14. NIT Patna
15. IIT (BHU) Varanasi	15. NIT Silchar
16. IIT Palakkad	16. NIT Hamirpur
17. IIT Tirupati	17. NIT Jalandhar
18. IIT Dhanbad	18. NIT Agartala
19. IIT Bhilai	19. NIT Raipur
20. IIT Goa	20. NIT Srinagar
21. IIT Jammu	21. NIT Meghalaya
22. IIT Dharwad	22. NIT Manipur
23. NIT Mizoram	24. NIT Nagaland
25. NIT Arunachal Pradesh	26. NIT Delhi
27. NIT Goa	28. NIT Puducherry
29. NIT Sikkim	30. NIT Uttarakhand

JEE Exam Fee

The candidates who have applied for the JEE exam need to pay the exam fees. They can pay this fee through online payment modes, either credit card, debit card, net banking, etc. Here are category-wise JEE Exam fee details given below

Category	Male	Female
Unreserved	1000	800
Gen-EWS and OBC-NCL	900	800
SC/ST/PwD	500	500
Third Gender	500

JEE Exam Syllabus

JEE exam syllabus covers the various important topics of physics, chemistry and maths. Here are the subject-wise JEE Exam syllabus and topics that you should cover for your JEE preparation.

JEE Exam Syllabus Mathematics 2026

Topic

Sets, Relations & Functions

Matrices & Determinants

Permutations & Combinations

Complex Numbers & Quadratic Equations

Binomial Theorem

Mathematical Induction

Limit, Sequences & Series

Differential Equations

Integral Calculus

Continuity & Differentiability

Three Dimensional Geometry

Co-ordinate Geometry

Statistics & Probability

Vector Algebra

Mathematical Reasoning

Trigonometry

JEE Exam Syllabus Physics 2026

Section A	Section B
Laws of Motion	Vernier callipers: measuring internal/external diameter and depth of a vessel
Kinematics	Screw gauge: determining the thickness/diameter of a sheet/wire
Work, Energy & Power	Simple pendulum: energy dissipation by the graph of amplitude² vs time
Gravitation	Meter scale: mass of an object by principle of moments
Rotational Motion	Young’s modulus of elasticity of a wire
Physics & Measurement	Surface tension of water: capillary rise and detergent effect
Properties of Solids & Liquids	Viscosity coefficient: measuring the terminal velocity of a sphere
Thermodynamics	Cooling curve: temperature of a hot body vs time
Electrostatics	Speed of sound in air using a resonance tube
Oscillations & Waves	Specific heat capacity of a solid/liquid by method of mixtures
Kinetic Theory of Gases	Resistivity of a wire using a meter bridge
Magnetic Effects of Current & Magnetism	Resistance of a wire using Ohm’s law
Electromagnetic Induction & Currents	Potentiometer: comparing emf of cells, determining internal resistance
Current Electricity	Galvanometer: resistance and figure of merit by half deflection method
Optics	Focal length of mirrors/lenses using the parallax method
Electromagnetic Waves	Deviation vs incidence angle for a triangular prism
Dual Nature of Matter & Radiation	Refractive index of a glass slab using a microscope
Electronic Devices	p-n junction diode characteristics
Atoms & Nuclei	Zener diode characteristics: finding reverse breakdown voltage
Communication Systems	Transistor characteristics: finding current gain and voltage gain
	Identifying diode, LED, transistor, IC, resistor, capacitor
	Multimeter usage: identifying transistor base, NPN/PNP type, diode LED check

JEE Exam Syllabus Chemistry

Physical Chemistry	Inorganic Chemistry	Organic Chemistry
Some Basic Concepts in Chemistry	General Principles & Process of Isolation of Metals	Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry
States of Matter	Hydrogen	Organic Compounds Containing Halogens
Chemical Bonding & Molecular Structure	p-Block Elements	Purification & Characterization of Organic Compounds
Atomic Structure	s-Block Elements	Hydrocarbons
Solutions	Coordination Compounds	Polymers
Redox Reactions & Electrochemistry	d- and f-Block Elements	Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
Equilibrium	Classification of Elements & Periodicity	Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen
Chemical Thermodynamics	Environmental Chemistry	Biomolecules
Chemical Kinetics		Principles Related to Practical Chemistry
Surface Chemistry		Chemistry in Everyday Life

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