The National Testing Agency (NTA) issued the notice for JEE (Main) 2027 Session 1 on 24 October 2026 and opened the form the same day. The exam is on 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 28 January 2027, a schedule that differs from the dates NTA’s calendar had shown earlier. Session 2 follows in April with a form of its own. JEE Main is the test for B.E. and B.Tech. seats at NITs, IIITs and other centrally funded institutes through JoSAA, the qualifying step for JEE Advanced, and the route into the engineering, architecture and planning degrees of the Central Universities that take its rank.
JEE Main 2027 Session 1: important dates
| Step | Date |
|---|---|
| Notice and online form | 24 October 2026 |
| Last date for the form and the fee | 22 November 2026, 11:50 PM |
| Late submission, with a late fee of Rs. 500 | 23 to 26 November 2026 |
| Correction of the form | 27 to 29 November 2026 |
| Exam city slip | 30 December 2026 |
| Admit card | 13 January 2027 |
| Exam | 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 28 January 2027 |
The first shift runs from 9:00 AM and the second from 3:00 PM. A 3-hour paper ends at 12:00 noon or 6:00 PM; the 3.5-hour B.Arch. paper ends half an hour later.
The three papers
| Paper | For | Parts | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper 1 | B.E. and B.Tech. | Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 25 questions each (20 multiple choice and 5 numerical): 75 questions | 3 hours |
| Paper 2A | B.Arch. | Mathematics (25), Aptitude Test (50) and Drawing Test (2): 77 questions | 3.5 hours |
| Paper 2B | B.Planning | Mathematics (25), Aptitude Test (50) and Planning (25): 100 questions | 3 hours |
Paper 1 and the Mathematics part of Paper 2 carry negative marking for a wrong answer in both sections, the numerical questions included, so a guess costs marks. Paper 1 and most of Paper 2 are on computers. The drawing part of Paper 2A is done on paper, on an A4 drawing sheet, at the centre.
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- Students who passed Class 12 or an equivalent examination in 2025 or 2026, and students appearing in it in 2027.
- There is no age limit for the test. The institutes that admit on it can have their own age and subject rules.
- For admission to NITs, IIITs and other centrally funded technical institutes, a candidate also needs 75% marks in Class 12 (65% for SC and ST) or a place in the top 20 percentile of their board.
- The category entered in the JEE Main form is the one carried to JEE Advanced, so it has to be right the first time.
Languages
The paper is offered in 13 languages: English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. A candidate chooses one in the form, and the choice cannot be changed at the centre.
Session 2
NTA will open a separate form for Session 2. The tentative schedule reported from the information bulletin puts its registration from 5 January to 3 February 2027 and the exam in the first week of April 2027. A candidate can sit one session or both; the better of the two scores is used for the rank.
What it means for Central Universities
Several Central Universities admit to B.Tech., B.Arch. or B.Planning on the JEE Main rank, some through JoSAA and CSAB and some through counselling of their own. Their notices are filed under the last step of the cycle on the JEE Main page of this site, which also lists the programmes.
What comes next
- Fill the form and pay the fee by 22 November. How to do it, with the fee table, is in JEE Main 2027 Session 1 registration.
- Correct the form, if needed, from 27 to 29 November.
- Check the exam city slip on 30 December and download the admit card from 13 January.
