JEE Main

Dates

Official 2027 dates

Application opens

24/10/2026

Last date to apply

22/11/2026

Exam

Session 1: 20/01/2027, 21/01/2027, 22/01/2027, 23/01/2027, 24/01/2027 and 28/01/2027; Session 2: 02/04/2027 to 07/04/2027. Session 2 application: 05/01/2027 to 03/02/2027.

Result

Not published yet

Conducted by

National Testing Agency (NTA)

For

B.E. / B.Tech (Paper 1), B.Arch (Paper 2A), B.Planning (Paper 2B); Paper 1 is also the eligibility test for JEE (Advanced)

Mode

Computer-based test (B.Arch Drawing Test in pen and paper)

Duration

3 hours (Paper 1, 2A or 2B); 3 hours 30 minutes for B.Arch and B.Planning together

Languages

13: English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu

Attempts per year

2 sessions per year (January and April)

Application fee

Per session, centres in India, one paper (1, 2A or 2B): General male ₹1,000 / female ₹800; Gen-EWS/OBC (NCL) male ₹900 / female ₹800; SC/ST/PwD/PwBD ₹500; Third gender ₹500. Two papers (1 + 2A or 1 + 2B): General/Gen-EWS/OBC (NCL) male ₹2,000 / female ₹1,600; SC/ST/PwD/PwBD ₹1,000; Third gender ₹1,000. Late fee ₹500.

Eligibility

No age limit. Candidates who passed Class 12 (or equivalent) in 2025 or 2026, or are appearing in 2027, can take JEE (Main) 2027; those who passed in 2024 or earlier are not eligible. Admitting institutes may apply their own criteria.

Exam pattern

Paper 1: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry - 25 questions each (20 MCQ in Section A + 5 numerical in Section B), 75 questions, 300 marks; +4 correct, -1 incorrect in both sections. Paper 2A (B.Arch): Mathematics 25, Aptitude 50, Drawing 2 questions. Paper 2B (B.Planning): Mathematics 25, Aptitude 50, Planning 25 questions.

Score used for

NITs, IIITs and other CFTIs (JoSAA), institutions and state governments that accept JEE (Main); qualifying for JEE (Advanced); All-India seats in Maharashtra engineering CAP

For Maharashtra students

A Maharashtra student needs JEE Main for NIT/IIIT seats (e.g. VNIT Nagpur), to qualify for JEE Advanced, and for the All-India seats in Maharashtra engineering CAP; state-quota engineering seats use MHT CET.