JEE Mains 2026 Dates Session 1 & 2: Exam Date, Application Form, Admit Card Schedule

The NTA has already disclosed the official schedule of the JEE Main 2025, and students are able to plan how they will manage their preparations and application.JEE Main registration is open for the session 1 exam. JEE Main admit cards will be made available about three days before the exam date. According to the plan, in the first and second sessions, JEE Main 2025 will be conducted in January 2026 and registration has opened on 31 December 2025, respectively. Students must carefully check the JEE Main 2025 eligibility criteria for applicants before applying.

The JEE Main 2025 test dates will be as below:

Session 1: January 2025

Session 2: April 2025

The dates of the release of admit cards of JEE Main 2025 will be approximately three days before all the sessions. The result of the first session will also be in the first week of February 2026, and the result of the second session will be in the final week of April 2026.

The schedule of JEE Main 2025, as offered by the NTA, has offered both sessions in their entirety.  The following is a tentative schedule to which candidates are expected to take note.

JEE Main 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The JEE Main 2025 eligibility criteria for applicants have been kept the same as in previous years. Key points include:

• The applicants must have successfully completed Class 12 (or equivalent) in 2023, 2024 or 2025.
• The required subjects were: Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry/Biology/Biotechnology/Technical Vocational subjects.
• There is no age limit to JEE Main.
• Admission to IITs, NITs and CFTIs is a requirement of 75 % in Class 12 (65 % in case of SC/ST).