JEE Main 2026 City Intimation Slip Date LIVE: NTA to issue exam city slip, admit card soon; test date,syllabus

The JEE Main 2026 closing ranks for IIT Delhi CSE programme as per the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) for the last two years are as follows.

For Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2026 syllabus preparation in the final week, candidates should focus only on subject-wise high-weightage topics revision of PCM subjects, as per experts. Practising JEE Main 2026 mock test will help students analyse time management skills, error pattern and not syllabus gaps. 

JEE Main 2026: Experts share final-week strategy for subject-wise revision, mock tests

Every year, over 15 lakh aspirants appear for the JEE Mains exam for admission to engineering, architecture, and planning courses at IITs, NITs, GFTIs and top colleges across the country.

Comparisons between conventional CSE and emerging specialisations show a shrinking preference gap. At NIT Kurukshetra, CSE closed at rank 7,037, while AI & ML and AI & DS closed at 9,204 and 8,510, respectively, reflecting a growing trend of top-ranked candidates choosing new-age computing branches alongside traditional CSE programmes.

As per JEE Main 2026 marking scheme for Numerical value questions, candidates will be given four marks for correct answer, and one mark will be deducted for each wrong answer.

As per the JEE Main 2026 marking scheme, candidates will be given four marks for each correct answer, and one mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer. 

The tie-breaking criteria between candidates obtaining the same total NTA JEE mains 2026 scores will be resolved in the following order:

• NTA score in Mathematics, followed by;
• NTA score in Physics, followed by;
• NTA score in Chemistry, followed by;
• Candidate with less proportion of several attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in all the subjects in the Test
• Candidate with less proportion of some attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Mathematics in the test
• Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempte incorrect answers and correct answers in Physics in the paper;
• Candidate with a lower proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Chemistry in the paper
• If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank

The JEE (Main) - 2026 is being conducted in the following modes:

• Paper 1 (B.E. /B. Tech.) in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode.
• Paper 2A (B. Arch): Mathematics (Part-I) and Aptitude Test (Part-II) in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode and Drawing Test (Part-III) in pen and paper (offline) mode, to be attempted on a drawing sheet of A4 size.
• Paper 2B (B. Planning): Mathematics (Part-I), Aptitude Test (Part-II), and Planning-Based Questions (Part-III) in Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode.

The JEE Main 2026 exam patter for paper 1 and 2 are as follows. 

The JEE Mains 2026 CBT exam will be held in two sessions. The first session will be conducted from January 21 to 30, while the second session will be held from April 2 to 9.

According to the previous years' trend, the NTA issued the JEE Mains city intimation slip on January 10 in 2025, January 12 in 2024, January 18 in 2023, and January 14 in 2022.

The NTA has released an advisory for JEE Main 2026 candidates addressing photo and ID mismatches and has extended the photo verification deadline for candidates without Aadhaar until January 15.

The JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip contains information such as the paper applied for, the city allotted for the exam, and the exam date. It is released to help candidates know their exam city and schedule well in advance.

The JEE Advanced registration fee 2026 for foreign candidates is given below.

Candidates can download the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip using their valid application number and password on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.

NTA JEE Main 2026 syllabus for Physics includes 20 units as listed below:

• Units and Measurements
• Kinematics
• Laws of motion
• Properties of solids and liquids
• Thermodynamics
• Kinetic Theory of Gases
• Work, energy, and power
• Rotational motion
• Gravitation
• Oscillations and Waves
• Electrostatics
• Atoms and Nuclei
• Electronic Devices
• Experimental Skills
• Current Electricity
• Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
• Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
• Electromagnetic Waves
• Optics
• Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

NTA JEE Main 2026 will be conducted in 13 languages, including English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu, allowing candidates to choose their preferred medium while appearing for the exam

A total of 28,705 candidates chose the BTech CSE programme for 4-year BTech admissions, while another 24,123 selected EE, and 21,412 opted for ME at IIT Bombay.

The closing ranks for JEE Main 2026 at IIT Bombay for CSE are given below.

Candidates looking forward appearing for the JEE Main 2026 session 1 exams, to be held from January 21, will be able to download their city intimation slip through the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in. The JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip contains the name of the city in which the exam centre will be allotted so that candidates can prepare in advance for their travel and accommodation.

The tie-breaking rule in JEE Main 2026 is applied when two candidates obtain the same scores. Here are the parameters to apply tie-breaking rules.

• Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in all the subjects in the Test, followed by
• Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Mathematics in the Test, followed by
• Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Physics in the Test, followed by
• Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Chemistry in the Test followed by
• If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank.

Over 14.5 lakh students have registered for JEE Main 2026 Session 1, breaking last year’s record with a significant increase in registrations. They are now eagerly waiting for the city intimation slip to appear for the exam.

NTA to issue JEE Main 2026 city slip soon at jeemain.nta.nic.in. (Image source: Official website)

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the JEE Main 2026 Session 1 from January 21 to 30, 2026, covering BE/ BTech (Paper 1) and BArch/ BPlanning (Paper 2) exams.

No, scoring 120 marks in JEE Mains is considered a good score which corresponds to nearly 99%, though this can vary depending on the JEE Main exam session and difficulty level.

The NTA will issue the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip soon for the college admission test, scheduled from January 21.  A candidate can attempt JEE Main up to six times over three consecutive years, with two attempts each year in the January and April sessions, starting from the year of appearing in or passing Class 12. For example, if a candidate is eligible in 2026, they can appear in JEE Main in 2026, 2027, and 2028, making a total of six attempts.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has not yet announced the release date for the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip. However, to download the JEE Main city intimation slip 2026, candidates will have to enter their valid JEE Main application number and password.

The JEE Main 2026 syllabus for Physics includes topics such as units of measurement and systems of units, fundamentals, motion in a straight line, force and inertia, work-energy theorem, moment of a force, Kepler’s laws of planetary motion, stress-strain relationship, Hooke's Law, reflection of light, spherical mirrors, and Faraday's law. 

NTA has revised the number of exam cities for JEE Main 2026. The number of exam cities has been increased from 284 to 323 this year.

According to the JEE Main 2026 schedule released by NTA, JEE Main 2026 Session 1 will be held from January 21 to 30, while Session 2 is scheduled from April 2 to 9.

Candidates will soon be able to download the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip for BTech, BArch and BPlanning exams through the NTA's official website. Follow the steps below to download the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip.

• Go to the official website of JEE Main
• Click on the “JEE Main City Intimation Slip 2026” link.
• Enter your valid application number and password.
• After entering, click on the "Submit" button.
• Download and save the city slip for future reference.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will issue the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip soon on its official website at jeemain.nta.ac.in. The login credentials to download the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip includes application number and password. 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to issue the JEE Main 2026 exam city slip today for  BTech, BArch and BPlanning aspirants. Once uploaded by the testing agency, candidates will  be able to download the JEE Mains 2026 city intimation slip through the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.

JEE Main 2026 exam city intimation slip. (Image source: Official website)

The least and most opted courses by candidates at IIT Delhi in the last two years are as follows.

JEE Main 2026: IIT Delhi’s CSE, EE most opted; last 2 years' closing ranks for all categories

Candidates will be able to access the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.

The last two years’ JoSAA closing ranks for open-PwD category seats in computer science and engineering at NITs were as follows.

Over the past decade, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have steadily reduced BTech intake in core engineering disciplines, cutting seats by dozens at a time. An analysis of JEE Advanced seat matrix data over 10 years shows that in several IITs, branches such as chemical, textile, mining, metallurgy, and materials engineering have seen their seat numbers shrink by nearly half.

JEE Advanced reports show IITs cut hundreds of BTech seats in core engineering; here’s what happened

The steps to download the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip are as follows.

• Visit the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
• Click on the “JEE Main 2026 - City Intimation Slip” link.
• Enter the valid login details.
• JEE Main city slip will be downloaded in PDF format.
• Download and take a printout of it for your future use.

The table given below showing rank vs score for the past 5 years in JEE Advanced.

JEE Main 2026: Minimum marks to secure top 1000 rank in JEE Advanced; rank vs score trend over 5 years

The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are planning to enable 5% of their students to take part in student exchange programmes within the IIT system, according to the minutes of the latest IIT Council meeting. As part of this initiative, IIT Madras will develop a “flexible credit-sharing framework” to support student mobility across IITs and other centrally funded institutions.

Inter-IIT exchanges for 5% BTech students on the cards; IIT Madras to plan credit transfer with NITs, CFTIs

Candidates will have to use their valid application number and password to access the JEE Main 2026 exam city slip. The testing agency will conduct the JEE Main 2026 session 1 exams from January 21 to 30.

Minutes of the IIT Council meeting reveal that the Indian Institutes of Technology are considering reforms to the IIT entrance exam, JEE Advanced. IIT Kanpur and the IITs’ Joint Admission Board (JAB) have been assigned to assess a proposal to introduce adaptive testing of quantitative and reasoning abilities, under which the exam would dynamically adjust and generate questions based on a candidate’s performance.

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The previous years' trend shows that the NTA issued the JEE Mains city intimation slip on January 10 in 2025, January 12 in 2024, January 18 in 2023, and January 14 in 2022.

The table below shows closing ranks for AI, ML, and Data Science courses across NITs.

To download the JEE Main city intimation slip 2026, candidates will have to enter their valid JEE Main application number and password.

Once the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip is released, candidates will be able to download it at jeemain.nta.nic.in.

A JEE Main rank of around 70,000 is considered decent and can fetch admission to several NITs (especially in North-East or Srinagar), GFTIs, and good state colleges, though top branches in premier NITs are unlikely for general category candidates.

Follow the steps below to download the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip.

• Go to the official website of JEE Main
• Click on the “JEE Main City Intimation Slip 2026” link.
• Enter your valid application number and password.
• After entering, click on the "Submit" button.
• Download and save the city slip for future reference.

The NTA will soon activate the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip link on its official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. Candidates will be able to download the city slip using their application number and password.

A candidate can attempt JEE Main up to six times over three consecutive years, with two attempts each year in the January and April sessions, starting from the year of appearing in or passing Class 12. For example, if a candidate is eligible in 2026, they can appear in JEE Main in 2026, 2027, and 2028, making a total of six attempts.

A score of 180 out of 300 in JEE Main is considered very good and usually corresponds to a high percentile of around 99 or above, making candidates eligible for admission to top NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs, as well as for appearing in JEE Advanced, although the most competitive seats may require higher scores.

The NTA has not yet announced the dates for the JEE Main 2026 admit card or city intimation slip. Based on past trends, the city intimation slip is expected to be released soon, likely this week, on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Over 14.5 lakh students have registered for JEE Main 2026 Session 1, breaking last year’s record with a significant increase in registrations. They are now eagerly waiting for the city intimation slip to appear for the exam.

Yes, candidates are allowed to carry a transparent water bottle to the JEE Main exam, provided it is free of labels or markings and is simple in design, as some exam centres may have specific rules.

Candidates will not be allowed to use a virtual calculator in the JEE Main exam 2026, as the NTA clarified that its earlier mention in the information bulletin was a typographical error, confirming that neither physical nor on-screen calculators are permitted and that candidates must use rough sheets for calculations to assess problem-solving skills.

In the JEE Main session 1, there are essentially two main papers: Paper 1 for BE/ BTech courses (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) and Paper 2, which is divided into two sections — 2A for BArch courses and 2B for BPlanning courses — covering aptitude, drawing/planning, and mathematics. All of these are conducted as separate sections in a single exam session.

According to last year’s trends, NTA is likely to release the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip this week, which candidates can download online at jeemain.nta.nic.in.

According to the JEE Main 2026 schedule released by NTA, JEE Main 2026 Session 1 will be held from January 21 to 30, while Session 2 is scheduled from April 2 to 9.

The city intimation slip for JEE Main is usually released 10–15 days before the examination. As the exam is scheduled to begin on January 21, the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip for Session 1 is expected to be issued soon on the official website.

The JEE Mains 2026 city intimation slip provides candidates with details of their allotted exam city for the upcoming session. It includes the candidate’s name, application number, exam date, and reporting time, helping them plan travel and logistics in advance. The slip is accessible through the official JEE Mains portal and must be downloaded and kept safely for reference on the exam day.

The table below highlights the NIRF 2025 rankings of the top National Institutes of Technology (NITs)

JEE Main 2026 exam schedule for both paper 1 and 2 are as follows.

Despite government initiatives to offer engineering courses in regional languages and a corresponding rise in enrollment, students tend to favor specific options—particularly BTech in Computer Science taught in Hindi—with many of these seats being taken by English-medium students who have secured lower ranks in the JEE Main.

Total enrolment in regional-language BTech state-wise details

Engineering students with low JEE Main ranks, English medium background are filling up Hindi BTech seats

JEE Main cut-offs have increased slightly by 1% percentile for SC and ST as compared to 2024.

This year, students received 1,274 job offers and secured the highest salary of Rs 62.44 lakh in the NIT Rourkela 2025 placements. The average salary package for BTech stood at Rs 14.10 lakh. A total of 373 recruiters participated in the placement, representing software and IT services, manufacturing, BFSI, electronics, and education sectors. NIT Rourkela will admit students in the 2026-27 session through JEE Mains 2026.

NTA has revised the number of exam cities for JEE Main 2026. The number of exam cities has been increased from 284 to 323 this year.

The table below shows the closing ranks for various courses at NITs listed below.

JEE Main 2026: Closing ranks for AI, ML, data science at NITs highlight rising demand

Over 14.5 lakh candidates have registered for the JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam, marking a new high compared to 13.1 lakh registrations last year.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has scheduled JEE Main 2026 Session 1 from January 21 to 30, 2026, covering BE/ BTech (Paper 1) and BArch/ BPlanning (Paper 2) exams.

An 87.5 percentile in JEE Main is a respectable score and better than many candidates, but it is usually insufficient for securing popular branches at top NITs or IIITs in the General category. While it may be suitable for state colleges or reserved categories, a 90+ percentile is generally needed for better chances at top institutes.

Scoring around 90 marks in JEE Main generally corresponds to the 90–93 percentile range, though this can vary depending on the JEE Main exam session and difficulty level.

As per the JEE Main 2026 marking scheme, 4 marks will be given for each correct answer, 1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer, and no marks will be given for questions left unattempted.

The JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip will be issued by NTA soon at jeemain.nta.nic.in and will include details of the allotted test city and the examination date.

NTA is likely to issue the JEE Main 2026 admit card in the third week of January, around three to four days prior to the examination.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will soon issue the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Follow the steps below to download the JEE Main city slip 2026.

• Go to the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.
• Check the "JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip for Session 1" link on the homepage.
• Enter the valid login details, such as JEE Main application number and password.
• Download and take a printout of the city slip for your future use.

Once released, the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip will be made available online at jeemain.nta.nic.in. Candidates can visit the official website to download it and check their allotted exam city.

As per the JEE Main 2026 information brochure, NTA is likely to release the session 1 city intimation slip in the first week of January 2026.

NTA has not yet released the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip. It is expected to be issued soon, and once released, candidates can check and download it from the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.