JEE Main 2027: Dates, Registration and 90-Day Plan
JEE Main 2027 Session 1 now has dates. The National Testing Agency’s exam calendar puts it between 22 and 30 January 2027, which leaves a Karnataka second PU student roughly ninety days from the expected registration window to the first paper. Those ninety days also contain college preparatory exams and the run-up to the second PU board exam.
This guide covers the announced dates, how registration works, who is eligible, and a 90-day plan built for a student who has to keep board marks on track at the same time. Board marks are not optional for an engineering aspirant in Karnataka: they count for half the KCET rank and decide NIT and IIIT eligibility through the 75 percent rule.
Key takeaways
- JEE Main 2027 Session 1 is scheduled for 22, 23, 24, 28, 29 and 30 January 2027, with 31 January as a buffer day. NTA calls these dates tentative.
- Registration for Session 1 is expected to open in late October or November 2026 on jeemain.nta.nic.in. Session 2 is expected in April 2027.
- The paper has 75 compulsory questions for 300 marks: 25 each in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, with +4 for correct and -1 for wrong answers.
- A 90-day plan should spend its first month closing syllabus gaps, its second on mixed practice, and its last on full-length mocks and analysis, while keeping board preparation running throughout.
JEE Main 2027 dates
NTA published its exam calendar covering December 2026 to March 2027 in mid-September 2026. It lists JEE Main 2027 Session 1 on 22, 23, 24, 28, 29 and 30 January, with 31 January held as a buffer date (Careers360, 16 September 2026). NTA stated that the dates are tentative and may change, and that a separate JEE Main 2027 notification will follow with full details.
| Event | Date or window | Status |
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| Session 1 registration | Late October to November 2026 | Expected |
| Correction window | Late November or December 2026 | Expected |
| Exam city slip and admit card | January 2027 | Expected |
| Session 1 exam | 22 to 24 and 28 to 30 January 2027 | Announced by NTA, tentative |
| Session 1 result | February 2027 | Expected |
| Session 2 exam | April 2027 | Expected, based on past cycles |
Two sessions work in your favour. You can write both, and NTA has used the better of the two scores for ranking. Treat January as a real attempt, not a trial run. A strong Session 1 score takes pressure off April, when the second PU board exam is also close.
How to register for JEE Main 2027
Registration happens only on the official site, jeemain.nta.nic.in. The exact steps and fees will be in the 2027 information bulletin; past cycles have followed this sequence.
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- Read the information bulletin first. It has the final eligibility rules, fee table and document specifications.
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- Register with your own mobile number and email address, not a parent’s or a cyber cafe’s. All NTA communication goes there.
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- Fill the application form: personal details exactly as on your SSLC marks card, category, second PU details and choice of paper.
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- Choose exam cities. You pick your preferred cities in order. For students in and around Mangaluru, list the nearest centres first.
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- Upload documents: a recent photograph, signature and any category or disability certificate, in the size and format the bulletin specifies.
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- Pay the fee online and download the confirmation page. Keep a printed copy and a PDF.
The most common avoidable problem is a name or date-of-birth mismatch between the form and the SSLC certificate. Check it twice before paying. Use the correction window only as a safety net.
Eligibility
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- Qualifying exam: second PU or equivalent passed in 2025 or 2026, or appearing in 2027. PCMB, PCMC and PCMS students are all eligible, since the paper tests Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. See how the three combinations compare.
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- Age: no age limit for JEE Main.
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- Attempts: three consecutive years, with up to two sessions a year.
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- 75 percent rule: for admission to NITs, IIITs and other centrally funded institutes, you need at least 75 percent in second PU (65 percent for SC and ST) or a place in the top 20 percentile of your board. A good JEE rank does not override this.
These rules are from the 2026 cycle. Confirm them in the 2027 information bulletin.
Exam pattern
| Subject | Multiple choice | Numerical value | Marks |
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| Physics | 20 | 5 | 100 |
| Chemistry | 20 | 5 | 100 |
| Mathematics | 20 | 5 | 100 |
| Total | 60 | 15 | 300 |
Every numerical question carries -1 for a wrong answer, so guess only when you can eliminate options or estimate the value. An unattempted question still scores zero. Three hours for 75 questions is about 2.4 minutes each, and Mathematics usually takes longer than that, so time allocation across subjects is something to rehearse, not improvise.
Session results feed into JEE Advanced. Roughly the top 2.5 lakh candidates across categories qualify to write Advanced, the route to the IITs. In 2026 the General category cut-off for Advanced was about the 93.4 percentile.
The 90-day plan
Day 1 is around 24 October 2026, about when registration is expected to open. Day 90 is 21 January 2027, the day before the first exam date. If you are starting later, compress the first phase, never the last.
Days 1 to 30: close the gaps (late October to late November)
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- List every second PU chapter not yet covered in class and schedule it now. Do not wait for college to reach it.
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- Rank first PU chapters as strong, shaky or weak. Spend one day a week on the weak list.
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- Solve 30 to 40 JEE-level questions a day, split across all three subjects.
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- One full-length mock at the end of each week, at exam time, on a computer.
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- Complete registration in the first week. Do not let the form become a December problem.
Days 31 to 60: mixed practice (late November to late December)
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- Stop studying chapter by chapter. Switch to mixed sets that pull questions from across the syllabus, which is how the real paper feels.
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- Two full-length mocks a week. Spend longer analysing each mock than writing it.
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- Keep an error log with three columns: concept gap, calculation slip, time pressure. The pattern tells you what to fix.
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- Your college preparatory exams fall around here. Use them; board answers and JEE problems reinforce each other in Physics and Chemistry.
Days 61 to 90: simulate and sharpen (late December to 21 January)
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- Full-length mocks every other day, at the same time of day as your expected shift.
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- Off-days go to the error log and to a formula sheet you rewrite from memory.
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- Solve recent JEE Main papers under exam conditions. They show the difficulty level better than any coaching mock.
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- No new topics in the last ten days. Revise what you know so it is fast and reliable.
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- Sleep seven to eight hours at regular times. A tired student loses more marks to careless errors than any one chapter is worth.
Balancing JEE with the board exam
For a Karnataka student, the board exam is part of the engineering admission, not a separate hurdle. KCET engineering ranks give 50 percent weight to second PU marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (Karnataka Examinations Authority), and NIT and IIIT admission needs 75 percent in second PU or a place in the top 20 percentile of your board.
The overlap is large. Karnataka PU Science uses NCERT-based textbooks, the same base JEE Main draws on. The difference is mainly answer style. Keep one board-style paper a week through December and January, focused on long-answer writing, and you will not need to restart from zero after Session 1.
For how much daily study is sustainable alongside college, read how many hours a day actually make sense. The same principles apply to JEE. For the wider picture of engineering entrances, see every entrance exam open to a PUC Science student.
Frequently asked questions
When is JEE Main 2027?
Session 1 is scheduled for 22, 23, 24, 28, 29 and 30 January 2027, with 31 January as a buffer date, according to NTA’s exam calendar. NTA describes the dates as tentative. Session 2 is expected in April 2027.
When does JEE Main 2027 registration start?
NTA has not yet announced the registration date. Based on past cycles and the January exam dates, registration for Session 1 is expected to open in late October or November 2026 on jeemain.nta.nic.in.
Is 90 days enough to prepare for JEE Main?
Ninety days is enough to raise a score substantially if most of the syllabus has already been taught in PU. It is not enough to learn the full syllabus from scratch. Use the time on gap-closing, mixed practice and full-length mocks.
Can a PCMB student write JEE Main?
Yes. JEE Main tests Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, all of which PCMB includes. PCMC and PCMS students are equally eligible.
Do I need 75 percent in second PU for JEE Main?
Not to write the exam. You need it for admission to NITs, IIITs and other centrally funded institutes: 75 percent (65 percent for SC and ST) or a place in the top 20 percentile of your board.
Start the clock now
The dates are announced, the 2026 pattern is the best guide until the 2027 bulletin, and registration is expected within weeks. The students who do well in January are rarely the ones who studied the most hours in December. They are the ones who began full-length mocks early enough to learn from them.
At Canara Vikaas, JEE and KCET coaching runs inside the PU timetable, with weekly computer-based tests and board preparation scheduled together, so the 90 days before Session 1 do not become a choice between the two.
Related reading: NEET 2027 date, syllabus and pattern, PCMB vs PCMC vs PCMS, and when group study helps and when it wastes an evening.