The different Engineering Entrance exams 2026 are gearing up across India for the aspiring engineers. As per local reports the MHT CET 2026 registration is likely to start from tomorrow January 1, 2026, although the official confirmation by the conducting body is awaited. The conducting bodies such as NTA, IIT Roorkee, BITS Pilani, CET Cell etc. have declared the official notifications for engineering entrance exam 2026 in a detailed schedule. The National Testing Agency (NTA) has officially announced that the JEE Main 2026 exam will be conducted in two sessions, session 1 will be conducted from January 21 to 30, 2026 whereas the second session will be held from April 2 to 9, 2026 in online mode.Â
TSCHE has released the TS EAMCET 2026 exam schedule today, December 31, 2025 on the official website. The Agricultural and Pharmacy exam is set to be conducted on May 4 and 5, 2026 whereas the Engineering exam, will be conducted on May 9, 10 and 11, 2026. JEE Advanced 2026, organized by IIT Roorkee is set to conduct the JEE Advanced exam on May 17, 2026 in two shifts. Other prominent entrance exams such as SRMJEEE 2026 will be conducted in three phase: phase 1 exam, starting from April 23 to 28, 2026, Second phase exam will be held from June 10 to 15, 2026 and lastly the phase 3 is scheduled from July 4 to 5, 2026.Â
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Engineering Entrance Exams 2026: Detailed ScheduleÂ
Candidates can check the complete exam schedule for different engineering exam from the table below:
| Engineering Exam | Registration Dates | Exam Date |
| JEE Main 2026 | Session 1: October 31 to November 27, 2025 Session 2: Last week of January 2026 | Session 1: January 21 to 30, 2026 Session 2: April 2 to 9, 2026 |
| JEE Advanced 2026 | April 23 to May 2, 2026 | May 17, 2026 |
| SRMJEEE 2026 | Registration Deadline Phase 1: April 16, 2026 Phase 2: June 4, 2026 Phase 3: June 30, 2026 | Phase 1: April 23 to 28, 2026 Phase 2: June 10 to 15, 2026 Phase 3: July 4 to 5, 2026 |
| VITEEE 2026 | October 24, 2025 to March 31, 2026 | April 28 to May 3, 2026 |
| BITSAT 2026 | Session 1: December 16, 2025 to March 16, 2026 | Session 1: April 15 to 17, 2026 Session 2: May 24 to 26, 2026 |
| GUJCET 2026 | December 16 to 30, 2025 | March 29, 2026 |
| MHT CET 2026 | December 2025 (Tentative) | Session 1 (PCB): April 21 to 26, 2026 Session 2 (PCB): May 10 to 11, 2026 Session 1 (PCM): April 11 to 19, 2026 Session 2 (PCM): May 14 to 17, 2026 |
| AP EAMCET 2026 | March 2026 (Tentative) | May 19 and 20, 2026 |
| AEEE 2026 | Registration Deadline: January 15, 2026 | Session 1: January 29 to February 1, 2026 Session 2: April 25 to 30, 2026 |
| KIITEE 2026 | Registration Deadline: April 8, 2026 | Phase 1: April 16 to 20, 2026 Phase 2: July 4 to 8, 2026 Phase 3: July 5 to 7, 2026 |
Candidates are advised to regularly follow the official websites of these exam and must keep themselves updated with the exam process of the engineering entrance exam that they want to apply for.
For smooth and successful registration process candidates need to upload the following scanned documents mentioned below:
The National Testing Agency (NTA) which is the exam conducting body of JEE Main 2026 will release the JEE Main 2026 admit card three to four days before the examination.
Some of the Key topics that the Mathematics section of the AP EAMCET 2026 exam will cover are listed below:
The GUJCET registration 2026 fee is INR 350 and candidates can pay the application form fee online through SBlePay System Credit Card, Debit Card, Net Banking, or from any SBI Branch of the country through SBlePay Option of “SBI Branch Payment.”
The KIITEEE 2026 exam dates for all three phases has been released by the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT). The Phase 1 exam is scheduled to be held from April 16 to 20, 2026, Phase 2 exam will be conducted on July 4 to 8, 2026 and the last Phase 3 is set to be conducted on 5 to 7, 2026.
Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) has announced the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET) 2026 exam date. The GUJCET 2026 exam will be conducted on March 29, 2026.
The MHT CET 2026 (PCB) group consist of Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects. The exam will be conducted in English, Urdu and Marathi language. The Physics and Chemistry sections will have 50 questions each and the Biology section will have 100 questions. For every correct answer the candidates will be alloteed 1 mark each and there will be no negative marking.
The engineering entrance exams is conducted by different bodies, candidates can check the list of exam conducting bodies for differnt engineering entrance exam below:
The marking scheme for the JEE Main 2026 Session 1 is as follows:
Mentioned below is the MHT CET 2026 exam pattern for PCM, candidates can check the following exam pattern from below:
KIITEE 2026 is an online examination with the duration of 3 hours. There are going to be a total of 120 questions in the exam. Each correct answer will be awarded four marks and there is also going to be negative marking. For every incorrect answer one mark will be deducted.
Given below is a list of documents/certificates whose scanned copies are to be uploaded at the time of online registration for JEE Advanced 2026:
1. Class X certificate
2. Class XII (or equivalent examination) certificate
The AEEE 2026 exam will consist a total 100 questions which are going to be divided into five subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Quantitative Aptitude and English. The Physics section will have 25 questions, Mathematics section will consist of 40 questions, while the Chemistry section will have 20 question, the next section which is the Quantative Aptitude will consist of 10 questions and lastly the English section of AEEE exam will have 5 questions.
Candidates who wish to appear for JEE Advanced 2026 must pay the registration fee as mentioned below:
Indian Nationals
OCI/PIO (I)6 Candidates
The AP EAMCET exam consists of 160 questions, with each question carrying 1 mark. The paper is divided into three sections: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Physics and Chemistry each have 40 questions, while Mathematics has 80 questions.
Candidates who will be applying for the BITSAT 2026 exam conducted in two session must know the eligibility criteria before applying:
Candidates appearing in class 12th examination this year or passed the 12th class exam in 2025 are eligible for BITSAT 2026.
Admission to B.Pharm: Candidates wanting to get enrolled in the B.Pharm program must have completed the 12th grade under the 10+2 structure from Central board, or its equivalent, with Physics, Mathematics or Chemistry and Biology as a major along with a basic command on the English language.
Admission for Other Programs (Except B.Pharm): Candidates must have passed the 12th class examination of the 10+2 structure from a recognized Central or State board or its equivalent with Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry (PCM) only.
IIT roorkee has released the JEE Advanced 2026 provisional answer key date on the official website. The JEE Advanced answer key will be displayed online on May 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM. Also a challenge window will open for the answer key on May 25 and 26, 2026 till 5:00 PM.
Candidates must check the SRMJEEE 2026 Eligibility Criteria carefully before filling out the application form:
Candidates will be able to attempt VITEEE 2026 as a computer-based test. The exam will not be held in any other mode. Candidates can check the VITEEE exam pattern given below:
The SRMJEEE 2026 registration deadline for the Phase 1, 2 and 3 has been released on the official website. The phase 1 registration process will end on April 16, 2026, the Phase 2 application window will close on June 4, 2026 and lastly the Phase 3 application process will end on June 30, 2026.
The National Testing Agency has announced the JEE Main 2026 exam dates for session 2 on the official website – jeemain.nta.nic.in. The JEE Main session 2 exam will be held from April 2 to 9, 2026.
Before filling out the GUJCET 2026 application form candidates must thoroughly go through the GUJCET eligibility criteria mentioned below:
The admit card for all the qualified candidates for JEE Advanced 2026 will be released by IIT Roorkee on May 11, 2026 at 10:00 AM and candidates can download the admit card till May 17, 2026 by 2:30 PM from the official website.
Candidates can check the TS EAMCET exam pattern for the year 2026 from below:
1. The TS EAMCET 2026 exam will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.
2. The exam duration of TS EAMCET 2026 is 3 hours/180 minutes.
3. The TS EAMCET 2026 exam will consist of objective type questions.
4. The medium of TS EAMCET 2026 exam is English, Urdu and Telugu.
5. The TS EAMCET exam 2026 is for 160 marks.
As per the official notification released by Vellore Institute of India (VIT) the online counselling for VITEEE 2026 will start from the second week of May 2026.
The SRMJEEE 2026 exam will be conducted in three phases: Phase 1, 2 and 3. The Phase 1 application process is ongoing and the last date to submit the application is April 16, 2026. For Phase 2 and Phase 3 no official starting date of application process has been released by the conductiong body, however the SRMIST has released the registration deadline for both Phase 2 and 3. The last date to register for Phase 2 is June 4, 2026 and for Phase 3 the registration window will close on June 30, 2026.
Candidates can check the list mentioned below of other important engineering exam conducted across India:
1. COMEDK
2. WBJEE
3. JEECUP
4. TS EAMCET
5. AP EAMCET
The BITS Pilani the organizing body of BITSAT has officially released the the BITSAT 2026 exam schedule for both session 1 and session 2 exam. The BITSAT Session 1 exam will be held from April 15 to 17, 2026 and session 2 is set to be conducted from May 24 to 26, 2026.
The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) started the KIITEE registration process for Phase 1 exam on November 10, 2025. The last date to apply for the KIITEE exam 2026 is April 8, 2026.
The JEE Advanced exam 2026 will be conducted on May 17, 2026. The Paper 1 will take place from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon, whereas the JEE Advanced Paper 2 will be held from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
The MHT CET 2026 Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB) group session 1 will be held from April 21 to 26, 2026 and session 2 is set to be conducted on May 10 to 11, 2026.
As per the official schedule released by the CET Cell, the MHT CET Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) group session 1 exam is set to be conducted on April 11 to 19, 2026 and session 2 is scheduled to be held from May 14 to 17, 2026.
As per local news reports, the MHT CET 2026 registration process is likely to start tomorrow, January 1, 2026. However there is no official confirmation from the conducting body.
The IIT Roorkee has released the JEE Advanced 2026 eligibility criteria and one of the eligibility that the candidates must fulfill is the age limit. Candidates who are born on or after October 1, 2001 will be eligible for the JEE Advanced exam. Candidates belonging to SC, ST, and PwD category are given five years age relaxation i.e. these candidates should have been born on or after October 1, 1996 to be considered eligible.
TSCHE has finally released the TS EAMCET exam schedule 2026 on the official website. The (Agricultural and Pharmacy) exam is scheduled to be held on May 4 and 5, 2026 and the (Engineering) exam is set to be conducted on May 9, 10 and 11, 2026.
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Amrita Entrance Examination – Engineering (AEEE) 2026 will be conducted in two phases. The Phase 1 exam will be conducted from January 29 to February 1, 2026 and the Phase 2 exam will be held from April 25 to 30, 2026.
The CET Cell has announced the MHT CET 2026 exam dates for the PCB and PCM group. The PCB AND PCM exam will be conducted in two sessions: Session 1 and Session 2.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, has officially released the JEE Advanced 2026 Information brochure on December 31, 2026 on the official website.
SRMIST has officially announced the SRMJEEE 2026 exam dates on the official website. The SRMJEEE exam will be conducted in three phases. The Phase 1 exam is scheduled to be held from April 23 to 28, 2026, the Phase 2 exam will be conducted from June 10 to 15, 2026 and lastly the Phase 3 exam will be held from July 4 to 5, 2026.
The GUJCET 2026 registration process has been extended till January 6, 2026. Earlier the last date to submit the application form was December 30, 2025. The GUJCET registration window opened on December 16, 2025.
The IIT Roorkee has announced the JEE Advanced registration dates on the official website. The JEE Advanced registration process will start on April 23, 2026 and the last date to fill out the application form is May 2, 2026.
The JEE Main 2026 exam will be conducted in 13 languages i.e. English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
As per the official notification released by the NTA, the JEE Main 2026 exam city slip for Session 1 exam will be released by the first week of January 2026.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the JEE Main session 1 exam dates on the official website. The JEE Main Session 1 exam is scheduled to be held from January 21 to 30, 2026.
The IIT Roorkee, the conducting body of JEE Advanced 2026 has officially released the JEE Advanced 2026 exam schedule on the official website – jeeadv.ac.in.
Candidates can check the list of top 5 engineering exams across India from below:
1. JEE Main
2. JEE Advanced
3. BITSAT
4. SRMJEEE
5. MHT CET