JEE Main Exam Center 2026 – NTA will release the list of JEE Main 2026 exam centers in the JEE Main 2026 information bulletin. In the previous edition, the JEE Main 2026 exam was conducted in 300 cities in India and 15 locations abroad.
The candidate has to SELECT their choice of JEE Main 2026 exam city at the time of filling out the JEE Main application form 2026. It is mandatory to select FOUR options (exam cities) in the order of priority.
Note that the candidate could only select an exam city (but not any specific exam center). The name & address of the exam center allocated to the candidate will be mentioned on the JEE Main admit card 2026.
The JEE Main 2026 exam will be held in two sessions – January & April.
NTA will release JEE Main 2026 City Intimation Slip (before the release of the admit card), to notify candidates about the exam city they have been allocated.
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Table of Contents
JEE Main 2026 Exam Center – Key Highlights
The key points related to the JEE Main 2026 exam center have been given in the table below.
| Particulars | Description |
| JEE Main 2025 exam date | The JEE Main 2026 exam will be conducted in TWO sessions: January, and April |
| How to select an exam center? | The candidate can’t directly select an exam center. Instead, the candidate can only select an exam city. Each of these exam cities can have one or more exam centers. |
| How to check exam center allocated | The name and address of the exam center allocated to the candidate will be mentioned on the JEE Main 2025 admit card. |
| Do I need to book slots for JEE Main 2025 | There is no slot booking in JEE Main. |
| How many test cities are there? | There are 300 exam centres in India. Additionally, there are 15 cities abroad |
| JEE Main Exam Center 2025 | List of JEE Main 2025 Exam Center PDF – Download Here |
| Brochure | JEE Main Information Brochure – Download Here |
| Useful resources | JEE Main Exam-day Guidelines 2025 – Reporting Time, What and What not to Carry, Documents |
List of JEE Main 2026 Exam Centres in India
Candidates can check the list of exam cities for JEE Main and the corresponding city codes in the table below.
| State / Country | City | City Code |
| Andaman and Nicobar Island | Port Blair | AN01 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Amalapuram | AP35 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur | AP01 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Bobbili | AP36 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Chirala | AP04 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Chittoor | AP05 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Eluru | AP06 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Gooty | AP37 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Gudlavalleru | AP38 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Guntur | AP07 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Kadapa | AP08 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Kakinada | AP09 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Kurnool | AP10 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Madanapalle | AP39 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Markapur | AP40 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Nandyal | AP29 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Nellore | AP11 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Ongole | AP12 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Papum Pare | AL02 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Proddatur | AP21 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Puttaparthi | AP41 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Puttur AP | AP42 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry | AP13 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Srikakulam | AP14 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Tadpatri | AP43 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Tirupathi | AP16 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Tiruvuru | AP44 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada | AP17 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam | AP18 |
| Andhra Pradesh | Vizianagaram | AP19 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar/Naharlagun | AL01 |
| Assam | Dibrugarh | AM06 |
| Assam | Guwahati | AM02 |
| Assam | Jorhat | AM03 |
| Assam | Lakhimpur AS | AM07 |
| Assam | Silchar (Assam) | AM04 |
| Assam | Tezpur | AM05 |
| Bihar | Arrah | BR09 |
| Bihar | Aurangabad(Bihar) | BR01 |
| Bihar | Bhagalpur | BR02 |
| Bihar | Darbhanga | BR04 |
| Bihar | Gaya | BR05 |
| Bihar | Muzaffarpur | BR06 |
| Bihar | Patna | BR07 |
| Bihar | Purnea | BR08 |
| Bihar | Rohtas | BR41 |
| Bihar | Samastipur | BR12 |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar/Durg | CG01 |
| Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur(Chhattisgarh) | CG02 |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur | CG03 |
| Chhattisgarh | Jagdalpur | CG04 |
| Chhattisgarh | Ambikapur | CG05 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Silvassa | DN01 |
| Delhi/New Delhi | Delhi/New Delhi | DL01 |
| Goa | Panaji | GO03 |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad | GJ01 |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar | GJ32 |
| Gujarat | Anand | GJ02 |
| Gujarat | Himatnagar | GJ14 |
| Gujarat | Jamnagar | GJ06 |
| Gujarat | Mehsana | GJ31 |
| Gujarat | Rajkot | GJ10 |
| Gujarat | Surat | GJ11 |
| Gujarat | Vadodara | GJ12 |
| Gujarat | Valsad/Vapi | GJ13 |
| Haryana | Faridabad | HR03 |
| Haryana | Ambala | HR01 |
| Haryana | Hisar | HR10 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh) | HP15 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) | HP03 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Kangra | HP16 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Kullu | HP10 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Mandi | HP08 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | HP06 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Solan | HP17 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Una | HP09 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Anantnag | JK05 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Baramulla | JK01 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Budgam | JK11 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu | JK02 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Pulwama | JK06 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Samba | JK12 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar(J & K) | JK04 |
| Jharkhand | Bokaro | JH01 |
| Jharkhand | Dhanbad | JH02 |
| Jharkhand | Hazaribagh | JH05 |
| Jharkhand | Jamshedpur | JH03 |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi | JH04 |
| Karnataka | Bagalkot | KK19 |
| Karnataka | Ballari | KK03 |
| Karnataka | Belagavi(Belgaum) | KK02 |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru | KK04 |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru- Urban | KK20 |
| Karnataka | Chikaballapur | KK22 |
| Karnataka | Chikmagalur | KK23 |
| Karnataka | Davangere | KK06 |
| Karnataka | Dharwad | KK10 |
| Karnataka | Gulbarga/Kalaburgi | KK08 |
| Karnataka | Hassan | KK09 |
| Karnataka | Hubli | KK27 |
| Karnataka | Kolar | KK30 |
| Karnataka | Mandya | KK18 |
| Karnataka | Mangaluru(Mangalore) | KK12 |
| Karnataka | Mysuru(Mysore) | KK14 |
| Karnataka | Shivamoga(Shimoga) | KK15 |
| Karnataka | Tumakuru | KK16 |
| Karnataka | Udupi/Manipal | KK17 |
| Kerala | Alappuzha/Chengannur | KL01 |
| Kerala | Ernakulam/Moovattupuzha | KL04 |
| Kerala | Angamaly | KL20 |
| Kerala | Idukki | KL05 |
| Kerala | Kannur | KL07 |
| Kerala | Kasaragod | KL08 |
| Kerala | Kollam | KL09 |
| Kerala | Kottayam | KL11 |
| Kerala | Kozhikode/Calicut | KL12 |
| Kerala | Malappuram | KL13 |
| Kerala | Palakkad | KL15 |
| Kerala | Pathanamthitta | KL16 |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | KL17 |
| Kerala | Thrissur | KL18 |
| Kerala | Wayanad | KL19 |
| Ladakh | Kargil | LL02 |
| Ladakh | Leh | LL01 |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | LD01 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Balaghat | MP01 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | MP03 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior | MP06 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Indore | MP07 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur | MP08 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Khandwa | MP29 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Sagar | MP12 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Satna | MP13 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain | MP15 |
| Maharashtra | Ahmednagar | MR01 |
| Maharashtra | Akola | MR02 |
| Maharashtra | Amravati | MR03 |
| Maharashtra | Aurangabad (Maharashtra) | MR04 |
| Maharashtra | Beed | MR30 |
| Maharashtra | Bhandara | MR31 |
| Maharashtra | Buldhana | MR32 |
| Maharashtra | Chandrapur | MR09 |
| Maharashtra | Dhule | MR10 |
| Maharashtra | Gondia | MR35 |
| Maharashtra | Jalgaon | MR13 |
| Maharashtra | Kolhapur | MR14 |
| Maharashtra | Latur | MR15 |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai/Navi Mumbai | MR16 |
| Maharashtra | Nagpur | MR17 |
| Maharashtra | Nanded | MR18 |
| Maharashtra | Nandurbar | MR36 |
| Maharashtra | Nashik | MR19 |
| Maharashtra | Parbhani | MR38 |
| Maharashtra | Pune | MR22 |
| Maharashtra | Raigad | MR23 |
| Maharashtra | Ratnagiri | MR24 |
| Maharashtra | Sangli | MR25 |
| Maharashtra | Satara | MR26 |
| Maharashtra | Sindhudurg | MR39 |
| Maharashtra | Solapur | MR27 |
| Maharashtra | Thane | MR28 |
| Maharashtra | Wardha | MR29 |
| Maharashtra | Yavatmal | MR34 |
| Manipur | Imphal | MN01 |
| Meghalaya | Shillong | MG01 |
| Meghalaya | Tura | MG02 |
| Mizoram | Aizawl | MZ01 |
| Nagaland | Dimapur | NL01 |
| Nagaland | Kohima | NL02 |
| Odisha | Angul | OR10 |
| Odisha | Balangir | OR20 |
| Odisha | Balasore (Baleswar) | OR02 |
| Odisha | Baragarh | OR21 |
| Odisha | Baripada/Mayurbanj | OR12 |
| Odisha | Berhampur / Ganjam | OR03 |
| Odisha | Bhadrak | OR11 |
| Odisha | Bhawanipatna | OR30 |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | OR04 |
| Odisha | Cuttack | OR05 |
| Odisha | Dhenkanal | OR06 |
| Odisha | Jagatsinghpur | OR17 |
| Odisha | Jajpur | OR13 |
| Odisha | Jeypore (Odisha) | OR19 |
| Odisha | Jharsuguda | OR22 |
| Odisha | Kendrapara | OR14 |
| Odisha | Nuapada | OR31 |
| Odisha | Paralakhemundi (Gajapati) | OR24 |
| Odisha | Phulbani (Kandhamal) | OR25 |
| Odisha | Puri | OR16 |
| Odisha | Rayagada | OR26 |
| Odisha | Rourkela | OR08 |
| Odisha | Sambalpur | OR09 |
| Puducherry | Puducherry | PO01 |
| Punjab | Amritsar | PB01 |
| Punjab | Bhatinda | PB02 |
| Punjab | Chandigarh | CH01 |
| Punjab | Jalandhar | PB04 |
| Punjab | Ludhiana | PB05 |
| Punjab | Moga | PB20 |
| Punjab | Pathankot | PB07 |
| Punjab | Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib | PB08 |
| Punjab | Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar | PB12 |
| Rajasthan | Ajmer | RJ01 |
| Rajasthan | Alwar | RJ02 |
| Rajasthan | Bhilwara | RJ12 |
| Rajasthan | Bikaner | RJ05 |
| Rajasthan | Dausa | RJ17 |
| Rajasthan | Hanumangarh | RJ23 |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur | RJ06 |
| Rajasthan | Jodhpur | RJ07 |
| Rajasthan | Kota | RJ08 |
| Rajasthan | Sikar | RJ09 |
| Rajasthan | Sriganganagar | RJ10 |
| Rajasthan | Udaipur | RJ11 |
| Sikkim | Gangtok | SM01 |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | TN01 |
| Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore | TN02 |
| Tamil Nadu | Cuddalore | TN03 |
| Tamil Nadu | Coonoor | TN36 |
| Tamil Nadu | Dharmapuri | TN26 |
| Tamil Nadu | Dindigul | TN27 |
| Tamil Nadu | Erode | TN28 |
| Tamil Nadu | Kanchipuram | TN05 |
| Tamil Nadu | Kanyakumari/Nagercoil | TN06 |
| Tamil Nadu | Karur | TN29 |
| Tamil Nadu | Krishnagiri | TN21 |
| Tamil Nadu | Kallakurichi | TN37 |
| Tamil Nadu | Madurai | TN08 |
| Tamil Nadu | Nagapattinam | TN30 |
| Tamil Nadu | Namakkal | TN10 |
| Tamil Nadu | Pudukkottai | TN31 |
| Tamil Nadu | Ramanathapuram | TN32 |
| Tamil Nadu | Salem | TN11 |
| Tamil Nadu | Sivaganga | TN33 |
| Tamil Nadu | Thanjavur | TN12 |
| Tamil Nadu | Thoothukudi | TN13 |
| Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli | TN14 |
| Tamil Nadu | Tirunelveli | TN15 |
| Tamil Nadu | Tiruppur | TN22 |
| Tamil Nadu | Tiruvannamalai | TN35 |
| Tamil Nadu | Vellore | TN18 |
| Tamil Nadu | Viluppuram | TN23 |
| Tamil Nadu | Virudhunagar | TN20 |
| Telangana | Hyderabad/Secunderabad | TL01 |
| Telangana | Karimnagar | TL02 |
| Telangana | Khammam | TL03 |
| Telangana | Kothagudem | TL17 |
| Telangana | Mahbubnagar | TL04 |
| Telangana | Nalgonda | TL05 |
| Telangana | Nizamabad | TL08 |
| Telangana | Siddipet | TL11 |
| Telangana | Suryapet | TL09 |
| Telangana | Warangal | TL07 |
| Tripura | Agartala | TA01 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad | UP07 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Meerut | UP14 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Noida/Greater Noida | UP09 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Agra | UP01 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh | UP02 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad/Prayagraj | UP03 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ambedkar Nagar | UP25 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Azamgarh | UP19 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ballia | UP20 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly | UP04 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Bijnor | UP21 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Bulandshahr | UP29 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Basti | UP59GJ32 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Chandauli | UP41 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Faizabad | UP06 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Firozabad | UP22 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ghazipur | UP23 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur | UP08 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi | UP10 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur | UP11 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | UP12 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Mathura | UP13 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Mau | UP35 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Moradabad | UP15 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Muzaffarnagar | UP16 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Rampur | UP58 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Saharanpur | UP38 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Sitapur | UP17 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Sultanpur | UP40 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi | UP18 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Pratapgarh | UP43 |
| Uttarakhand | Almora | UK09 |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun | UK01 |
| Uttarakhand | Haldwani | UK02 |
| Uttarakhand | Pauri Garhwal | UK08 |
| Uttarakhand | Roorkee | UK06 |
| West Bengal | Asansol | WB01 |
| West Bengal | Bankura | WB16 |
| West Bengal | Burdwan(Bardhaman) | WB02 |
| West Bengal | Durgapur | WB04 |
| West Bengal | Hooghly | WB06 |
| West Bengal | Howrah | WB07 |
| West Bengal | Kalyani | WB08 |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | WB10 |
| West Bengal | Siliguri | WB11 |
| West Bengal | Suri | WB22 |
Also Read:
- How to prepare for JEE Main 2026
- JEE Main 2026 Resources for Exam Preparation – Books, Online Resources, Sample Papers
List of JEE Main 2026 Exam Centers Outside India
The list of JEE Main 2026 exam centers outside India are given in the table below.
| S. No. | Country | City | CITY CODE |
| 1 | Bahrain | Manama | ZZ01 |
| 2 | Indonesia | West Java | ZZ02 |
| 3 | Kuwait | Kuwait | ZZ03 |
| 4 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | ZZ04 |
| 5 | Germany | Munich | ZZ05 |
| 6 | Nepal | Kathmandu | ZZ06 |
| 7 | Nigeria | Lagos | ZZ07 |
| 8 | Oman | Muscat | ZZ08 |
| 9 | Qatar | Doha | ZZ09 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | ZZ10 |
| 11 | Singapore | Singapore | ZZ11 |
| 12 | UAE | Dubai | ZZ12 |
| 13 | UAE – Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi | ZZ13 |
| 14 | UAE – Sharjah | Sharjah | ZZ14 |
| 15 | Washington DC | Washington | ZZ15 |
How to Select JEE Main 2026 exam centers
Selection of an exam city when applying for the JEE Main 2026 exam.
The candidate can select any FOUR cities of their choice in the order of priority. Exam officials will try to accommodate the candidate in the order of choice opted by the candidate.
However, due to administrative/logistic reasons, a different city can be allotted. Further, if there are very few candidates from a city, the NTA may merge one, two or more cities.
The name of the allotted exam city will be notified through the JEE Main 2026 city intimation slip. Meanwhile, the JEE Main 2026 admit card will also carry the name and address of the JEE Main 2026 exam center allotted to the candidate.
JEE Main 2026 Exam Schedule
The tentative schedule of the JEE Main 2026 exam is given below.
| Timing of Examination | Duration ofExamination | First Shift | Second Shift |
| 3 Hours (Paper 1, 2A,2B) | 09.00 A.M. to 12.00Noon (IST) | 03.00 P.M. to 06.00 P.M.(IST) | |
| 3 Hours 30 Minutes(Paper 2A & 2B) | 09.00 A.M. to 12.30P.M. (IST) | 03.00 P.M. to 06.30 P.M.(IST) | |
| Entry in the examCentre, frisking, biometricregistration/ record ofmanual attendance byInvigilator, documentverification/ crosschecking of Admit Card,signature, and photomatch to be completedby Invigilator, etc | 7 am to 08.30 am | 1 pm to 02.30 pm | |
| Instructions by theInvigilator(s) | 8.30 am to 08.50 am | 2.30 pm to 02.50 pm | |
| Candidates log in toread instructions | 8.50 am | 02.50 pm | |
| Test Commences | 9.00 am | 3.00 pm | |
The official exam schedule of the JEE Main exam (previous edition) is given below for reference:
