The National Testing Agency (NTA) has officially announced the results and NTA Scores for the Joint Entrance Examination [JEE (Main) – 2026] of Paper 1 (B.E. / B.Tech.). The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India, has entrusted the NTA with conducting this prestigious exam since 2019.
For the Academic Session 2026-27, the exam was conducted in two distinct sessions to allow students to improve their scores. Session 1 took place in January 2026 (10 shifts), and Session 2 took place in April 2026 (9 shifts).
Securing a competitive NTA score in JEE (Main) is the gateway to India's premier engineering institutions, including National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs).
Additionally, achieving a score above the category-wise cut-off makes candidates eligible to sit for the highly competitive JEE (Advanced) 2026, paving the way for entry into the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
The administrative scale of JEE (Main) Session 2 is unmatched, spanning 584 unique examination centres across 319 cities (including 15 international cities such as Manama, Doha, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, Kuwait, Kuala Lumpur, Kathmandu, Abu Dhabi, West Java, Washington, Lagos, Munich, and Dammam).
NTA has finalized the calculations based on the final answer keys released on 20 April 2026. Below is the exhaustive statistical breakdown.
These cut-off scores determine eligibility for registration for the upcoming JEE (Advanced) 2026:
These 26 candidates secured a perfect 100 NTA Score in the examination, ordered ascendingly by Application Number:
General Category candidates who scored a perfect 100.0000000 percentile: Aarush Singhal, Jonnala Roshan Manideep Reddy, Shreyas Mishra, Mantha Shiva Kamesh, Siddharth Shrikant Athaley, Thunga Durga Suprabhath, Arnav Gandhi, Shubham Kumar, Aditya Gupta, Thammina Girish, Kabeer Chhillar, Chiranjib Kar, Bhavesh Patra, Anay Jain, Atharva Panjabi, Arnav Gautam, Doranala Bhavitesh Reddy, Pasala Mohith, Madhav Viradiya, Purohit Nimay, Vivan Sharad Mahiswari, Bijjam Venkata Chandra Sekhar Reddy, Yashwardhan, Rishi Premnath.
Follow these exact step-by-step guidelines to retrieve your official JEE (Main) - 2026 Session 2 Scorecard smoothly:
⚠️ Important Advisory for Candidates:
- Double-Check Categories: Ensure your printed category (Gen, EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, PwBD) matches your profile exactly. Any mismatch can disqualify you during the counseling registration stage.
- Check Your Eligibility Status: Compare your final percentile score with the qualified limits in the Category-wise Cut-off Table to confirm your registration eligibility for JEE (Advanced) 2026.
- Address Verification: In compliance with security measures, the option of City Choice was restricted solely to the states of candidates' present and permanent addresses to eliminate centers of convenience.
Always verify all details on the official government website before submitting your application.