JEE Main 2026 Exam Centres List (India & Abroad)

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts JEE Main in hundreds of centres in India and internationally so that no aspirant is left behind. The centres will be given according to the preferences in which the candidates have indicated when applying. The test is administered in Computer Based Test (CBT) at approved centres.

NTA has posted the official list of JEE Main 2026 exam centres on jeemain.nta.nic.in. The test will be conducted in 323 centres (15 out of India) and 33 new centres will be introduced in India in 2026.

Allotment of JEE Main 2026 Exam Centres

The applications are on a first come first serve basis and the exam centres of JEE Main 2026 are randomly distributed. In the application, you will have a chance to give four cities of preference, the most preferred first, the least preferred last.

Seat booking in every centre is based on the existing availability. In the cases where seats are available, you will be allocated the centre which will have available seats at that time. In case your first-choice centre is occupied, the following city will be provided in your list. When a centre is allocated, it is not possible to change the location of exams once it has been assigned.

Latest News: JEE Mains 2026 Session 1 City Intimation Slip Out

Overview of JEE Mains 2026 Exam Centres

Particulars	Key Details
Total number of JEE Main exam cities in India	323
New test centres added in 2026	33 cities
Cities removed or merged in 2026	7
International JEE Main exam test cities	15
Number of JEE Main exam sessions	2 sessions
Exam date of JEE Main session 1	January 21 to 30, 2026
Exam date of JEE Main session 2	April 2 to 9 2026
Mode of the exam	Online (Computer-Based Test)

Read More: JEE Main Exam Calendar 2026 Released

Verification of JEE Main Exam Centre 2026 using Admit Card

It is only through the admit card in which the candidates will be able to confirm the centre of the exams of JEE Main 2026. The JEE Main 2026 Admit card contains all the information regarding the exam center allotted, and the address is also written on it. Thus, the candidates must download the JEE Mains 2026 hall ticket to attempt the JEE Main exam as soon as it is released on the official portal of NTA. To get the JEE Main 2026 admit card, students should follow the steps mentioned below.

• Go to JEE Main website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.
• Select the JEE Main 2026 Admit Card option.
• Type in your application number and date of birth to log in.
• Get the admit card and print it.
• Check the details mentioned on the admit card like the name of the exam centre, full address, city, exam date, shift and reporting time carefully.

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JEE Main 2026 Exam Centre List: India & Abroad

The full updated list of exam centres is now available on the NTA's official portal. 323 cities and 15 foreign cities are part of the exam centre this year.

To prevent duplication and preserve a balance in candidate density, 33 new exam centre cities have been added this year, while 7 have been eliminated. The official JEE Main Centre list for 2026 is provided below. The corresponding cities' city codes are mentioned.

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JEE Main 2026 Exam Centre List - State Wise

State / Country	City	City Code
Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Port Blair	AN01
Andhra Pradesh	Anantapur	AP01
Andhra Pradesh	Bhimavaram	AP03
Andhra Pradesh	Chittoor	AP05
Andhra Pradesh	Eluru	AP06
Andhra Pradesh	Guntur	AP07
Andhra Pradesh	Kadapa	AP08
Andhra Pradesh	Kakinada	AP09
Andhra Pradesh	Kurnool	AP10
Andhra Pradesh	Nellore	AP11
Andhra Pradesh	Ongole	AP12
Andhra Pradesh	Rajahmundry	AP13
Andhra Pradesh	Srikakulam	AP14
Andhra Pradesh	Tirupati	AP16
Andhra Pradesh	Vijayawada	AP17
Andhra Pradesh	Visakhapatnam	AP18
Andhra Pradesh	Vizianagaram	AP19
Andhra Pradesh	Narasaraopet	AP20
Andhra Pradesh	Proddatur	AP21
Andhra Pradesh	Peddapuram	AP22
Andhra Pradesh	Surampalem	AP23
Andhra Pradesh	Tadepalligudem	AP24
Andhra Pradesh	Machilipatnam	AP27
Andhra Pradesh	Nandyal	AP29
Arunachal Pradesh	Itanagar / Naharlagun	AL01
Assam	Dibrugarh	AM01
Assam	Guwahati	AM02
Assam	Jorhat	AM03
Assam	Silchar	AM04
Assam	Tezpur	AM05
Bihar	Aurangabad	BR01
Bihar	Bhagalpur	BR02
Bihar	Darbhanga	BR04
Bihar	Gaya	BR05
Bihar	Muzaffarpur	BR06
Bihar	Patna	BR07
Bihar	Purnea	BR08
Bihar	Arrah	BR09
Bihar	Samastipur	BR12
Bihar	Sasaram	BR17
Chhattisgarh	Bhilai / Durg	CG01
Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur	CG02
Chhattisgarh	Raipur	CG03
Chandigarh	Chandigarh	CH01
Dadra & Nagar Haveli	Silvassa	DN01
Daman & Diu	Diu	DD02
Delhi (NCT)	Delhi / New Delhi	DL01
Goa	Panaji / Madgaon	GO01
Gujarat	Ahmedabad	GJ01
Gujarat	Anand	GJ02
Gujarat	Bhavnagar	GJ03
Gujarat	Jamnagar	GJ06
Gujarat	Junagadh	GJ07
Gujarat	Mehsana	GJ08
Gujarat	Rajkot	GJ10
Gujarat	Surat	GJ11
Gujarat	Vadodara	GJ12
Haryana	Ambala	HR01
Haryana	Faridabad	HR03
Haryana	Gurugram	HR04
Haryana	Hisar	HR05
Himachal Pradesh	Bilaspur	HP01
Himachal Pradesh	Hamirpur	HP03
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	HP06
Jharkhand	Bokaro	JH01
Jharkhand	Dhanbad	JH02
Jharkhand	Jamshedpur	JH03
Jharkhand	Ranchi	JH04
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu	JK02
Jammu & Kashmir	Srinagar	JK04
Karnataka	Bengaluru	KK20
Karnataka	Mangaluru	KK12
Karnataka	Mysuru	KK14
Karnataka	Hubballi	KK27
Kerala	Alappuzha	KL01
Kerala	Ernakulam	KL04
Kerala	Kozhikode	KL12
Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	KL17
Ladakh	Leh	LL01
Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	LD01
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	MP03
Madhya Pradesh	Gwalior	MP06
Madhya Pradesh	Indore	MP07
Madhya Pradesh	Jabalpur	MP08
Maharashtra	Mumbai / Navi Mumbai	MR16
Maharashtra	Nagpur	MR17
Maharashtra	Pune	MR23
Maharashtra	Nashik	MR19
Maharashtra	Aurangabad	MR04
Manipur	Imphal	MN01
Meghalaya	Shillong	MG01
Mizoram	Aizawl	MZ01
Nagaland	Dimapur	NL01
Odisha	Bhubaneswar	OR04
Odisha	Cuttack	OR05
Odisha	Rourkela	OR08
Puducherry	Puducherry	PO01
Punjab	Amritsar	PB01
Punjab	Jalandhar	PB04
Punjab	Ludhiana	PB05
Rajasthan	Jaipur	RJ06
Rajasthan	Jodhpur	RJ07
Rajasthan	Kota	RJ08
Rajasthan	Udaipur	RJ11
Sikkim	Gangtok	SM01
Tamil Nadu	Chennai	TN01
Tamil Nadu	Coimbatore	TN02
Tamil Nadu	Madurai	TN08
Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirappalli	TN14
Telangana	Hyderabad	TL01
Telangana	Karimnagar	TL02
Telangana	Warangal	TL07
Tripura	Agartala	TA01
Uttar Pradesh	Agra	UP01
Uttar Pradesh	Prayagraj	UP03
Uttar Pradesh	Ghaziabad	UP07
Uttar Pradesh	Noida / Greater Noida	UP09
Uttar Pradesh	Kanpur	UP11
Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	UP12
Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi	UP18
Uttarakhand	Dehradun	UK01
West Bengal	Kolkata	WB10
West Bengal	Durgapur	WB04
West Bengal	Siliguri	WB11

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JEE Main Exam Centres Abroad

Country	City	City Code
Bahrain	Manama	ZZ01
Qatar	Doha	ZZ03
UAE	Dubai	ZZ04
Nepal	Kathmandu	ZZ05
Oman	Muscat	ZZ06
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	ZZ07
UAE – Sharjah	Sharjah	ZZ08
Singapore	Singapore	ZZ09
Kuwait	Kuwait City	ZZ10
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	ZZ11
Nigeria	Lagos	ZZ12
Indonesia	West Java	ZZ14
USA (Washington DC)	Washington	ZZ15
Germany	Munich	ZZ16
UAE – Abu Dhabi	Abu Dhabi	ZZ17

New Centres Added to the JEE Main Exam Centres 2026 List In India

State	New City	City Code
Andhra Pradesh	Adoni	AP33
Andhra Pradesh	Amalapuram	AP34
Andhra Pradesh	Madanapalle	AP35
Andhra Pradesh	Markapur	AP36
Andhra Pradesh	Puttur	AP37
Andhra Pradesh	Rayachoty	AP38
Andhra Pradesh	Tadpatri	AP39
Andhra Pradesh	Tiruvuru	AP40
Gujarat	Bardoli	GJ35
Gujarat	Bhavnagar	GJ03
Gujarat	Godhra	GJ24
Gujarat	Navsari	GJ15
Haryana	Kurukshetra	HR07
Jammu & Kashmir	Baramulla	JK01
Karnataka	Bidar	KK05
Karnataka	Chikaballapur	KK22
Manipur	Churachandpur	MN03
Manipur	Kakching	MN04
Maharashtra	Kopargaon	MR44
Maharashtra	Pandharpur	MR45
Maharashtra	Raigad	MR23
Maharashtra	Sinnar	MR46
Madhya Pradesh	Chhatarpur	MP24
Odisha	Jharsuguda	OR22
Telangana	Adilabad	TL12
Telangana	Kodad	TL25
Telangana	Peddapalli	TL26
Tamil Nadu	Kallakurichi	TN39
Tamil Nadu	Nagapattinam	TN30
Tamil Nadu	Theni	TN40
Tamil Nadu	Tirupattur	TN41
West Bengal	Kharagpur	WB13
West Bengal	Malda	WB20

No new exam centres have been added outside India for JEE Main 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Is It Possible to Change the JEE Main 2026 Exam Centre?

No, once the admit card is released you cannot change the test centre. There is a correction window of JEE Main application form 2026 within which the candidates are permitted to make changes in their choices of JEE Main 2026 exam centre. NTA does not take any offline requests. The process of changing the exam centre to the JEE Mains 2026 is very tight.

2. Is JEE Main 2026 City Intimation Slip Out?

JEE Main 2026 City Intimation Slip for session 1 was released on 8th Jan 2026 on the National Testing Agency (NTA) portal. The city slip provides information regarding the exam city they have chosen.

3. Which is the allocation for that JEE Main 2026 examination Centre?

NTA tries to establish the most convenient exam center however it does not provide top priority. NTA not only allocates exam centers according to the cities where the exam is selected but also according to the availability of seats.

4. What is the total number of test centres in JEE Main 2026?

JEE Exam 2026 is held in 323 cities, and 15 international cities along with 33 test centres will be established in 2026.

5.Will exam cities for JEE Main 2026 be based on Aadhaar card address?

Yes, the JEE Main exam centres will be allotted based on the Aadhaar addresses, meaning centres will primarily be assigned based on your registered address to ensure easy accessibility to exam centres , though you still select up to four cities within your state, and should ensure your Aadhaar details match other documents for smooth processing.