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Engineering Admissions 2027: Frequently Asked Questions

Both sessions have the same paper; you can take one or both, and your better NTA score is used for ranking. In recent cycles NTA has held Session 1 in January, an early attempt before boards, and Session 2 in April, a second shot after boards. Most serious aspirants register for both. Live 2027 dates are on our JEE Main page.

Prepare for JEE Main first. BITSAT, VITEEE, MET and SRMJEEE test the same Class 11–12 PCM base, so JEE preparation carries over. Each needs its own application and fee, with deadlines spread from winter to spring, so register for two or three realistic backups based on your mock scores. Track every deadline on the engineering exams hub.

NIT seats are split into Home State and Other State quotas. Your home state is the state where you first appeared for Class 12, not your native place or address. You compete for Home State seats only at the NIT in that state, and for Other State seats everywhere else, so closing ranks differ by quota. Compare both on our JoSAA cutoffs page.

There is no single cutoff: it depends on the institute, branch, category, gender pool and quota. The best guide is the previous year's JoSAA opening and closing ranks. NITs, IIITs and GFTIs allot seats on your JEE Main rank, while IITs use your JEE Advanced rank. Check last year's ranks with our JoSAA cutoffs and college predictor.

Yes. BITS Pilani admits through BITSAT and does not use JEE scores; it also gives direct admission to first-rank holders of central and state boards. VIT and Manipal (MAHE) run their own tests, VITEEE and MET. See dates on the BITSAT, VITEEE and MET pages.

Only the top 2,50,000 JEE Main Paper 1 candidates (split by category) can register, in a short window of roughly ten days after JEE Main Session 2 results. Registration is online at jeeadv.ac.in only; if you miss the final deadline, you cannot sit JEE Advanced that year. Watch the JEE Advanced page for the 2027 window.

Often, yes. CSAB Special rounds run after JoSAA to fill vacant seats in NITs, IIITs and GFTIs, and closing ranks there can be lower than in JoSAA. They need a separate registration and fee, and accepting a seat means paying an admission fee under CSAB's refund rules, so read the CSAB business rules before you register.

Yes. For IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs you need 75% aggregate in Class 12 (65% for SC, ST and PwD) or a place in your board's top 20 percentile. Droppers can sit a board improvement exam: improving one or more subjects can get you to 75%, but the top-20-percentile route needs improvement in all subjects. You can still take JEE without meeting it.

JEE Main: you can appear in the year you take Class 12 and the two years after it, with two sessions a year, so up to six attempts. JEE Advanced: a maximum of two attempts in two consecutive years. Droppers should plan both JEE Advanced attempts from their first year.

JoSAA allots seats in IITs, IISc, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs over several rounds (five in 2026) using your JEE ranks and your ordered choices. After each allotment you must choose Freeze, Float or Slide, complete online reporting and pay the seat acceptance fee (₹30,000; ₹15,000 for SC, ST and PwD in 2026). Missing a step in a round forfeits your seat and further JoSAA participation.

Engineering entrance exams follow a fixed annual cycle. JEE Main registration for the January session has opened around late October or November of the preceding year, while state CETs such as KCET, MHT CET and WBJEE usually notify early in the exam year. Expect the same pattern for the 2028 and 2029 cycles. Verified dates are added to the engineering exams hub soon after each official notification.

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We are not affiliated with any government exam authority. Rankings sourced from NIRF 2025 and QS World University Rankings. All dates are provisional and subject to change by respective official authorities. Always verify with official websites.

What Are India's Key Entrance Exam Dates for 2027?

Key Exam Dates tracks application windows and exam dates for 100+ exam listings across 10 streams: Engineering, Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Nursing, Agriculture, BBA & Management, Law, Science and University. Each date is checked against the conducting body's official website or notice. Dates not yet announced for 2027 are shown as TBA, with the previous cycle's dates for reference.

Why Use Key Exam Dates?

Which Entrance Exams and Colleges Matter in Each Stream for 2027?

Engineering

Key exams: JEE Main, JEE Advanced, BITSAT, VITEEE, MHT-CET, KCET, COMEDK, WBJEE

Leads to: IITs (JEE Advanced); NITs, IIITs and GFTIs through JoSAA (JEE Main); BITS Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad; VIT; government and private engineering colleges through state CETs and COMEDK.

Medical

Key exams: NEET UG (MBBS), NEET UG (AYUSH)

Leads to: AIIMS, JIPMER and government and private MBBS colleges through MCC and state counselling; AFMC Pune (NEET UG plus its own screening); BAMS, BHMS, BUMS and BSMS colleges through AACCC and state counselling.

Dental

Key exams: NEET UG (BDS)

Leads to: Government, deemed-university and private BDS colleges through MCC and state counselling.

Pharmacy

Key exams: CUCET (B.Pharm), MHT-CET, KCET, AP EAPCET

Leads to: B.Pharm colleges through state CETs; Chandigarh University B.Pharm (CUCET).

Nursing

Key exams: AIIMS B.Sc Nursing, PGIMER B.Sc Nursing, CMC Ludhiana, Indian Army MNS

Leads to: AIIMS institutes; PGIMER Chandigarh; CMC Ludhiana; Armed Forces Medical Services nursing colleges.

Agriculture

Key exams: CUET (ICAR-UG), PAU CET, GBPUAT Entrance, KCET, AP EAPCET

Leads to: ICAR-quota seats in agricultural universities and all seats at ICAR-IARI, ICAR-NDRI and ICAR-IVRI (CUET ICAR-UG); Punjab Agricultural University; G.B. Pant University, Pantnagar; state agriculture colleges through state CETs.

BBA & Management

Key exams: IPMAT Indore, IPMAT Rohtak, JIPMAT, NPAT, SET, CUET UG

Leads to: 5-year IPM at IIM Indore and IIM Ranchi (IPMAT Indore), IIM Rohtak (IPMAT Rohtak), IIM Bodh Gaya and IIM Jammu (JIPMAT); NMIMS BBA and integrated MBA (NPAT); Symbiosis BBA (SET); Christ University BBA; IIM Bangalore online BBA; university BBA/BMS seats through CUET UG.

Law

Key exams: CLAT, AILET, SLAT, NMIMS LAT, MH CET Law, AIL LET

Leads to: National Law Universities in the CLAT Consortium; NLU Delhi (AILET); Symbiosis Law Schools; NMIMS School of Law; GLC Mumbai and other Maharashtra law colleges; Army Institute of Law, Mohali.

Science

Key exams: IAT (IISER), NEST, ISI Admission, CMI Entrance

Leads to: IISERs, IISc Bengaluru BS and IIT Madras BS programmes (IAT); NISER Bhubaneswar and UM-DAE CEBS Mumbai (NEST); Indian Statistical Institute; Chennai Mathematical Institute.

University

Key exams: CUET (UG), NTA NCET

Leads to: DU, BHU, JNU and other central universities, plus state, deemed and private universities that accept CUET (UG); four-year integrated teacher education (ITEP) at IITs, NITs, RIEs and government colleges (NCET).

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