The National Testing Agency (NTA) has issued an advisory on the allocation of examination cities for registered candidates from Kuwait, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain for the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2026 Second Session, amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.
The advisory dated March 26 said that city declaration slips have been issued to candidates in Kuwait and Dubai, while arrangements for candidates in Bahrain are still being finalized in coordination with the Embassy of India in Bahrain.
The Joint Entrance Examination (Main), or JEE (Main) 2026 Session 2, will be conducted in Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode from April 2 to April 8 at centers across India and a few cities abroad, the agency said in the advisory.
“City declaration vouchers have now been issued to candidates in Kuwait and Dubai,” NTA said in the advisory, adding that “for registered candidates from Bahrain, NTA is coordinating with the Indian Embassy.”
The agency has also opened a window for candidates seeking to change their assigned testing city. “For any change in exam cities for JEE (Main) 2nd Session 2026, candidates can call 011-40759000 or email jeemain@nta.ac.in,” the advisory said.
Candidates have been asked to keep checking the official websites for latest updates.
NTA officials did not respond to HT’s queries.
JEE (Main) serves as a gateway to undergraduate engineering programs in institutions like Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), and other centrally funded technical institutions.
NTA conducted the first session of JEE Main 2026 between January 21 and January 29, with 13.04 lakh candidates appearing out of over 13.5 lakh registered candidates. Results were announced on February 16, 2026.
Based on their JEE Main performance in both the sessions, the top 2.5 lakh candidates are eligible to appear in the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced), which is scheduled to be held on May 17, 2026, and will be conducted by IIT Roorkee.
