Engineering & Medical Entrance Exam Calendar 2027 | JEE, NEET, BITSAT, MHT-CET & More

Every date on this page is expected/tentative

As of 10 September 2026, not a single conducting body — NTA, BITS Pilani, VIT, any State CET Cell, or any other authority — has released an official 2027 notification. Everything below is built from each exam's own multi-year pattern (2024, 2025, 2026 actual dates) projected forward. Treat this as a planning calendar, not a registration calendar: always confirm the live date on the exam's own website before you act (register, pay a fee, block a date). This page will be updated as official 2027 notifications are released.

All rows below: Expected / Tentative Turns green here once officially confirmed

On This Page 🔵 Engineering Calendar 2027 🟢 Medical Calendar 2027 📅 Combined Timeline (Sep 2026–Jul 2027) 📍 Maharashtra-Specific Dates ✅ What To Do Right Now 🔗 Official Sources

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Engineering Entrance Exam Calendar 2027

All 24 exams below are projected from their 2025/2026 cycles. National exams (JEE Main, JEE Advanced, BITSAT, VITEEE, SRMJEEE) are usable from anywhere in India; state CETs (MHT-CET, WBJEE, KCET, TS/AP EAPCET, KEAM, GUJCET, OJEE) mainly serve their own state's colleges, with some open to All-India Candidature too.

#	Exam	Conducting Body	Mode	Registration (Expected)	Exam Dates (Expected)	Official Site
1	JEE Main 2027	NTA	CBT	S1: Late Oct–Nov 2026 · S2: Feb–Mar 2027	S1: Jan 2027 · S2: Apr 2027	Visit
2	JEE Advanced 2027	IIT Delhi (expected organizer)	CBT	Late Apr–early May 2027	Mid–late May 2027	Visit
3	BITSAT 2027	BITS Pilani	CBT	S1: Dec 2026–Mar 2027	S1: Apr–May 2027 · S2: May–Jun 2027	Visit
4	MHT-CET (PCM) 2027	State CET Cell, Maharashtra	CBT	Jan–Feb 2027	Apr–May 2027 (two shifts)	Visit
5	IIITH UGEE 2027	IIIT Hyderabad	CBT	Jan–Feb 2027	Apr 2027	Visit
6	IIITH via JEE Main route 2027	IIIT Hyderabad	Uses JEE Main score	As per JEE Main	Jun–Jul 2027 (post JEE S2 result)	Visit
7	VITEEE 2027	VIT University	CBT	Sep–Oct 2026 onward	Late Apr–early May 2027	Visit
8	SRMJEEE 2027	SRM Institute of Science & Technology	Remote proctored	Oct 2026 onward (phase-wise)	P1: Apr 2027 · P2: Jun 2027 · P3: Jul 2027	Visit
9	MET (Manipal) 2027	MAHE — Manipal Academy	CBT	Oct 2026 onward (phase-wise)	P1: Apr 2027 · P2: May 2027	Visit
10	CUET (UG) 2027	NTA	CBT	Feb–Mar 2027	May 2027	Visit
11	IISER IAT 2027	IISERs (Joint)	CBT	Mar–Apr 2027	May 2027	Visit
12	NEST 2027	NISER & CEBS	CBT	Feb 2027	Late Jun 2027	Visit
13	ISI Admission Test 2027	Indian Statistical Institute	Pen-Paper	Feb–Mar 2027	May 2027	Visit
14	KCET 2027	KEA — Karnataka	Pen-Paper	Jan 2027	Apr 2027	Visit
15	GUJCET 2027	GSEB — Gujarat	Pen-Paper	Jan 2027	Late Mar 2027	Visit

Why so many "expected" ranges instead of one date: Most private/deemed-university exams (BITSAT, VITEEE, SRMJEEE, MET, KIITEE, AEEE) run 2–3 sessions across several months and let candidates keep their best score — so their calendars are wider windows, not single days, even once officially announced.

Medical Entrance Exam Calendar 2027

Unlike engineering, medical admission in India runs through a single national entrance test — NEET (UG) — for MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BUMS, BSMS, BHMS and (via other bodies) B.Sc. Nursing. There is no separate "JEE Advanced equivalent" for medicine: AIIMS and JIPMER also admit purely on the NEET (UG) All India Rank. What follows NEET is a chain of counselling stages, each with its own timeline — that chain is what this calendar tracks.

#	Stage	Conducted By	Mode	Registration (Expected)	Key Dates (Expected)	Official Site
1	NEET (UG) 2027 — main exam	NTA	Likely Pen-and-Paper (CBT under discussion, unconfirmed)	Dec 2026 – Feb/Mar 2027	Exam: Early May 2027 (historically first/second Sunday of May)	Visit
2	NEET (UG) 2027 Result & AIR	NTA	—	—	Expected Jun 2027 (4–6 weeks after the exam)	Visit
3	15% All India Quota (AIQ) Counselling	Medical Counselling Committee (MCC), DGHS	Online choice-filling + seat allotment	Registration opens with/soon after result	Expected Jun–Aug 2027, 3–4 rounds	Visit
4	AIIMS / JIPMER / Central Universities / AFMC / ESIC / Deemed Universities Counselling	MCC (DGHS)	Online	Same window as AIQ	Expected Jun–Aug 2027	Visit
5	AFMC Second-Stage Screening Test	Armed Forces Medical College, Pune	Written + interview	After MCC registration for AFMC candidates	Expected shortly after AIQ Round 1	Visit
6	State Quota Counselling (85% of state seats)	Respective State/UT Directorate of Medical Education	Varies by state	State-specific, generally starts alongside/after AIQ Round 1	Expected Jun–Sep 2027, multiple rounds	Varies by state — see Maharashtra box below
7	AYUSH Counselling — BAMS/BUMS/BSMS/BHMS (AIQ)	AACCC (under NCISM/NCH)	Online	Post NEET result	Expected Jul–Sep 2027	Visit

Why medicine has one exam but many rows here: A JEE aspirant tracks many independent exams because each college group runs its own test. A NEET aspirant instead tracks one exam and then several counselling authorities (MCC for AIQ/Central institutions, AACCC for AYUSH, and one authority per state for the State Quota) — each opens its portal and rounds on its own schedule after the single NEET result.

A 2026 reminder worth keeping in mind for 2027 planning: NEET (UG) 2026 was originally slated for 3 May 2026 but was cancelled on 12 May 2026 after a paper-leak investigation and re-conducted on 21 June 2026 — pushing every downstream counselling stage back by roughly six weeks that year. It's a useful reminder that even an "expected" medical calendar can shift for reasons outside any student's control; always keep a buffer in your own planning.

Combined Timeline — September 2026 to July 2027

A month-by-month view combining both calendars above, so you can see what's expected to happen when, regardless of which exam you're targeting.

Sep–Oct 2026

VITEEE, JEE Main notification windows open

VIT typically opens VITEEE registration around this time; JEE Main 2027 notification is expected in the last week of October 2026.

Oct–Nov 2026

JEE Main 2027 Session 1 registration

Expected to open late October/early November 2026 with a 3–4 week window; correction window typically follows in December.

Dec 2026

BITSAT 2027 registration opens (expected)

BITS Pilani has historically opened Session 1 registration in mid-to-late December.

Dec 2026 – Feb 2027

NEET (UG) 2027 notification & registration window (expected)

NTA's NEET notification has recently landed anywhere from December to February; treat this as the widest-uncertainty date on this whole page.

Jan 2027

JEE Main 2027 Session 1 exam; MHT-CET, KCET, GUJCET registrations open

JEE Main S1 expected in the last week of January; several state CETs typically open their own registration windows this month.

Feb–Mar 2027

JEE Main Session 2, most state CET registrations, NEET registration likely closes

The busiest overlap window of the cycle — track deadlines for JEE Main S2, MHT-CET, WBJEE, COMEDK, TS/AP EAPCET, KEAM, OJEE and NEET all in the same stretch.

Apr–May 2027

Most engineering exams held; NEET (UG) 2027 exam

BITSAT S1, VITEEE, SRMJEEE P1, MET P1, most state CETs, and NEET (UG) itself are all expected to fall in this window.

May 2027

JEE Advanced 2027 (expected)

Typically held about 2–3 weeks after the JEE Main Session 2 result, in mid-to-late May.

Jun 2027

NEET result; JoSAA counselling begins; MCC/AIQ registration opens

JEE Advanced result and JoSAA typically start within days; NEET result and MCC's AIQ counselling registration are expected around the same period.

Jul–Aug 2027

JoSAA/CSAB rounds conclude; MCC AIQ & State Quota rounds run

Engineering counselling (JoSAA then CSAB) typically wraps by early-to-mid August; medical AIQ and State Quota counselling usually runs through August as well.

Aug–Sep 2027

New academic session begins

Classes typically start at IITs/NITs/IIITs and medical colleges around this time, closing out the 2027 admission cycle.

Maharashtra-Specific Dates to Track

Students targeting Maharashtra colleges need to track one extra layer beyond the national calendars above — the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Government of Maharashtra (mahacet.org), which runs both the engineering and medical state-quota processes.

What	Handles	Portal
MHT-CET 2027 (PCM/PCB)	Engineering/Technology, Pharmacy, Pharm.D., B.Planning, M.Planning seats in Maharashtra	mahacet.org
Maharashtra NEET-UG Counselling (State Quota)	85% of state MBBS/BDS/AYUSH seats, via CAP rounds after the NEET (UG) 2027 result	cetcell.mahacet.org
Engineering CAP (post MHT-CET/JEE Main)	Seat allocation across engineering colleges in Maharashtra	cetcell.mahacet.org

Both MHT-CET's own exam calendar and Maharashtra's medical/engineering CAP counselling calendars are released separately by the CET Cell each cycle — usually the CET notification lands in December/January, and CAP schedules follow only after the relevant entrance-exam result (MHT-CET/JEE Main result for engineering; NEET result for medical).

What To Do Right Now (September 2026)

Don't wait for "the" notification — different exams announce on different months between now and March 2027; bookmark each exam's own site rather than one single source.
Set two calendar reminders: late October 2026 (JEE Main + VITEEE season) and December 2026–February 2027 (NEET + most state CETs + BITSAT).
Decide your exam basket early — JEE Main/Advanced aspirants commonly also register for 2–3 backup exams (BITSAT, VITEEE, a home-state CET); NEET aspirants have only the one exam to prepare for, so counselling-stage awareness matters more.
Maharashtra students: track mahacet.org directly in addition to the national exam sites — MHT-CET and the state medical/engineering CAP calendars are published independently of JEE Main/NEET.
Keep a buffer in your own plan — as the 2026 NEET cancellation/re-exam showed, even a well-established annual date can shift for reasons outside any student's control.

Official Sources

JEE Main: jeemain.nta.nic.in · JEE Advanced: jeeadv.ac.in
BITSAT: bitsadmission.com · VITEEE: viteee.vit.ac.in · SRMJEEE: srmist.edu.in
MHT-CET & Maharashtra CAP (engineering + medical): mahacet.org / cetcell.mahacet.org
WBJEE: wbjeeb.nic.in · COMEDK: comedk.org · KCET: cetonline.karnataka.gov.in
NEET (UG): neet.nta.nic.in · MCC (AIQ/Central Institutions): mcc.nic.in · AACCC (AYUSH): aaccc.gov.in
JoSAA (IIT/NIT/IIIT counselling): josaa.nic.in · CSAB: csab.nic.in

Disclaimer: Every date on this page is a projection based on the exam's own 2024–2026 cycles, not an official 2027 announcement. No conducting body had released a 2027 notification as of 10 September 2026. Please verify every date directly on the relevant official website before registering, paying a fee, or making any plans around it. Spectrum Coaches is not responsible for changes made by NTA, BITS Pilani, state CET Cells, or any other authority after this page was last updated.