JEE Main 2027 Test Centres Cut to 310 as NTA Removes 13 Cities and Introduces 3 New Centres

JEE Main 2027: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has already officially modified the examination city list for the upcoming JEE Main 2027 admission exam. The modification includes a reduction in the total number of the examination centre network from 323 to 310 cities in India and abroad. As per the latest administrative notice published at the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in, the modified list contains 301 domestic examination centres along with nine overseas testing venues in various Indian states and union territories. The process has been implemented in view of an operational audit for optimal management of the infrastructure logistics, efficient technical monitoring and strict standard testing day protocols for all operational computer-based testing centres.

In this regard, the NTA has reduced ten domestic cities including examination centres in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, and West Bengal, while has also discontinued the use of six foreign testing venues in Singapore, Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia, US and Germany. At the same time, NTA has added three new domestic examination centres including Kalahandi, Sundargarh in Odisha and Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali) in Punjab.

JEE Main 2027 vs 2026 Exam Centres: Overview

Below are the overview of the JEE Main 2027 vs 2026 Exam Centres:

JEE Main 2027: List of 13 Cities Removed 

NTA removed several domestic districts as well as multiple foreign test destinations:

• Removed Domestic Test Cities (India):

• Andhra Pradesh: Adoni and Tadpatri

• Haryana: Hissar

• Karnataka: Ballari and Chikkaballapur

• Madhya Pradesh: Khandwa

• Odisha: Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara

• Telangana: Suryapet

• West Bengal: Asansol

• Removed International Test Cities (Abroad):

• Singapore (Singapore)

• Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

• Lagos (Nigeria)

• West Java (Indonesia)

• Washington DC (United States)

• Munich (Germany)

New Exam Cities Added for JEE Main 2027

For efficient regional connectivity, NTA has incorporated three additional domestic hubs in its schedule:

• Kalahandi (Odisha)

• Sundargarh (Odisha) - With city code OR14 (formerly used by Kendrapara)

• Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali) (Punjab)

JEE Main 2027: Key Advisory for Candidates

JEE Main 2027 Online Registration aspirants are required to go through the list of the live cities' codes and select four preferred test centres from the updated list of 310 cities only. Aspirants planning to select any of the 13 centers that have been excluded now need to select centers from neighboring districts in their native states.

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