JEE, NEET and MHT-CET 2027: Where the Official Updates Come From

Every year, sometime before the official notices appear, parents in Nashik start receiving forwarded messages: the exam is moving, the pattern is changing, a chapter has been dropped. Some turn out to be true. Most do not. This is how to tell the difference without losing a week to worry.

Where things stand (checked 7 November 2026)

• JEE Main 2027: NTA published the information bulletin on 24 October 2026. Session 1: 20–24 and 28 January 2027; application form open until 22 November 2026 (late fee 23–26 November, corrections 27–29 November). On 30 October 2026 NTA also allowed a fresh application form for candidates who made mistakes; only the last paid form counts. Session 2: 2–7 April 2027. Official site: jeemain.nta.nic.in.
• NEET (UG) 2027: No information bulletin yet. A move to a computer-based test has been reported in the news but is not yet confirmed in an official NTA bulletin. Official site: neet.nta.nic.in.
• MHT-CET 2027: The State CET Cell has not published the 2027 schedule. Its only 2027–28 notice so far (2 October 2026) invites subject experts to set question papers. On 19 October 2026 the CET Cell also warned that it will take legal action against misleading information spread on social media, so rely only on its own notices. Official site: cetcell.mahacet.org.

We update this box when an official notice appears.

Who decides what

• JEE Main is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Its official information is published on the NTA's JEE Main website.
• JEE Advanced is conducted by one of the IITs, which takes its turn as organising institute each year, and is published on the official JEE Advanced website.
• NEET (UG) is also conducted by the NTA and published on its NEET website.
• MHT-CET is conducted by the State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra, and published on the CET Cell's website.

Admissions after the exam are separate again: JoSAA for IITs and NITs, the Medical Counselling Committee for the all-India NEET quota, and the State CET Cell for Maharashtra's own admission rounds. How admission works after MHT-CET covers the state process.

The document that settles everything

For each exam, each year, the conducting body publishes an information bulletin: eligibility, syllabus, pattern, marking, dates and the application process. Until that bulletin is out, anything you read about that year's exam — including dates — is a guess. Once it is out, it overrides everything else, including last year's pattern and anything a coaching institute (ours included) has said.

A two-minute rumour check

1. Is there a link to an official website? A screenshot with no source is not a source.
2. Does the official website say the same thing? Check it yourself, on the site, not through a link in the message.
3. Is the notice dated this year? Old notices circulate again every season.
4. Does it name a specific change? "Big changes coming" is not information.

If a message fails any of these, it can wait until the bulletin is out.

What usually changes, and what does not

Dates change every year. Patterns, marking schemes and syllabus details are revised from time to time, and when they are, the bulletin says so plainly. What does not change is the core material: the Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology of Class 11 and 12. A student who has that material secure can absorb almost any pattern change in a few weeks of practice. That is why our preparation is built on the subjects, not on predictions about the paper.

How we keep our students informed

When an official notice affects our students, we tell them in class and update our announcements page. If you have heard something and want to know whether it matters for your child, ask us — we will point you to the official notice, or tell you there isn't one yet.

Related reading: JEE Main vs Advanced, MHT-CET vs JEE Main and NEET or JEE: how to decide. How we prepare students: JEE coaching in Nashik, NEET coaching in Nashik and MHT-CET coaching in Nashik.