Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, has announced the JEST exam date 2026 on the official website. The JEST provisional answer key has been released on April 17, 2026. The JEST 2026 exam was held on April 12. Candidates who are preparing for the JEST must be aware of all the important dates and related events. The official website of the JEST is jest.org.in. The JEST exam dates are important in various ways. It also helps the students to complete their syllabus as fast as possible. Read this article to know about the JEST 2026 exam date and many other dates.
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Students who are going to fill out the JEST form must know all the dates related to JEST 2026. The JEST date table helps the students to keep track of the latest events and related dates.
Events | Dates |
JEST application form start dates | February 26, 2026 |
Last date for JEST 2026 registration | March 25, 2026 |
JEST hall ticket | April 7, 2026 |
Exam | April 12, 2026 |
Provisional answer key | April 17, 2026 |
Answer key objection | April 17 to 19, 2026 |
Final answer key | April 2026 |
Result | April 30, 2026 (Tentative) |
Counselling | May 2026 |
Aspirants will be able to view the JEST Physics table from the website of the JEST at jest.org.in once all the dates are released. All the JEST aspirants must download the JEST exam dates table to avoid any issues. The date table contains all the dates from the application to the institution's admission. The table also helps them to make the proper strategy for the exam.
IISER Tirupati started the JEST application process on February 26. Students should submit their form before the JEST last date as mentioned on the website to avoid any last-minute hassle. They must fill in all the details in the JEST 2026 application with utmost care. They are also required to upload the documents following the JEST application fee payment.
IISER Tirupati has activated the JEST admit card download link on April 7, 2026. Students can download the JEST 2026 admit card from its website. There is no other means to download the admit card. To download the JEST admit card, students are required to enter their email ID and their password in the ‘Admit Card’ tab. The JEST admit card 2026 contains the details of the students and the examination centre. This also contains a page of instructions. Candidates should read the instructions carefully before appearing for the examination.
IISER Tirupati has announced the JEST exam date on its website. The JEST exam was conducted on April 12 in offline mode. If anyone fails to bring their JEST admit card, their exam will be cancelled. Aspirants must follow the instructions mentioned on the admit card.
The conducting institution has released the provisional JEST 2026 answer key on April 17. Candidates can raise objections on JEST provisional answer key till April 19. The JEST answer key contains the correct answer marked for all the questions. Students can download the JEST answer key 2026 from the website at jest.org.in. IISER Tirupati will evaluate all the objections and again release the JEST final answer key 2026 in online mode. This is the final answer key. No students would raise an objection after the release of the final JEST answer key.
IISER Tirupati will announce the JEST 2026 result on April 30. The JEST result is available in the form of a scorecard. The JEST scorecard 2026 contains the marks of the candidates obtained in different sections. Some other details mentioned in the JEST scorecard are courses applied, name of the applicants, photograph, signature, year and others. Candidates are required to download the JEST 2025 scorecard and must save it. During the JEST counselling, students will have to show their JEST results to the officials.
The JEST 2026 counselling will be tentatively held in May. It will be held after the publication of the JEST result. The date, time and venue of the JEST counselling will be announced on the website. The SERB will be asked for some documents for verification. Candidates are also required to pay the admission fee to take the final admission in the participating institutions.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The JEST exam was held on April 12.
No. A common examination is conducted for Ph. D. and integrated PhD programmes.
You can appear for the JEST examination in Physics or Theoretical Computer Science but not for both.
JEST score is valid till the date of declaration of JEST results 2028.
The JEST exam consist of research and experimental level questions and only those students who have completed master's programmes can sit for JEST 2026 entrance test. The difficulty level of the exam is very subjective and is heavily depedent on the preparation of the students. However, the JEST exam is considered more difficult than GATE exam.
JEST was held for a maximum duration of three hours.
On Question asked by student community
With 98 in IAT into IISER, Tirupati might be possible in later rounds, but chances or modest. IISER Thiruvananthapuram is unlikely active current score .IISER Berhampur or another newer campus is like Tirupati Berhampur or more realistic target Berhampur seems a strong option.
Hello,
Let’s take a closer look at your situation. With a score of 98 marks in the IAT and your General EWS (male) category status, you’re positioned reasonably well—particularly for IISER Tirupati and Thiruvananthapuram (TVM).
Historically, these two institutes have posted cutoffs for the General EWS category in the 95–105
Hi,
Hope you are doing well.
You question seems to be bit confusing. As per my knowledge, there is nothing such as Unreserved Ranking. So, considering 5.8K as your All India Rank.
Following are the closing rank based on IAT in year 2020:
IISER - Mohali
IATBS Program : 3546
hello anusha !!
i am afraid that you may not be able to upload your 12th marksheet after submitting the application form of IISER. If there is a change in the percentage of the marks you secured then there is slight chance for you to do so.
you need to
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