JoSAA Seat Allotment 2025: Dates, Rounds, Cutoff & Counselling Process

JoSAA 2025: The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) conducts the national-level counselling for admission to IITs, NITs, IIESTs, IIITs, and other GFTIs. Admission to IITs will be based on JEE Advanced 2025 rankings, and for NITs, IIESTs, IIITs, and other GFTIs, allocations will be made based on JEE Main 2025 rankings. JoSAA 2025 registration is expected to begin on June 3, a day after the JEE Advanced 2025 results are announced. The JoSAA 2025 application form and option-filling will be available online only on the official website in June 2025. JoSAA 2025 is expected to be conducted in five main rounds. Each round will involve the following steps: seat allocation, seat confirmation by candidates, online notification to the assigned institute, and fee payment. After each round, vacant seats will be allocated through CSAB 2025 counseling. The complete schedule and JoSAA counselling 2025 date, by round, will be updated on the official website, josaa.nic.in.

All candidates who have passed the JEE Advanced 2025 exam and obtained a JEE Main rank should register with the JoSAA 2025 counselling service to enroll in their desired undergraduate engineering courses offered by IITs, NITs, IIESTs, IIITs, and other GFTIs. The academic programs, along with the admission capacity by category, known as the JoSAA 2025 seat allotment, will be announced on the JoSAA 2025 online portal. In the previous session, the total number of seats offered by all these institutes was 59,937. Find all the details about JoSAA 2025, including admission requirements, how to apply, the counseling process, the placement matrix, and more, below.

What is JoSAA Counselling?

The JoSAA counseling process facilitates the allocation of seats for undergraduate engineering programs at various prestigious institutions, including IITs, NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and other GFTIs. While admission to IITs is based on the JEE Advanced rank, seats at other participating institutions are allocated based on the JEE Main rank. The Ministry of Education has established the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) to oversee the allocation process for a total of 121 institutes, including 23 IITs, 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, 26 IIITs, and 40 other GFTIs. Eligible candidates must register through the official JoSAA online portal to participate in the JoSAA 2025 counselling and secure a seat at any of the institutes above.

JoSAA 2025 Key Highlights

JoSAA Seat Allotment: Dates and Schedule

JoSAA 2025 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates should check their JoSAA eligibility criteria 2025 mentoring program. Please see the detailed JoSAA 2025 eligibility criteria below:

JoSAA Eligibility for IIT Admission 2025

Candidates must have qualified for JEE Advanced 2025 for academic programs at IITs and satisfy the performance criteria in Class XII (or equivalent) examination.

Performance criteria in Class XII (or equivalent) examination for IIT admission are given below:

1. Year 12 Pass: Candidates must have taken the Year 12 exam (or equivalent) for the first time in 2024 or 2025.
2. Compulsory Subject Combination: Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics are compulsory subjects in the first sitting. In addition, they must meet at least one of the following two criteria:
1. Must have passed and obtained at least 75% of the total marks in the Grade 12 Board Examination (or equivalent). The total marks for SC, ST, and PwD candidates must be at least 65%.
2. Must be among the top 20% of candidates passing their respective Grade 12 Board Examination (or equivalent).

JoSAA Eligibility for NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and other GFTIs (NIT+System) Admission 2025

For admission to Systems Engineering (BE/BTech) programs at NITs, IIESTs, IIITs, and other GFTIs, candidates must have scored in Paper 1 of JEE Main 2025 and meet the performance criteria in the 12th-grade examination (or equivalent). For admission to BArch and Bplan, candidates must have scored in Paper 2 of JEE Main 2025 and meet the performance criteria in the 12th-grade examination (or equivalent).

The performance criteria in class XII (or equivalent) examination for admission to NIT, IIEST, IIIT and other GFTIs are detailed below:

1. Year of passing class 12th: The candidates should have appeared for the class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2023, 2024 or 2025.
2. Subject combination needed for BE/BTech programmes: Physics, Mathematics, and any one of Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Technical Vocation subject, a language, any subject other than the above four (the subject with the highest marks will be considered).
3. Subject combination needed for BArch programmes: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and other two subjects (the subject with the highest marks will be considered).
4. Subject combination needed for BArch programmes: Mathematics, and other four subjects (the subject with the highest marks will be considered).

In addition, they must satisfy at least one of the following two criteria:

1. Must have passed and obtained at least 75% of the total marks in the Grade 12 Board Examination (or equivalent). The total marks for SC, ST, and PwD candidates must be at least 65%.
2. Must be among the top 20% of candidates who pass their respective Grade 12 Board Examination (or equivalent).

JoSAA 2025 Counselling Process

JoSAA Seat Allotment 2025: Application Form

To register for JoSAA 2025 counselling, candidates must follow these steps:

Step 1: New Candidate Registration

1. Click the registration link and authenticate with your JEE Main 2025 application number, candidate name, mother's name, and date of birth.
2. An OTP verification has been sent to your registered mobile number and email address.
3. Review the details displayed and create a password for the JoSAA portal.

Step 2: JoSAA Candidate Login

1. Log in to the JoSAA portal with your JEE Main 2025 application number, the password you created, and the OTP. 
2. Verify and confirm all details.

After the completion of these steps, candidates can also proceed to choice-filling.

JoSAA 2025 Choice Filling

Registered candidates can continue with the JoSAA 2025 selection process after verifying the One-Time Password (OTP) sent to their registered mobile number and email address. The available options for institutes and programs will be displayed, and candidates should select and prioritize the options based on their preferences.

Candidates can:

1. Rearrange, interchange, or delete choices.
2. Edit choices as many times as desired before the deadline.

Lock Options: After defining their preferences, candidates must lock their options. Once locked, they will not be able to make any changes. The system will automatically lock the options if they are not locked by the deadline.

Print Locked Options: Candidates can download a letter with their locked options once they have been defined.

JoSAA 2025 Seat Allotment

JoSAA will announce the seat allocation results on the candidate's JoSAA portal. Candidates can log in with their JEE Main 2025 application number and JoSAA password to view their seat allocation. Seats are allocated based on ranks, categories, and JEE Main/Advanced options.

Candidates must download the "Initial JoSAA 2025 seat allotment Notification Form" for seat allocation information. It is the candidate's responsibility to check the portal for seat allocation information, as no separate notification will be sent.

JoSAA 2025 Seat Allotment Confirmation- Freeze, Slide or Float

Important Notes: 

1. Swipe and Slide: Available only if the first option is not assigned.
2. Final Round: The Swipe and Slide options are not available in the final round.
3. Changes: Candidates can toggle between swiping, sliding, and freezing during all rounds except the final round.
4. Freeze: Once selected, the freeze option cannot be changed in subsequent rounds.

JoSAA Counselling Fees 2025: SAF and PAF

To proceed with the JoSAA 2025 counselling and secure a seat in IITs or NIT+ System, candidates are required to pay the seat acceptance fee. The verification of uploaded documents is contingent upon the payment of this fee. Upon receiving a seat for the first time, candidates must remit the seat acceptance fee in the respective round. Failure to pay the JoSAA 2025 seat acceptance fee constitutes a refusal of the offered or allocated seat and renders the candidate ineligible for further participation in subsequent rounds of the seat allocation process.

SAF: JoSAA seat acceptance fee (SAF) is given below