CSAB Counseling 2025 – The counseling process for CSAB 2025 will be conducted by the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB). CSAB Counseling is for JEE Main 2025 qualified candidates who fail to get allotment during JoSAA counseling.
CSAB 2025 counseling will be conducted once the JoSAA counseling process concludes. The counseling dates will be released on CSAB 2025 counseling portal – csab.nic.in.
The dates will be out around June 2025.
The seat allocation through CSAB counseling 2025 will be done through THREE channels:
- CSAB Special
- CSAB NEUT
- CSAB Supernumerary
The counseling for CSAB 2025 will include steps like registration, choice filling, editing of web options, document verification, and seat allotment.
Importantly, CSAB seat allotment will be based on JEE Main 2025 scores only.
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CSAB Counseling 2025 – Key Highlights
| Particulars | Details |
| Name of the Admission process | Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) Counseling |
| Common Name | CSAB Counseling |
| Conducting Body | Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) |
| Counseling mode | Online |
| Admission based on | JEE Main |
| Participating Colleges | Special counseling participating colleges NEUT counseling participating colleges Supernumerary counseling participating colleges – NIT Calicut, NIT Durgapur, and SVNIT Surat |
| Official website | csab.nic.in |
| Downloads (CSAB 2024) | CSAB Special round information brochure CSAB NEUT round information brochure CSAB Supernumerary round information brochure |
CSAB Special Counseling Eligibility 2025
Admission officials will release the eligibility criteria for CSAB 2025 in the information brochure.
Candidates who participate in JoSAA 2025 counseling for NIT+System will be eligible to participate in the CSAB special round.
The CSAB 2025 eligibility criteria are mentioned below.
- Type-1 – Candidates who meet JoSAA eligibility criteria but didn’t participate are eligible to participate in CSAB.
- Type-2 – Candidates who registered for JoSSA but weren’t allotted a seat
- Type-3 –The candidate is allotted a seat during JoSAA counseling but didn’t confirm it by paying the seat-acceptance fee.
- Type-4 –Candidates who have exercised the exit option during JoSAA 2025.
- Type-5 –Candidates who have participated in JoSAA-2025 and have been allotted seats in IIT or NIT+System and later:
- their seats have been CANCELED after document verification, OR
- they have WITHDRAWN from their allotted seats, OR
- they have taken admission therein
- Type-6 –Candidates who have participated in JoSAA 2025 and have been allotted seats in NIT+ System and have already SECURED ADMISSION at the allotted institute by paying the Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF) and Partial Admission Fee (PAF).
- Type-7 –Candidates who have participated in JoSAA-2025 and have been allotted seats in NIT+ system and later they have WITHDRAWN from their allotted seats.
- Type-8 –Candidates who have participated in JoSAA-2025 and have been allotted seats in NIT+ System but later their seats have been CANCELED after document verification and have not been allotted any seat in any of the subsequent JoSAA-2025 rounds (with their updated credentials provided they fulfill the eligibility).
- Type-9 – Candidates who have participated in JoSAA-2025 and have been allotted seats in NIT+ System and have paid Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF) and successfully completed document verification but their seats have been CANCELED due to non-payment of Partial Admission Fee.
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CSAB Counseling Process 2025
The counseling process for CSAB 2025 will be conducted online. The stepwise process is mentioned below.
Online registration – Candidates must register using their JEE Main 2025 application number and password. Also, upload educational and category documents. The candidate details will automatically be picked from the JEE Main 2025 application form filled by the candidate. Here is the list of documents to be uploaded:
- Class 10 Certificate
- Class 12 Marksheet
- Category certificate
- PwD certificate, if applicable
Payment of CSAB counseling fees – The candidate has to next pay the CSAB 2025 counseling registration fee.
After registration, all the candidates are required to pay the Special Round Enrolment Fee using Net Banking, Debit Card, Credit Card, or State Bank of India e-challan.
CSAB Special Round 2025 Counseling Fees
| Category | General/ OBC | SC/ST |
| All fresh candidates including candidates who participated in JoSAA 2025 but did not pay the seat-acceptance fees | INR 45,000 | INR 25,000 |
| Candidate who is participating in CSAB Special Round after JoSAA 2025 seat allotment and retaining the JoSAA seat | INR 5,000 | INR 5,000 |
| Candidates whose categories were changed during Online Document Verification in JoSAA 2025 and have not confirmed their seats by paying | INR 23,000 | INR 23,000 |
Choice Filling and Locking – The candidate has to next participate in the choice filling and locking process. Note that choices filled during JoSAA 2025 counseling registration will not be considered for the CSAB 2025 special round.
Candidates must“lock” their choices on or before the last day of choice filling. If choices are not locked, then the last saved choices will be locked automatically.
CSAB Seat Allotment – The seat allotment result will be announced on the CSAB 2025 counseling portal. To check their seat-allotment status, the candidate needs to log in to the portal using their login credentials.
Candidates who are allotted seats have the following options before them:
- Freeze the seat
- Choose float option
- Choose slide option
Candidates who want to confirm their seats need to pay the seat-acceptance fee before the last date.
Physical reporting at the allotted institute – Candidates who have paid the seat-acceptance fee and confirmed their allotted seats will have to next physically report at the allotted institute.
They will have to complete the remaining admission formalities within the given deadline.
Any balance fee (as may be applicable) may also have to be paid.
If the candidate doesn’t report or complete the formalities, the allotment will be cancelled.