JoSAA 2025 – The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) released JoSAA 2025 seat allotment for Round VI on July 16, 2025. The direct link to check the seat-allotment status is provided below. Login to the seat allotment portal using your JEE (Main) 2025 Application Number and password.
Candidates who were allotted seats had to report online (submit willingness, upload documents, fee payment) by July 20, 2025 (5 pm). The seat allocation for NIT+ system only will be announced by July 22, 2025.
The JoSAA Counseling 2025 registration/ choice filling was open from June 3-12, 2025. As part of JoSAA 2025 counseling registration, candidates had to participate in choice filing. Candidates are not required to pay any counseling registration and choice-filling fee. Instead, the candidate must pay a processing fee of INR 5000 to confirm a seat that they have been allotted.
JoSAA counseling is conducted for admissions to UG engineering courses offered by the IITs, NITs, IIITs, and other GFTIs. JEE Main 2025 scores are considered for admission to NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and other GFTIs. Meanwhile, admission or seat allotment to the IITs will be based on JEE Advanced 2025 scores.
The JoSAA 2025 counseling process is conducted in multiple rounds. If there are vacant seats left after completion of the JoSAA, such seats will be filled through CSAB counseling 2025.
JEE Main 2025 exam was conducted conducted in TWO sessions – January and April.
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What is JoSAA Counseling?
JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) counseling is an online, centralized seat allotment process for admissions to IITs, NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and other GFTIs.
JoSAA counseling is meant to reduce the number of vacant seats in engineering colleges. It has also made the seat allotment process simpler, transparent, and streamlined.
Candidates who have qualified JEE (Main) or JEE (Advanced) can register for JoSAA.
The JoSAA seat allotment is based on merit rank of the candidate (in JEE Main or JEE Advanced) and academic option (courses + colleges) selected.
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- JEE Main 2025 Result – Download Scorecard Here
JoSAA Counseling 2025 – What’s new?
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has revised the JoSAA 2025 seat-acceptance fee.
The seat-acceptance fee for SC, ST, and PwD category has been reduced to INR 15,000 (from INR 17, 500). Meanwhile, the fee for remaining categories have been reduced to INR 30,000 (from INR 35,000).
JoSAA 2025 Seat Acceptance Fee Revised
| Category | Old – Seat Acceptance Fee | Revised – Seat Acceptance Fee |
| SC, ST, PwD | Rs. 17,500 | Rs. 15,000 |
| All other candidates | Rs. 35,000 | Rs. 30,000 |
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JoSAA 2025 Highlights
The key points related to the JoSAA counseling are given in the table below.
| Particulars | Description |
| Name of the Counseling Process | JoSAA Counseling |
| Conducting Body | Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) |
| Participating Colleges | IITs – 23 NITs – 32 IIITs – 26 Other GFTIs – 47 Total Participating Institutes = 128 To check official JoSAA 2025 Participating Institutes – Click Here |
| Mode of counseling | Online |
| Who can participate? | JEE Advanced and JEE Main qualified candidates |
| Academic Courses Offered by Participating Colleges | Candidates can check the academic programs, along with the category-wise intake capacity known as seat matrix, on the online portal – https://josaa.nic.in. |
| JoSAA Choice Filling | JoSAA counseling includes a choice-filling process, wherein the candidate had to choose and apply to a series of academic programs (combination of academic program and institute) in the order of preference. |
| Counseling Registration & Choice Filling Fee | Registration and Filling-in of choices on the online portal is FREE of cost, i.e. candidates are NOT required to pay any fee. |
| JoSAA Seat Acceptance Fee | INR 15,000 – SC, ST, PwD candidates INR 30,000 – For all other candidates Note: The fee includes Rs. 5,000 JoSAA processing charges. The seat acceptance fee, excluding JoSAA processing charges of INR 5000, will be adjusted against the admission fee. |
| JoSAA processing fee | INR 5000 |
| Business Rules | Download – JoSAA 2025 Business Rules |
| JoSAA 2025 Important Dates | Download Revised – JoSSA 2025 Counseling Schedule |
| How many candidates register? | 2,07,241 (in 2024) 1,92,779 (in 2023) 2,14,067 (in 2022) |
| Institute-wise seats | IITs – 18160 NITs – 24525 IIITs – 9940 Other GFTIs – 10228 The above figure includes Female supernumerary seats. |
| TOTAL Seat Intake | Seat Capacity = 59543 Female Supernumerary = 3310 Total Seats = 62, 853 To check official JoSAA 2025 seat matrix – Click Here |
| Official website | josaa.nic.in |
| Important Links | State wise list of Verification Centers (NIT+ System Only) – Click Here State wise list of Help Centers (NIT+ System Only) To check JoSAA 2025 Seat Matrix – Click Here JoSAA 2025 participating institutes – Click Here |
JoSAA Counseling 2025: Dates and Schedule
The schedule for JoSAA 2025 has been revised. To download the revised JoSAA 2025 counseling scheduled – Click Here
JoSAA 2025 Counseling Registration Window
This is what the JoSAA counseling registration window looks like:
JoSAA Counseling Registration 2025
It is mandatory for candidates to register online at the official JoSAA 2025 portal to obtain seats to be allocated through JoSAA 2025 in any of these institutes – IITs, NITs, IIEST, IIITs (Triple-I-Ts) and Other-GFTIs.
How to Register for JoSAA Counseling 2025
- Go to the JoSAA portal – Click Here
- Next, click on the “Online Registration and Choice Filling for JoSAA 2025” tab under the CANDIDATE ACTIVITY BOARD.
- Sign up as a new user by entering your JEE (Main) 2025 Application Number or JEE (Advanced) 2025 login ID. A One Time Password (OTP) will be sent to the registered mobile number and email address of the candidate. Upon entering the OTP, the system will prompt the candidate to set a password.
- Login to the JoSAA account – Login with the newly set password, and proceed to future steps such as registration, choice filling, choice freezing etc.
- Choice Filling – Next, fill in choices on the online portal is FREE of cost, i.e. candidates are NOT required to pay any fee. Also, lock your choices, or else last filled choices will automatically get locked upon reaching the deadline.
- Submit the form.
In the previous edition, candidates were given an 8-day window to fill-in their choices which included 2 mock seat allocations.
JoSAA Choice Filling 2025
Candidates need to mandatorily complete the JoSAA 2025 registration and choice-filling process to be considered for seat allotment.
For registration and filling-in of choices of academic programs in various Institutes, candidates must sign up as a new user in the JoSAA portal, where he/she needs to authenticate by entering the JEE (Main) 2025 Application Number or JEE (Advanced) 2025 login ID.
A One Time Password (OTP) will be sent to the registered mobile number and email address of the candidate.
Upon entering the OTP, the system will prompt the candidate to set a password. After this step, the candidate must login with the newly set password, and proceed to future steps such as registration, choice filling, choice freezing etc.
- Filling-in of choices on the online portal is free of cost, i.e. candidates are NOT required to pay any fee.
- A candidate may be eligible for seat allocation based on one, two, three or all four examinations, viz., JEE (Advanced) 2025, JEE (Main) 2025 B.E. / B.Tech. Paper, JEE (Main) 2025 B.Arch. Paper, and JEE (Main) 2025 B.Plan. Paper.
- However, even for candidates who are eligible to participate in the Joint Seat Allocation based on any two, any three or all four of the above examinations, only ONE seat from among the choices filled-in is made available.
- Hence, it is important for candidates to carefully prioritize the academic programs while filling-in the choices, while bearing in mind that only the choices filled in would be made available for seat allocation.
- Candidates are given an 8-day window to fill-in their choices which includes 2 mock seat allocations.
JoSAA Counseling – How to Fill and Lock Choices
The stepwise process to choose and lock choices for JoSAA Counseling 2025 is given below.
- Go to the JoSAA counseling portal
- Complete the registration process
- Next, log-in to the portal and fill in your preferred courses and colleges in the order of priority
- Lock the choices; if you don’t lock your choices, then the last filled choices will automatically get locked once the choice filling window closes.
Basis of JoSAA Seat Allotment 2025
A seat to the highest possible choice of academic program will be allocated to the candidate considering the following factors:
- Admission category opted by the candidate (SC, ST, OBC, etc.)
- The position of the candidate in the respective rank list(s).
- The order of preference of academic programs selected by the candidate.
- The availability of seats in different seat categories / seat quotas for which the candidate is eligible.
- Any other rules mentioned in JoSSA 2025 Business Rule document.
How to Check JoSAA 2025 Seat Allotment
To check the seat-allotment status, the candidate needs to login to the JoSAA portal. No separate intimation of seat allocation will be given to the candidate.
Candidates who have been allotted seats will be issued the “Initial Seat Allotment Intimation Slip”
You need to download the “Initial Seat Allotment Intimation Slip” which will carry information regarding the Seat Allotment and steps to be followed for seat confirmation by the candidate.
JoSAA 2025 Seat Allotment Log-in Window
Intimation about seat allotment has to be checked through JoSAA portal:
JoSAA Counseling Eligibility Criteria 2025
Candidates who satisfies one or more of the following criteria are eligible for participation in the joint seat allocation or JoSAA counseling 2025:
| Parameter | Eligibility Criteria |
| Criterion (i) | Qualified in JEE (Advanced) 2024 for academic programs [excluding the preparatory courses] at IITs. AND satisfies the “Performance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination*” criteria |
| Criterion (ii) | Qualified in JEE (Advanced) 2024 for preparatory courses at IITs AND satisfies the “Performance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination |
| Criterion (iii) | Secured a rank in JEE (Main) 2024 B.E./B.Tech. paper for B.E./B.Tech. programs at NITs, IIEST, IIITs and Other-GFTIs AND satisfies the “Performance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination |
| Criterion (iv) | Secured a rank in JEE (Main) 2024 B.Arch. Paper for B.Arch. programs at NITs, IIEST, IIITs and Other-GFTIs. AND satisfies the “Performance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination |
| Criterion (v) | Secured a rank in JEE (Main) 2024 B.Plan. Paper for B.Plan. program at NITs, IIEST, IIITs and Other-GFTIs. AND satisfies the “Performance in Class XII (or equivalent) examination |
JoSAA Counseling Eligibility Criteria 2025 – Qualifying Exam Requirement
Depending on the institute-type selected by you, the qualifying exam required may vary (refer to the table below).
| Eligibility Criteria | |
| Qualifying Examination | Admitting Institutes |
| JEE (Advanced) 2025 | IITs |
| JEE (Main) 2025 B.E. / B. Tech. Paper | NITs, IIEST, IIITs (Triple-I-Ts) JEE (Main) 2024 B.Arch. / B. Plan. Paper and Other-GFTIs |
| JEE (Main) 2025 B.Arch. / B. Plan. Paper | |
JoSAA 2025 Seat Matrix and Intake Capacity
The category-wise intake for each academic program will be updated on the JoSAA 2025 online portal.
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2025 will oversee and coordinate the centralized seat allocation process for admissions to 127 premier technical institutes for the academic year 2025-26. Admission to all the academic programs offered by these Institutes will be made through a single platform.
These participating institutes include:
- 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
- 31 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)
- IIEST Shibpur
- 26 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and
- 47 Other Government-Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs).
JoSAA Counseling 2025 – Seat Matrix
| Category | Seats |
| Open | 24800 |
| Open-PwD | 1217 |
| Gen-EWS | 5944 |
| Gen-EWS-PwD | 279 |
| SC | 8864 |
| SC-PwD | 462 |
| ST | 4972 |
| ST-PwD | 220 |
| OBC-NCL | 15314 |
| OBC-NCL-PwD | 781 |
| Total Seats (includes Female Supernumerary) | 62,853 Seat Capacity: 59543 Female Supernumerary: 3310 |
In the previous session, a total of 59,937 seats were available across all participating institutes.
To check JoSAA 2025 Seat Matrix (official) – Click Here
JoSAA Mock Seat Allotment 2025
The Joint Seat Allocation Authority is conducting two mock seat allotments as part of the JoSAA 2025 counseling process.
- Round I Mock Seat Allotment – June 9 (2 pm)
- Round II Mock Seat Allotment – June 11 (12.30 pm)
The mock seat allotment for Round I was based on the choices filled- in by candidates as on June 8, 2025, (8 pm). Meanwhile, seat allotment for Round II was based on on the choices filled- in by candidates as on June 10, 2025, (5 pm).
The candidate can use the results of the mock seat allotment to edit their choices. Note that choice filling for JoSAA 2025 counseling was open till June 12, 2025.
JoSAA Counseling 2025 – How to Check Mock Seat Allotment
JoSAA released the mock seat allotment of JoSAA 2025 counseling on June 11, 2025. The check the mock seat allotment status, follow these steps.
- Go to JoSAA 2025 counseling portal
- Click on “View Mock Seat Allocation-2 based on the choices filled- in by candidates as on June 10, 2025, 17:00 IST”
- You will be redirected to a log-in window
- Enter your JEE (Main) 2025 Application Number, Password, and the security pin
- On successful log-in, you can check the JoSAA 2025 mock seat allotment status.
JoSAA Cut-off 2025
The cut-off of JoSAA 2025 is now available for the first FOUR rounds of seat allotment.
Candidates will be considered for admission to participating institutes only if they meet the the JoSAA cut-off.
Considering JoSAA counseling is conducted in multiple rounds, if a candidates doesn’t meet the cut-off for a specific round, they may be considered in subsequent rounds (if available). However, if the candidate fails to meet the cut-off for the last round of seat allotment, they are effectively out of the JoSAA admission process.
Important Links:
- CSAB Official Portal
- CSAB NEUT Official Portal
- JEE Advanced Official Portal
- JEE Main Official Portal
- NTA Result Official Portal
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