JoSAA 2025: Counselling expected to begin on June 3, Eligibility, Registration, Choice Filling, Seat Allotment, Cutoff, Documents Required, Seat Matrix

JoSAA 2025: The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) conducts JoSAA counselling at the national level for admission to Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), NITs, IIEST, IIITs and other GFTIs. Admission to IITs will be based on JEE Advanced 2025 ranks and allotment for NITs, IIEST, IIITs and other GFTIs will be done based on JEE Main 2025 ranks. JoSAA 2025 registration is expected to begin on June 3, a day after the declaration of JEE Advanced 2025 results.

JoSAA 2025 online registration and choice filling will be available online only on the official website josaa.nic.in in June 2025. Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2025 is expected to be conducted in five main rounds. Each round will have these stages: seat allotment, seat confirmation by candidates, online reporting at the allotted institute and payment of fees. After all the rounds, the remaining vacant seats will be allotted through CSAB counselling 2025. The complete schedule and JoSAA 2025 counselling round-wise dates will be updated on the official website josaa.nic.in.

All the candidates who have qualified the JEE Advanced 2025 exam and have a JEE Main rank will have to register for JoSAA counselling 2025 for admission to the desired undergraduate (UG) engineering courses offered by IITs, NITs, IIEST, IIITs and other GFTIs. The category-wise admission capacity as well as academic programmes, known as the JoSAA seat matrix, will be announced on the online portal of JoSAA 2025. In the last session, the total number of seats offered by all these institutes was 59,937. Check the complete details of JoSAA 2025 including eligibility, how to apply, counselling process, seat matrix and more below on this article.

Table of content

I) What is JoSAA Counselling?

II) JoSAA 2025 Highlights

III) JoSAA 2025 Eligibility Criteria

IV) JoSAA 2025 Counselling Process

V) JoSAA Counselling 2025: Dates and Schedule

VI) JoSAA Counselling 2025 Application Form

I) What is JoSAA Counselling? 

JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) counselling is a centralised process through which students who clear JEE Advanced or JEE Main get admission to various prestigious institutes like IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs. It is conducted online and involves multiple rounds of seat allocation based on rank, category and preferences. The Ministry of Education has set up 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 are required to register through the official JoSAA online portal to participate in the counselling and secure a seat in any of the above-mentioned institutes.

II) JoSAA 2025 Highlights:

Candidates can check the important highlights of JoSAA Counselling 2025 below:

III) JoSAA 2025 Eligibility Criteria: Candidates must check if they are eligible to participate in JoSAA counselling 2025. Check out the detailed JoSAA 2025 eligibility criteria below: (JoSAA Eligibility for IIT Admission 2025)

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

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

+ Year of passing Class 12th: Candidates must appear in Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2024 or 2025.

+ Required Subject Combination: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are compulsory subjects in the first attempt. In addition, they must meet at least one of the following two criteria:

+ Must have secured at least 75% aggregate marks in Class XII (or equivalent) board examination. The aggregate marks must be at least 65% for SC, ST and PWD candidates.

+ Should be within the category-wise top 20 percentile of successful candidates in their respective Class XII (or equivalent) board examination.