JoSAA Counselling 2025, Check Step-by-Step Playbook for Admissions
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Programme family |
Entrance rank used |
Typical degrees |
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IITs |
JEE (Advanced) 2025 ranks |
B.Tech, Dual Degree, 5-yr Int. M.Sc. |
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NIT + System (NITs, IIITs, IIEST & Other-GFTIs) |
JEE (Main) 2025 ranks - B.E./B.Tech paper for B.Tech seats - B.Arch paper for Architecture seats - B.Plan paper for Planning seats |
B.Tech, B.Arch, B.Plan |
You may qualify through one or several of these papers, but JoSAA will still allow you only ONE seat, so arrange your choice list in a single, true order of preference.
3 June, 17:00 IST: JoSAA portal opens. Log in with your JEE-Main Application No. (or the “Direct-Registration” credentials if you’re a foreign-tag/OCI candidate who never wrote JEE-Main).
Mock allocations: 9 June & 11 June show you where you’d land if the round closed that day-tweak your list accordingly.
12 June, 17:00 IST: System auto-locks whatever is last saved. No changes after this.
Pro-tip: Upload scanned certificates and even pre-pay the seat-acceptance fee during this window to avoid payment gateway rush later.
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Round |
Seat-allocation date |
Last date to pay & upload docs* |
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1 |
14 Jun |
22 Jun (17:00) |
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2 |
25 Jun |
29 Jun |
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3 |
2 Jul |
4 Jul |
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4 |
6 Jul |
9 Jul |
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5 |
11 Jul |
14 Jul |
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6 (final for IITs) |
16 Jul |
20 Jul |
Payments/issues can still be resolved the following day (23 Jun, 30 Jun etc.). Full timetable in Annexure 3
Pay Seat-Acceptance Fee
₹15 000 (SC / ST / PwD)
₹30 000 (everyone else)
Upload documents (X-mark sheet, category certificates, bank details, etc.).
Choose an option
Freeze - I’m happy, lock me here.
Float - I’ll move to any institute higher on my list.
Slide - I’ll stay in this institute but upgrade the branch if possible.
(Not offered if you already got your first choice; then only Freeze is allowed.)
Failing to complete steps 1-3 in the same round = seat cancelled + out of JoSAA.
After Round 6, candidates holding an NIT/IIIT/The-rest seat must pay an additional Partial Admission Fee (PAF):
₹20 000 (SC / ST / PwD)
₹45 000 (others)
Pay between 23 - 27 July or lose the seat (refund minus ₹7 000 processing).
Exit (no seat yet): Available Rounds 2-5; you simply leave the process.
Withdraw (seat already accepted): Also Rounds 2-5 (for IITs) or till 21 Jul for NIT + System. Upload the signed form (Annexure 8) and get a refund minus ₹7 000.
No exit/withdrawal options once the final IIT round starts.
OBC-NCL & GEN-EWS certificates must be issued on/after 1 Apr 2025 or be online-verifiable and valid till at least 31 Aug.
Invalid certificate? The seat is cancelled or recast as GEN, depending on what you produce. (Full matrix in Clause 74.)
IIT joiners: Report physically as per the institute calendar; biometric verification will be done.
NIT + System joiners: Physical reporting happens only after CSAB-Special Rounds (details on csab.nic.in).
Female supernumerary seats ensure every IIT hits ≥ 20 % women; girls compete in both Female-Only and Gender-Neutral pools automatically.
Preparatory Courses for some SC/ST/PwD candidates who just miss the cut-one-year bridge, then automatic entry to the allotted IIT branch next year.
Foreign/OCI students: compete for supernumerary seats or as GEN, depending on OCI card date; read Annexure 9-10 carefully.
JoSAA can feel labyrinthine, but if you:
Read every line of the schedule,
Upload the right certificates (and keep pdf+original handy),
Decide Freeze/Float/Slide wisely,
you’ll glide through all six rounds with zero panic.
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Best of luck for JoSAA 2025-may the seat you freeze be the campus you love!
