JoSAA Counselling Schedule & Fees 2025: Registration & Seat Allotment Dates

JoSAA Counselling Schedule & Fees 2025: Registration & Seat Allotment Dates

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Neha Arora
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Updated on Jun 18, 2025 12:50 IST

JoSAA 2025 registration has begun following the announcement of the JEE Advanced 2025 results. Candidates who qualified for the JEE Advanced were eligible to participate in JoSAA counselling for admission into IITs. Meanwhile, those with a valid JEE Main 2025 rank could apply through JoSAA for admission into NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and other Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs). To be considered for seat allotment in either IITs or the NIT+ system, all candidates were required to complete the JoSAA 2025 registration process. During registration, candidates were required to verify their identity using their JEE Main 2025 application number, full name, mother’s name, and date of birth. An OTP will then be sent to the mobile number and email ID registered with JEE Main, which must be entered to complete the authentication.

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  • JOSAA Counselling & Seat Allotment Dates 2025
  • JoSAA Choice Filling Dates 2025
  • JoSAA Counselling Fees Structure 2025:

JOSAA Counselling & Seat Allotment Dates 2025

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has announced the Round 1 seat allotment for JoSAA Counselling 2025. This year’s counselling process will include six rounds, each comprising seat allotment, candidate confirmation, online reporting at the assigned institute, and fee payment. Once all six rounds are completed, any remaining vacant seats will be filled through the CSAB 2025 counselling process. Candidates can now access the full JoSAA 2025 counselling schedule from the table below:

Dates Events
14 Jun ' 25 - 18 Jun ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Online reporting: fee payment/document upload (Round 1)

ONGOING
20 Jun ' 25

JoSAA Counselling Last Date to respond to query (Round 1)

21 Jun ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Counselling Seat Allocation (Round 2)

21 Jun ' 25 - 25 Jun ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Online reporting: fee payment/document upload (Round 2)

26 Jun ' 25 - 27 Jun ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Initiation of Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process (Round 2)

28 Jun ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Counselling Seat Allocation (Round 3)

28 Jun ' 25 - 02 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Online reporting: fee payment/document upload/response by candidate to query (Round 3)

29 Jun ' 25 - 02 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025: Initiation of Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process (Round 3)

03 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Resolution of Fee Payment Issues, if any / Last day to respond to queries (Round 3)

04 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Counselling Seat Allocation (Round 4)

04 Jul ' 25 - 08 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Online reporting: fee payment/document upload/response by candidate to query (Round 4)

05 Jul ' 25 - 08 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Initiation of Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process (Round 4)

09 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Resolution of Fee Payment Issues, if any / Last day to respond to queries (Round 4)

10 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Seat Allocation (Round 5)

10 Jul ' 25 - 14 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Online reporting: fee payment* / document upload/response by candidate to query (if required) (Round 5)

11 Jul ' 25 - 14 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Initiation of Withdrawal of seat / Exit from seat allocation process (Round 4)

15 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Last day to respond to Withdrawal Query

15 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Resolution of Fee Payment Issues, if any / Last day to respond to queries (Round 4)

16 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Seat Allocation (Round 6) FINAL ROUND of seat allocation for IITs

16 Jul ' 25 - 21 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Online reporting: fee payment* / document upload/response by candidate to query (if required) (Round 6)

16 Jul ' 25 - 22 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Initiation of Withdrawal of seat (Round 6) [For NIT+ System Only]

22 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Resolution of Fee Payment Issues, if any / Last day to respond to queries (Round 6) FINAL ROUND of seat allocation for IITs Ends

23 Jul ' 25 - 27 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 [For NIT+ System Only] Online payment of Partial Admission Fee (PAF)

27 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Counselling Last Date to respond to query Round 2

28 Jul ' 25

JoSAA 2025 Resolution of PAF Payment Issues for Candidates who have made PAF Payment Attempts before the payment deadline

JoSAA choice filling process involves registration and choice filling by candidates. Choice filling includes registering and prioritising the choices within the JoSAA choice filling last date. Candidates can specify the institute type, institute name, and programme from several options provided. Applicants need to fill in as many choices as possible in the order of preference from the list. 

Dates Events
3 Jun ' 25 Registration & Choice Filling Start
12 Jun ' 25 Registration & Choice Filling End
Q:   How can I get admission to IIT Madras for BTech?
A:

Admission to the BTech courses offered by IIT Madras are entrance-based and done on the basis of scores obtained in JEE Mains and JEE Advanced. Seats are allocated through JoSAA counselling after the results of the entrance exams are out. Students who clear the IIT Madras BTech cutoff are then required to go through document verification and pay the required fees to complete the process.

Q:   How can I get admission in IIT Madras?
A:

To seek admission to the BTech programme offered at IIT Madras, candidates need to visit the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and fill out the application form in online mode for JEE Main. For other courses such as MSc, MTech, BS-MS (Dual Degree) etc., candidates must visit the official website of the respective national-level entrance exam conducting bodies and fill out the application form in online mode. IIT Madras admission to most of the courses is entrance-based. 

Q:   How can I get admission in IIT-Delhi or other good engineering colleges?
A:

IIT Delhi BTech admission 2025 is based on JEE Advanced scores. Though the institute records high cutoffs every year, with adequate preparation, anyone can seek admission to its BTech programme. Candidates need to be thorough with their Class 11 and Class 12 syllabus to crack the exam. The students must have a valid score in JoSAA. Also, for similar top-notch or tier 1 BTech colleges such as IITs, NITs and IIITs, the pattern of the entrance for BTech is the same.

For the 2025 session, the JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) counselling fee is set at ₹35,000 for candidates belonging to the General and OBC/EWS categories, while SC, ST, and PwD candidates are required to pay ₹15,000. This amount covers both the seat acceptance charge and the processing fee. Seat acceptance fee for all the categories are given in the table below:

Category Seat Acceptance Fee
SC, ST, GEN-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC-PwD or ST-PwD INR 15,000
All Other Categories INR 30,000
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