CSAB 2026 Dates: Check Schedule for NEUT, Special & Supernumerary Counselling Rounds

There is no fee to register for any CSAB counselling round. However, fees must be paid after registration and seat allotment as required and as per the schedule of CSAB counselling.

It is not mandatory to appear for CSAB counselling. Candidates who already got seats in JoSAA counselling or in any state engineering colleges are not required to appear for CSAB counselling. The authorities conduct CSAB counselling for the left over seats after JoSAA counselling.  

Yes, candidates who do not participate in the JoSAA counselling are eligible to participate in the CSAB counselling. Candidates must complete the CSAB counselling registration using JEE Main application number. After the registration process, the exam authorities will commence the document verification process. 

Yes, applicants who wish to particpate in CSAB have to register online from the CSAB official website as both CSAB and JoSAA are separate counselling processes. The document verification of such candidates will not be conducted again, as the documents are verified during JoSAA.

Yes, candidates who do not participate in the JoSAA counselling are eligible to participate in the CSAB counselling. Candidates must complete the CSAB counselling registration using JEE Main application number. After the registration process, the exam authorities will commence the document verification process. 

No, if the candidate has physically reported at the allotted institute, then withdrawal is not permitted from the CSAB account. The CSAB headquarters will transfer the collected fee to the allotted/admitted institute. Thereafter, the cancellation and refund/forfeiture will be handled by the allotted institute as per their rules/norms.

Candidates from the Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli can participate in the CSAB 2025 Supernumerary round.

This counselling round is for admission to supernumerary seats in the following NITs:

• NIT Calicut
• NIT Durgapur
• SVNIT Surat. 

The CSAB counselling is conducted after the completion of JoSAA. The dates of CSAB is announced after the last round JoSAA counselling at csab.nic.in. The counselling process will begin with the CSAB NEUT round, followed by the special round, and finally the supernumerary round. The schedule for the CSAB NEUT round, as well as the special and supernumerary rounds will differ.

CSAB 2026 counselling registration date will be announced on the official website. The complete schedule will be uploaded at csab.nic.in.

The official website for CSAB counselling is csab.nic.in. This website hosts the schedule and details related to CSAB counselling for all rounds - Special, NEUT and Supernumerary.

The CSAB NEUT round is for candidates from North-Eastern (NE) States and Union Territories (UTs). This counselling round aims to allocate seats across degree-level technical institutions approved by the AICTE, as well as universities in the North-Eastern (NE) States and Union Territories (UTs). 

After CSAB counselling registration, the exam authority will start the choice filling process at the official website. Successfully registered candidates must complete CSAB counselling choice filling and locking with preferred course and college choices. Candidates first have to login using JEE Main application number and password to complete CSAB choice filling and locking process.