JoSAA 2025 Counselling Dates (REVISED): Check New Dates for JoSAA Rounds 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6

Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2025 ( JoSAA )

Mamona Majumder
Updated on Sep 11, 2025 12:31 IST

By Mamona Majumder, Assistant Manager

JoSAA 2025 Dates: The Joint Seat Allocation Authority has released the JoSAA 2025 round 6 seat allotment result. The candidates who have been allotted a seat in round 6 have to complete online reporting (fee payment/document upload/response by candidate to query) by July 20. Round 6 is the last round for JoSAA 2026 counselling. 

JoSAA 2025 counselling has six rounds. Each round consists of the following steps: seat allotment, seat confirmation by candidates, online reporting at the allotted institute, and payment of fees. After all the rounds, any vacant seats remaining will be allotted via the CSAB counselling 2025.

The complete schedule of JoSAA 2025 counselling, information brochure, eligibility, and all details are now available on the official JoSAA 2025 website and this page. Check the complete schedule of JoSAA counselling 2025 below on this page.

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  • JoSAA Counselling 2025 Seat Allotment Dates
  • JoSAA 2025 Seat Acceptance Date
  • JoSAA Counselling 2025: Dates and Schedule
  • JoSAA 2025 Choice Filling Dates
  • JoSAA 2025 Registration Dates
  • JoSAA 2025 Documents Verification and Online Reporting Date
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JoSAA Counselling 2025 Seat Allotment Dates

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) releases the JoSAA seat allotment result for each round. To check the seat allotment result candidates have to login into the JoSAA portal using their JEE Main application number and password.

Seats are allotted to the candidates based on their JEE Main/JEE Advanced ranks only and also their category. After allotmnet of the seats, candidates must download the "Initial Seat Allotment Intimation Slip" which has the information about the allotted seat. Candidates have to login to the JoSAA portal to check if a seat has been allocated during a specific round of seat allocation. No separate intimation of seat allocation will be provided to the candidate.

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   When will the JoSAA round 2 seat allotment result be out?
Q:   When will the JoSAA round 3 seat allotment results be out?
Q:   Will choice filling be available in every round of JoSAA counselling?
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JoSAA 2025 Seat Acceptance Date

After allotment of seats in JoSAA counselling, candidates are provided with a window to confirm their seat. In this window, candiodates have to decide if they want to ‘Freeze’, ‘Slide’, or ‘Float’. Note that the ‘Slide’ and ‘Float’ options are not made available in the final round of JoSAA. Apart from that, in all rounds candidates can switch their option between ‘Float’ and ‘Slide’, or from ‘Slide’ to ‘Freeze’. However, before the last round, candidates have to 'Freeze; their seat or else they will not be eligible for any refund of the fees.

JoSAA Counselling 2025: Dates and Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of JoSAA 2025 exam

DatesPast Exam Dates
28 Jul ' 25

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

23 Jul ' 25 - 27 Jul ' 25

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

21 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

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JoSAA 2025 Choice Filling Dates

The JoSAA 2025 choice filling and registration window open together. As soon as the candidates register for JoSAA, they can proceed to fill choices. During this process, candidates will be able to check a range of choices, including institutes and programmes. They can select the institute type, institute name, and programme from the options provided. Candidates need to add as many choices as possible in order of their preference from the list.

Candidates have the flexibility to modify the order of their preferences in the list. Once satisfied with their choices and their respective order, they can save the list. Before the last date of choice filling, candidates can modify their choices'n' number of times. However, before the deadline it is compulsory to lock the choices, or else the last pereference order will be automatically locked by the system and candidates will not be allowed to make any changes to the list.

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   When will the JoSAA round 2 seat allotment result be out?
Q:   Where can I check the JoSAA schedule?
Q:   When will the JoSAA round 3 seat allotment results be out?
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JoSAA 2025 Registration Dates

JoSAA registration starts a day after the JEE Advanced result is declared. The candidates who qualify JEE Advanced 2025 can apply for JoSAA 2025 for IIT admission. On the other hand, the candidates who will have JEE Main 2025 rank can also fill JoSAA application form 2025 for admission to NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and other GFTIs. Candidates who wish to be admitted to the IITs and the NIT+ systems must register for JoSAA 2025 counselling. Candidates need to authenticate themselves using JEE Main 2025 application number, candidate name, mother’s name and date of birth and then verify the OTP sent on the JEE Main 2025 registered mobile number and email ID.

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Q:   What is the last date to register for JoSAA?
Q:   What is the last date to fill the choices in JoSAA counselling?
Q:   When will JoSAA choice filling window open?
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JoSAA 2025 Documents Verification and Online Reporting Date

Once the seats are allotted candidates have to upload the rewuired documents on the JoSAA portal for verification. If a query is raised by the verification officer regarding the documents then, they will have to respond to the queries with valid document and explanation within the deadline.  If the query is not resolved the candidate will be eliminated from the JoSAA counselling.

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Q:   I am an Indian citizen, and I mistakenly added my nationality as a foreigner in the forms. Can I change my nationality in JoSAA portal?
Q:   I am a PwD candidate in JoSAA counselling, but I do not have a valid UDID card, what to do?
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Answered 3 weeks ago

To be eligible for JEE Advanced JoSAA counselling:

  • Candidates should have JEE Advanced rank
  • Candidates must have passed class 12 or equivalent exam
  • Candidates should have studied Physics, Chemistry and Maths in class 12 
  • In class 12, canmdidates must have score 75% aggregate marks or must be in top 20 p

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Yatendra Singh

Contributor-Level 6

Answered 3 weeks ago

No, your candidature will be rejected as you need to have minimum of 75% in class 12 to be eligible for admisison to the IITs, NIT, IIITs and GFTIs via the JoSAA counselling. Even if you pass JEE Advanced and JEE Main, of you do not have 75% minimum marks in class 12 boards you will no get admission

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Vipra Mehra

Contributor-Level 6

Answered 3 weeks ago

The JEE Advanced JoSAA counselling dates will be made available on the official website of JoSAA - josaa.nic.in. Usually, the JoSAA counselling registration starts a day after the JEE Advanced result is anniunced. Complete schedule will be available on the official website.

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Mamona Majumder

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

No, one does not have to apply separately at IIT Madras website after JoSAA counselling. This is because the institute follows a common admission process for its BTech course just like the other IITs. Shortlisted students who get a seat through the JoSAA counselling, simply need to report for docume

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Nishtha Jain

Contributor-Level 9

Answered a month ago

The seats offered via JoSAA counselling vary every year. In 2025, the number of seats offered was as follows:

InstituteTotal seats on offer in 2025Number of seats added in 2025Total seats on offer in 2024
Indian Institute of Technology (IITs)18,16040017,760
National Institute of Technology (NITs)24,52529624,229
Indian Institute of Information Technology9,94013948,546
Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes10,2288269,402
Total62,853291659,937

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Mamona Majumder

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

However, with a 92 percentile, you can still expect to gain admission to several NITs that have slightly lower cutoffs such as NIT Agartala, NIT Hamirpur, NIT Srinagar, and other newer or mid-tier NITs. Admission is also possible to some Government-Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs) and mid-ranked

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Abhishek Sharma

Beginner-Level 5

Answered 2 months ago

With 3 Lacs CRL and 11k OBC-NCL rank, chances in JoSAA are low for top branches. But don't skip counseling. Try filling all NITs, IIITs, and even lower branches. Also check CSAB special rounds later. You might still get a seat if some colleges have vacant spots.

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Rupesh Katariya

Contributor-Level 10

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