AAT 2026 Cutoff: Check Previous Year Cutoffs, Determining Factors

Candidates who qualified for JEE Main and/or JEE Advanced can participate in JoSAA 2025. The JoSAA 2025 seat allotment results will be released in online mode after every round. Candidates will be allotted seats according to their merit, preferences, and availability of seats. After the declaration of the seat allotment results, JoSAA releases cutoffs separately for every round. The Joint Seat Allocation Authority will release Rounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 cutoffs on the official website at josaa.nic.in. 

JoSAA authorities will consider various examination and admission-related factors while preparing AAT cutoff. Some important factors that will be checked to prepare cutoff of AAT are previous years' cutoff trends, total number of applicants for the exam, overall difficulty level of the exam, number of candidates who qualify the exam, total number of seats available for admission in each institute, etc.

No. The authorities will not release any separate AAT cutoff online. The responsible authorities of JoSAA will prepare the AAT cutoffs for the common counselling process. AAT candidates will be able to check their cutoffs through the JoSAA cutoffs. While preparing the JoSAA/AAT cutoff, the authorities will consider various factors related to the entrance examination and admission process. 

AAT cutoff will be prepared by the Joint Implementation Committee of JEE Advanced. The cutoff is prepared to determine the minimum marks that the candidates will have to secure in AAT to be considered qualified and eligible for the counselling and admission process. While preparing the AAT cutoff, the authorities will check various factors related to the entrance exam such as previous year trends, number of applicants, difficulty level of exam and more.

The various processes involved in JoSAA 2026 counselling are registration, choice filling, seat allocation, and online reporting. JoSAA counselling is conducted for admission to BE/B.Tech courses are offered by the IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs. JoSAA counselling 2026 will be conducted online in five rounds. Qualified candidates of JEE Main will be eligible for admission to NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs, while students who qualify for JEE Advanced will be eligible for admission to IITs.

JoSAA counselling is usually held in 5 or 6 rounds. The admission process for admissions in 23 IITs, 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, 26 IIITs and 40 Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs) will be done by JoSAA in various rounds deending on various factors. In these rounds, candidates are allotted seats based on their JEE Main or JEE Advanced rank and preferences filled by them during registration. Candidates who are allotted seats have to either accept or float the seat.

The Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) established the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) to oversee and control joint seat allocation for admissions to more than 100 institutes, including Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs), NITs, IIITs, and IITs. The approximate date of the JoSAA 2024 registration period was released by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). The anticipated start date is June 10, 2024. To view the JoSAA seat allocation outcome, students must take the actions listed below:

Visit the official website i.e. josaa.nic.in.

Click on the “View Seat Allotment Result” link.

Enter JEE Main/JEE Advanced 2024 application number, password and security pin.

Click on “Login”.

JoSAA 2024 seat allotment results will be displayed on the screen.

Download the allotment letter and take a printout