JoSAA Counselling 2025: Round 6 Seat Allotment (OUT), Cutoff (OR-CR), Document Verification, Schedule

Once the verification of the documents uploaded by the candidates in JoSAA counselling is done, the seat is confirmed and the candidates are issued the provisional seat allotment letter. Note that, unless the documents are verified suucessfully, the seat allotment letter is not issued. However, not that the seat allotment letter issued is provisional in nature. Until the candidaes pay the remaining fee and complete all other formalities, the admission is not confirmed.

For the IITs: The candidates have to report ohysically at the allotted IIT after the JoSAA counselling to complete some in-person admisison facility and join their class. The schedule for orientation and clas commencement is posted on the official website of IITs and also JoSAA. In this stage, re-verification of the documents can take place.

For the NIT+system: On the other hadn, for the NIT+ syatem, candidates have to physically report to the allotted college after CSAB special round counselling process. candidates might have to undergo reverifiction of the documents and payment of remaining fees, if aplicable.

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The participating institutes of JoSAA 2025 are as follows:

Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)

National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and IIEST Shibpur

Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs)

Other Technical Institutes Funded Fully or Partially by Central Or State Governments (Other Government Funded Technical Institutes or Other GFTIs)

1. Assam University, Silchar
2. Birla Institute of Technology Deoghar Off-Campus
3. Birla Institute of Technology Patna Off-Campus
4. Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi
5. Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar
6. Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Bhadohi
7. Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Salem
8. Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dr. H. S. Gour University. Sagar (A Central University)
9. Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management- Ahmedabad
10. School of Studies of Engineering & Technology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur
11. J.K. Institute of Applied Physics & Technology, Department of Electronics & Communication, University of Allahabad- Allahabad
12. National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Aurangabad (Maharashtra)
13. National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Ranchi
14. Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab
15. School of Engineering & Technology, Mizoram University, Aizawl
16. School of Engineering, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur
17. School of Planning & Architecture, Bhopal
18. School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi
19. School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada
20. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu & Kashmir
21. Central University of Haryana
22. Central University of Jammu, Jammu
23. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
24. International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur
25. Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
26. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
27. International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar
28. Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Assam
29. Puducherry Technological University, Puducherry
30. Ghani Khan Choudhary Institute of Engineering and Technology, Malda, West Bengal
31. Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan
32. National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Sonipat, Haryana
33. National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) – Thanjavur
34. North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli (Itanagar), Arunachal Pradesh
35. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai-IOC Odisha Campus, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
36. Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
37. Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
38. North Eastern Hill University, Shillong
39. Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi
40. Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, Vadodara, Gujarat

The various steps included in JoSAA 2025 counselling are given below:

JoSAA Counselling Process 2025

Step 1: Get Registered - For registration, candidates need to log in to JoSAA’s official portal using their JEE Main 2025 application number, candidate name, mother’s name and date of birth. After logging in, candidates must check all details such as gender, nationality, state code of eligibility, contact information, etc. Candidates will be required to confirm all the details. Every applicant must keep in mind that, apart from contact information, no other personal data will be modified during JoSAA 2025 registration.

Step 2: Filling of Choices - After the registration, candidates will need to fill in their choices of branches and colleges in order of preference. As per the candidate’s qualifications, the available choices for admission will be listed. Once the choices are entered, candidates will be able to arrange them in order of their preference by selecting “Arrange Filled Choices”.

Step 3: Locking of Choices - Once candidates are done with choice filling, they have to lock their choices and take a printout of the selected options for future reference.

Step 4: Seat Allocation - Candidates will be allotted seats based on their rank, choices entered for programmes and colleges, and availability of seats. If students are satisfied with the institute and programme, they can choose the Freeze option; otherwise, they can choose either Float or Slide.

Step 5: Payment of seat acceptance fee - The candidates have to pay the seat acceptance fee online. Failure to pay the seat acceptance fee constitutes a refusal of the offered or allocated seat and renders the candidate ineligible for further participation in subsequent rounds of the seat allocation process. The candidates who will not pay the seat acceptance fee, their documents will not be verified.

Step 6: Document Verification - In this step, candoidates have to complete the document verification process. This process tales place online, where candidates have to upload the documents and the verification officer might question the candidates if needed regarding their documents. These queries will be posted on the candidate portal, which the candidates have to resolv before the deadline.

Step 7: Reporting at Institute - As the last step, candidates have to report to the allotted college as per the orientation and class commencement schedule.

Candidates who wish to be admitted to the IITs and the NIT+ systems must register for JoSAA 2025 counselling. The registration process is given below:

Step 1: New candidate registration - Click on the new candidate registration link and authenticate yourself using JEE Main 2025 application number, candidate name, mother’s name and date of birth. Verify the OTP sent on the JEE Main 2025 registered mobile number and email ID. Next, check the details displayed and create a password for the JoSAA candidate portal

Step 2: JoSAA candidate login - Now access the JoSAA candidate portal with the JEE Main 2025 application number, a password created and OTP sent to the registered mobile number and email ID. Once logged in, candidates must verify their details and confirm the same.

The above two steps complete the JoSAA 2025 registration process. After registration candidates can proceed to choice filling.

JoSAA registrations over the years

Check below the data showing joSAA registrations in the past 10 years:

The graphical representation of the above data is as follows:

JoSAA registration data

The registered candidates can proceed to the choice filling process. Before starting the JoSAA choice filling 2025 process, candidates have to again verify the OTP sent to the registered mobile number and email id. Once verified, candidates can start the choice filling process. The available choices - institutes and programmes will be displayed. Candidates can select the institute types, the name of the institute and the programme from the list displayed. Applicants must add as many choices as possible from the list in order of their preference. 

Candidates can change the order of their preference in the list. Once they are happy with the choices filled and their order, they can save the list. Further, candidates will be allowed to change and edit their choices as many times as they want before the deadline. Candidates can:

• Rearrange the choices
• Interchange two or more choices
• Delete choices filled

Choice Locking: After the candidates are confident with their choices, they can lock them. Once locked the choices will not be available for editing and changes. The candidates who do not lock their choices by the deadline, their choices will be locked automatically by the system.

Printing the locked choices: Once the choices are locked, candidates can download the locked choices letter.

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The candidates must check if they are eligible to participate in the JoSAA counselling 2025. Check the detailed JoSAA 2025 eligibility criteria below:

JoSAA Eligibility for IIT Admission 2025

Candidates should have qualified in JEE Advanced 2025 for academic programs at IITs and satisfy the performance criteria in Class XII (or equivalent) examination.

Performance criteria in Class XII (or equivalent) examination for IIT admission are given below:

• Year of passing class 12th: The candidates should have appeared for the class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2024 or 2025.
• Subject combination needed: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are compulsory subjects in the first appearance. In addition, they must satisfy at least one of the following two criteria:
• Must have passed and secured at least 75% aggregate marks in the Class XII (or equivalent) Board examination. The aggregate marks for SC, ST and PwD candidates should be at least 65%.
• Must be within the category-wise top 20 percentile of successful candidates in their respective Class XII (or equivalent) board examination.

JoSAA Eligibility for NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and other GFTIs (NIT+System) Admission 2025

Candidates should have secured a rank in JEE Main 2025 paper 1 for admission to BE/BTech programs at NITs, IIEST, IIITs and other GFTIs and satisfy the performance criteria in Class XII (or equivalent) examination. For BArch and Bplan admission, candidates should have secured a rank in JEE Main 2025 paper 2 and satisfy the performance criteria in the Class XII (or equivalent) examination.

Performance criteria in Class XII (or equivalent) examination for NITs, IIEST, IIITs, and other GFTIs admission are given below:

• Year of passing class 12th: The candidates should have appeared for the class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in either 2023, 2024 or 2025.
• Subject combination needed for BE/BTech programmes: Physics, Mathematics, and any one of Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Technical Vocation subject, a language, any subject other than the above four  (the subject with the highest marks will be considered).
• Subject combination needed for BArch programmes: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and other two subjects (the subject with the highest marks will be considered).
• Subject combination needed for BArch programmes: Mathematics, and other four subjects (the subject with the highest marks will be considered).

In addition, they must satisfy at least one of the following two criteria:

• Must have passed and secured at least 75% aggregate marks in the Class XII (or equivalent) Board examination. The aggregate marks for SC, ST and PwD candidates should be at least 65%.
• Must be within the category-wise top 20 percentile of successful candidates in their respective Class XII (or equivalent) board examination.

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