JEE Counselling

For admission to a variety of engineering schools, such as GFTIs, NITs, IIITs, and IITs, JEE counseling is required.Both general admissions and the open category seat filling process employ the CRL rank. It is the total ranking that a candidate receives as a result of their JEE exam performance.The category rank is taken into account for reserved category seats (such as SC, ST, OBC-NCL, EWS, and PwD). Seats allotted for the candidate's category are distributed using this rank, which is unique to that category.While CRL is used for open category seats, it is vital to remember that candidates in reserved categories will still have their seats assigned based on the best rank—either their category rank or the CRL—depending on the criterion for seat allocation.

If the candidate does not meet the JEE Advanced cutoff then the candidates can try through JEE Main cutoff. However, if the candidate does not meet the JEEMain cutoff, then he/she cannot participate in the JoSAA counselling.Students who have cleared the JEE Main exam and have not participated in JoSAA Counselling 2024 are eligible to apply for CSAB Counselling 2024. Candidates who have been allocated a seat in any of the 6 rounds of JoSAA Counselling 2024 are also eligible to participate in the special round of CSAB Counselling 2024.Candidates who do score above JEE Main cutoff marks are eligible to take admissions in NITs, IIITs and GFTIs but not IITs. To appear in the admission process for IITs, candidates need to get marks above than the JEE Main cutoff and appear in JEE Advanced exam.

As per the latest notification from the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA), there will be total of 6 rounds for JEE counseling in 2023 through which seat allocation will be done at various NITs, IIITs and other GFTIs:

  1. Round :-  This will be the first round of counseling based on JEE Main ranks.

2.  Round : - This is the second round of seat allocation. Students can change choices submitted earlier.

3. Round 3- : Students who couldn't get a seat allotted in first two rounds are eligible for this third round.

4. Round 4:-  Another chance given to students to obtain seat allocation if they couldn't earlier. 

5. Round 5:-  One more mop-up round conducted after round 4 before final vacant seat filling.

6. Round 6: - The sixth and final round of counseling to allot any last vacant seats left unfilled in the participating institutes. 

Additionally, two preparatory mock rounds will be conducted before the counseling starts for students to get familiar with the web portal and process.

So in 2023, candidates will have six rounds spanning over 3-4 months time from June to September to seek JEE counseling and admission confirmation.