The JEE Main counselling process 2025 is currently ongoing via JoSAA, JAC Delhi, JAC Chandigarh, and CSAB. The JoSAA counselling final seat allotment for NITs + IIITs will conclude on 28th July 2025, while the JAC Delhi has concluded on July 11, 2025. JoSAA counselling will end on 21st July 2025 for all IITs with its 6th round.
The JAC Chandigarh counselling is expected to close on 14th August 2025, and the physical reporting to college shall be done by 19th August. The CSAN NEUT counselling will conclude on August 11, 2025 with a spot round (if required). Check the complete schedule for all the counselling procedures, eligibility criteria and more on this page.
Read more on JoSAA counselling here
JoSAA counselling - Key Events and Dates
The key events and dates related to the JoSAA counselling have been clearly provided in the tables below for each round separately. You can also check the JoSAA counselling documents required here.
Round 1
Date | Time (IST) | Event |
17 April 2025 (Thu) | 10:00 | Joint Apex Board declares JEE (Main) 2025 Ranks |
2 June 2025 (Mon) | 10:00 | Announcement of JEE (Advanced) 2025 Result |
3 June 2025 (Tue) | 17:00 | 1. Registration/choice filling for JoSAA begins2. Pre-payment of seat acceptance fee begins |
9 June 2025 (Mon) | 14:00 | Display of Mock Seat Allocation-1 (based on choices filled till June 8, 20:00 IST) |
11 June 2025 (Wed) | 12:30 | Display of Mock Seat Allocation-2 (based on choices filled till June 10, 17:00 IST) |
12 June 2025 (Thu) | 17:00 | 1. End of candidate registration and choice filling (Auto-locking) 2. End of pre-payment |
13 June 2025 (Fri) | — | Reconciliation and verification by JoSAA |
14 June 2025 (Sat) | 10:00 | Round 1 Seat Allocation |
14–22 June 2025 | By 17:00 | Online reporting, fee payment, document upload, query response (Round 1) |
22 June 2025 (Sun) | 17:00 | Last date for fee payment (Round 1) |
23 June 2025 (Mon) | By 17:00 | Resolution of fee payment issues (Round 1) |
24 June 2025 (Tue) | By 10:00 | Last date to respond to queries (Round 1) |
Round 2
Date | Time (IST) | Event |
25 June 2025 (Wed) | 17:00 | Round 2 Seat Allocation |
25–29 June 2025 | By 17:00 | Online reporting, document upload, fee payment, query response (Round 2) |
29 June 2025 (Sun) | 17:00 | Last date for fee payment (Round 2) |
30 June 2025 (Mon) | By 17:00 | Resolution of fee payment issues (Round 2) |
1 July 2025 (Tue) | By 10:00 | Last date to respond to queries (Round 2) |
26–30 June 2025 | 10:00–17:00 | Withdrawal/Exit from seat allocation process (Round 2) |
1 July 2025 (Tue) | By 10:00 | Last day to respond to withdrawal query (Round 2) |
Round 3
Date | Time (IST) | Event |
2 July 2025 (Wed) | 10:00 | Round 3 Seat Allocation |
2–4 July 2025 | By 17:00 | Online reporting, fee payment, query response (Round 3) |
4 July 2025 (Fri) | 17:00 | Last date for fee payment (Round 3) |
5 July 2025 (Sat) | 17:00 | Resolution of fee payment issues / Last date to respond to queries (Round 3) |
2–4 July 2025 | 17:00 | Withdrawal/Exit from seat allocation process (Round 3) |
5 July 2025 (Sat) | 17:00 | Last date to respond to withdrawal query (Round 3) |
Round 4
Date | Time (IST) | Event |
6 July 2025 (Sun) | 17:00 | Round 4 Seat Allocation |
6–9 July 2025 | By 17:00 | Online reporting, fee payment, query response (Round 4) |
9 July 2025 (Wed) | 17:00 | Last date for fee payment (Round 4) |
10 July 2025 (Thu) | 17:00 | Resolution of fee payment issues / Last date to respond to queries (Round 4) |
7–9 July 2025 | 10:00–17:00 | Withdrawal/Exit from seat allocation process (Round 4) |
10 July 2025 (Thu) | 17:00 | Last date to respond to withdrawal query (Round 4) |
Round 5
Date | Time (IST) | Event |
11 July 2025 (Fri) | 17:00 | Round 5 Seat Allocation |
11–14 July 2025 | By 17:00 | Online reporting, fee payment, query response (Round 5) |
14 July 2025 (Mon) | 17:00 | Last date for fee payment (Round 5) |
15 July 2025 (Tue) | 17:00 | Resolution of fee payment issues / Last date to respond to queries (Round 5) |
12–14 July 2025 | 10:00–17:00 | Withdrawal/Exit from seat allocation process (Round 5) |
15 July 2025 (Tue) | 17:00 | Last date to respond to withdrawal query (Round 5) |
Round 6: Final Round for IITs
Date | Time (IST) | Event |
16 July 2025 (Wed) | 17:00 | Round 6 (Final for IITs) Seat Allocation |
16–20 July 2025 | By 17:00 | Online reporting, fee payment, query response (Round 6) |
20 July 2025 (Sun) | 17:00 | Last date for fee payment (Round 6) |
21 July 2025 (Mon) | 17:00 | Resolution of fee payment issues / Last date to respond to queries (Round 6) |
For NIT+ System Only
Date | Time (IST) | Event |
16–22 July 2025 | By 17:00 | Seat withdrawal and response to withdrawal query (Round 6) |
23–27 July 2025 | By 17:00 | Online payment of Partial Admission Fee (PAF) |
28 July 2025 (Mon) | By 17:00 | Resolution of PAF Payment Issues |
JAC Delhi Counselling Schedule
The key events and dates related to the JAC Delhi counselling have been clearly provided in the table below.
Event | Date | Time |
Commencement of Online Registration and Choice Filling (with Application Fee Payment) | May 21, 2025 (Wednesday) | 10:00 A.M. |
Last Date for Online Registration and Choice Filling | June 02, 2025 (Monday) | 10:30 P.M. |
Verification of Documents (Bonus, CW, KM) | June 04–05, 2025 (Wednesday–Thursday), 09:00 A.M. | — |
First Round - Seat Allotment Result | June 09, 2025 (Monday) | — |
Physical Reporting (Round 1) - Various Categories | June 10–18, 2025 | — |
Seat Freezing (Round 1) | June 18, 2025 (Wednesday) | 10:30 P.M. |
Withdrawal of Admission (Rounds 1–4) | July 08, 2025 (Tuesday) | 10:30 P.M. |
Second Round - New Registration and Choice Editing | June 19, 2025 (Thursday) | 10:00 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. |
Second Round - Defence, KM, Bonus Verification | June 20, 2025 (Friday) | 09:00 A.M. |
Second Round - Seat Allotment Result | June 24, 2025 (Tuesday) | — |
Physical Reporting (Round 2) | June 25–26, 2025 | 10:00 A.M. to 03:00 P.M. |
Seat Freezing (Round 2) | June 26, 2025 (Thursday) | 10:30 P.M. |
Third Round - Seat Allotment Result | June 30, 2025 (Monday) | — |
Physical Reporting (Round 3) | July 01–02, 2025 | 10:00 A.M. to 03:00 P.M. |
Seat Freezing (Round 3) | July 02, 2025 (Wednesday) | 10:30 P.M. |
Fourth Round - Seat Allotment Result | July 04, 2025 (Friday) | — |
Physical Reporting (Round 4) | July 07–08, 2025 | 10:00 A.M. to 03:00 P.M. |
Seat Freezing (Round 4) | July 08, 2025 (Tuesday) | 10:30 P.M. |
Upgradation Round - Display of Upgraded Branch | July 10, 2025 (Thursday) | — |
Seat Freezing (Upgradation Round) | July 10, 2025 (Thursday) | 10:30 P.M. |
Display of Vacancy for Spot Round (if any) | July 11, 2025 (Friday) | 12:00 Noon (tentative) |
JAC Chandigarh Counselling Schedule
The key events and dates related to the JAC Chandigarh counselling have been clearly provided in the table below.
Event | Date / Duration |
Registration process commences | 29th April 2025 (Tuesday) |
Last date to complete online registration | 21st June 2025 (Saturday) |
Opening of Correction Window (Document verification suspended) | 22nd – 23rd June 2025 |
Online Document Verification (before correction window) | 2nd May – 21st June 2025 |
Online Document Verification (after correction window) | 24th – 30th June 2025 |
Display of Tentative Sports Eligibility Status | 1st July 2025 (Tuesday) |
Sports Counselling (Panjab University) | 4th July 2025 (Friday) at 9:30 A.M. |
Display of Final Eligible List (Reserved Categories) | 5th July 2025 (Saturday) after 5:00 P.M. |
1st Round - Choice Filling | 5th – 7th July 2025 |
Mock Counselling Result | 8th July 2025 (Tuesday) |
Locking of Choices | 9th – 10th July 2025 |
1st Round Seat Allotment | 11th July 2025 (Friday) after 8:00 P.M. |
Online Fee Submission & Willingness (1st Round) | 11th – 14th July 2025 |
Withdrawal after 1st Round | 15th July 2025 (Tuesday) |
2nd Round - Choice Submission | 16th – 18th July 2025 |
2nd Round Seat Allotment | 19th July 2025 (Saturday) after 8:00 P.M. |
Online Fee Submission & Willingness (2nd Round) | 19th – 21st July 2025 |
Withdrawal after 2nd Round | 22nd July 2025 (Tuesday) |
3rd Round - Choice Submission | 23rd – 25th July 2025 |
3rd Round Seat Allotment | 26th July 2025 (Saturday) after 8:00 P.M. |
Online Fee Submission (3rd Round) | 26th – 28th July 2025 |
Withdrawal after 3rd Round | 29th July 2025 (Tuesday) |
Physical Reporting & Document Verification | 30th – 31st July 2025 |
Display of Vacant Seats for Special Round | 1st August 2025 (Friday) |
Special Round Registration Begins | 1st August 2025 (Friday) |
Last Date for Special Round Registration | 4th August 2025 (Monday) |
Online Verification for Reserved Categories | 5th – 6th August 2025 (till 5:00 P.M.) |
Display of Tentative Sports Eligibility (Special Round) | 5th August 2025 (Tuesday) |
Sports Counselling (Special Round) | 6th August 2025 (Wednesday) at 9:30 A.M. |
Display of Final Eligible List (Special Round) | 7th August 2025 (Thursday) till 5:00 P.M. |
Special Round - Choice Submission | 7th – 8th August 2025 |
Special Round Seat Allotment | 9th August 2025 (Saturday) |
Online Fee Submission & Willingness (Special Round) | 9th – 11th August 2025 |
Withdrawal after Special Round | 11th – 13th August 2025 |
Spot Round - Tentative Vacant Seats | 11th August 2025 (Monday) |
Spot Round - Fee Submission & Choice Locking | 11th – 13th August 2025 |
Spot Round - Revised Tentative Vacant Seats | 13th August 2025 (Wednesday) |
Spot Round Seat Allotment | 14th August 2025 (Thursday) |
Final Physical Reporting at Allotted Institutes | 19th August 2025 (Tuesday) |
CSAB NEUT Counselling Schedule
The key events and dates related to the CSAB NEUT counselling have been clearly provided in the table below.
Event | Date | Time |
Online provisional Registration and uploading of documents [Engineering, Architecture & Pharmacy] | Jun 23 (MON) – Jun 30 (MON), 2025 | 10:00 h – 17:00 h |
Verification of documents incl. domicile & category certificates, response by candidate to query, finalization of registration | Jun 24 (TUE) – July 04 (FRI), 2025 | 10:00 h – 17:00 h |
Filling up of choices | Jun 24 (TUE) – July 9 (WED), 2025 | 10:00 h – 17:00 h |
Reconciliation, verification, validation of allocated seats (by NIC, CSAB, NERIST, DTEs) | July 10 (THU) – July 14 (MON), 2025 | — |
First Round of Seat Allotment | July 15 (TUE), 2025 | 17:00 h |
Online reporting (Round 1): Fee payment, willingness options, PAL download | July 16 (WED) – July 21 (MON), 2025 | 10:00 h – 17:00 h |
Reconciliation of data (Round 1) | July 22 (TUE) – July 27 (SUN), 2025 | — |
Second Round of Seat Allotment | July 28 (MON), 2025 | 17:00 h |
Online reporting (Round 2): Fee payment, PAL download | July 29 (TUE) – Aug 01 (FRI), 2025 | 10:00 h – 17:00 h |
Seat Withdrawal | Aug 02 (SAT) – Aug 04 (MON), 2025 | 10:00 h – 17:00 h |
Reporting at the allotted Institute for admission | July 23 (WED) – Aug 06 (WED), 2025 | — |
Spot Round (if any) | Aug 06 (WED) – Aug 11 (MON), 2025 | — |
Reporting centre to report admission data to CSAB | July 16 (WED) – Aug 16 (SAT), 2025 | — |
Also read → difference between JoSAA and CSAB counselling, which one is better?
Purpose of the different JEE Main counselling procedures
The 4 counselling kinds given above hold a different meaning, and a brief of these counselling purposes is given below.
- JAC Delhi & Chandigarh: The Joint Admission Counselling (JAC) is conducted to streamline the admission process into premier engineering and architecture colleges in Delhi and Chandigarh that accept JEE Main scores. The counselling is jointly conducted for multiple institutes to ensure a common platform for choice filling, seat allocation, and admission.
- JoSAA: The Joint seat allocation authority (JoSAA) would conductcounselingsession forIITs, ISMs, NITs, and other government-funded institutes.
- CSAB: The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB)conducts separate counseling forSFTIs and NEUT.
JoSAA Eligibility Criteria → is there any eligibility criteria for JEE Main counselling?
Yes. to be able to participate in the JoSAA counselling procedure, the candidates are required to fulfill the following eligibility conditions.
Type of Institute | Criteria 1 | Criteria 2 |
For IITs and ISM Dhanbad | Qualify JEE Advanced criteria for academic courses in the IITs and ISMs and perform in the qualifying exam | Qualify JEE Advanced criteria for preparatory courses in the IITs and ISMs and perform in the qualifying exam |
For NITs, IIITsandGFTIs | Qualify rank in JEE Main (Paper 1) and Class 12 | Qualify Rank in JEE Main Paper 2 and pass in Grade 12 with Mathematics as one of the subjects |
JoSAA Seat Matrix Data
Through JoSAA, seats would be allotted to different institutes as per the JoSAA seat matrix.
Institute | Seats |
IITs and ISM Dhanbad | 10k |
NITs | 17.3k |
IIITs | 22k |
GFTIs | 3.7k |
JEE Main counselling process -> A step-by-step guide
The JEE Main selection process is usually a 2-stage process by CBSE.JEE Main performance (60%) and Class-12 (40%)would be taken into account. Both of the scores would be converted into a percentile. About 7 rounds of JEE Main Counselling would be conducted. The JEE Main Counseling procedure comprises the following steps.
Read about JEE Main result here
Online Registration
The first step is the online registration for counselling that began on 3rd June 2025, and the last date to register for JoSAA counselling was 12th June 2025. To register, the following steps are to be followed.
- Visit the official website.
- Enter the JEE Main Roll number and password.
- The Login button can be clicked.
- Once the instructions are read, I Agree button would be needed to be clicked.
- Registration Form for JoSAA would open.
- All the details would be filled.
- Registration would be confirmed.
Online choice selection
The next step after registration is the online choice filling. Here, candidates are required to fill out their preferred choices of colleges and colleges. The following steps must be taken in this regard.
- Candidates would have to select a Choice Available option.
- The Institute type, name, and Academic Program would be input.
- The Choice filling option can be selected.
- Make a choice of Colleges and Courses.
- The filled choices can be arranged in the decreasing order of preference.
- Option for Choice Rearrange can be selected.
- College according to preferences can be arranged.
- Once that is done, the save button can be clicked.
- If the candidate would want to make a deletion of the choices they fill, Multiple delete option should be selected.
- Once choices are locked, they cannot change.
- Choices should be made carefully, as once done they would not change.
- Choice locking would be made after every round of counseling.
- Candidates would be able to mark upgraded choices in successive rounds for choice filling and locking.
Allotment of Seats
After the choice filling option, the next step is allotment of seats. The following points must be remembered w.r.t to JoSAA seat allotment.
- Allotment of seats would be on the basis of the reservation norms, choices filled and the vacancies.
- Candidates would be getting an Email/SMS regarding the seat allotment after a few days once the choice lock is made.
- The seat allotment letter can be downloaded.
Payment of Fees and Acceptance
The next step in the JEE Main counselling process is the payment of fees and seat acceptance. Here, the candidates will pay the final fees and accept their allotted seats.
- The Acceptance Fees have to be paid in order to confirm the allotment of the seats.
- Candidates would have to deposit fees via Net Banking/e challan.
- The documents can be verified at any reporting center for seat acceptance provisionally.
- A provisional letter would be issued once the process is completed.
Once the seat is allotted, the candidates have an option to either accept the seat, reject the seat, or wait for another one. In any case, if candidates want to make changes across float, free and slide, they would have to report at the allotted center.
- Freeze: Candidates who accept the allotted seat and do not want to participate in other counseling rounds.
- Float: Candidates accepting the allotted seat and wanting to get admission in a better college would be selecting this option to participate in further counseling.
- Slide: Option for candidates who accept the allotted seat and looking for better seats in the allotted institution.
It must be noted that no changes would be allowed in the last round of seat allocation and the slide and float option would be given to candidates, who are not offered admission to their initial preferences.
Reporting to allocated institutions
The final step in the JEE Main JoSAA counselling is reporting to the allotted institute. Candidates must remember the following points.
- Candidates would have to report to the Allocated institutions once the fee acceptance is done.
- Candidates would be required to report at the allotted college along with original certificates and documents.
- Candidates those who have a seat allotted in NIT, IIIT, IIEST and GFTI colleges would have to report only at the reporting center of various institutions.
JEE Main counselling → Seat Withdrawal
If due to any reason, the candidate wishes to withdraw their seat, they must take the following actions and must keep in mind some important factors listed below.
- Candidates wishing to withdraw seats have to report at their reporting center prior to the sixth round of seat allocation.
- Candidates would not be considered for further rounds of counseling after the withdraw option is given.
- After Seat withdraw, the seat acceptance fee shall be refunded to candidates once INR 1000 is deducted as processing the charge.
- For seat withdraw process, candidates would have to fill their bank correspondence details and upload an image of the canceled cheque in the JPEG Format. Withdrawal Request letter can be downloaded.
- Candidates would have to input their signature and the signature of the parent in the withdrawal request center and report to the concerned reporting center.
