JEE Main Counselling 2025: Date, Seat Allotment, JoSAA Counselling, Opening and Closing Ranks

JEE Main Counselling 2025 - The Joint Seat Allocation Authority will release the JEE Main 2025 counselling dates soon on its official website - josaa.nic.in. JEE Main counselling schedule is released for candidates who qualify the JEE Main exam and cleared the minimum JEE Main Cut off 2025. JEE Main Counselling, also known as, JoSAA Counselling, is conducted in a centralized way where JEE Mains participating colleges participate and select students based on their opening and closing ranks. Students who clear the JEE Mains minimum qualifying marks are eligible for JoSAA Counselling and JEE Advanced exam 2025. 

A total of five rounds of JoSAA counselling will be conducted. Each round will involve seat allocation, online reporting and fee payment. Candidates can check the tentative JEE Main counselling schedule based on previous years' trend

JEE Main Counselling Schedule (Download here)

The JEE Main counselling is of two types: JoSAA Counselling & CSAB Counselling. The CSAB counselling is further divided into four types, namely, CSAB Special, CSAB Supernumerary, CSAB NEUT, and CSAB SFTI.

JEE Main result 2025 will be announced at jeemain.nta.nic.in. The National Testing Agency (NTA) releases the JEE Main scorecard for candidates who appeared for the examination. 

JEE Main Counselling 2025

Candidates who qualify the JEE Main 2025 are called for the counselling session. The JoSAA counselling round consists of five rounds in total. If seats remain unfilled, two further rounds of CSAB special counselling will be held. After each round of JoSAA and CSAB Counselling, the Joint Seat Allocation Authority releases the JEE Main Cut off 2025 on behalf of participating institutes. The institute-wise JEE Main cut off is announced individually for each category in the form of opening and closing rankings. Candidates must have a JEE score of at least 200 in order to take admission to one of the top five NITs.

JoSAA will release the JEE Main Counselling 2025 dates after the release of the Session 2 result. To participate in the counselling, candidates must register online on the website and select their desired colleges and branches.

JEE Main Counselling 2025 Dates

JEE Main Counselling 2025 schedule will be released soon by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority on its official website - josaa.nic.in. JEE Main 2025 counselling dates are released after the JEE Main session 2 result is announced by the National Testing Agency. As mentioned above, JoSAA Counselling (also known as JEE Main counselling) involves the preference selection of courses and colleges, seat allotment, and online reporting. The final admission is granted on the basis of JEE Main opening and closing rank for NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs. Meanwhile, candidates can check the tentative JEE Main counselling dates based on past year's trends: 

JEE Main Counselling 2025 - Round 1 to Round 5 Opening and Closing Ranks

JEE Main counselling is held in five rounds. Earlier, there used to be six rounds of JoSAA Counselling. For each round, the opening and closing rank is released separately. Candidates have the option to freeze the allotted seat in the JEE Mains counselling round. If they do not want to freeze, they can wait for further rounds of counselling. Meanwhile, aspirants can check the previous years' closing ranks for each round below:

JEE Main Counselling 2024 - Round 5 Opening and Closing Ranks

JEE Main Counselling 2024 - Round 4 Opening and Closing Ranks

Below are the Round 4 opening and closing ranks for JEE Main Counselling 2024:

JEE Main Round 3 Opening and Closing Ranks 2024

JEE Main Round 2 Opening and Closing Ranks 2024

Candidates can download the JEE Main Round 2 Result from the table given below:

JEE Main Round 1 Opening and Closing Ranks 2024

Aspirants can download the JEE Main Round 1 OR CR PDF from the table given below:

CSAB Special Round Counselling 2025

The CSAB-Special Round will take place tentatively from July 26, 2025. Students who failed to receive the seat are eligible to participate in CSAB Special Round Counselling.

Also, candidates who have secured a seat through DASA-2025 will not be eligible to participate in the CSAB-Special Round unless they withdraw or surrender their DASA-2025 seat before the specified date.

Additionally, candidates who currently hold two seats, one from JoSAA-2025 and another from DASA-2025, must surrender one of these seats within the designated withdrawal period outlined in both the JoSAA-2025 and DASA-2025 schedules. Failure to surrender one of the two seats before the commencement of the respective Special Rounds for CSAB-2025 and DASA-2025 will result in the cancellation of both seats.

Nearly 24,000 seats are available across NITs in India. A total of  2,000 seats are expected to be available under the State Quota for NIT+ system within the North-Eastern states. Around 740 seats are available across India for students from NE states under the CSAB-NEUT round.

CSAB Special Round Counselling Dates 2025

CSAB Special Round Counselling dates will be announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on its official website. Interested candidates can check the tentative schedule based on previous year in the table below: 

CSAB Special Round: Type of Eligible Candidates

The CSAB Special Round is conducted to fill vacant seats after the conclusion of JEE Main Counselling 2025. However, candidates have to fulfil certain eligibility to appear for the CSAB Special Round. The details of specific Types of eligible candidates are mentioned below:

Type 1: Eligible candidates who did not register during the JoSAA rounds.

Type 2: Candidates who participated in JoSAA 2025 but were not allotted any seats.

Type 3: Candidates who took part in JoSAA 2025, received seat allotment, but had their allocation cancelled due to non-payment of SAF (Seat Acceptance Fee).

Type 4: Candidates who opted for the EXIT option during JoSAA 2025.

Type 5: Candidates who have participated in JoSAA 2025 and have been allotted seats in any IIT and
later

• their seats have been CANCELLED after document verification, OR
• they have WITHDRAWN from their allotted seats, OR
• they have taken admission therein.

Type 6: This category includes candidates who participated in JoSAA 2025, successfully secured admission in the NIT+ System, and confirmed their seats by paying the SAF and PAF fees at the allotted institute.

Type 7: In this category, we have candidates who participated in JoSAA 2025, and were initially allotted seats in the NIT+ System, but later decided to withdraw from their allotted seats.

Type 8: This category comprises candidates who took part in JoSAA 2025, and received seat allotment in the NIT+ System, but unfortunately had their seats cancelled after document verification. Additionally, they did not receive any seat in any subsequent JoSAA rounds, provided they still meet the eligibility criteria.

Type 9: Candidates who have participated in JoSAA 2025 and have been allotted seats in NIT+ System and have paid SAF and successfully completed document verification but their seats have been CANCELLED due to non-payment of PAF.

CSAB Special Round Counselling Fees

JEE Main Counselling - Opening and Closing Ranks

JoSAA Counselling is conducted after the JEE Advanced exam. The counselling is conducted for admission to IITs, NITs, and IIITs. For admission to NITs and IIITs, JEE Main score would be considered, while for admission to IITs, the score of the JEE Advanced exam will be taken into consideration. Students can check the round wise opening and closing ranks for IITs, NITs, and IIITs for the year 2023 in the table below:

JoSAA Seat Matrix 2025

JoSAA will release the seat matrix for JEE Main counselling 2025 on the official website - josaa.nic.in. Last year, a total of 24,229 seats were available in NITs, 8546 seats were available in IIITs and 9402 were available in GFTIs, as per the official seat matrix. The seat intake for top B.Tech programs is given in the table below.

JoSAA Seat Matrix 2023

Candidates can check the JoSAA 2023 seat matrix for all institutes for all courses from the table below:

JEE Main Counselling 2025: NIT Seat Intake

Each NIT will release the total seat intake separately on the website of JoSAA. Meanwhile, interested candidates can check the total last years' seat intake of top NITs in the table below. 

JEE Main Counselling 2025: Important Instructions

JoSAA has released important instructions for the counselling round. Eligible candidates can check the important instructions regarding JEE Main counselling below:

• If you are a JEE (Main) 2025 applicant, use your application number.
• Use your login ID from JEE (Advanced) 2025 as your application number if you applied for JEE (Advanced) 2025 but did not register for JEE (Main) 2025.
• Those who have registered for the exam should use the JEE (Advanced) 2025 password. If not, use the JEE (Main) 2025 password.
  

JEE Main Counselling 2025: Top 20 Percentile - Category Wise Cutoff Marks

Interested candidates can check the category-wise top 20-percentile cut-off marks (out of 500) for the year 2024 Class XII examination (for Admission to IITs only) from the link given below:

JEE Main Participating Institutes

JEE Main Counselling 2025: Restrictions at Institutes/Academic Programs level in IITs

As per the official website of JoSAA, there are certain restrictions at Institutes/Academic programs level in IIT for certain candidates. Interested students can check the detailed restriction criteria for different courses in the table below:

JEE Main Counselling 2025: Special Eligibility/Restrictions in various Institutions/Academic Programs of NIT+ System

Similar to IIT, there is also a special eligibility or restrictions in various Institutions for different academic programs in the NIT+ system. Interested students can download the PDF below released by JoSAA detailed the special eligibility/restrictions in various Institutions/Academic Programs below:

JEE Main Counselling 2025: Top 10 Engineering Colleges

NIRF has released the list of the top 10 engineering colleges for the year 2024. Interested candidates can check the list of the top 10 engineering colleges in India below:

• IIT Madras
• IIT Delhi
• IIT Bombay
• IIT Kanpur
• IIT Kharagpur
• IIT Roorkee
• IIT Guwahati
• IIT Hyderabad
• NIT Trichy
• IIT BHU

JEE Main Seat Matrix

The JEE Main seat matrix is released by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority. The JoSAA seat matrix will be released soon on the official website of JoSAA. The total number of JEE Main and JEE Advanced seats offered at participating IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs through JoSAA Counselling is known as the JoSAA Seat Matrix. Meanwhile, candidates can check the JoSAA seat matrix 2023 in the table below:

JEE Main 2025 Counselling

In the JEE Mains, there are two types of counselling: JoSAA Counseling and CSAB Counselling. Below is a detailed overview of both types of counselling:

JoSAA 2025 Counselling

In the Joint Seat Allocation Authority Counselling or JoSAA Counseling, both JEE Main and Advanced qualified students who are seeking admission to IITs and NIT+ systems are invited to apply. A total of 6 rounds are conducted in JoSAA counselling.

The counselling is conducted on behalf of 114 institutes in India, including 23 Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), 31 National Institute of Technology (NITs), 26 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), IIEST Shibpur, and 33 Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs).

CSAB Counselling

CSAB counselling is of 4 types and is conducted in various rounds. Candidates can check the table below to learn more about CSAB counselling in detail:

CSAB Special: The CSAB Special is held to fill the seats left empty at NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs following the six rounds of JoSAA Counselling.

CSAB NEUT: The CSAB NEUT, or Central Seat Allocation Board for North Eastern States and Union Territories, is held for admission to engineering/technology/architecture courses for applicants from the eight North Eastern states and four Union Territories. 

These seats are offered under the policy of "Reservation of seats in Degree Level Technical Courses for States / UTs in the AICTE-approved institutions lacking facilities for instruction in particular sectors of Technical Education and for certain groups".

CSAB Supernumerary: The CSAB Supernumerary examination is held to fill supernumerary seats for students from the Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The CSAB conducts supernumerary counselling for NITs like NIT Calicut, NIT Durgapur, and SVNIT Surat.

CSAB SFTI: CSAB SFTI Counselling is held for admission to Self Financing Technical Institutes in India.

JEE Main Seat Allotment 2025

The choices made by applicants at JEE Main counselling 2025 are taken into consideration for allocating seats. If there are still open seats after all six rounds of JEE Main counselling, CSAB counselling will take place in two sessions. 

JEE Main Spot Counselling

After all counselling rounds have been completed, if any seats remain open, JoSAA will do a round of JEE Main spot counselling. The spot counselling round for JEE Main 2025 is open to those who were not given seats in any prior round. There is no need to register separately for spot counselling. Candidates who are applying for the first time must register for on-site counselling and fill in their preferred choices.

JEE Main 2025 Counselling: Seat Acceptance Fee

The JEE Main counselling seat acceptance fee must be paid online before the online document verification for all applicants who received their seat first time in any round.

The system will instantly redirect to the EPG page if the candidate clicks "Pay Seat Acceptance Fee." To finish the payment procedure, the candidate can choose from a variety of choices, including a Debit Card, Credit Card, and Net Banking, depending on what is most convenient for him or her. The seat allocation result page will be redirected by the payment gateway after a successful transaction. The candidate may download the letter confirming the provisional seat assignment if the payment status is "Success".

Interested candidates can check the category-wise seat acceptance fee for JEE Main counselling in the table below:

JEE Main Partial Admission Fee for NIT+System

In the NIT+ system, all candidates who have provisionally been allocated seats (allocated in any round of JoSAA Counselling and not withdrawn or cancelled) and have paid their Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), will also have to pay the Partial Admission Fee (PAF) from their JoSAA portal at the conclusion of the sixth round.

Note: The Partial Admission Fee will be adjusted against the JEE Main admission fee

JEE Main Admission Fee

The JEE Main participating institutes will release the admission fee for each category candidate. The Jee Main admission fee is different for day scholars and hostellers. The conducting body has not yet released the JoSAA admission fee for the year 2024. Meanwhile, candidates can check the fee details of the previous year from the link below:

JEE Main Counselling Process 2025

JEE Main counselling comprises many steps. To participate in the counselling, candidates must complete each level. The complete step-by-step counselling process is given here.

Step 1: Registration

Candidates must visit JoSAA's official website. Candidates who will take the JEE Main or JEE Advanced in 2025 must register in order to participate in the counselling. The following are the processes for completing the JoSAA 2025 registration form online:

• Visit the JoSAA official website.
• Enter your JEE Main 2025 application number, password, and security pin on the login page.
• Read the directions and then choose the 'I Agree' option.
• The JoSAA counselling form will be shown.
• Fill out the form and click the 'Confirm Registration' tab.

Step 2: Choice Filling & Locking

Aspirants will be asked to lock their institution and course options in the second stage. Candidates will be assigned seats depending on their availability and preferences. The processes for filling out and locking online choices are outlined below.

• Choose a college and a course on the online form.
• Candidates can choose to modify, amend, or remove their choices.
• Lock the options when you've verified them.
• After each session of counselling, candidates can secure their preferences.

Step 3: Seat Allotment

As per the students' JEE Main/JEE Advanced 2025 rankings, seats would be assigned to them. The JoSAA also performed a mock seat allocation in two rounds. Candidates who get seats must confirm their enrollment by paying the admission confirmation fee and reporting to the allocated institute by the deadlines.

Step 4: Payment of Fees

Candidates must pay the counselling fees and secure their seats after the seat allocation process. Candidates must use Net Banking or an e-Challan to pay the seat confirmation fee for the assigned seats. At the reporting centre, all necessary documents will be evaluated. A preliminary admission letter will be sent to the candidates when the documents are verified and the payment is made.

However, aspirants have the option to float, freeze, slide, and withdraw if they are unsatisfied with the seat they have been awarded.

Float: This option is available to candidates who want to maintain their assigned seat or seek an upgradation of seat

Freeze: Candidates may choose the "Freeze" option if they are happy with the seats they have been allotted and do not wish to take part in any more rounds of counselling.

Slide: Candidates can choose the "Slide" option if they wish to accept the seat they have been offered and upgrade their programme at the same college or institution.

Withdraw: Candidates who have already accepted a seat but wish to revoke their acceptance may do so by showing up at the institute they have been assigned to before the final round of JEE Main 2025 seat allocation.

Step 5: Document Verification

• Candidates must report to the assigned reporting centre in this stage with their original documentation. 
• Candidates have a risk of getting their applications rejected if they do not show up to the centre or do not provide all the required documents. 
• All documents must be kept in multiple copies by candidates so that they may check them and confirm their seats. 

Step 6: Reporting to the Allotted College

The counselling for JEE Main 2025 ends with this phase. Candidates must show up at the designated college and pay the remaining tuition fee within the allowed time frame.

JEE Main Counselling 2025: Documents Required

Candidate registration for the counselling must be done online through the JoSAA portal. The complete list of documentation needed to register for and take part in JEE Main 2025 counselling is provided below:

JEE Main Special Round Counselling

If seats are still available after the JoSAA has conducted all six rounds of counselling, a special round of counselling will be held. The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) oversees the special rounds. The CSAB offers centralised counselling for the four categories listed below:

CSAB Special Round: This round of counselling is held to determine admittance to CFTIs, IIITs, and NITs. After the six rounds of JoSAA counselling are finished and seats have remained unfilled, two extra special rounds will be held.

CSAB SFTI: The CSAB SFTI is conducted for admission to 12 Self-Financing Technical Institutes.

CSAB NEUT: The counselling is conducted for admission to supernumerary seats in NITs for Union Territories and in certain institutions approved by the AICTE for North East & Union Territories (NUET).

CSAB Supernumerary: CSAB Supernumerary counselling is accepted by institutes in the Union Territories (UTs) of Andaman & Nicobar, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Khandvi and Lakshadweep.