JoSAA Counselling 2025: Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) released the counselling schedule for 2025, paving the way for admissions to some of India's most sought-after engineering institutes, including IITs, NITs, IIITs, and other Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs). The registration and choice-filling procedure for this year will begin on June 3, 2025, on the official JoSAA website.
Applicants for counselling at JoSAA include candidates who have passed JEE Main 2025 or JEE Advanced 2025. These students will vie for seats at the premier technical institutions of the country. There will be six rounds of counselling at JoSAA 2025, providing students with several chances to retain or change their allocated seats.
The seat allotment is to be announced on the first round on June 20, 2025. The candidates will have three options after every round: 'freeze', to hold the seat and drop out of the process, 'float', to hold the seat but wait for a higher one in the next rounds, or 'slide', to move to a higher preference in the same institution.
In a departure from previous years, JoSAA 2025 will be online only. Document verification, fee payment, and seat acceptance will all be done online; there won't be any in-person reporting. It is expected that this will make the process easier and more accessible for students from remote areas.
Once JoSAA finishes rounds, candidates who are not allotted any seat can still get a chance through the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) special counselling rounds, which basically fill remaining seats in the NIT+ system. This makes sure that deserving candidates receive every possible chance to get admissions.
JoSAA 2025 Round 1 Schedule
June 13, 2025
Reconciliation of data, verification, and validation by JoSAA
June 14, 2025
10 AM – Seat Allocation (Round 1)
By 5 PM – Online reporting by candidates:
-Fee payment
-Document upload
-Response to queries (if any)
June 18, 2025
By 5 PM – Last date to respond to queries (if required)
By 5 PM – Last date for fee payment (Round 1)
June 19, 2025
By 5 PM – Resolution of fee payment issues for candidates who attempted payment before the deadline
June 20, 2025
By 5 PM – Final deadline to respond to pending queries (Round 1)
