JEE Mains Results 2026 Declared: What’s Next — All You Need To Know About JoSAA Counselling | Education and Career News
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JEE Mains Results 2026: Some eligibility criteria have been fixed for taking admission in top engineering colleges by participating in JoSAA counselling. Check details here.
Going by past year trends, JoSAA counselling is likely to start from June 2. (AI Generated Image)
With the NTA announcing the JEE Main results, eyes are now on JEE Advanced and JoSAA counselling. While JEE Advanced registrations are slated to begin on April 23, the Joint Seat Allocation Authority or JoSAA counselling, held every year for admission to Indian engineering and technical institutes including IITs and NITs is expected to commence June first week. This counselling process is conducted on the basis of JEE Advanced and/or Mains result.
Going by past year trends, JoSAA counselling is likely to start from June 2, 2026, however, the exact date and time is yet to be announced. Once the JEE Advanced exam is over on May 17 and the results are out, the complete schedule and round-wise dates of JoSAA counselling will be updated on the official website at josaa.nic.in.
Students must note that there will be five main rounds in JoSAA counselling. Even after this, if seats remain vacant in any premier engineering institute then CSAB (Central Seat Allocation Board) will conduct some special extra rounds.
Admission will done in more than 100 institutes through JoSAA Counselling, which includes 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 1 IIEST, 26 Triple IT, and 40 GFTIs (Government Funded Technical Institutes).
Eligibility Criteria For JoSAA Counselling
Some eligibility criteria have been fixed for admission to top engineering colleges through JoSAA counselling: for IITs, candidates must qualify the JEE Advanced 2026 result and obtain a valid rank, while for NITs, IIEST, IIITs and GFTIs, candidates must have secured a valid rank in the JEE Main 2026 exam.
Candidates must also have passed class 12th (or equivalent) in 2025 or 2026 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects, and must have either a minimum of 75% aggregate marks for the General category (65% for SC/ST/PwD) or be in the top 20 percentile of their class 12th board exam.
JoSAA Counselling Process
Registration and choice filling: Candidates have to register with JEE Main application number, name, mother’s name and date of birth at josaa.nic.in. Choice filling will be done after OTP verification.
Seat Allotment: Seats will be allotted in five rounds based on merit, choice preference and seat availability.
Seat Acceptance Fee: Candidates will have to pay the fees for reservation of seats.
Freeze: Accept the seat and do not participate in further rounds.
Float: Accept the seat but participate in the rounds for a better institute/course.
Slide: Accept the seat but participate in the rounds for a better course in the same institute.
Document Verification: After seat allotment, candidates will have to go for document verification and fee payment at the reporting centre.
CSAB Special Rounds: If seats remain vacant after JoSAA rounds then CSAB Special Rounds will be conducted.
April 21, 2026, 09:40 IST
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