Joint Seat Allocation Authority JOSAA Counselling

Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), has established the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) to organize the joint seat allocation process for admissions to 118 institutes. This includes 23 IITs, 26 IIITs, IIEST Shibpur, 31 NITs, Schools of Planning and Architecture, and 38 Other Govt Funded Technical Institutes(GFTI).

Table of Contents


1. Quick Summary
2. Eligibility
3. Quotas
4. Qualifying Exams
5. Reservation
6. Rank Lists
7. Counselling Process
8. Participating Colleges

Quick Summary

Region LevelAll India
Courses CoveredArchitecture, Engineering, Planning, Science
College Types CoveredIIT, IIIT, NIT, IIEST, GFTI
Quotas CoveredAll India Quota, State Quota, Non State Quota
Reservation CoveredGN, EWS, OBC NCL, SC, ST, PH
Registration TimelineJune 3rd week – 1 Week Duration
Total Rounds6
Total Seats57150+
Admission Acceptance AmountGeneral/OBC/EWS – Rs 45000
SC/ST/PH – Rs 20000
Counselling ModeOnline
FrequencyConducted Once a year
Official Websitehttps://josaa.nic.in/

Eligibility

Minimum 75% aggregate marks in the Class XII. Aggregate marks for SC, ST and PH candidates should be greater than or equal to 65%.

Candidate should be within top 20 percentile marks of the respective board of examination in which they appeared for 12th examination.

Quotas

  • IIT – All India Quota – 100%
  • NIT, IIEST Shibpur, PEC Chandigarh – State Quota – 50%, Non State Quota – 50%
  • Assam University Silchar – State Quota – 50%, All India Quota – 50%
  • Birla Institute of Technology – State Quota – 50%, All India Quota – 50%
  • Pondicherry Engineering College – State Quota – 50%, All India Quota – 50%

Home State Quota is applicable for candidates who are domicile/nativity of the state where the college is located. Non state Quota is applicable for candidates who are not domicile of that state which includes all other states/UT.

The Home State Quota for Ghani Khan Choudhary Institute of Engineering and Technology Malda includes the candidates from the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, and Sikkim

Home State quota seats of NIT Goa are further divided into 80% for Goa candidates and 20% for candidates from Diu, Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep.

Home State Quota seats of NIT Srinagar is divided as 90% for Jammu and Kashmir candidates and 10% for Ladakh candidates.

Qualifying Examinations

  • JEE (Advanced) B.E./B.Tech.
  • JEE (Main) B.E./B.Tech.
  • JEE (Main) B.Arch.
  • JEE (Main) B.Planning

Reservation

Communal reservations are applicable for all colleges under all quotas All India Quota, State Quota and Non State Quota.

  • SC- 15%
  • ST- 7.5%
  • OBC- (Non-Creamy Layer) – 27%
  • EWS- 10%
  • GN – 40.5%
  • PH- Horizontal Reservation under all categories- 5%

Rank Lists

  • Seat allocation in IITs is based on JEE (Advanced) 2023 rank and seat allocation in Other colleges is based on JEE (Main) 2023 rank.
  • Rank lists for admission to IITs are based on the performance of candidates in JEE (Advanced) 2023.
  • Common Rank List (CRL) is prepared for Open Seats.
  • Category Rank List is prepared for each reservation category such as EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST
  • For PH seats, separate category wise PH rank list is prepared under each reservation category such as EWS-PH, OBC-PH, SC-PH, ST-PH
  • Separate common rank list and category rank lists are prepared for BE/BTech, BArch and BPlan Paper
  • Separate common rank list and category rank lists are prepared for Home State Candidates and Non Home State candidates

Counselling Process

After allotment candidate options – Freeze, Slide, Float

Freeze – Candidate accepts the allotted seat and do not want to participate in further round of counselling

Float – Candidate accepts the allotted seat but interested to get higher preference in any college in subsequent rounds of counselling.

Slide and float options are NOT available in the last round of JoSAA counselling

For non IIT college, physical reporting at admitted college will be done only after the completion of CSAB Special Rounds.

At the end of the 6th round of JoSAA counselling, candidates allotted seat in any round of JoSAA counselling are required to pay the Partial Admission Fee (PAF) – Rs 36000/16000 through JoSAA portal

Participating Colleges

  1. Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
  2. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
  3. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
  4. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  5. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  6. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
  7. Indian Institute of Technology Goa
  8. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
  9. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
  10. Indian Institute of Technology Indore
  11. Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad
  12. Indian Institute of Technology Jammu
  13. Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
  14. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  15. Indian Institute of Technology Dharward
  16. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  17. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  18. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
  19. Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad
  20. Indian Institute of Technology Patna
  21. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
  22. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
  23. Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
  24. National Institute of Technology (NITS) and IIEST Shibpur
  25. Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar
  26. Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
  27. Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal
  28. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad
  29. National Institute of Technology Agartala
  30. National Institute of Technology Andhra Pradesh
  31. National Institute of Technology Calicut
  32. National Institute of Technology Delhi
  33. National Institute of Technology Durgapur
  34. National Institute of Technology Goa
  35. National Institute of Technology Hamirpur
  36. National Institute of Technology Surathkal
  37. National Institute of Technology Meghalaya
  38. National Institute of Technology Nagaland
  39. National Institute of Technology Patna
  40. National Institute of Technology Puducherry
  41. National Institute of Technology Raipur
  42. National Institute of Technology Sikkim
  43. National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh
  44. National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur
  45. National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
  46. National Institute of Technology Manipur
  47. National Institute of Technology Mizoram
  48. National Institute of Technology Rourkela
  49. National Institute of Technology Silchar
  50. National Institute of Technology Srinagar
  51. National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
  52. National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand
  53. National Institute of Technology Warangal
  54. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat
  55. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology Nagpur
  56. Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology, Shibpur
  57. Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior
  58. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
  59. Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Kancheepuram
  60. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Dharwad
  61. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati
  62. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani
  63. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kota
  64. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam
  65. Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing Kurnool
  66. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Lucknow
  67. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Manipur
  68. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Nagpur
  69. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune
  70. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi
  71. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sonipat
  72. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, Chittoor
  73. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Tiruchirappalli
  74. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una
  75. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara
  76. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur
  77. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Surat
  78. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhopal
  79. Pt. Dwarka Prasad Mishra Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing Jabalpur
  80. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Agartala
  81. Indian Institute of Information Technology, Raichur
  82. Indian Institute of Information Technology Vadodara International IIITVICD
  83. Assam University, Silchar
  84. Birla Institute of Technology Deoghar Off-Campus
  85. Birla Institute of Technology Patna Off-Campus
  86. Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Ranchi
  87. Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar
  88. Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Bhadohi
  89. Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Salem
  90. Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dr. H. S. Gour University. Sagar
  91. Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management- Ahmedabad
  92. Institute of Technology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur
  93. J.K. Institute of Applied Physics & Technology, Department of Electronics & Communication, University of Allahabad- Allahabad
  94. National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Aurangabad (Maharashtra)
  95. National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Ranchi
  96. Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab
  97. School of Engineering & Technology, Mizoram University, Aizawl
  98. School of Engineering, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur
  99. School of Planning & Architecture, Bhopal
  100. School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi
  101. School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada
  102. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu & Kashmir
  103. Central University of Haryana
  104. Central University of Jammu, Jammu
  105. University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
  106. International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur
  107. Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
  108. Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
  109. International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar
  110. Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Assam
  111. Puducherry Technological University, Puducherry
  112. Ghani Khan Choudhary Institute of Engineering and Technology, Malda, West Bengal
  113. Central University of Rajasthan, Rajasthan
  114. National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Sonipat, Haryana
  115. National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) – Thanjavur
  116. North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Nirjuli (Itanagar), Arunachal Pradesh
  117. Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai-IOC Odisha Campus, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
  118. Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
  119. Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
  120. North Eastern Hill University, Shillong