AAT 2025 Counselling: Dates, Seat Allotment, Participating Institutes

To check the JoSAA seat allocation dates, you can visit the official JoSAA website or refer to the information bulletin provided by JoSAA. The same information is also updated on this page. The authority usually releases a detailed schedule outlining the seat allocation process, including dates for various rounds of counselling and seat allotment.

The JoSAA reporting date refers to the deadline by which candidates who have been allocated a seat through the JoSAA counselling process must report to the allotted institute. The reporting date is usually mentioned in the seat allocation letter or the counselling schedule released by JoSAA. It's important to adhere to the reporting date to secure your admission. The candidates must check the date of reporting without fail.

JoSAA counselling is usually held in 5 or 6 rounds. The admission process for admissions in 23 IITs, 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, 26 IIITs and 40 Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs) will be done by JoSAA in various rounds deending on various factors. In these rounds, candidates are allotted seats based on their JEE Main or JEE Advanced rank and preferences filled by them during registration. Candidates who are allotted seats have to either accept or float the seat.

After completing registration in JoSAA, candidates need to fill in their choices of branches and colleges in order of preference. According to the qualifications of candidates, the available choices for admission will be listed. Once the choices are entered, candidates will be able to arrange them according to their preference by selecting "Arrange Filled Choices".

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The various processes involved in JoSAA 2025 counselling are registration, choice filling, seat allocation, and online reporting. JoSAA counselling is conducted for admission to BE/B.Tech courses offered by the IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs. JoSAA counselling 2025 will be conducted online in five rounds. Qualified candidates of JEE Main will be eligible for admission to NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs, while students who qualify for JEE Advanced will be eligible for admission to IITs.

The JoSAA seat allocation results will be checked by the candidates on the official JoSAA website. Candidates will have to log in to their JoSAA account using their registration details and can view their seat allocation status, institute, and branch allotted to them. The official website also provides information on how to proceed after the seat allocation, including reporting to the allotted institute within the specified timeframe.

After JoSAA seat allotment, the candidates will have to download their provisional seat allotment letter and pay the seat acceptance fee. Next, the candidates will have to visit their allotted Reporting Centre (RC) to verify their documents. All of the required documents have to be submitted for verification. After the documents are verified, the candidates will have to report to their respective allotted institutes for confirmation of admission. The tuition fee has to be paid to confirm the admission.

Seat acceptance fee, once paid, is not refundable. However, if a candidate later validly withdraws from the seat allocation process, then the seat acceptance fee paid will be refunded after deducting the JoSAA withdrawal processing charges of INR 7000. If a candidate’s seat is cancelled due to not meeting the eligibility criteria or due to unresolved discrepancy(ies) in the uploaded document(s), then the seat acceptance fee paid will be refunded after deducting the JoSAA processing charges of Rs. 5000. However, in general, the refund policies for counselling fees may vary depending on the institution and the specific circumstances surrounding the payment. It is best to check the official website of JoSAA or contact their helpline for the most up-to-date information on their refund policies.

The filling-in of choices on the online portal is free of cost. The candidate must pay the seat acceptance fee before continuing with the JoSAA process till the end to avail the seat in an IIT or NIT. The documents uploaded by the candidate will not be verified unless the candidate pays the seat acceptance fee. General/Open category candidates are required to pay a fee of INR 35,000, whereas SC, Gen-PwD, ST, OBC-NCL-PwD, ST-PwD, and SC-PwD have to pay INR 17,500. The fees will be included in the semester fees once students confirm their admission.