All About JoSAA 2018

Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has been set up by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) to manage and regulate joint seat allocation for admissions to 100 institutes including 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 23 IIITs and 23 Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs). Admissions to all these institutes are done through a single platform.

From 2018, three more institutes will be participating in the joint counselling process.  These include - Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar.

The joint seat allocation process is held basis the ranks secured by candidates in JEE Main and JEE Advanced. Earlier, the counselling process for admissions to NITs, IIITs and other Government Funded Institutions and that to IITs were done through separate counselling platforms.

The idea behind introducing a single counselling platform was to reduce thousands of seats going vacant in engineering colleges across the country. The Joint seat allocation process was introduced to make the whole process of admissions smoother, effective, efficient, transparent and a lot faster.

To be eligible for JOSAA counselling, candidates must have appeared for either JEE Advanced or JEE Main. Candidate can get a seat to the highest possible choice of academic program, only if he/she is considered under following factors: 

• The category (GEN, OBC-NCL, SC, etc.) of the candidate
• The position of the candidate in rank list
• The order of preference of academic programs by the candidate
• The availability of seats in different seat categories / seat quotas for which the candidate is eligible for.

Take a look at JoSAA 2018 eligibility criteria here!

The first step to appear for JOSAA counselling involves registration, wherein applicants need to give details such as gender, state code of eligibility, nationality, and contact details and pay seat acceptance fee. Once the registration is done, candidates have to report at their respective reporting centres for document verification.

Overall, JoSAA 2018 counselling process will comprise of the given below steps:

• Step 1 – Registration
• Step 2 – Filling and Locking of Choices
• Step 3 – Seat Allotment and Rank List Announcement
• Step 4 – Availability of Allotment Letter and Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee
• Step 5 – Reporting at Reporting Centre
• Step 6 – Reporting at Allotted Institutes

The registration and choice filling round involves four steps like Registration, Filling of Choices, Locking of Choices and Payment of Application Fees.

The registration process for JoSAA counselling commenced on June 15, only after JEE Advanced 2018 results were declared on June 10. The first round of seat allotment will be held on June 27, while the second round will be conducted on July 3, 2018. Please note that qualifying in JEE Advanced 2018, filling up choices and/or participating in the joint seat allocation process do not guarantee a candidate to get admission in IITs. Admission will depend on the availability of seats during various rounds of seat allocation. 

Check JoSAA 2018 counselling schedule below:

Events	Important Dates
Registration and Choice Filling of JoSAA 2018	June 15 to 25, 2018
Seat Allotment – Round 1	June 27, 2018
Seat Allotment – Round 2	July 3, 2018
Seat Allotment – Round 3	July 6, 2018
Seat Allotment – Round 4	July 9, 2018
Seat Allotment – Round 5	July 12, 2018
Seat Allotment – Round 6	July 15, 2018
Seat Allotment – Round 7	July 18, 2018

Know more about the detailed JoSAA 2018 counselling schedule!

JoSAA 2018 participating institutes:

Besides IITs, NITs and IIITs, take a look at some of the other institutes participating in JoSAA 2018 process below:

Assam University, Silchar

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra,  Ranchi

Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar

Indian Institute of Carpet Technology,  Bhadohi

Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management-Ahmedabad

Institute of Technology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur

J.K. Institute of Applied Physics & Technology, Department of Electronics & Communication, University of Allahabad- Allahabad

National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Aurangabad (Maharashtra)

National Institute of Foundry & Forge Technology, Hatia, Ranchi

Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology

School of Engineering & Technology, Mizoram University, Aizawl

School of Engineering, Tezpur University, Napaam, Tezpur

School of Planning & Architecture, Bhopal

School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi

School of Planning & Architecture: Vijayawada

Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu & Kashmir

Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttarakand

University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur

Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh

Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar