JoSAA JEE Main 2024 Counselling: Cutoff, Seat Allotment, Documents Required, Fees

• JoSAA organises a combined counselling process for admission of JEE Main and JEE Advanced qualified candidates in IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs.
• The counselling for vacant seats after JoSAA counselling will be organised by Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB)
• Supernumerary seats in colleges of the North East and Union Territories locations are allocated by special counselling CSAB NEUT
• Central Seat Allocation Board will also conduct a separate counselling procedure CSAB SFTI for 18 Self Financing Technical Institutes (SFTIs).

CSAB conducts centralised counselling for four categories as mentioned below:

1. CSAB Special Round: For vacant seats after JoSAA final round for all NITs, IIITs and CFTIs across India. The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) will conduct two special rounds of JEE Main counselling. Candidates with a valid JEE Main 2024 score can participate in the special round of counselling.

2. CSAB NEUT: For supernumerary seats in NITs for Union Territories, and in some AICTE-approved institutes for North East and Union Territories (NEUT). CSAB counselling process will be conducted for 12 North East and Union Territories which includes Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep.

3. CSAB Supernumerary: For the supernumerary round of counselling for Union Territories (UTs) of Andaman & Nicobar, Dadar & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep & Khandvi

The eligibility criteria for admission to various participating institutes will be released by JoSAA. Check the details below.

JEE Main eligibility for admission to NITs, IIITs and CFTIs, SFIs

The authority will offer admission to BTech/BArch/planning courses in the NITs, IIITs and GFTIs based on All India Rank (AIR). All candidates need to have minimum 75% marks in class 12 examination (for SC/ST candidates the minimum requirement is 65% in class 12). 

JEE Main eligibility criteria for BArch and BPlan admission

• Architecture students have to pass the qualifying examination with 50% marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and 50% in aggregate of the qualifying exam.
• For BPlanning candidates should have passed class XII or qualifying exam with 50% in Mathematics and 50% in aggregate of the qualifying exam.

JEE Main eligibility for other institutions

• The above criteria will also apply to other Technical Institutions participating in counselling through JoSAA/CSAB.
• In case a State opts to admit students to the engineering Colleges affiliated with State Universities, the State may prepare a separate rank list based on criteria decided by them.
• Provisional seat allotment letter
• Original JEE Main 2024 admit card
• One passport size photograph same as uploaded during the application form filled up
• JEE Main 2024 scorecard issued by NTA
• Proof of Photo ID by government
• Class XII board mark sheet
• Category and Medical certificate (if any)

The counselling of JEE Main is completely online and candidates need to register online on the JoSAA portal. Given below is a list of all the documents that are required for registering and participating in JEE Main 2024 counselling.

• Provisional JEE Main seat allotment result

• 3 passport-size photographs (the same as uploaded during registration)

• Photo identity card

• Proof of fee payment (seat acceptance)

• Proof of Date of birth

• JEE Main Admit Card 2024

• Marks sheet of Class XII examination

• JEE Main 2024 scorecard

• Category certificate (if applicable)

The counselling of JEE Main 2024 consists of various processes. Candidates need to complete each step to participate in the counselling. The detailed step-by-step procedure of counselling is described here.

Step 1: Registration - Firstly, candidates have to visit the official website of JoSAA. Candidates who will appear in JEE Main 2024 or JEE Advanced 2024 need to register to participate in the counselling. Below are steps to fill the JoSAA 2024 registration form online:

• Visit the official website of JoSAA
• On the login page, enter JEE Main 2024 application number, password and security pin.
• Read the instructions and click on the 'I Agree' option
• JoSAA counselling form will be displayed
• Fill the form and click on ‘Confirm Registration’

Step 2: Choice filling & locking: In the second step, candidates will be required to lock their college and course preferences. Seats will be allotted to aspirants based on their availability and choices filled by them. Below are the steps of online choice filling and locking.

• On the online form, select a choice of colleges and courses
• Candidates can opt for edit/change/delete choices
• After verifying, lock the choices
• Candidates can lock their choices after each round of counselling

Step 3: JEE Main 2024 Seat Allotment - Seats will be allocated to the candidates based on their ranks obtained in JEE Main 2024/JEE Advanced 2024. Mock seat allotment by JoSAA was also conducted in two rounds. Candidates who will be allotted seats will be required to confirm their admission by paying the admission confirmation fee and reporting to the allotted institute as per the specified dates. 

Step 4: Payment of admission fees - After the seat allotment procedure, candidates have to pay the counselling fees and confirm their seats. Candidates have to pay the seat acceptance fee for the allotted seats through Net Banking/e-Challan. All the required documents will be verified at the reporting centre. After verification of the documents and payment of the fee, a provisional admission letter will be issued to the candidates.

However, if candidates are not satisfied with the allotted seat then they can use float, freeze, slide and withdraw.

• Float: Candidates who wish to keep the allotted seat or upgrade their seat, can choose this option.

• Freeze: In case candidates are satisfied with their allocated seats and do not want to participate in further rounds of counselling they can select the 'Freeze' option.

• Slide: Candidates who want to accept the allotted seat and upgrade the programme in the same college/institute, can select the 'Slide' option.

• Withdraw: Candidates who have already accepted the seat, but want to withdraw the seat can choose this option by reporting at the allotted institute before the final round of JEE Main 2024 seat allotment.

JEE Main Counselling 2024 Fee Payment

Step 5: Reporting to the centre for document verification - In this step, candidates have to carry their original documents and report to the allotted JoSAA 2024 reporting centre. If in case, candidates fail to report to the centre or do not produce all the necessary documents, their candidature might get cancelled. Candidates must keep multiple copies of all the documents for verification and seat confirmation. Below are the documents required for JEE Main 2024 seat allotment.

Step 6: Final reporting to the allotted institute - This is the final step of JEE Main 2024 counselling. Candidates have to report to the allotted institute and pay the balance fees within the prescribed timeline.

• Candidates will be offered admission based on the choices filled by them and JEE Main All India Rank (AIR) 2024 through JEE Main seat allocation process.
• The candidates will be able to make their choices online for branches/programs and institutes at an appropriate time.
• The verification of documents will be done at the time of the seat allocation process/admission.
• During this process, the conducting authority will verify different records regarding age, identification, qualifying examination, state of eligibility, category and disability (if any) of the candidate.
• Candidates who fail to produce any of the documents, will not be considered for admission.
• Candidates belonging to Gen-EWS, SC, ST, OBC and PwD categories will be required to produce the original certificate as per prescribed formats issued by the competent authority at the time of JEE Main 2024 seat allotment process as well as at the time of admission.

The JoSAA 2024 cutoff has been released for all 5 rounds. Candidates can check here the JoSAA 2023 cutoff for all six rounds. The Joint Seat Allocation Authority has released the round-wise seat allotments for various programs offered by 107 participating institutes including the IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs.

⇒ Check JoSAA 2024 Cutoff Round 1-5 here

JoSAA 2023 Cutoff

JEE Main Cutoff 2021

Candidates can have an idea about the JEE Main 2021 cutoff by going through the table below:

JoSAA 2020 Cutoff: Round 1 to 6

Check below for the JEE Main Counselling 2024 frequently asked questions.