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JEE Advanced counselling is called JoSAA. The candidates who qualify JEE Advanced have to register for JoSAA counselling with their JEE Advanced details. If you have appeared for JEE Mains you can register for JoSAA counselling for NITs, IIITs and GFTIs and if you have appeared for JEE Advanced, then you can apply for JoSAA counselling of IITs provided you fulfil the JEE Mains and advanced criteria respectively. Thereafter, only you have to follow the steps written in JEE Advanced counselling brochure. Now, you can fill in the choice for JoSAA Seat allocation. Just remember one thing your credential should be same as per JEE Advanced admit card.

JEE Advanced counselling is called JoSAA. JoSAA 2026 will be conducted by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority. JoSAA 2026 counselling will start in June 2026.

There will be 6 rounds of seat allotment. Candidates who are allotted seats in each round of JoSAA 2026 Counselling will be required to choose the options from Freeze, Float or Slide. Candidates who opt Freeze option will be required to complete the reporting process by the prescribed deadline. The candidates who are not allotted seats during JoSAA 2026 seat allotment rounds still get a chance to get enrolled in the NIT+ system through CSAB counselling 2026. Eligible candidates had to apply for the JoSAA counselling 2026 online on the official website at josaa. nic. in. During the counselling of JoSAA, two rounds of mock allotment are held to help candidates make correct choices for the real allotment rounds. The JoSAA 2026 seat allotment result is released in online mode after every round. Candidates are allotted seats according to their merit, preferences and availability of seats. The admission process for admissions in 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 25 IIITs, and 28 Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs) is managed by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Over 50,000 undergraduate engineering seats (B.Tech/BE) will be open for eligible candidates.