JoSAA Counselling 2026: The authority has announced the start date of JEE Mains counselling 2026. The tentative date has been announced by IIT Roorkee on the JEE advanced website.
Complete JoSAA schedule 2026 & procedure along with opening & closing ranks will be released on josaa.nic.in.
National testing agency has successfully conducted JEE main 2026 from 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th April 2026 for session 2. Those planning for IIT admissions will be appearing for JEE Advanced 2026 on May 17, 2026.
JoSAA Counselling 2026 Date & Time
The JoSAA registration will begin one day after the release of the JEE Advanced results. Counselling registration and choice filling will begin together. Counselling will begin on 2nd June 2026 (17.00) and continue till last week of July 2026.
The counselling process includes steps such as registration, choice filling and locking, mock seat allocation, final seat allotment, document verification & fee payment, reporting to the allotted institute.
Also Check: List of Participating Institutes
JoSAA Counselling Eligibility Criteria 2026
- Candidates passed Class XII or its equivalent with Physics & Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with Biology/ Chemistry/ Biotechnology or other technical vocational subject are eligible.
- For NITs/ GFTIs/ IIITs, he /she should have a valid rank in JEE Main 2026.
- For IIT admissions, candidate should have valid rank in both JEE Mains and JEE Advanced 2026.
- Performance in 12th (only for IITs): Students should have passed 12th with minimum 5 subjects securing atleast 75% marks (65% for ST/SC) OR be among top 20 percentile of successful candidates in 12th board exam.
It is compulsory to register at JoSAA online portal for grab seats allocated through JoSAA in any of the IITs, NITs, IIITs, GFTIs, etc.
Also Check:
JoSSA Counselling Schedule PDF (Previous Year)
JoSAA Counselling Events 2026
Below is the table, we have provided you with the complete Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) events and dates:
| JoSAA Counselling Events 2026 | Old Dates |
| JEE Main counselling registration and choice filling | 1st week of June 2026 |
| Mock Seat Allocation-1 | 2nd week of June 2026 |
| Mock Seat Allocation-2 | 2nd week of June 2026 |
| JEE Main Round 1 seat allotment | 2nd week of June 2026 |
| Last Date Document Verification and Reporting for Round 1 | 3rd week of June 2026 |
| JEE Main Round 2 seat allotment | 3rd week of June 2026 |
| Last Date Document Verification and Reporting for Round 2 | 4th week of June 2026 |
| JEE Main Round 3 seat allotment | 4th week of June 2026 |
| Last Date Document Verification and Reporting for Round 3 | 1st week of July 2026 |
| JEE Main Round 4 seat allotment | 1st week of July 2026 |
| Last Date Document Verification and Reporting for Round 4 | 2nd week of July 2026 |
| JEE Main Round 5 seat allotment | 2nd week of July 2026 |
| Last Date Document Verification and Reporting for Round 5 | 2nd week of July 2026 |
| JEE Main Round 6 seat allotment | 3rd week of July 2026 |
| Last Date Document Verification and Reporting for Round 6 | 3rd week of July 2026 |
Last year, JoSAA 2025 counselling registration started on 03rd June 2025. Seat allotment for round 1 was released on 14th June 2025. Students can expect the dates of JoSAA counselling to be similar as last year.
JoSSA Counselling Schedule Official PDF (Previous Year)
Candidates are advised to keep checking this article, as here we will be updating the schedule as soon as it is announced by the official authorities.
You may ask us any questions or doubts regarding the JEE Main Counselling 2026 below in the comment section.
Some one who is allotted with a seat in first round and documents verified, is it necessary to verify documents if allotted with another seat in a different nit?
Yes, if a candidate is allotted a seat in a different NIT after the first round, they will have to go through document verification again.