In order to apply for colleges after JEE Main 2026, you will be required to attend the JEE main counselling process conducted by JoSSA authorities and the authorities will allot admission seats to students.
How to Apply for Colleges After JEE Main? Applying for colleges after JEE Main 2026 involves participating in the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling process. Candidates will need to submit their preferences but seats will be allotted based on availability, cutoff, and other determining factors.
Candidates must report to their respective NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs after the seats are allotted to confirm their college admission. The JEE Main 2026 counselling process will likely begin in June 2026 tentatively. Students who qualify for the required cut-off will be eligible to participate in the JEE Main counselling process.
How to Apply for Colleges After JEE Main 2026?
Students after JEE main results can apply to colleges either through JOSAA counselling or through participating institutes or JEE mains accepting states. Candidates can go through various processes to apply to colleges after the JEE Main exam, given below.
JOSAA Counselling 2026
Students aspiring to know how to apply for colleges after JEE Mains must follow the JOSAA counselling and seat allotment procedure. Candidates will have to visit the JoSAA-allotted colleges after the seats are allotted by the JOSAA authorities.
Students must submit their 10th and 12th marksheets, JEE main results, and admission fee receipts for verification documents to the allotted institute for verification. Once the documents are verified by the admission authorities of the institute, then the further admission process of the students is conducted. Given below is the step-by-step JEE Main counselling process 2026:
- Step 1: Candidates must visit the official website of JoSAA and log in using their application number and password
- Step 2: Students must submit the registration form with all the required information
- Step 3: Now the student will be asked to select the declaration box and proceed with submitting the information
- Step 4: After filling in the above information, candidates can click the "Choice filling and locking" option
- Step 5: Candidates can lock their preferred choice in terms of institution and course and click on submit
- Step 6: The seats will be allotted based on the choices filled and other factors
- Step 7: Candidates can freeze or float the assigned seat and pay the acceptance fee
Also Check: JEE Main Counselling 2026
JEE Main 2026 Accepting States
There are some states across the country conduct B.Tech course admissions based on JEE mains scores. Candidates must register themselves to get admission to the colleges in these states. Candidates can find the JEE main 2026 accepting states stated below.
| Bihar | Himachal Pradesh | Odisha |
| Delhi | Jharkhand | Punjab |
| Chandigarh | Madhya Pradesh | Rajasthan |
| Haryana | Nagaland | Uttarakhand |
Also Check: List of Colleges for 90-80 Percentile in JEE Mains 2026
JEE Main 2026 Seat Matrix (Expected)
The JoSAA will release the JEE Main category-wise seat matrix for IIT, NIT, GFTIs and IIITs on the official website of various institutions. Given below is the expected JEE Main seat matrix 2026 based on previous year data:
|
Category |
IITs |
NITS |
IIITs |
GFTIS |
|
|
OPEN |
6826 |
9296 |
3335 |
4059 |
|
|
OPEN-PwD |
356 |
474 |
159 |
198 |
|
|
GEN-EWS |
1696 |
2271 |
817 |
918 |
|
|
GEN-EWS-PwD |
86 |
134 |
33 |
41 |
|
|
SC |
2535 |
3423 |
1212 |
1317 |
|
|
SC-PwD |
132 |
184 |
59 |
68 |
|
|
ST |
1278 |
2014 |
614 |
778 |
|
|
ST-PwD |
56 |
101 |
23 |
33 |
|
|
OBC-NCL |
4564 |
6018 |
2186 |
1905 |
|
|
OBC-NCL-PwD |
231 |
314 |
108 |
85 |
|
|
Total (including Female Supernumerary) |
17760 |
24229 |
8546 |
9402 |
|
JEE Main 2026 Participating Institutes
JEE Main participating institutes have their own set of cutoffs and eligibility criteria for admission to engineering programmes. Candidates can go through the JEE Main Participating Colleges stated below
| JEE Main Participating Institutes | JEE Main Cutoff (Previous Year's) |
| JEE Main 2026 Participation IIITs | Link |
| JEE Main 2026 Participating NITs | Link |
| JEE Main 2026 Participating GFTIs | Link |
| JEE Main 2026 Participating IIITs | Link |
Also Check: Minimum Marks to get Admission in NIT through JEE Main
JEE Main 2026 Participation IIITs
23 IITs are participating in the counselling process for the JEE Main exam and candidates are required to qualify JEE Mains exam to be eligible for the JEE Advanced exam. Candidates can go through the JEE Main participation IIITs given below.
| Institute Code | Institute Name | Total Seats (Expected) |
| 101 | IIT Madras | 260 |
| 102 | IIT Delhi | 903 |
| 103 | IIT Bombay | 150 |
| 104 | IIT Kanpur | 851 |
| 105 | IIT Roorkee | 260 |
| 106 | IIT Kharagpur | 1341 |
| 107 | IIT Guwahati | 240 |
| 108 | IIT Hyderabad | 120 |
| 109 | IIT Indore | 827 |
| 110 | IIT Varanasi | 838 |
| 111 | IIT Dhanbad | 180 |
| 112 | IIT Gandhinagar | 200 |
| 113 | IIT Ropar | 970 |
| 114 | IIT Jodhpur | 912 |
| 115 | IIT Mandi | 155 |
| 116 | IIT Patna | 1090 |
| 117 | IIT Bhubaneswar | 615 |
| 118 | IIT Tirupati | 120 |
| 119 | IIT Jammu | 90 |
| 120 | IIT Palakkad | 123 |
| 121 | IIT Bhilai | 120 |
| 122 | IIT Dharwad | 90 |
| 123 | IIT Goa | 120 |
JoSAA 2024 Participating Institutes: NIT
There are 31 NITs participating in JEE Main 2026 counselling process. The codes of each NIT participating institutes of JoSAA 2024 are listed below.
| Institute Code | Institute Name | Total Seats (Expected) |
| 201 | NIT Trichy | 786 |
| 202 | NIT Surathkal | 710 |
| 203 | NIT Rourkela | 937 |
| 204 | NIT Warangal | 814 |
| 205 | NIT Calicut | 1059 |
| 206 | NIT Silchar | 937 |
| 207 | NIT Durgapur | 180 |
| 208 | NIT Delhi | 800 |
| 209 | NIT Patna | 90 |
| 210 | NIT Kurukshetra | 688 |
| 211 | NIT Raipur | 740 |
| 212 | NIT Meghalaya | 150 |
| 213 | NIT Srinagar | 120 |
| 214 | NIT Goa | 706 |
| 215 | NIT Agartala | 120 |
| 216 | NIT Manipur | 955 |
| 217 | NIT Nagpur | 180 |
| 218 | NIT Jaipur | 210 |
| 219 | NIT Allahabad | 601 |
| 220 | NIT Surat | 832 |
| 221 | NIT Jalandhar | 180 |
| 222 | NIT Bhopal | 150 |
| 223 | NIT Jamshedpur | 890 |
| 224 | NIT Hamirpur | 632 |
| 225 | NIT Puducherry | 632 |
| 226 | NIT Arunachal Pradesh | 1036 |
| 227 | NIT Mizoram | 300 |
| 228 | NIT Nagaland | 740 |
| 229 | NIT Sikkim | 873 |
| 230 | NIT Uttarakhand | 746 |
| 231 | NIT Andhra Pradesh | 480 |
JoSAA 2026 Participating Institutes: IIIT
JoSAA participating institutes 2026 of IIITs are as listed in the table below. Various technical courses are offered through these 17 IIITs and the cut off will be released by the authorities once the results are announced.
| Institute Code | Institute Name | Total Seats (Expected) |
| 301 | ABV IIIT Gwalior | 129 |
| 302 | IIIT Allahabad | 90 |
| 303 | PDSM IIITDM Jabalpur | 60 |
| 304 | IIITDM Kanchipuram | 120 |
| 305 | IIIT Guwahati | 90 |
| 306 | IIIT Pune | 60 |
| 307 | IIIT Kota | 130 |
| 308 | IIIT Sri City | 160 |
| 309 | IIIT Vadodara | 297 |
| 310 | IIIT Nagpur | 240 |
| 311 | IIIT Kalyani | 300 |
| 312 | IIIT Lucknow | 92 |
| 313 | IIIT Dharwad | 60 |
| 314 | IIIT Bhagalpur | 180 |
| 315 | IIIT Bhopal | 50 |
| 316 | IIIT Kottayam | 60 |
| 317 | IIIT Ranchi | 50 |
| 318 | IIIT Una | 60 |
| 319 | IIIT Surat | - |
| 320 | IIIT Manipur | - |
| 321 | IIITDM Kurnool | - |
| 322 | IIIT Tiruchirappalli | - |
| 323 | IIIT Sonepat | - |
| 324 | IIIT Hyderabad | - |
Also Read: CSAB vs JoSAA: Seat Selection and Allotment Difference
JoSAA 2026 Participating Institutes: GFTI
38 GFTIs will be participating in the JEE Main counselling process 2026. The details of the centre code and the number of seats of these JoSAA participating institutes 2026 are as follows:
| Institute Code | Institute Name | Total Seats (Expected) |
| 401 | 114 | |
| 402 | 735 | |
| 403 | 368 | |
| 404 | 60 | |
| 405 |
Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management Ahmedabad |
75 |
| 406 | 400 | |
| 407 | 90 | |
| 408 |
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology Aurangabad |
60 |
| 409 | 139 | |
| 410 |
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology Longowal |
326 |
| 411 | 75 | |
| 412 | 107 | |
| 413 | 105 | |
| 414 | 137 | |
| 415 | 105 | |
| 416 | 229 | |
| 417 | 735 | |
| 418 |
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Sonepat |
60 |
| 419 |
Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology Shibpur |
- |
| 420 | - | |
| 421 |
International Institute of Information Technology Naya Raipur |
- |
| 422 | - | |
| 423 |
International Institute of Information Technology Bhubaneswar |
- |
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