JoSAA 2021: Registration Date, Eligibility, Colleges List, Last Date, Fees, Schedule, Latest News

JoSAA has started the seat allotment process after the announcement of the JEE Main and JEE Advanced Results for 2021. The JoSAA 2021 Counselling Registrations will tentatively start in June 2021. All the information about JoSAA 2021 will be updated on this page. Keep visiting regularly for latest updates.

Content

• What is JoSAA 2021?
• JoSAA 2021 Important Dates
• JoSAA 2021 Eligibility
• JoSAA 2021 Participating Institutes
• JoSAA 2021 Reporting Centers
• JoSAA 2021 Registration and Application Process
• JoSAA 2021 Counselling
• Contact Information
• Related Exams

What is the JoSAA exam?

JoSAA stands for Joint Seat Allocation Authority. JoSAA was constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to manage the seat allocation for 111 institutions for the year 2021-22. This includes 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 26 IIITs, and 30 other government-funded technical institutes. It is responsible for seat allocation to candidates who qualify JEE Main 2021 and JEE Advanced 2021 and wish to get admitted to IITs, NIT,s GFTIs or IITs. The aim of JoSAA is to complete the admission process to all these institutes through a single platform.

Qualifying Exam	Institution
JEE Advanced 2021	IITs
JEE Main 2021 (B.E / B.Tech)	NITS, IIITs, IIEST, GFTIs
JEE Main 2021 ( B.Arch)
JEE Main 2021 (B.Planning)

Some highlights of JoSAA 2021  are tabulated below:

Highlights of JoSAA 2021
Exam Name	JoSAA
Full-Form	Joint Seat Allocation Authority
Exam Level	UG
Exam Type	National
Courses	Engineering
Conducting Authority	MHRD or Ministry of Human Resources Development
Application Mode	Online
Exam Mode	Online
Exam Date	To be announced
Exam Duration	3 hours
Official Website	josaa.nic.in

Choice of College

After enrollment, the candidates will have to submit their choices for colleges and courses/programs. The institutions and courses must be chosen by the candidates according to their liking as it will be considered in the seat assignment session. The final allotment, however, is merit-based.

Dual Reporting in JoSAA 2021 Counseling

This means the candidate will have to report to the center twice under JoSAA 2021. It will only be applicable if the allotment has been upgraded at some rounds of counseling. If the candidates were first allocated a seat at the NITs and it got upgraded to IITs or any other institute then the candidates will have to report for IITs as well as the NIT rounds.

In simple words, if the seat of a candidate is changed from IIT to NIT+system and vice versa, then he/she has to report at both of the reporting centers one after the other to make sure that his/her admission is confirmed. Failure to do so will result in the cancellation of the candidature of the applicant.

JoSAA 2021 Opening and Closing Rank

The opening and closing rank will be announced after seat allotment result. Candidates can check the previous year's JoSAA opening and closing rank to attain an idea about how the rank this year will be.

JoSAA 2021 Document Verification

After the result for the seat, distribution is declared, candidates should report to their nearest center for document verification. Only after verification and payment of seat acceptance fees, the applicants will have the capacity to visit their assigned college for confirmation of admission.

Documents Required

The following documents must be produced at the time of registration for JoSAA 2021 :

3 Passport size photographs in white background	Provisional Seat Allotment Letter
Class XII Performance Check	Proof of Fee Payment (Receipt)
Admit Card of JEE (Mains and Advanced)	Score Card of JEE (Mains and Advanced)
Class X Marks Sheet	Class XII Marks Sheet
Medical Certificate	Registration cum locked choices for the seat allotment

Note: Candidates will have to bring the following certificates if applicable: Category Certificate / Passport of the students and parents /DS certificate.

Participating Institutions

Candidates who are qualified for JEE Main 2021  and JEE Advanced 2021  will be eligible for admissions into 97 JoSAA 2021 participating institutes. More than 34,000 undergraduate engineering seats from the participating IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs are open to all JEE Main and JEE Advanced exam qualified candidates.

JoSAA 2021 Important Dates

JoSAA 2021 registration process for seat allocation starts after the result for JEE Advanced is declared. JoSAA 2021 seat allotment has been delayed this year as the exams also have been postponed. There will be seven rounds of seat allocation in total. JoSAA 2021 Important Dates are provided below:

JoSAA 2021 Dates

Event	Dates
Declaration of JEE Mains ranks by National Testing Agency (NTA)	To be announced
Announcement of JEE Advanced 2021 Results	To be announced
Commencement of candidate registration and choice filling for academic programs	To be announced
Display of Mock Seat Allocation-1 based on the choices filled-in by candidates	To be announced
Display of Mock Seat Allocation-2 based on the choices filled-in by candidates	To be announced
Last date for candidate registration and choice filling for academic programs	To be announced
Reconciliation of data, Seat Allocation, verification and validation	To be announced
Round 1 Seat Allocation result declaration	To be announced
Document Verification and Acceptance of Seat by reporting at Reporting Centres (Round 1)	To be announced
Last date to respond to the query (Round 1)	To be announced
Display of seats filled / availability status	To be announced
Round 2 Seat Allocation result declaration	To be announced
Document Verification and Acceptance (Round 2)	To be announced
Last date to respond to the query (Round 2)	To be announced
Seat withdrawal / Exit from the seat allocation process (Round 2)	To be announced
Display of seats filled / availability status	To be announced
Round 3 Seat Allocation result declaration	To be announced
Document Verification and Acceptance (Round 3)	To be announced
Last date to respond to the query (Round 3)	To be announced
Seat withdrawal / Exit from the seat allocation process (Round 3)	To be announced
Display of seats filled / availability status	To be announced
Round 4 Seat Allocation result declaration	To be announced
Document Verification and Acceptance (Round 4)	To be announced
Last date to respond to the query (Round 4)	To be announced
Seat withdrawal / Exit from the seat allocation process (Round 4)	To be announced
Display of seats filled / availability status	To be announced
Seat Allocation (Round 5)	To be announced
Document Verification and Acceptance (Round 5)	To be announced
Last date to respond to the query (Round 5)	To be announced
Notification of the decision on seat confirmation (Round 5)	To be announced
Last Round for Seat withdrawal / Exit from the seat allocation process (Round 5)	To be announced
Display of seats filled / availability status	To be announced
Round 6 Seat Allocation result declaration	To be announced
Document Verification and Acceptance/withdrawal of Seat by reporting at Reporting Centres (Round 6) LAST ROUND FOR SEAT WITHDRAWAL (only for IITs)	To be announced
Last day to respond to the query (Round 6) (FINAL ROUND for IITs)	To be announced
Admission Process	To be announced

JoSAA 2021 Eligibility

The qualification criteria of JoSAA 2021 must be met and fulfilled by the candidates for admissions into the participating institutes. Although JoSAA 2021 has not set any particular qualification criteria, the basic requirement is that the candidates must have qualified the JEE Main 2021  and JEE Advanced 2021 for registering and participating in the seat allotment. It is important for the candidates to keep in the mind the eligibility criteria of the institution they wish to apply to. For the architecture courses, the Architecture Aptitude Test scores are required for registering under JoSAA 2021.

Candidates also need to have and produce correct documents because the same will be verified by the conducting authorities. Hence, it becomes very important for the students to satisfy the JoSAA 2021 Eligibility in every way.

Note: If the candidate won't have any of the necessary documents unavailable with him/her, then he/she will not be considered for seat allocation and admission.

S.No.	Qualifying Examination	Institutes Offering Admissions
1	JEE Main 2021 Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech)	National Institute of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs), and Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs).
2	JEE Main 2021 Paper 2 (B.Arch/B.Planning)	National Institute of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs), and Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs).
3	JEE Advanced 2021	Indian Institute of Technology (IITs)

JoSAA 2021 Participating Institutes

JoSAA 2021 comprises a total of 107 participating institutes and colleges. These institutes comprise of Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), National Insitute of Technology (NITs), Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs), and Government-Funded Technological Institutes (GFTIs). After JoSAA announces the seat allotment results, the candidates will have to report to the selected/allotted reporting centers mentioned below to confirm their allotted seats. JoSAA 2021 will have separate reporting centers for IIT's, NIT's and other institutes.

List of JoSAA 2021 Participating Institutes

The number of participating institutes in JoSAA 2021 are given below:

Participating Institutes in JoSAA 2021 

Name of the Institutes	Number of Institutes	Number of seats
Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other GFTIs)	28	3,919
Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs)	25	4,617
Indian Institute of Technology (IITs)	23	11,289
National Institute of Technology (NITs)	31	21,133
Total	107	40,958

The participating institutes for JoSSA 2021 are the same as the reporting centers. These are provided below.

JoSAA 2021 Reporting Centers

• Candidates who have been allotted with seats will have to report at the assigned reporting center for the document verification process. 
• All the original marks card and other necessary documents have to be produced at the time of verification. 
• Those who do not provide original documents will not be permitted for the admission process.
• Candidates who have been allocated with institutes other than IIT's, NIT's and GFTI will have to report at the respective institute to confirm their admission. The remaining part of the semester fee should also be paid at the time of admission.

Reporting Centres for IITs

The following table contains the reporting for admissions in IITs.

JoSAA 2021 Reporting Centres for IITs

Institute Code	Name of the Institute	Address
101	Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar	IIT Bhubaneswar, Argul, Jatni, Khurda, PIN: 752050
102	Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay	IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra - 400076, India
103	Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi	IIT Mandi, Parashar Road, Tehsil Sadar, Near Kataula, Kamand, Himachal Pradesh – 175005, India
104	Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi	IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016, India
105	Indian Institute of Technology, Indore	Khandwa Road, Simrol, Indore, Madhya Pradesh – 453552, India
106	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur	IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal – 721302, India
107	Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad	Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana – 502285, India
108	Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur	IIT Jodhpur, NH 65 Nagaur Road, Karwar 342037, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan
109	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur	IIT Kanpur, Kalyanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh – 208016, India
110	Indian Institute of Technology, Madras	IIT Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 600036, India
111	Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar	IIT Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gujarat – 382355, India
112	Indian Institute of Technology, Patna	Bihta, Patna, Bihar – 801103, India
113	Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee	IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand – 247667, India
114	Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad	Mai Campus, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand - 826004, India
115	Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar	Nangal Road, Rupnagar, Punjab – 140001, India
116	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi	BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh - 221005, India
117	Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati	IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam - 781039, India
118	Indian Institute of Technology, Bhilai	IIT Bhilai, GEC Campus, Sejbahar, Raipur - 492015, Chhattisgarh, India

Reporting-cum-Help Centres for NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs

The table below consists of reporting centres for NITS, IIITs, and GFTIs. These centres will also act as the help centres for the before-mentioned institutions.

Reporting Centres for NIITs, BFTIs and IIITs

Institute Code	Name of the Institution	Address of Correspondence	Phone/Fax/Website
201	Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar	N.I.T. Post Office, Jalandhar - 144011, India	Phone: +91-181-2690301,3082000 Fax: +91-181-2690320 Website: www.nitj.ac.in
202	Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur	Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan – 302 017, India	Phone: +91-141-2529087,2715031 Fax: +91-141-2529029 Website: www.mnit.ac.in
203	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal	Near Mata Mandir, Bhopal, Madya Pradesh – 462 003 India	Phone: 0755-4051255 Fax: 91-755 2670562 Website: www.manit.ac.in
204	Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad	Allahabad – 211 004, India	Phone: +91-532-2271046,2271044 Fax: +91-532-2545341 Website: www.mnnit.ac.in
205	National Institute of Technology, Agartala	P.O.: National Institute of Technology, Agartala Barjala, Jirania, Tripura (W) – 799 046, India	Phone: +91-381-2546630, 2548537, 2548510 Fax: +91-381-2346360 Website: www.nita.ac.in
206	National Institute of Technology, Calicut	NITC Campus P.O., Calicut, Kerala– 673 601, India	Phone: +91-495-2286110, 2286118 Fax: +91-495-2287250 Website: www.nitc.ac.in
207	National Institute of Technology, Delhi	A-7, Institutional Area, Near Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital, Narela, New Delhi, - 110 040, India	Phone: +91-11-33861186 Fax: +91-11-27787503 Website: www.nitdelhi.ac.in
208	National Institute of Technology, Durgapur	Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Durgapur, West Bengal – 713 209, India	Phone: +91-343-2754680 Fax: +91-343-2547375 Website: www.nitdgp.ac.in
209	National Institute of Technology, Goa	Farmagudi, Ponda, Goa - 403 401, India	Phone: +91-832-2404205 Fax: +91-832-2404202 Website: www.nitgoa.ac.in
210	National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur	Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh - 177005, India	Phone: +91-1972-254540 Fax: +91-1972-223834 Website: www.nith.ac.in
211	National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal	P.O: Srinivasnagar, Mangalore - 575 025, Karnataka, India	Phone: +91-824-2473003, 2474040 Fax: +91-824-2473033 Website: www.nitk.ac.in
212	National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya	Bijni Complex, Laitumkhrah, Shillong- 793003, Meghalaya, India	Phone: +91-364-2501294 Fax: +91-364-2501113 Website: www.nitmeghalaya.in
213	National Institute of Technology, Nagaland	Chumukedima, Dimapur, Nagaland - 797 103, India	Phone: +91-3862-241806 Fax: +91-3862-240343 Website: www.nitnagaland.ac.in
214	National Institute of Technology, Patna	Ashok Rajpath, Patna- 800 005, India	Phone: +91-612-2370419 Fax: +91-612-2670631 Website: www.nitp.ac.in
215	National Institute of Technology, Puducherry	Thiruvettakudy, Karaikal, Puducherry-609 609, India	Phone No.: +91-4368-265235, 265229 Tele-Fax No.: +91-4368-265230 Website: www.nitpy.ac.in
216	National Institute of Technology, Raipur	G.E. Road, Raipur, Chhatisgarh-492010, India	Phone: +91-771-2253155 Fax: +91-771-2253155 Website: www.nitrr.ac.in
217	National Institute of Technology, Sikkim	NIT Sikkim, Barfung Block, Ravangla Sub-Division South, Sikkim-737 139, India	Phone: +91-3595-260042 Fax: +91-3595-260018 Website: www.nitsikkim.ac.in
		Additional Reporting Center of NIT Sikkim. Hotel Swastik residency, Near Tenzing Norgay Central bus terminus, Pradhan Nagar, Siliguri - 734003.	Dr. Ranjan Basak, Dean, Academic Affairs You may choose to report either at NIT Sikkim or Hotel Swastik Residency. +91 9166467836 E-mail: [email protected]

JoSAA 2021 Registration and Application Process

The following steps for registering for JoSAA 2021 can be followed.

Step 1 – JoSAA 2021 Registration

• Log into your JoSAA account, candidates will be required to submit their JEE Main 2021 roll number and password. Candidates who have qualified and registered for JEE Advanced 2021 will have to use their JEE Advanced 2021 password. If not, then the JEE Main password can be used.
• Once you have logged in, your details will be retrieved from their JEE Main 2021 registration. However, candidates should ensure the auto-generated information is apt and correct. Communicate with the conducting authority in case of any discrepancies.
• The candidates must change their password. While setting up the new password, the candidates will have to set a security question.
• At this stage, the candidates will be able to modify their contact details.
• Check all the information is correct and click on “Submit Changes”.

Step 2 – Filling of Choices

• Once registered, a list of the various courses and also JoSAA 2021 participating institutes will be displayed on the screen.
• The list of choices will be based on the candidate’s performance in JEE Main/ JEE Advanced (Candidates who have qualified JEE Advanced 2021  examination will be eligible for almost all the choices whereas those candidates who have qualified JEE Main 2021  will be able to select only from available choices of NITs, IIITs and GFTIs).
• Fill in the choice as you prefer. Once done selecting all the preferred choices, the candidates will be able to modify the order by selecting “Arrange Filled Choices”. Candidates will be provided with the options of “Choices Rearrange” and “Choices Interchange”.
• The selected options can also be deleted if required. The new course and college preference list will be updated after the candidate saves all the changes that have been made.

Step 3 – Locking of Choices

• Once the candidate has decided and entered his preferred choices, he/she must click on “I agree to lock my choices”.
• If the candidate wishes to make any modifications later then they can click on “I will lock my choices later”.
• Take a print out of the confirmed filled in choices for future reference.
• The print out of the filled choices can be taken only if the candidates enter their JEE Main 2021  roll number and password. If the candidates have qualified JEE Advanced examination, then they will have to enter their JEE Advanced 2021 password.

Step 4 - Payment Of Application Fees

• The candidates have to pay JoSAA 2021 Fees, i.e. e-challan for acceptance of seat and download their "Provisional Allotment Letter". Candidates have to pay the fee through E-Challan or SBI Net Banking.
• The JoSAA 2021 Application fee to be paid by candidates belonging to different categories is given below.

Category	Fee
General	INR 45,000
OBC / SC /ST / PwD	INR 20,000

Sept 5 - Reporting at the Allotted Centre

• The candidates who have been allotted seats in different institutes should report at their respective reporting center for the verification of the documents.
• All the original documents should be carried by the candidates to their reporting centre.
• If the candidates do not attend or qualify the verification process, then their admission will be cancelled.
• The candidates should remember that those who are allotted into NIT, IIEST, IIIT, or other GFTIs will have to report only at the reporting centres of the same.

JoSAA 2021 Counselling

The seat allocation and counselling for 31 NITs, 23 IITs, 25 IIITs, and 28 other GFTIs are conducted by JoSAA. The reason for introducing a single platform for the counselling process is to reduce the number of Engineering seats that go vacant in various institutions and also to fast track the process and to make it a lot smoother. After the registration process is completed, the counselling process starts. The registration for JoSAA counselling started on October 6, 2021.

JoSAA conducted the seat allotment in two formats, once as a mock allocation and the second time as a final seat allocation. The mock seat allocation is done to let the candidates have an idea about the colleges that accept their scores in JEE Mains and JEE Advanced. After the mock allotment, candidates will be allowed to make changes to their choices of colleges/courses. This process is held in two rounds do that the candidates can refine their college/course choice so that they can get the best one during the final seat allotment process.

The final seat allotment will be conducted in a total of 6 rounds for admission through JoSAA 2021. The seat allotment dates are as follows:

JoSAA 2021 Seat Allotment Dates

Events	Dates
Display of Mock Seat Allocation - 1	October 12, 2021
Display of Mock Seat Allocation - 2	October 14, 2021
Seat Allocation: Round 1 to 7	October 17 - November 9, 2021

Visit the counselling section for more information about JoSAA Counselling 2021.

Contact Information

• Contact Number: +91 1332 284272
• Fax: +91 1332 285346
• Email: [email protected]
• Address: JEE Advanced Office
  Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee-247667
  Uttarakhand

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