JoSAA Counselling Schedule 2026: Complete Dates, Rounds & Important Deadlines

The JoSAA counseling 2026 registration process is beginning from today itself, June 2, 2026, under the guidance of Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA).

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If you wish to get admitted in top engineering colleges using your JEE Main/JEE Advanced exam scores, then you have to do so by completing registration as well as choice filling within the stipulated time period. Choice filling involves all the steps that include registration, seat allocation, seat acceptance, document verification, and fees payment.

There will be five rounds of seat allocation for this academic session as guided by JoSAA. After being allotted a seat, you will have to visit the allocated college to complete admission formalities. You can also make use of JEE College predictor for knowing the probability of admission in various participating colleges.

JoSAA Counselling 2026 Dates

JoSAA has released the round-wise counselling schedule online. You can check all the important dates in the table below.

Event	Date
JEE Main 2026 result date	April 20, 2026
JEE Advanced 2026 result date	June 1, 2026
Registration and choice filling for academic programs begins	June 2, 2026
Pre-payment of JoSAA seat acceptance fee begins	June 2, 2026
AAT 2026 choice filling begins for qualified candidates	June 7, 2026
Display of Mock Seat Allocation – 1	June 8, 2026
Display of Mock Seat Allocation – 2	June 10, 2026
Last date to register and fill choices; system locks choices	June 10, 2026
Pre-payment of JoSAA seat acceptance fee ends	June 11, 2026
Data reconciliation and verification by JoSAA	June 11, 2026

Round 1

Event	Date
Seat Allocation – Round 1	June 13, 2026
Online reporting: fee payment / document upload / response	June 13 to 26, 2026
Last date for fee payment	June 26, 2026
Resolution of fee payment issues for candidates who tried paying before the deadline	June 29, 2026
Last date to respond to query	June 29, 2026

Round 2

Event	Date
Seat Allocation – Round 2	June 30, 2026
Online reporting: fee payment / document upload / response	June 30 to July 3, 2026
Last date for fee payment	July 3, 2026
Resolution of fee payment issues	July 4, 2026
Withdrawal of seat / exit from allocation process begins	July 1 to 3, 2026
Last day to respond to withdrawal query and other queries	July 5, 2026

Round 3

Event	Date
Seat Allocation – Round 3	July 6, 2026
Online reporting: fee payment / document upload / response	July 6 to 8, 2026
Last date for fee payment	July 8, 2026
Resolution of fee payment issues / last day to respond to queries	July 9, 2026
Withdrawal of seat / exit from allocation process begins	July 7 to 8, 2026
Last day to respond to withdrawal query	July 9, 2026

Round 4

Event	Date
Seat Allocation – Round 4	July 10, 2026
Online reporting: fee payment / document upload / response	July 10 to 13, 2026
Last date for fee payment	July 13, 2026
Resolution of fee payment	July 14, 2026
Withdrawal of seat / exit from allocation process begins	July 11 to 14, 2026
Last date to respond to withdrawal query	July 15, 2026

Round 5

Event	Date
Seat Allocation – Round 5	July 16, 2026
Online reporting: fee payment / document upload / response	July 16 to 20, 2026
Last date for fee payment	July 20, 2026
Resolution of fee payment	July 21, 2026
Final round of seat allocation for IITs/IISc ends	July 21, 2026
Withdrawal of seat begins (Round 5)	July 16 to 20, 2026
NIT+ system: withdrawal of seat begins (Round 5) – withdrawal query response	July 17 to 21, 2026
Online payment of Partial Admission Fee (PAF)	July 22 to 24, 2026

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