JEE Main Counselling 2019 by JoSAA – Eligibility Criteria, Procedure & FAQs

JEE Main Counselling: The JEE Main Counselling is held every year by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) for students who clear the JEE Main cut off. This is, primarily, to assist students seeking admissions in different engineering colleges across the country based on their marks and ranks. JEE Main Counselling is held in many rounds depending on the availability of seats. In this post, all the important information relating to JEE Main Counselling is provided.

JEE Main Counselling 2019 notification will be announced when the JEE Main 2019 results are out. The JEE Main 2019 results will be declared by April 30, 2019 (Second Attempt). The JEE Main counselling registration (option entry) is expected to start from 2nd week of June 2019. Candidates who will qualify JEE Main Exam only they will be eligible to attend the counselling process for seat allocation in all the participating Colleges (except IITs & ISM). CSAB will organize the special counselling round for vacant seats.

JEE Main Counselling

NTA will be conducting JEE Mains 2019 twice a year. The result for the first attempt will be declared on 31st January 2019 and the result for the second attempt will be declared by 30th of April 2019. Candidates can attempt any one or both the attempts. The best score of both the attempts will be considered. After the announcement of the second attempt results, details regarding the counselling process will be declared. Candidates will have to register to the JoSAA through online mode at josaa.nic.in.

JoSAA will first allot the seats as two mock rounds. Mock allotments are made for students to have an idea regarding the probable seat which could be allocated to them in accordance with the options entered by the candidates. The allotment of the seats will be based on several factors such as candidates rank, seat availability, options entered by the candidates, etc. After the mock allotment, seven main rounds of seat allotment will take place.

Before the Registration and Choice Filling, it is compulsory for the candidates to fulfil the JoSAA Eligibility Criteria for JEE Main Counselling.

JEE Main Counselling – JoSAA Eligibility Criteria: Paper I (B.Tech)

1. Candidates should have secured above the cutoff rank in JEE Main 2019 Paper I, i.e., B.Tech..
2. Candidates should have qualified 12^th standard (or equivalent) examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/Technical Vocational Subject.
3. For admissions into NITs, IIITs and GFTIs, the general category candidates should have scored 75% and OBC-NCL/SC/ST/PwD candidates should have secured 65%.

JEE Main Counselling – JoSAA Eligibility Criteria: Paper II (B.Arch)

1. Candidates should have qualified JEE Main 2019 Paper II, i.e., B.Arch.
2. Candidates should have had Mathematics as one of the subjects in 12^th Standard (or equivalent) examination.
3. For admissions into NITs, IIITs and GFTIs, the general category candidates should have obtained 75% aggregate marks and the OBC-NCL/SC/ST/PwD candidates should have scored 65% in five subjects including Mathematics.

JEE Main Counselling 2019 – Important Dates

EVENTS	DATES
Registration & Choice Fill-In Process	2ndWeek of June 2019
Mock Allotment Round 1	3rd Week of June 2019
Mock Allotment Round 2	3rd Week of June 2019
1st Round of Seat Allotment	4th Week of June 2019
Seat Allotment Acceptance & Reporting	June 4th Week-July 1st Week 2019
2nd Round of Seat Allotment	1st Week of July 2019
Seat Allotment Acceptance & Reporting	1st Week of July 2019
3rd Round of Seat Allotment	1st Week of July 2019
Seat Allotment Acceptance & Reporting	2nd Week of July 2019
4th Round of Seat Allotment	2nd Week of July 2019
Seat Allotment Acceptance & Reporting	2nd Week of July 2019
5th Round of Seat Allotment	2nd Week of July 2019
Withdrawal/ Seat Allotment Acceptance & Reporting	3rd Week of July 2019
6th Round of Seat Allotment	3rd Week of July 2019
Seat Allotment Acceptance & Reporting	3rd Week of July 2019
7th Round of Seat Allotment	4th Week of July 2019
Seat Allotment Acceptance & Reporting	4th Week of July 2019

JEE Main Counselling & Seat Allotment Procedure

JoSAA has been set up by the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) to manage and regulate the joint seat allocation for admissions to 100 institutes for the academic year 2019-20. This includes 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 23 IIITs and 23 Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs). Admission to all the academic programs offered by these institutes will be made through a single platform.

Students clearing the cut off marks will be eligible and they will have to follow the following 6 steps for JEE Main Counselling and seat allotment procedure:

Step 1: JEE Main Counselling – Registration

Candidates need to log in to the official website and register themselves using their JEE Main 2019 Roll No. and password. The registration is compulsory and free of cost.

Step 2: JEE Main Counselling – Choice Filling

Candidates will be asked to select the colleges through which they want to complete their graduation. The colleges should be selected in the order of priority and preference. The most preferred college should be selected first and the least preferred option should be the last one in the list.

Step 3: JEE Main Counselling – Seat Allotment & Announcement of Rank List

Once a candidate has given his choices, JoSAA will allot a college for the candidate depending on his ranks. The rank list will be released category wise and online only.

Step 4: JEE Main Counselling – Allotment Letter & Seat Acceptance Fee

Download your “Provisional Seat Allotment Letter” and e-challan for payment of seat-acceptance fee. which is Rs. 45,000/- for general category and Rs. 20,000/- for others. The fee is to be paid only through the e-challan or SBI net banking.

Step 5: JEE Main Counselling – Reporting for Document Verification

Report at the designated centre for physical document verification. In case of failed document verification, the candidate’s admission will be cancelled. Original documents along with a set of photocopies will be required for submission. The original will be returned while the photocopies will be retained.  The following documents would be required:

1. JEE Main Provisional Seat Allocation Letter
2. JEE Main Rank Card
3. 10th & 12th Marksheet
4. JEE Main Counselling Form
5. 2 Passport Size Photos
6. JEE Main 2018 Admit Card
7. Category Certificate, if any
8. Medical Fitness Certificate

Step 6: JEE Main Counselling – Reporting at Alotted Institutes

Finally, the student will have to report to the allotted institute for confirmation of admission. If a student wants to switch a college on account of a vacancy in another college, he will have to go and present himself again in the new college.

JEE Main Counselling FAQs

For detailed information about JEE Main Counselling, you may download the PDF containing counselling FAQs. You can get all the important information relating to JEE Main Counselling and Seat Allotment procedure in detail.

JEE Main Counselling – Cut Off

The JEE Main cut off indicates the required minimum marks to get admission in NIT and other colleges like IIITs and GFTIs. The JEE Main cut off is also the qualifying score to appear for JEE Advanced, which is the entrance exam to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Every year, 14-15 lakhs of students appear for JEE Main in the hopes to be among  JEE Advanced.

JEE Main Counselling – 2018 Cut Off

Category	Cut Off	No. of Candidates Qualified
General	74	111275
OBC-NCL	45	65313
SC	29	34425
ST	24	17256
PWD	-35	2755
Total	–	231024

Remember, clearing or not clearing the JEE Main is not the end of the world. If you do, that’s an awesome place to start realising your engineering dream. If not, do not be disheartened. Reach out to us and we’ll do our best to help you out. We are here for you. 🙂

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