JoSAA Seat Matrix 2026: Counselling begins for 67,323 engineering seats in IITs, NITs, IIITs, GFTIs

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has started the JoSAA counselling process 2026 today for 67,323 engineering seats offered across IITs, NITs, IIITs and other GFTIs. Candidates can now access the JoSAA counselling 2026 registration and choice-filling facility on the official website at josaa.nic.in. JoSAA Counselling 2026 Live Updates

For the academic year 2026-27, engineering admissions, the seat capacity is 64,219 seats and 3,104 for the female supernumerary category. Of the total seats available, the highest number is 25,162 seats offered by NITs.

A total of 4,470 new engineering seats have been added to the JoSAA counselling 2026 seat matrix for BTech admissions across the country. In the last admission session, a total of 62,853 seats were offered, including 3,310 female supernumerary seats.

After the JoSAA counselling rounds, the Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) will conduct the Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) and CSAB counselling 2026 for leftover seats in the NIT+ system.

Notably, from this year onwards, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru will start admitting engineering aspirants through the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) counselling 2026 using Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced ranks.

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JoSAA Seat Matrix 2026: Engineering seats offered

JoSAA has published the seat matrix for the academic year 2026-27, and the engineering seats offered across IITs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs are shown in the table below.

JoSAA counselling is a centralised online seat allocation process established by the Ministry of Education for admissions to 127 premier engineering institutions across India. These include 23 IITs, 31 NITs, IIEST, IISc Bengaluru, Shibpur, 26 IIITs, and more than 47 GFTIs.

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JoSAA Counselling 2026: How is a seat allocated to a candidate?

Candidates are allotted seats via JoSAA counselling 2026 considering the candidate's category, position in respective rank list(s), the order of preference of selected academic programmes, the availability of seats in eligible seat categories/quotas, and other business rules. The JoSAA seat allotment process follows a strict timeline and is online and computer-operated.

JoSAA Seat Allotment 2026 Round 1

As per the JoSAA counselling 2026 round 1 schedule, seat allotment results will be announced on June 13 at 10 am. Candidates will have to report (online) to the allotted college, pay the required fees, and submit the documents by June 14, 7 pm. The JoSAA round 2 seat allotment 2026 results will be announced on June 30 at 5 pm.