Admission process to IITs, NITs to commence in June first week

While NIT Rourkela will lead the NIT+ system, the IIT Kanpur will lead the IIT system, and both these institutes will co-host the 2025 edition of Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA)

Hyderabad: The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) activities for admissions to institutions, including IITs and NITs, for the academic year 2025-26 will commence in the first week of June.

This year, the NIT Rourkela has been entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB 2025), facilitating admissions to undergraduate programs at 31 NITs, 1 IIEST, 26 IIITs, 3 Schools of Planning and Architecture (SPAs), and 36 GFTIs.

While NIT Rourkela will lead the NIT+ system, the IIT Kanpur will lead the IIT system, and both these institutes will co-host the 2025 edition of Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA).

The NIT Rourkela confirmed that there will be six rounds of seat allocation in the 2025 edition of JoSAA.

Like previous years, CSAB will also organise CSAB-special rounds of seat allocation to fill the vacant seats resulting after all rounds of JoSAA 2025.

This year, the CSAB-special will be of three rounds. The CSAB will coordinate the supernumerary round of seat allocation for students from Union Territories such as Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli in selected NITs.

The NIT Rourkela has also been entrusted by the Central government to coordinate the Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) 2025 for the admission of foreign nationals to undergraduate programs in NIT+ system.

The DASA seat allotment will be based on JEE Main ranks and preferences. The process will include three rounds of seat allotment, the details of which will be available at the DASA website www.dasanit.org

Meanwhile, to assist the candidates during the entire process of CSAB 2025, a multilingual help desk in Assamese, Bengali, English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, and Telugu languages has been established at the CSAB 2025 headquarters at NIT Rourkela. In addition, a total of 53 help centres (at least one in each State/ UTs) have also been established to assist the candidates.

A dedicated helpdesk at NIT Rourkela will also be operational to support Divyang (PwD) aspirants. Furthermore, help documents in immersive reader format will soon be made available to enhance accessibility for PwD candidates. Aspiring candidates are advised to visit websites https://josaa.nic.in and https://csab.nic.in.