The registration and choice-filling process for the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) Counselling 2024 is underway. All those who have qualified JEE Mains and JEE Advanced can register themselves on the official web portal - josaa.nic.in. The registration window opened on June 10. Candidates who qualify for the Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT) can fill in their AAT-specific choices starting from June 14 onwards.
The examination authority has released a seat matrix for all institutes, which shows a significant increase in the seat count of the various Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). The registered candidates can check the seat matrix from the official websites, josaa.nic.in or josaa.admissions.nic.in.
This year, the JoSAA seat distribution process will be conducted for five rounds by the authorities, for admissions in 23 IITs, 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, 26 IIITs and 40 Other-Government Funded Technical Institutes (Other-GFTIs). The JoSAA counselling will be conducted for 17,740 seats. As per official details on the website, an increase of 355 seats in IIT has been recorded. The number of increased seats is mentioned below:-
| Institute | Increase in Seats |
| IIT Bhubaneswar | 20 seats |
| IIT Guwahati | 10 seats |
| IIT Bombay | 12 seats |
| IIT Kharagpur | 30 seats |
| IIT Jodhpur | 50 seats |
| IIT Gandhinagar | 30 seats |
| IIT Patna | 84 seats |
| IIT Bhilai | 40 seats |
| IIT Tirupati | 10 seats |
| IIT Dharwad | 75 seats |
JoSAA 2024: IIT-wise seat matrix
| Institute | Seats |
| IIT Bhubaneswar | 496 |
| IIT Bombay | 1368 |
| IIT Mandi | 520 |
| IIT Delhi | 1209 |
| IIT Indore | 480 |
| IIT Kharagpur | 1899 |
| IIT Hyderabad | 595 |
| IIT Jodhpur | 600 |
| IIT Kanpur | 1210 |
| IIT Madras | 1128 |
| IIT Gandhinagar | 400 |
| IIT Patna | 817 |
| IIT Roorkee | 1353 |
| IIT (ISM) Dhanbad | 1125 |
| IIT Ropar | 430 |
| IIT (BHU) Varanasi | 1589 |
| IIT Guwahati | 962 |
| IIT Bhilai | 283 |
| IIT Goa | 157 |
| IIT Palakkad | 200 |
| IIT Tirupati | 254 |
| IIT Jammu | 280 |
| IIT Dharwad | 385 |
| Total Seats | 17,740 |
JoSAA Counselling 2024: How to apply?
Candidates can follow the mentioned steps to apply:-
- Visit the official website, josaa.nic.in.
- Click on the link 'JoSAA Counselling Registration'.
- A new window will open. Enter the JEE Main/Advanced 2024 application number and password and click on 'Submit'.
- After submission, a new window will open displaying all the details as entered by the candidate. Carefully check all the details and proceed further with choice filling.
- Then, check the available choices of institutes and programmes based on the rank obtained in JEE Mains/Advanced and select as preferred.
- Then, save and lock the choice of institutes and programmes selected.
- Seats will be allotted on the basis of rank, choice and availability of seats.
- Satisfied candidates can choose to freeze, float or slide their seats.
- Once seats get accepted, pay the seat acceptance fee.
- Save and download it for future reference.
