New Branches and Increased Seats in IITs for JoSAA Counselling 2023

The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has commenced the joint counselling process after the release of the JEE Advanced 2023 result by IIT Guwahati. This counselling aims to allocate admissions to 57,152 seats across 23 IITs, 32 NITs, 26 IIITs, and 33 GFTIs. Students can select and secure seats from 813 branches offered by 119 colleges. The online registration and choice filling can be done until June 28.

Seat Increase in Institutions (IITs, NITs, IIITs, GFTIs) for JoSAA Counselling (2023 vs 2022):

Institution	Number of Seats (2023)	Number of Seats (2022)	Seat Increases
IITs	17,385	16,598	787
NITs	23,954	23,994	40
IIITs	7,746	7,126	620
GFTIs	8,067	6,759	1,308
Total	57,152	54,477	2,675

The status of seat allocation is as follows:

• JoSAA counselling for IITs, NITs, and IIITs: Six rounds from June 19 to July 31.
• Choice filling and registration deadline: June 28, 5 pm.
• First mock seat allocation: June 25. Second mock seat allocation: June 27.
• Seat allocation for the first round: June 30.
• If allocated in the first round, students must confirm seats by paying an acceptance fee and uploading documents during online reporting.
• Subsequent rounds of seat allocation: July 6, July 12, July 16, and July 21.
• Final round of seat allocation: July 26.
• Overall counselling process concludes in six rounds, with the final reporting deadline on July 28.

A total of 605 seats with new branches are added in 7 IITs:

IIT	New Branches	No. of seats
IIT Indore	Chemical Engineering	40
	Space Science and Engineering	20
	Mathematics and Computing	40
	Engineering Physics	20
IIT Gandhinagar	Artificial Intelligence	30
	Mechanical Engineering (5 years)	20
IIT Bhilai	Material Engineering and Metallurgical Eng.	20
IIT Jammu	Mathematics and Computing	40
IIT Mandi	Data Science and Computing	50
	Bachelor in Science in Chemical Sciences	30
	B.Tech. Mathematics and Computing	30
	B.Tech. Material Sciences and Engineering	30
	B.Tech. Microelectronics	30
IIT Patna	Chemical Sciences and Technology	40
	Electronic and Communication Engineering (Btech)	50
	Electronic and Communication Eng. (dual degree, 5 years Btech Mtech)	10
	Mechanical Engineering (5 years dual degree BTech+ MBA)	15
	B.Tech. in Computer Engineering + M.Tech. in Geotechnical Engineering	10
	B.TComputer Engineering, M.Tech. in Structural Eng.	10
	Computer Science and Engineering (dual degree Btech + Mtech 5 year)	10
	B.Tech. M.Tech. Electronics and Communication Eng. Seats	10
	Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Power and Control (dual degree)	10
	Mathematics and Computing	10
	Mechanical Engineering + Mechatronics Seats	10
IIT Ropar	Artificial Engineering and Data Engineering	20

The following points should be considered when filling out the choice forms:

To fill their choices effectively, students should prioritise colleges in descending order based on their preferences. By considering the opening and closing ranks of colleges from previous years, students can understand the trends in college selection. It is advisable for students to include college branches ranked below the closing rank of previous years according to their interests and college priority list based on their rank. Before filling the colleges during JoSAA counselling, students should create a paper-based list of their preferred colleges and make informed decisions online to avoid mistakes. It is crucial for students to thoroughly review their choices before locking them, as changes will not be possible after the locking process