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Content Writer | Updated On - Apr 11, 2023

IIT JAM 2023 Counselling registration process for admissions to IITs and IISc has started on April 11. The last date of submitting the application form for admission to 2800+ seats in 90+ PG programmes is April 25, 2023. Check JAM 2023 Seat Matrix

Candidates listed on the merit list can submit IIT JAM 2023 admission form by paying a non-refundable fee of INR 750 on the official JOAPS login- joaps.iitg.ac.in.  

IIT Guwahati is going to release the admission list after every round of counselling. The list consists of the institution-wise opening and closing ranks separately for General, EWS, SC, ST, OBS, and PwD candidates. The direct link to the pdf is provided below after release. 

IIT JAM 1st Admission List (June 1) IIT JAM 2nd Admission List (June 15) IIT JAM 3rd Admission List (June 26) IIT JAM 4th ​Admission List (July 7)

IIT JAM CCMN 2023 is also going to commence tentatively by last week of April 2023, for admissions into NITs. Candidates can check the seat allotment result on the official CCMN website- ccmn.admissions.nic.in. Candidates who have been allotted a seat need to pay the seat acceptance fee and upload the documents before the last date.

What are CCMN and JOAPS Counselling?

Centralized Common Counselling for M.Sc. (CCMN) is a nationwide counselling process, conducted annually for entrance to admissions to Master’s programs in Science at NITs and CFTIs.CCMN Counselling is conducted online and a total of 22 institutes participate in it. It is to be remembered that CCMN Counselling 2023 is different from IIT JAM Counselling 2023. CCMN is for admissions into the courses offered by NITs and CFTIs, while IIT JAM Counselling is for admissions into IITs and IISc institutes. Check IIT JAM 2023 Participating Institutes

Eligibility Criteria

IIT JAM JOAPS Counselling 2023: Important Dates

IIT JAM 2023 Counselling Important Dates are tabulated below:

Important Events Dates 
Submission of application form for admission  April 11-25, 2023 
Declaration of 1st admission list June 1, 2023
Last date of payment of seat booking fee  June 7, 2023
Declaration of 2nd admission list  June 15, 2023
Last date of payment of seat booking fee  June 21, 2023
Opening and Closing of withdrawal option  June 15 to July 2, 2023
Declaration of 3rd admission list  June 26, 2023
Last date of payment of seat booking fee  June 29, 2023 
Declaration of 4th and Final admission list July 7, 2023 
Last date of payment of seat booking fee  July 10, 2023 

IIT JAM JOAPS 2023 Counselling Process

  • Admission Form and Choice Filling & Locking: Qualified candidates must fill the admission form by paying INR 750 and fill in the choices of courses and colleges.
  • Release of Admission List: IIT Guwahati releases the admission list after every round of counselling based on the choices filled and seat availability. 
  • Acceptance/Rejection of Seat: Candidates would be provided with three options to choose from: Accept & Freeze, Accept & Upgrade, and Reject & Quit. If a candidate is dissatisfied with his allocated seat, he/she may choose to reject & quit the admission process. 
  • Payment of Seat Booking Fee: Pay the seat booking fee of INR 10000 for GN/ GN-EWS/ OBC candidates and INR 5000 for SC/ ST/ PwD candidates. 
  • Reporting at the institute: The final step in JAM 2023 JOAPS Counselling involves the candidate to report at the allotted institute for original document verification. 

IIT JAM JOAPS 2023 Seat Matrix


IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Eligibility Criteria

IIT JAM CCMN Eligibility Criteria 2023 for the participating institutes is as following:

  • The candidate must have undertaken IIT JAM 2023 Examination
  • Candidates must have cleared IIT JAM Cutoffs 2023 for the respective stream.
  • Candidates must be a B.Sc graduate with 6.5 CGPA or 60% aggregate marks. SC/ST/PwD candidates are required to obtain 6.0 CGPA or 55 Percent Categories.
  • Candidates in their final year of B.Sc are also eligible if they are able to complete the degree without any backlog in the current session only
IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Important Dates

IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023: Important Dates

Here are IIT JAM CCMN Important Dates:

CCMN 2023 Important Events Dates (Tentative)
Online Registration & Fee Payment and Online Choice Filling May 2023
Last Date of Online Registration in CCMN June 2023
Online Choice Locking June 2023
Automatic Locking of saved choices June 2023
CCMN 2023 Round 1 Seat Allotment  June 2023
Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee, Document uploading and specifying Willingness June 2023
Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute June 2023
Round 2 of Seat Allotement  June 2023
Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute June 2023
Round 3 of Seat Allotment (Out) July 2023
Online admission in the Finally Allotted Institute by depositing the Balance Fee online by netbanking/ debit card/credit card, etc. (other than e-challan) on CCMN portal July 2023
Counselling 2023 Process

IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023 Process

The steps involved in CCMN Counselling Process are as following:

  • Registration,and Choice Locking: First and foremost, candidates should register for the exam, pay the registration fees and select colleges for admissions. Next, the candidate would be required to lock their choices before a specific date
  • Seat Allotment: Based on the candidate’s score, IIT JAM Cutoffs, the number of candidates who have appeared for the exam, a seat would be allotted to the candidate. Candidates would have to submit a seat allocation fee (for first round only)
  • Online Submission of Documents: The candidates would need to submit their documents (detailed in subsequent sections) for verification. The document submission and verification process would be online.
  • Acceptance/Rejection of Seat: Candidates would be provided options to accept a seat or upgrade the seat. If a candidate is dissatisfied with his allocated seat, he/she may choose to reject the seat. There are several options available for the Acceptance/Withdrawal process, which are detailed in the section below.
  • Reporting at the institute: The final step in CCMN Counselling involves the candidate to be physically present at the allotted institute for document verification. After the successful verification of the document, the candidate would be required t get himself enrolled at the institute.
IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023 Registration Process

How to Register for IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Counselling?

Given below is the process to register for IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Counselling Process.

  • Visit the official website- ccmn.admissions.nic.in/
  • Click on the link to register for IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Counselling Process.
  • Enter your initial choices of the institute and the programs.
  • Pay the registration fee.
  • Take a screenshot of the receipt for future reference.

IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Registration Fees

CCMN Registration Fees is as following:

General/ Gen-EWS/ OBC Candidates INR 3000
SC/ST/PwD candidates INR 2500
Choice Locking

IIT JAM CCMN 2023: Choice Locking

After the payment of CCMN 2023 Registration Fees, candidates would be required to lock their selected choices before the deadline for doing so.

  • Before the deadline for CMN Choice Locking, candidates can add colleges, delete colleges, and switch priorities in their list of saved colleges.Candidates would be able to lock their choices anytime before the deadline for CCMN choice locking. However, no modification can be done to the list of college applied for after locking the choices
  • In case the candidate does not lock choices before the deadline, the last list of colleges saved by him would be automatically located for the next counselling process.
Seat Allotment

IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023: Seat Allotment

Based on the candidate’s IIT JAM Results, cutoffs, the number of candidates who have appeared for the exam, a seat would be allotted to the candidate.

  • For the first round of seat allotment, the candidate is mandated to submit a seat allocation fee/ CCMN Seat Acceptance Fee even if he is dissatisfied with the allotted seat.
  • A separate CCMN Seat Allotment List would be published after every round, mentioning the candidates roll number, name and the seat allotted to him/her/them/they

IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023: Seat Acceptance Fees

Category Seat Acceptance Fee
General Rs 15,000
SC, ST, PwD Rs 10,000
Documents Required

IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023: Documents Required for Verification

The candidates would need to submit their documents for IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Document Verification. The document submission and verification process would be online.The list of required document are:

  • IIT JAM 2023 scorecard
  • Character certificate
  • Provisional admission letter
  • Printout of the Registration form with locked choices.
  • Certificate showing Date of Birth
  • Transfer certificate
  • Class 10th marksheet and certificate
  • Class 12th marksheet and certificate
  • Qualifying degree certificate.
  • Passport size photographs
  • Demand Draft/Online Transfer receipt for the “Remaining Fees” to be paid at the admitting institute
  • Category certificate (SC/ST/OBC with NCL)
Options Available

IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023: Types of Options Available

Candidates would be required to either accept their CCMN 2023 Allocated Seat or to reject it. If the candidate accepts the seat by exercising Freeze, Float, Slide options, he/she shall have to pay the balance fees (after seat acceptance/allotment fees) for the academic session of the allotted institute.The balance fees can be paid online at CCMN portal.

IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023: Seat Acceptance Options Available

The various IIT JAM CCMN Seat Acceptance Options are as follows:

IIT JAM 2023 Seat Acceptance Option Detail
Freeze If the candidate wants to take admission into the course and college allotted to him, and does not wants to upgrade by participating in the next counselling round
Float If the candidate wants to ‘upgrade’ to a better institute, in the subsequent counselling round. In case, the candidate is not allotted a better institute, the candidate would have the choice to accept admission for the previously allotted seat.
Slide If the candidate is satisfied with the institute but wants to upgrade to a ‘better’ course within the allotted institute. In case, the candidate is not allotted a better choice, the candidate would have the option to accept admission for the previously allotted seat.

IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023: Seat Rejection Options Available

If the candidate is not satisfied with CCMN Seat Allotted to him, he can opt for ‘Surrender and Participate in next round’. Under this option the candidate will be considered for the next counselling round, but his/her claim on the current seat would be dissolved. In case he is not allotted a seat in the next round, he would not be eligible to take admissions on the formerly CCMN Alloted Seat. Such candidates have to participate in the Vacant Seat Round (CCMN 2023 Spot Round) for getting a seat for admissions.

IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023: Withdrawal of Application

If a candidate wants to withdraw from IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Counselling process itself, he/she can do so by opting for ‘withdrawal of application form’.

  • If the candidate chooses to withdraw the counselling application, he would not be able to participate in any round of IIT JAM 2023 Counselling,and the seat allotted to him in the current round will be reassigned to another candidate.
  • CCMN 2023 Seat Acceptance Fees/ Seat Allocation Fees would be refunded to the candidate. However, IIT JAM CCMN Counselling Fees would not be refunded to the candidate
IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Participating Institutes

IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Participating Institutes

The list of IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Partification institutes is a s following:

S.No. Participating Institute Seats
1 National Institute of Technology, Rourkela 182
2 National Institute of Technology, Agartala 39
3. National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh 20
4. National Institute of Technology, Calicut 68
5. National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar 116
6. National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur 100
7. National Institute of Technology, Manipur 45
8. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur 75
9. National Institute of Technology, Durgapur 69
10. National Institute of Technology, Silchar 75
11. National Institute of Technology, Srinagar 31
12. National Institute of Technology, Warangal 180
13. National Institute of Technology, Sikkim 15
14. National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya 48
15. National Institute of Technology, Nagaland 10
16. National Institute of Technology, Surathkal 58
17. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli 109
18. Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur 75
19. Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur 123
20. Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad 25
Total Seats 1463

CCMN Participating Institutes

S.No. Participating Institute Seats
1. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur 180
2. Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab 75
Total Seats 255
Counselling FAQs

IIT JAM 2023 Counselling FAQs

Ques. When will JOAPS 2023 Counselling Process begin?

Ans. IIT JAM JOAPS 2023 Counselling process is going to start on April 11, 2023. 

Ques. When will CCMN 2023 Seat Allotment Round release?

Ans. CCMN Counselling 2023 is going to tentatively started on May 2023. The candidates can visit the official website to check the same.

Ques. Can one modify IIT JAM CCMN 2023 Counselling choices after locking?

Ans. Choice locking in CCMN 2023 Counselling is extremely vital. The candidates won’t be allowed to modify their choices once they have locked them.

Ques. How many choices can one fill in CCMN 2023 Counselling?

Ans. The candidates have the provision to fill as many choices as they want in the CCMN 2023 Counselling Process. However, they must lock their choices.

Ques. What is IIT JAM CCMN Registration fees 2023?

Ans. IIT JAM CCMN Registration Fees 2023 is as following:

General Candidates INR 3000
SC/ST/PwD candidates INR 2500

Ques. What is IIT JAM CCMN Seat Acceptance Fees 2023?

Ans. IIT JAM CCMN Seat Acceptance Fees 2023 is as following:

Category Seat Acceptance Fee
General Rs 15,000
SC, ST, PwD Rs 10,000

Ques. What documents would be required for verification in IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023?

Ans. The document s required for verification in IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023 are:

  • IIT JAM 2023 scorecard.
  • Character certificate
  • Certificate showing Date of Birth
  • Transfer certificate
  • Class 10th marksheet and certificate
  • Class 12th marksheet and certificate
  • Qualifying degree certificate.
  • Passport size photographs
  • Demand Draft/Online Transfer receipt for the “Remaining Fees” to be paid at the admitting institute
  • Category certificate (SC/ST/OBC with NCL)

Ques. What options are available to a candidate after seat allotment in IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023?

Ans. Candidates has the following option after seat allotment in IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023:

  • Floating of seat
  • Sliding of Seat
  • Freezing of Seat
  • Surrender of Seat
  • Withdrawal of application

Ques. Would I be able to modify my choice of colleges after locking them in IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023?

Ans. No, candidates would not be able to modify their choice of college in IIT JAM CCMN Counselling 2023 after the locking period is exhausted. Candidates are advised to make the changes well before the deadline for locking choices.

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.

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