Archive · 31 Jul 2026
CSAB Opens 15,423 Engineering Seats After JoSAA
After the main engineering college admissions in India, many seats are still empty.
The Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) is opening a new round to let students who didn’t get a spot in the first round try again.
Students can sign up from July 28 to August 3, 2026, and then choose their preferred colleges.
CSAB will give out seats based on how well students did in the JEE Main exam.
This helps fill the empty spots in big technical schools like NITs, IIITs, and other government‑funded institutes.
The new round also offers special chances for girls and for students from different states.
CSAB Special Counselling offers 15,423 vacant engineering seats after JoSAA.
Seats are allocated based on JEE Main 2026 All‑India Rank.
3,098 Computer Science seats remain available across GFTIs, IIITs, and NITs.
Registration window opened July 28, 2026, closing August 3, 2026.
Key counselling milestones include Round 1 allotment on August 6 and Round 2 allotment on August 12.
- Who
- JEE Main 2026 aspirants and candidates who missed JoSAA
- What
- CSAB Special Counselling for vacant engineering seats
- When
- Registration: July 28 – August 3, 2026; key dates: Aug 6 (Round 1), Aug 12 (Round 2)
- Where
- Centrally funded technical institutes across India
- Why
- To fill unfilled seats after JoSAA and give students another admission opportunity
- Total vacant seats
- 15,423
- CSE seats available
- 3,098
- Gender-neutral seats
- 13,156
- Female reserved seats
- 2,267
- GFTI vacancies
- 6,945
- NIT vacancies
- 4,611
- IIIT vacancies
- 3,628