The Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) has announced the orientation and class commencement dates for all of the twenty-three Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Candidates can check the schedule released on the official website of JoSAA at josaa.nic.in.
According to the announced schedule, in all of the IITs, class commencement and orientation will follow a three stage process including – reporting and physical registration of new students, orientation for candidates, and parents in some cases, commencement of classes. Here’s the complete schedule for the IITs.
JoSAA 2025: IIT-specific class commencement dates, orientation schedule
| Name of IIT | Registration of new students, orientation | Commencement of classes |
| IIT Bhilai | Registration: 23 July 2025
Orientation: 23–27 July 2025 |
28 July 2025 |
| IIT BHU | Hostel reporting: 22–24 July 2025
Physical registration: 24 July 2025 |
To be notified |
| IIT Bhubaneswar | Reporting: 26–29 July 2025
Registration: 30 July 2025 Orientation: 31 July 2025 |
1 August 2025 |
| IIT Bombay | Arrival: 20 July 2025
Orientation: 21–26 July 2025 |
28 July 2025 |
| IIT Delhi | Reporting: 21 July 2025
Orientation: 22–30 July 2025 |
31 July 2025 |
| IIT Dharwad | Document verification: 29–30 July 2025
Orientation: 30 July–3 August 2025 |
4 August 2025 |
| IIT Gandhinagar | Registration: 20 July 2025
Foundation Programme: 21 July–15 August 2025 |
18 August 2025 |
| IIT Goa | Orientation: 1 August 2025
Document verification: 4 August 2025 |
5 August 2025 |
| IIT Guwahati | Reporting and registration: 20–27 July 2025 | To be notified |
| IIT Hyderabad | Reporting and registration: 23 July 2025
Orientation: 24–26 July 2025 |
28 July 2025 |
| IIT Indore | Reporting: 24 July 2025
Orientation and registration: 25 July 2025 Life skills: 26 July–3 August 2025 |
4 August 2025 |
| IIT ISM Dhanbad | Online registration: 23–28 July 2025
Physical reporting: 24 July 2025 Orientation: 25 July 2025 |
28 July 2025 |
| IIT Jammu | Reporting: 27 July 2025
Orientation: 28 July 2025 |
To be notified |
| IIT Jodhpur | Reporting: 28–29 July 2025
Orientation: 28 July 2025 |
31 July 2025 |
| IIT Kanpur | Reporting: 21 July 2025
Orientation: 22–30 July 2025 Registration: 28 July 2025 |
31 July 2025 |
| IIT Kharagpur | Reporting: 22–23 July 2025
Admission: 24 July 2025 Induction: 25–28 July 2025 |
29 July 2025 |
| IIT Madras | Document verification: 24–25 July 2025
Orientation: 26–27 July 2025 |
31 July 2025 |
| IIT Mandi | Orientation: 28 July 2025 | To be notified |
| IIT Palakkad | Reporting: 25 July 2025
Registration: 26 July 2025 Orientation: 27–29 July 2025 |
30 July 2025 |
| IIT Patna | Registration: 31 July 2025
Orientation: 1–3 August 2025 |
4 August 2025 |
| IIT Roorkee | Registration: 25 July 2025
Orientation: 26 July 2025 |
28 July 2025 |
| IIT Ropar | Registration: 25 July 2025
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30 July 2025 |
| IIT Tirupati | Reporting, registration and orientation: 28 July 2025 | 4 August 2025 |
JoSAA Counselling 2025: List of documents required for physical reporting at IITs
Selected candidates are required to carry the following documents for verification during the JoSAA counselling process, at their designated institutes:
–JoSAA Provisional Seat Allotment Letter (Initial Seat Allotment Intimation Slip)
–Document Verification-cum-Seat Acceptance Letter generated online at the JoSAA Reporting Center (Provisional Offer and Seat Acceptance Letter)
–Class 10 Mark Sheet or Certificate
–Birth Certificate (only if the date of birth is not mentioned in the Class 10 mark sheet/certificate)
–Class 12 Mark Sheet or Certificate (Qualifying Examination)
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–Category Certificate (for SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS candidates) — must be in the prescribed format available on the JoSAA portal
–PwD Certificate (if applicable)
–Passport (for foreign nationals) or OCI/PIO Card, if applicable
–Income Certificate (for candidates applying for fee remission) — must be issued on or after 01 April 2024 and applicable for families with an annual income less than Rs 5 lakhs.
Currently, JoSAA Round 2 is underway. Subsequently, the seat allocation results for Round 3 will be announced on Wednesday, 2 July 2025, at 10 am. Once out, it will be available on the candidate portal, on the official website of JoSAA.
