Engineering counselling for 2026 has already started on two of the three big routes. JoSAA 2026 registration and choice filling close on Thursday, 11 June 2026 at 5 PM IST, with the Round 1 seat allotment on 13 June. COMEDK UGET 2026 counselling registration opened on 30 May and the extended last date is 10 June 2026, 2 PM, while KCET (KEA) counselling dates are not yet announced — results came on 6 June 2026, and on the 2025 pattern, option entry should open in July.
Three different bodies run three independent counselling processes: JoSAA (IITs, NITs, IIITs and other centrally funded institutes), COMEDK (private colleges across Karnataka) and KEA's KCET counselling for Karnataka seats. Every date below comes from an official notification or portal, re-checked on 10 June 2026. Where a 2026 date is not yet announced, we say so plainly and give the 2025 pattern, clearly labelled as prior-year reference.
Where each counselling stands, at a glance
| Counselling | Who runs it | Registration | Round 1 result | What happens next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JoSAA 2026 (JEE Main + Advanced) | Joint Seat Allocation Authority — 23 IITs, IISc Bengaluru, 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, 26 IIITs, 56 other GFTIs | Opened 2 June; closes 11 June, 5 PM | 13 June 2026, 10 AM | Online reporting 13–26 June; five rounds till 16 July, then CSAB |
| COMEDK UGET 2026 | COMEDK — private colleges in Karnataka | 30 May – 10 June, 2 PM (extended from 8 June) | Not yet announced — expected July 2026 | Document verification by 30 June, then choice filling and four rounds |
| KCET / UGCET 2026 | Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) | Not yet announced (results out 6 June; draft seat matrix 2 June) | Not yet announced — 2025 Round 1 ran around 2 August | Watch KEA notifications for verification and option entry |
| CSAB Special + DASA 2026 | Central Seat Allocation Board — vacant NIT+ seats after JoSAA | 28 July, 10 AM – 3 August, 10 AM (fresh registration required) | Round-I: 6 August 2026, 5 PM | Round-II 12 August; physical reporting 13–18 August (tentative) |
Source: JoSAA Schedule of Events 2026 (PDF, 1 June 2026) · comedk.org (10 June 2026) · KEA UGCET-2026 page (10 June 2026) · CSAB/DASA schedule dated 03-06-2026
Key dates: June to August 2026
- 2 Jun 2026 JoSAA 2026 registration and choice filling open at 5 PM; KEA publishes the draft engineering seat matrix the same day (official)
- 6 Jun 2026 KCET (UGCET) 2026 results declared — rank links posted on the KEA site (official)
- 10 Jun 2026 JoSAA Mock Seat Allocation 2 displayed at 1 PM; COMEDK registration and document upload close at 2 PM, extended from 8 June (official)
- 11 Jun 2026 JoSAA registration and choice filling end at 5 PM — choices are auto-locked; pre-payment of the seat-acceptance fee and pre-upload of documents also close (official)
- 13 Jun 2026 JoSAA Round 1 seat allotment at 10 AM; online reporting (fee payment + document upload) runs 13–26 June (official)
- 26 Jun 2026 Last date to pay the JoSAA Round 1 seat-acceptance fee, 5 PM (official)
- 30 Jun 2026 COMEDK document verification completes; JoSAA Round 2 allotment at 5 PM the same day (official)
- Expected ~Jul 2026 COMEDK choice filling, mock allotment and Round 1 — exact dates awaited; COMEDK ties them to the AICTE/COA/VTU schedule (official)
- Expected ~Jul 2026 KCET 2026 registration and option entry — not yet announced; based on the 2025 schedule, KEA's option-entry notice came on 19 July 2025 (2025 notice)
- 16 Jul 2026 JoSAA Round 5 at 5 PM — the final round for IITs and IISc; NIT-system withdrawal window 16–20 July (official)
- 28 Jul 2026 CSAB Special / DASA 2026 vacancy display, registration and choice filling open at 10 AM; registration closes 3 August, 10 AM (official)
- 6 Aug 2026 CSAB Special / DASA Round-I allotment at 5 PM; Round-II on 12 August (official)
- Expected ~Aug 2026 KCET 2026 Round 1 allotment — not yet announced; based on the 2025 schedule, the Round-1 process notice was published on 2 August 2025 (2025 notice)
Source: JoSAA Schedule of Events 2026 · CSAB/DASA schedule (03-06-2026) · comedk.org · KEA (cetonline.karnataka.gov.in)
JoSAA 2026: choices lock on 11 June, Round 1 on 13 June
JoSAA 2026 is the joint seat allocation for 138 institutes — 23 IITs, IISc Bengaluru, 31 NITs, IIEST Shibpur, 26 IIITs and 56 other GFTIs — set up by the Ministry of Education. It runs off JEE (Main) 2026 ranks (declared 20 April) and the JEE (Advanced) 2026 result (1 June).
Registration and choice filling opened on 2 June at 5 PM. Two mock allocations help you judge your choices: Mock 1 was displayed on 8 June, and Mock 2 is displayed today, 10 June, at 1 PM. Everything — choice filling, pre-payment of the seat-acceptance fee and pre-upload of documents — ends tomorrow, 11 June 2026 at 5 PM, after which choices are auto-locked. There is no extension built into the published schedule, so do not leave locking for the last hour.
All reporting in JoSAA 2026 is online: after each allotment you accept the seat by paying the seat-acceptance fee and uploading documents on the portal, not by visiting a reporting centre.
| Stage | Date & time (IST) | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Registration + choice filling start | Tue 2 Jun, 5 PM | Registration, choice filling, pre-payment of seat-acceptance fee and pre-upload of documents begin |
| Mock allocation 1 | Mon 8 Jun, 2 PM | Based on choices filled by 7 June, 8 PM |
| Mock allocation 2 | Wed 10 Jun, 1 PM | Based on choices filled by 9 June, 5 PM; choice locking opens |
| Registration + choice filling END | Thu 11 Jun, 5 PM | Auto/system locking of choices; pre-payment and pre-upload also end |
| Round 1 allotment | Sat 13 Jun, 10 AM | Online reporting 13–26 June; fee payment by 26 June, 5 PM; query responses till 29 June |
| Round 2 allotment | Tue 30 Jun, 5 PM | Withdrawal/exit window 1–3 July |
| Round 3 allotment | Mon 6 Jul, 5 PM | Withdrawal window 7–8 July |
| Round 4 allotment | Fri 10 Jul, 5 PM | — |
| Round 5 allotment (final for IITs/IISc) | Thu 16 Jul, 5 PM | NIT-system withdrawal 16–20 July |
| NIT+ Partial Admission Fee (PAF) | Wed 22 – Fri 24 Jul | NIT-system candidates pay PAF online; CSAB then handles special rounds |
Source: JoSAA Schedule of Events 2026 (PDF hosted from josaa.nic.in, uploaded 1 June 2026)
COMEDK UGET 2026: registration extended to 10 June, rounds expected from July
COMEDK conducted UGET 2026 on 9 May and announced results on 29 May 2026, issuing the counselling-start notification the same day. Registration with document upload opened on 30 May, with a non-refundable registration fee of ₹2,000 (per the official Counselling Process Document 2026, v1.0, notified 30 May 2026). The last date was originally 8 June, 2 PM, and has been extended to 10 June 2026, 2 PM — that extension came after our 5 June report on COMEDK round-1 registration, which otherwise still holds.
COMEDK says every candidate's documents will be verified by 30 June 2026, with the status visible in the document-upload tab. Counselling then runs in four rounds plus a mock round before Round 1 — but the round dates are not yet announced, because COMEDK ties them to the schedule to be announced by AICTE/COA/VTU. July 2026 remains the reasonable expectation. Eligibility, per the 29 May notification: a pass in 2nd PUC/12th with English, and a minimum 45% aggregate in physics, chemistry and mathematics plus one of chemistry/biotechnology/biology/electronics/computer science (40% for SC/ST/OBC candidates of Karnataka only). Supplementary-exam candidates of 2026 also had to register in this same window and can upload passed marks sheets before Round 3.
On fees: COMEDK's official notification caps tuition for 2026-27 at ₹3,02,000 (Slab 1) and ₹2,15,000 (Slab 2), with "other fees" capped at ₹20,000 — tuition and other fees are collected by COMEDK itself during counselling. These are counselling-level upper limits from the official notification, not any individual college's fee.
| Stage | Date (2026) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| UGET 2026 exam | 9 May | Done |
| Results / rank cards | 29 May | Done |
| Registration + document upload | 30 May – 10 June, 2 PM (extended from 8 June) | Announced — closes 10 June |
| Document verification | Completed by 30 June | Announced |
| Choice filling + mock allotment | Expected July — dates awaited | Not yet announced |
| Round 1 allotment + reporting | Expected July | Not yet announced |
| Rounds 2–4 | After Round 1; Round 4 has no seat-cancellation option | Not yet announced |
Source: COMEDK notification dated 29.05.2026 · COMEDK Counselling Process Document 2026 v1.0 (30 May 2026) · comedk.org homepage (10 June 2026)
KCET 2026 counselling: not yet announced — here is the honest picture
KEA held the main UGCET-2026 papers on 23 and 24 April 2026 (the Kannada language test was on 22 April) and declared results on 6 June 2026. The draft engineering seat matrix and its notification were published on 2 June 2026. But as of 10 June 2026, there is no counselling notification — no registration, document verification, option entry or round dates — on KEA's UGCET-2026 page or homepage. We checked every published notice rather than guessing.
For planning, the 2025 sequence is the best guide, and it is exactly that — a prior-year reference, not an announcement. While you wait, this is a good window to shortlist colleges: see our ranked guide to the best engineering colleges in Bangalore or compare colleges side by side.
| Stage | 2026 status (as of 10 June) | What happened in 2025 (prior-year reference) |
|---|---|---|
| Exam | Main papers 23–24 April (Kannada test 22 April) | Held 15–17 April 2025 |
| Results | Declared 6 June 2026 | Declared late May 2025 |
| Draft engineering seat matrix | Published 2 June 2026 | Published 13 June 2025 |
| Registration / document verification | Not yet announced | Verification ran June–July (discrepancy notice 30 June 2025) |
| Option entry (choice filling) | Not yet announced | Round-1 option-entry notice published 19 July 2025 |
| Round 1 allotment | Not yet announced | Process & schedule published 2 August 2025 (revised 13 August) |
| Round 2 | Not yet announced | Revised schedule published 25 August 2025 |
| Round 3 | Not yet announced | Post-result schedule published 11 September 2025 |
Source: KEA UGCET-2026 page (checked 10 June 2026) · KEA bell-timings notice (17 April 2026) · KEA UGCET-2025 notices dated 19 July, 2 August, 25 August and 11 September 2025
After JoSAA: CSAB Special and DASA rounds (28 July – 18 August)
Seats left vacant in the NIT+ system (NITs, IIITs and GFTIs — not IITs) after JoSAA's five rounds are filled through CSAB Special Rounds on csab.nic.in. Two things trip families up every year: you must register afresh for CSAB even if you registered for JoSAA, and CSAB-Special 2026 has only two rounds.
| Stage | Date & time (IST) |
|---|---|
| Category-restoration requests (CSAB Special only) | 22 July, 10 AM – 23 July, 5 PM |
| Vacancy display + registration, fee payment, choice filling and DASA document upload START | Tue 28 July, 10 AM |
| Mock seat allocation (choices as on 30 July, 5 PM) | Fri 31 July, 10 AM |
| Registration ENDS (including fee payment and DASA document upload) | Mon 3 August, 10 AM |
| Choice filling + choice locking END | Wed 5 August, 2 PM |
| Round-I allotment (willingness options 6–10 August) | Thu 6 August, 5 PM |
| Round-II allotment (online reporting 12–14 August) | Wed 12 August, 5 PM |
| Physical reporting at the allotted institute + balance fee | Tentative: 13–18 August — confirm on the institute's website |
Keep all three options live — and what to do this week
KCET, COMEDK and JoSAA are independent processes with separate portals, fees and calendars, and nothing stops a Karnataka aspirant from riding all three. This week's priorities: JoSAA candidates must finalise and lock choices before 11 June, 5 PM; COMEDK registrants should watch their document-verification status (complete by 30 June); KCET rankers should keep documents ready and check KEA's site every few days, since the counselling notification can drop any time. We will update this page as KEA and COMEDK announce dates — our news section tracks each official notification as it lands.
Sources
- JoSAA — Schedule of Events of JoSAA 2026 (Online Reporting), PDF hosted from josaa.nic.in, uploaded 1 June 2026
- josaa.nic.in homepage — introduction and candidate activity board (last updated 9 June 2026)
- CSAB — Schedule for DASA (UG) and CSAB Special Rounds 2026 Activities, v1.2, dated 3 June 2026
- COMEDK — Notification for starting the UGET-2026 counselling process, dated 29 May 2026
- COMEDK — Counselling Process Document 2026, Version 1.0, notified 30 May 2026
- comedk.org homepage — extension and document-verification notices (captured 10 June 2026)
- KEA — UGCET-2026 bell-timings notice, dated 17 April 2026
- KEA — Engineering 2026 draft seat matrix and notification, 2 June 2026
- KEA homepage and UGCET-2026 page — result links dated 6 June 2026 (checked 10 June 2026)
- KEA — UGCET-2025 option-entry notice, 19 July 2025 (prior-year reference)
- KEA — UGCET-2025 Round-1 post-allotment schedule, 2 August 2025 (prior-year reference)
- CollegeAndFees — COMEDK UGET 2026 counselling registration live (5 June 2026)