Updated on Feb 24, 2025
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CCMN 2025: Registration (May), Important Dates, Eligibility, Counselling Schedule and Seat Allotment
CCMN is the centralised platform for the MSc and MSc (Tech Programmes) admissions to NITs, IIEST Shibpur and some CFTI institutes that accept the IIT JAM scorecard. Test takers who will appear for IIT JAM 2025 can also take admissions to the CCMN participating institutes by filling out the CCMN registration cum admission form for the academic session 2025-2026.
The organising institute will notify the CCMN 2025 counselling schedule dates in the third week of May 2025, tentatively on the official website. CCMN application form 2025 will be released in the fourth week of May 2025, tentatively on the CCMN official web portal. The registration process is a single fill-in online application form gateway in order to apply to all programmes in all the participating institutions to which they are eligible.
The last date to fill out the registration form and CCMN Registration form 2025 fee details will be notified in due course. The exam officials will be providing admissions via three rounds of the CCMN Counselling process 2025 along with the two special rounds and a national spot round (to fill up the vacant seats, if any). CCMN Counselling 2025 conducting authority released schedule or dates pertaining to the registration, choice, filling, allotment and document verification schedule, which can be found on the page below.
CCMN Merit List 2025 for seat allotment will be prepared based on the ″Common Percentile″ (calculated from the JAM Rank of the year 2024) obtained by the candidate. The CCMN 2025 counselling is for full-time seats carrying scholarships. It is NOT for candidates seeking admission to Sponsored Seats or part-time programmes.
What is CCMN?
CCMN stands for Centralized Common Counselling for MSc and MSc (Tech) admissions at NITs and CFTIs. The CCMN counselling process is conducted based on IIT JAM 2025 scores. Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat is conducting the CCMN counselling this year. There are multiple rounds of counselling being conducted to take admission through the JAM score card. The CCMN-2024 counselling is for full-time seats carrying scholarships. It is NOT for candidates seeking admission to Sponsored Seats or part-time programmes, for which candidates should contact the respective institutes for the same.
CCMN 2025 Highlights
Students who want to participate in CCMN 2025 counselling can check the details from the given below table:
| Parameters | Details |
|---|---|
| Name of the Counselling Process | Centralised Common Counselling for MSc and MSc (Tech) |
| Conducting Body | SVNIT, Surat |
| Number of Participating Institutes | To be notified |
| Total Number of Seats | To be notified |
| Mode of Counselling | Online |
| Official Website | https://ccmn.admissions.nic.in/ |
CCMN 2025 Important Dates
The following table brings the complete schedule of the CCMN 2025 counselling process.
| Event | Start Date |
|---|---|
| Start of Online Registration, Fee Payment and Online Choice Filling | Fourth week of May 2025, tentatively |
| Last date for Registration unlocking by candidate | First week of June 2025, tentatively |
| Last date for Online Registration and Fee Payment by UPI/Debit/Credit card/Net Banking | First week of June 2025, tentatively |
| Last date of Online Choice Filling and locking of choices by the candidate | Second week of June 2025, tentatively |
| Automatic Locking of saved choices (if choices not locked by the candidate) | Second week of June 2025, tentatively |
| CCMN 2024 Round 1 Seat Allotment | Second week of June 2025, tentatively |
| Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document uploading (online), specifying willingness (Freeze/Float/Slide), and withdrawal | Third week of June 2025, tentatively |
| Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the Allotted Institute) | Second week of June 2025, tentatively |
| Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute | Third week of June 2025, tentatively |
| Last date for Resolution of any queries raised during online document verification, Process related to willingness/withdrawal | Second week of June 2025, tentatively |
| CCMN 2024 Round 2 Seat Allotment | Fourth week of June 2025, tentatively |
| Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document uploading (online) (candidates allotted seat for the first time in this round), specifying/updating willingness (Freeze/Float/ Slide), and withdrawal | Fourth week of June 2025, tentatively |
| Online Document Verification (for candidates allotted seat for the first time in this round) by officers of Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted/upgraded seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the Allotted Institute) | Fourth week of June 2025, tentatively |
| Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute | Fourth week of June 2025, tentatively |
| Last date for Resolution of any queries raised during online document verification, Process related to willingness/withdrawal | Fourth week of June 2025, tentatively |
| CCMN 2024 Round 3 Seat Allotment | First week of July 2025, tentatively |
| Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document uploading (online) (candidates allotted seat for the first time in round 3), and withdrawal | First week of July 2025, tentatively |
| Online Document Verification (for candidates allotted seat for the first time in this round) by officers of Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted/upgraded seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the Allotted Institute) | First week of July 2025, tentatively |
| Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute | First week of July 2025, tentatively |
| * Payment of Partial Admission Fee online by candidates for confirmation of seat allotted during all regular rounds. | First week of July 2025, tentatively |
| Online Withdrawal from the Admitted Institute | First week of July 2025, tentatively |
CCMN 2025 Eligibility Criteria
The CCMN 2025 eligibility criteria for participating in the counselling process:
- Candidates must have appeared for the IIT JAM 2025 and have a valid score
- Candidates belonging to General, General-Economically Weaker Section (Gen-EWS) and OBC categories should have passed BSc or an equivalent course with at least 6.5 CGPA or 60 per cent aggregate and those belonging to reserved categories (SC, ST, PWD) should obtain 6.0 CGPA or 55 per cent aggregate
- Candidates in the final year of their qualifying degree are also eligible to apply, provided they submit the final mark sheet by September 30, 2025.
- For certain programmes in a few Participating Institutes, special eligibility criteria are applicable
- The candidates who possess certificates/qualifications from any of the professional societies (such as The Institution of Engineers (India) (IE), The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), The Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI), The Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, including Polymer and Environmental Group (IIChemE), The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), The Indian Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), etc. ) and have enrolled with these institutions with permanent recognition up to May 31, 2014, may also be eligible to participate in some of the PG programs, offered through CCMN-2025, as per the eligibility criteria of respective PIs.
How to Register for CCMN 2025
Eligible candidates need to follow the below steps to complete the CCMN 2025 registration process.
- Visit the official website of CCMN 2025 or enter ccmn.admissions.nic.in at an updated web browser
- Click on the ‘Online Registration and Choice Filling’ tab
- Candidates registering for the first time should click on ‘New Candidate Registration’ on this page
- They have to enter the personal and IIT JAM such as:
- Name
- JAM Registration ID
- JAM Exam Year
- JAM Exam Paper
- JAM marks out of 100
- After filling in these details, they will have to enter the captcha or the security pin
- Click on the ‘Submit’ tab
- The next step is the pay the CCMN 2025 registration fee
- Upon completing the fee payment process, candidates will have to complete the rest of the CCMN 2025 application process by entering the academic details, uploading documents and choice filling process
CCMN 2025 Fees Type
Applicants can check the types of fees involved in CCMN counselling process from the below given table:
| Fees Type | Details | Fees Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration Fee | Non-refundable registration fee to be deposited for participating in CCMN-2024 Counselling process (Regular Rounds 1, 2, and 3). | INR 3,500/- for GEN/ GEN-EWS/OBC INR 3,000/- for SC/ST/PwD | |
| Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF) | Fee to be deposited by a candidate when (s)he accepts the seat allotted to her/him. This will be a part of institute fee and will be adjusted against the finally allotted Institute’s admission fee. | INR 15,000/- for GEN/ GEN-EWS/OBC INR 10,000/- for SC/ST/PwD | |
| Partial Admission Fee (PAF) | Partial admission fee to be deposited by the candidate on CCMN portal if (s)he wants to confirm her/his seat. This will be a part of the institute fee and will be adjusted against the finally allotted institute’s admission fee. | INR 10,000/- for GEN/ GEN-EWS/OBC INR 5,000/- for SC/ST/PwD | |
| Special Round (SR) Registration Fee | If the candidate wishes to participate in the Special Rounds of CCMN-2024, a fresh registration along with the payment of Non-refundable registration fee is mandatory (Special Rounds 1, and 2). | INR 3,500/- for GEN/ GEN-EWS/OBC INR 3,000/- for SC/ST/PwD | |
| SR Participation Fee | Fee to be deposited during the registration of special round along with the SR registration fee. This will be a part of the institute fee and will be adjusted against the finally allotted institute’s admission fee. (If a candidate has already paid SAF and PAF in regular rounds then that fee will be adjusted towards SR participation fee. If a candidate has only paid SAF during regular rounds but not paid PAF then difference of SR participation fee and SAF will have to be deposited) | INR 25,000/- for GEN/ GEN-EWS/OBC INR 15,000/- for SC/ST/PwD | |
| National Spot Round (NSR) Registration Fee | If the candidate wishes to participate in the National Spot Round of CCMN-2024, a fresh registration along with the payment of Non-refundable registration fee is mandatory. | INR 3,500/- for GEN/ GEN-EWS/OBC INR 3,000/- for SC/ST/PwD | |
| NSR Participation Fee | Fee to be deposited during the registration of National Spot Round along with the NSR registration fee. This will be a part of the institute fee and will be adjusted against the finally allotted institute’s admission fee. (If a candidate has already paid SAF and PAF / SR participation fee in previous rounds then that fee will be adjusted towards NSR participation fee. If a candidate has only paid SAF during regular rounds but not paid PAF then difference of NSR participation fee and SAF will have to be deposited) | INR 25,000/- for GEN/ GEN-EWS/OBC INR 15,000/- for SC/ST/PwD | |
CCMN 2025 Counselling Process
The CCMN 2025 Counselling Process can be divided into the following stages:
- Online Registration, Choice Filling and Locking: This is the first and foremost step of the CCMN 2025 counselling process. Here, eligible candidates will have to register by filling the online registration form by filling in with the correct information and details and paying the requisite application fee, which is non-refundable in nature. After the registration process is complete, they will have to log in to the CCMN 2025 portal and select and lock the preferred programmes offered by the participating institutes (PIs). Candidates will not be able to unlock or change their choices once the choices are locked. Candidates must ensure that they complete the process before the deadline.
- Seat Allotment: Within the first round of counselling, seats will be allotted to the eligible candidates based on the applicant's merit and eligibility criteria. Candidates have to accept the allotted seat by paying the admission fee, uploading the required documents, and submit willingness within the stipulated time. Failing to follow any of these steps will result in the cancellation of the admission offer.
iii. Online Document Verification: The respective college authorities will verify the documents uploaded by the candidates. In case of any discrepancies, the officials will seek clarification on the same from the candidates, which they have to respond to online, by logging in to the CCMN portal. After successful document verification and confirmation of the seat, the candidate will be required to complete the admission formalities by depositing the balance institute fee during the period of ″Online Admission″.
- Change of Willingness/Withdrawal: In case candidates are not satisfied with the allotted seat, they may withdraw the seat and opt for participating in the next round of counselling. They will have to select one of the options, Change of Willingness or Withdrawal. In the former option, candidates will have to select further options from ‘Surrender and Participate in Next Round’ in addition to ‘Float’, ‘Slide’, and ‘Freeze’. The latter option refers to the withdrawal of interest. In such a scenario, candidates will not be able to participate in further rounds of CCMN counselling.
There will be three rounds of counselling and two Special Rounds, depending on the vacant seats.
- Reporting at the Finally Allotted Institute for Admission: In the final stage, candidates have to report to the finally allotted institute and get the hard copies of the documents verified and pay the requisite admission fees.
Documents required for the CCMN counselling process
Candidates have to upload the following documents online for the CCMN 2025 Counselling rounds:
- Document for proof of date of birth: Class 10 mark sheet or certificate issued by the school last attended. Or any photo identity card carrying the date of birth among Passport, Aadhaar Card, Driving License, Voter ID Card, PAN Card and Birth Certificate issued by Municipal Corporation/authority empowered to register the birth
- 2. Photo ID proof as per Govt. of India norms.
- Class 12 mark sheet
- Grade/mark sheet of qualifying exam for all semesters
- Degree/Provisional certificate. If the result of the qualifying degree is awaited, a certificate of course completion from the institute/university last studied must be provided in the prescribed format available on the CCMN 2023 website
- JAM 2025 scorecard
- Undertaking by the candidate on OBC-NCL status in the prescribed format available on CCMN 2025 website
- Original Certificate for Persons with Disabilities (PwD), if applicable, issued by the competent authority
FAQs CCMN 2025
If I apply for CCMN and fail to secure the minimum marks, will my registration fee be returned?
No. The Registration fee of CCMN is non-refundable. If applicants do not secure the minimum marks/CGPA, their seat allotment would be cancelled even if they are provisionally admitted to a specific institute. Hence students are advised to ensure that they are fulfilling all the necessary parameters before filling the CCMN 2025 application form.
When will the application process of CCMN 2025 start?
CCMN Application form for the counselling process will be out in the fourth week of May 2025, tentatively. Candidates who will appear for the IIT JAM 2025 examination and wish to take admissions in the MSc/ MSc Tech degree programs offered at NITs, IIEST Shibpur and some CFTI institutes need to fill out the CCMN 2025 online application cum counselling form.
Is it necessary to complete the CCMN 2025 registration process in one go?
Candidates can complete the CCMN 2025 registration process in multiple stages, it is not required to complete it in one go. However, applicants must ensure that they save each section of the CCMN application form before closing the website or logging out for the time being.
What is the Seat Acceptance Fee in CCMN 2025?
Once a seat is allotted in CCMN counselling to the students, they need to deposit INR 15,000/- (for GEN/OBC/GEN-EWS) and INR 10,000/- (for SC/ST/PwD) towards Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF).
If I do not fulfil my eligibility criteria, will my CCMN application be accepted?
Applicants’ eligibility will not be verified during the CCMN application process. It will be checked during the CCMN counselling document verification process. In case a candidate does not fulfil eligibility criteria, their candidature will be cancelled and the application fee will not be refunded. Hence one must be careful and read all the important instructions and necessary documents before filling the application form.
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