IIT admissions 2015: Important information for preparatory courses

The seat allocation process for preparatory courses at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) was conducted on July 22. The candidates are allowed to accept the seats and go to their respective reporting centre up till 5 pm on July 26.
There are a total of 185 seats for preparatory courses, the institutes offering these courses are the host institutes, and the institutes to which the candidates will be admitted are the parent institutes.
The details for admissions for preparatory courses are mentioned below:

• Parent institutes for IIT BHU: IIT BHU (32 seats)
• Parent institutes for IIT Bombay: III Bombay (4 seats), IIT Gandhinagar (4 seats) and IIT Jodhpur (3 seats)
• Parent institutes for IIT Guwahati: IIT Guwahati (6 seats), IIT Patna (3 seats)
• Parent institutes for IIT Hyderabad: IIT Hyderabad (5 seats), IIT Indore (3 seats), IIT Bhubaneswar (2 seats)
• Parent institutes for IIT Kharagpur: IIT Kharagpur (36 seats)
• Parent institutes for IIT Madras: IIT Madras (17 seats), IIT Palakkad (1 seat), IIT Tirupati (2 seats)
• Parent institutes for IIT Roorkee: IIT Roorkee (17 seats), IIT Delhi (4 seats), IIT Kanpur (13 seats), IIT Mandi (2 seats), IIT Ropar (2 seats)
• ISM Dhanbad: 26 seats

The students are required to report to their host institute, and not the parent institute. After the completion of one academic year, the students will their parent, i.e. admitting institute.

IIT admissions 2015: Seat allocation for preparatory courses begins

The seat allocation process for preparatory courses at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) has begun today i.e. July 22. The candidates will be allotted seats today. The candidates will be allowed to accept the seats and go to their respective reporting centres, starting at 10 am on July 23 up till 5 pm on July 26.
The third round of seat allotment for admissions to IITs, NITs and various other technology institutes was concluded on July 21. The admission process is being conducted by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) for JEE Main Paper I and Paper II and JEE Advanced 2015.
The candidates who were allotted a seat in any round of seat allocation and had reported at their designated centre too, but wish to change their sliding option to floating or freeze or vice-versa can report to the same centre, with a new undertaking stating their choice. They are required to carry a confirmation of document verification, round two allotment letter and their JEE Main 2015 admit card.