IIT Delhi has started GATE COAP 2021 registrations on the official portal i.e. coap.iitd.ac.in from March 25. Read below to know the details.
GATE COAP 2021: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has started GATE COAP 2021 registrations on the official portal i.e. coap.iitd.ac.in from March 25. The authorities will conduct the COAP 2021 counselling from May 13.
Common Offer Acceptance Portal or (COAP) is the centralised counselling procedure conducted for admission to PG Engineering programmes offered by the IITs and IISc Bangalore. Candidates with valid GATE score from the year 2019, 2020 or 2021 will be eligible to participate in GATE COAP counselling 2021.
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After registering on the portal, candidates will need to fill in their choice of programmes and institutes. On the official COAP 2021 portal, candidates will be able to check the seat allotment result done by the GATE participating institutes. There will be a total of five main rounds and four additional rounds for COAP counselling. GATE 2021 was conducted on February 6, 7, 13 and 14 and the result was announced on March 19.
GATE COAP 2021 Important dates
Students who have qualified the GATE 2021 can check the tentative schedule of COAP 2021 in the table below:
| Round No |
Time window for viewing of offers and making decision by a candidate |
Available Options |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accept & Freeze |
Retain & Wait |
Reject & Wait |
||
| Round-1 |
May 13 - 14, 2021 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Round-2 |
May 20 - 21, 2021 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Round-3 |
May 27 - 28, 2021 |
Yes |
Yes/ No* |
Yes |
| Round-4 |
June 03 - 04, 2021 |
Yes |
Yes/ No* |
Yes |
| Round-5 |
June 10 - 11, 2021 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
* No, if you have already used Retain & Wait on the same offer twice. The same offer refers to the program "XYZ" of a particular Institute "ABC".
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For round 1-4 of the main rounds, candidates have all three options to select. However, candidates will not be able to choose Retain & Wait more than twice on a specific offer.
Round 5 is a Decisive Round, therefore the candidates will have only 'Accept and Freeze' and 'Reject' options to select.
Tentative dates for additional rounds
| Round No |
Time window for viewing of offers and making decision by a candidate |
Available Options |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accept & Freeze |
Retain & Wait |
Reject |
||
| Round - A |
June 17 - 18, 2021 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Round - B |
June 24 - 25, 2021 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Round - C |
July 01 - 02, 2021 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Round - D |
July 08 - 09, 2021 |
Yes |
No |
Yes* |
Additional Rounds A, B, C and D are independent rounds and each one is treated like a Decisive Round. That is, the candidates will have only 'Accept and Freeze' and 'Reject' options in these rounds.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 months ago
IIT Bombay COAP cutoff 2026 for the General AI category ranged from 325 to 650 in the first round. As per this range, General AI category need to score at least 325 to be considered eligible for admission. Refer to the list below to know the round 1 cutoff range for other categories under the All In
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
The score required by the SC All India category for admission to the MTech course should be at least 116, according to the last round. Students can check the table below to know the cutoff rank for different Engineering branches for the SC AI category.
| Course | Last Round Cutoff 2026 |
|---|---|
| M.Tech. in Petroleum Engineering | 116 |
| M.Tech. in Material Science and Technology | 197 |
| M.Tech. in Pharmaceutical Science and Engineering | 209 |
| M.Tech. in Fuel Mineral and Metallurgical Engineering | 215 |
| M.Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering | 232 |
| M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering | 254 |
| M.Tech. in Mining of Critical Minerals | 277 |
| M.Tech. in Earthquake Science and Engineering | 282 |
| M.Tech. in Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology | 282 |
| M.Tech. in Mineral Engineering | 286 |
| M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering with Spl in Manufacturing Engineering | 290 |
| M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering with Spl in Thermal Engineering | 312 |
| M.Tech. in Environmental Science and Engineering | 319 |
| M.Tech. in Intelligent Control and Instrumentation | 323 |
| M.Tech. in Water Resources Engineering | 330 |
| M.Tech. in Electronics Engineering (Optical Communication & Integrated Photonics) (OC) | 334 |
| M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (Machine Design) | 340 |
| M.Tech. in Structural Engineering | 346 |
| M.Tech. in Radio Frequency and Microwave Engineering | 350 |
| M.Tech. in Geotechnical Engineering | 350 |
| M.Tech. in Transportation Engineering | 353 |
| M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering and Management | 361 |
| M.Tech. in Geomatics | 362 |
| M.Tech. in Power System Engineering | 384 |
| M.Tech. in Power Electronics and Electrical Drives | 384 |
| M.Tech. in Electronics Engineering (Communication & Signal Processing) (SP) | 439 |
| M.Tech. in Data Analytics | 449 |
| M.Tech. in Electronics Engineering (VLSI Design) | 455 |
| M.Tech. in Mining Engineering | 466 |
| M.tech. in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | 530 |
| M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering | 542 |
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 months ago
IIT Dhanbad COAP cutoff 2026 has been released for the last round of admission to the M.Tech course and its branches. For the General AI category, the last round scores varied from 197 to 714. As per this range, M.Tech CSE was the most competitive course for admission, with the score of 714. Student
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What is the IIT Bombay COAP Round 1 cutoff for different categories?