Read below to know about all the details related to the IIT MTech admissions 2020.
IIT MTech Admissions 2020: Candidates seeking admission to postgraduate engineering programmes (MTech) offered by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) should be aware of the process, cutoff and important dates for admission to the course.
For IIT MTech admissions, candidates will be required to register separately on the official websites of the respective institutes. Along with the registration at the institutes’ websites, candidates will also be required to register at the GATE COAP 2020 portal.
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Registration for GATE COAP 2020 is going on. Candidates must note that those who have passed their graduation from any of the IITs with a CGPA of 8.0 or above will be exempted from having a valid GATE score. Interested candidates can read the complete article to know more about IIT MTech admission 2020.
- IIT MTech Admissions 2020
- IIT MTech Admission 2020: Important dates
- IIT MTech Admissions: GATE 2020 Cutoff
IIT MTech Admissions 2020
GATE 2020 was conducted on February 1, 2, 8, and 9 this year. The result of GATE 2020 was announced on March 13. Candidates will need to register on the Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP). All candidates must note that this is not an admission portal. It only facilitates seat allotment for a candidate to an institute as per his/her rank in GATE 2020 and choices entered or job offers from the participating PSU’s. All participating institutes publish IIT MTech seat allotment result on this portal. Candidates should apply separately to each institute for IIT MTech admissions 2020.
IIT MTech Admission 2020: Important dates
Candidates can check the important dates for IIT MTech admission 2020 from the table below. This article is being updated with all the details as soon as it is released by the authorities.
| IITs |
Application Start Date |
Application Last Date |
Links to more details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-20 |
20-May-20 |
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| 5-Mar-20 |
20-Apr-20 |
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| 18-Mar-20 |
18-May-20 |
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| 2-Mar-20 |
10-May-20 |
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| 10-Mar-20 |
30-Apr-20 |
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| 17-Mar-20 |
10-May-20 |
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| 2-Mar-20 |
30-Apr-20 |
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| 22-Mar-20 |
30-Apr-20 |
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| 16-Mar-20 |
30-Apr-20 |
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| - |
30-May-20 |
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| 16-Mar-20 |
24-May-20 |
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| 25-Mar-20 |
17-May-20 |
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| 20-Mar-20 |
20-May-20 |
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| - |
Going on |
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| 20-Mar-20 |
24-May-20 |
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| 20-Mar-20 |
23-Apr-20 |
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| 19-Mar-20 |
20-Apr-20 |
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| 1-Feb-20 |
23-Mar-2020 |
IIT MTech Admissions: GATE 2020 Cutoff
Candidates will be able to check the minimum scores required for admission to the participating IITs through the cutoff of GATE 2020 for IITs. The cutoff will be released separately for each course and category. Those candidates who meet the GATE cutoff for IITs will have higher chances of admission.
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