
COAP 2025: The COAP counselling 2025 is ongoing. Candidates can find the link to register below. The additional rounds for COAP counselling 2025 started on June 17. Candidates can check the complete details below. This year, the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru (IISc Bengaluru) is conducting the GATE COAP counselling 2025. The online counselling mode is applicable for candidates who have qualified for the GATE 2025 exam. The schedule for COAP 2025 has been revised and is now available on the official website. To register for the GATE COAP, candidates must enter their GATE registration number, paper code, GATE score, date of birth, and name. The COAP 2025 counselling process is done in five rounds, where candidates can opt for the IIT choices, with 5 additional rounds.
The Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) 2025 is the GATE counselling process portal for IIT admissions. The candidates can access the admission/job offers by registering at COAP from all the participating IITS / PSUS where they have applied for MTech admissions/jobs with GATE scores. Candidates with valid GATE scores for 2025/2024/2023 can register for COAP 2025. Before registering, candidates must go through the instructions and guidelines carefully.
Candidates must note that GATE COAP is not an application portal for MTech admission to any participating institute. Candidates should apply separately to the respective IITs for MTech admission / PSU for the job. COAP is just the portal where the IITs / PSUs upload their offers based on their selection criteria. Before applying to any institute/PSU, candidates must register for COAP, as providing the COAP 2025 registration number is mandatory to apply to any participating institute for their MTech programs. To check all about COAP, like how to register, eligibility, the counselling process, the complete admission process, participating institutes / PSUs, and more details, read below.
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COAP registration and counselling process has started. IISc Bengaluru is conducting the GATE COAP counselling 2025. The dates have been announced on the official website. IIT Roorkee announced the GATE results on March 19. The GATE COAP dates for 2025 admission is now available. Candidates with valid GATE scores for year 2025/2024/2023 can register for COAP 2025. Candidates must note that COAP is not an application portal for M.Tech admission for any participating institute. Candidates should apply separately to the respective IITs for M.Tech admission / PSU for the job based on their schedule.
COAP is a Common Offer Acceptance Portal initiated in 2017. Candidates with valid GATE scores are required to register at COAP to access the offers by IITs for MTech admission or job offers from the PSUs. COAP provides the platform for the candidates to practice the choices of offers by the IITs/PSUs and allows the candidates to make informed choices.
While COAP is mainly for offering M.Tech admissions (2 years), some MS programme / three years MTech programme of some institutes, COAP registration may be required. This will be instructed by the admitting Institute while applying for those programs.
- What is GATE COAP?
- COAP 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
- COAP 2025 Highlights
- GATE COAP 2025 Dates
- COAP 2025 Registration Process
- GATE COAP 2025 Eligibility Criteria
- Admission Process via COAP 2025
- Offer Rounds by IITs/PSUs in COAP
- COAP 2025 Options for Offers
- Flowcharts Explaining COAP 2025 Process for Main Rounds and Additional Rounds
- What After Accepting Offer at COAP?
- GATE COAP Participating IITs
What is GATE COAP?
COAP full form is the Common Offer Acceptance Portal, initiated in 2017. Candidates with valid GATE scores are required to register at COAP to access the offers by IITs for MTech admission or job offers from the PSUs. COAP provides the platform for the candidates to practice the choices of offers by the IITs/PSUs and allows the candidates to make informed choices.
Every year, the GATE organizing institute of the preceding year acts as the coordinating institute for COAP. The IITs that participate in COAP are IISc Bangalore, IIT Bhilai, IIT Bhubaneshwar, IIT BHU, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Dharwad, IIT Goa, IIT Guwahati, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, IIT Jammu, IIT Jodhpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Mandi, IIT Palakkad, IIT Patna, IIT Roorkee, IIT Ropar, IIT Gandhinagar and IIT Tirupati.
Commonly asked questions
IISc is the coordinating institute for GOAP 2025, and the participating institutions are- IISc Bengaluru, IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Bhilai, IIT BHU, IIT Bombay, IIT Dharwad, IIT Dharwad, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Goa, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Indore, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, IIT Jammu, IIT Jodhpur, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Mandi, IIT Palakkad, IIT Patna, IIT Roorkee, IIT Ropar, and IIT Tirupati. Read more about GATE 2025 COAP counselling here - https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/coap-counselling
Candidates must apply separately to each institute for M.Tech admission. The GATE COAP dates have been announced on the official website - gate.iisc.ac.in. Registrations for GATE COAP Round 1 registrations will begin from May 13, 2025 (10:00 am) onwards.
The GATE COAP website for 2025 have been launched. The counselling dates have been released for various rounds. Registrations for GATE 2025 Round I counselling start from May 13 onwards. Candidates who have qualified with a valid GATE score can register for GATE COAP 2025.
COAP stands for Common Offer Acceptance Portal, which was initiated in 2017 to provide a common platform for registered candidates seeking admission to the M.Tech programme in participating institutes or job offers from participating PSUs.
COAP 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of COAP 2025 exam
Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
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17 Jun ' 25 - 19 Jun ' 25 | COAP 2025 Round 6 additional rounds of college allotment offers |
23 Jun ' 25 - 25 Jun ' 25 | COAP 2025 Round 7 additional rounds for college allotment offers |
29 Jun ' 25 - 30 Jun ' 25 | COAP 2025 Round 8 additional rounds for college allotment offers |
04 Jul ' 25 - 05 Jul ' 25 | COAP 2025 Round 9 additional rounds for college allotment offers |
09 Jul ' 25 - 10 Jul ' 25 | COAP 2025 Round 10 additional rounds for college allotment offers |
Dates | Past Exam Dates |
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11 Jun ' 25 - 13 Jun ' 25 | COAP 2025 Main Round 5- registration, and selection of the college |
05 Jun ' 25 - 07 Jun ' 25 | COAP 2025 Main Round 4- registration, and selection of the college |
29 May ' 25 - 01 Jun ' 25 | COAP 2025 Main Round 3- registration, and selection of the college |
COAP 2025 Highlights
Candidates can check below some important highlights of COAP:
Particulars |
Details |
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Name of the Admission process |
Common Offer Acceptance Portal / GATE counselling |
Popularly known as |
COAP |
Conducting Body |
Every year, the GATE organizing institute of the preceding year acts as the coordinating institute for COAP. Coordinating IIT for COAP 2024 is thus IIT Kanpur |
Level of counselling |
Postgraduate Level |
Counselling mode |
Online |
Admission Channel |
GATE 2024/2023/2022 scores |
Registration cum counselling fee |
NA |
Participating Colleges |
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Official website |
TBA |
Downloads |
Commonly asked questions
The official website for GATE COAP admission counselling is - gate.iisc.ac.in/coap2025. COAP stands for the Common Offers Acceptance Portal for admission into an M.Tech. Programme in the participating academic institutes. COAP is not a portal for applying for M.Tech Admission.
No. For viewing and making decisions on available admission offer (s) from the participating Institute (s), candidates will have to register at COAP. M.Tech application IDs can be different at different Institutes but you will have only one COAP registration number. Moreover, COAP registration number is a mandatory field in the M.Tech Application process of the participating institutes.
It is advisable to register with information related to the the highest GATE Score. During registration, you will also provide valid GATE score details of remaining years between 2022 and 2024. You will register only once but registration details will include all other GATE scores of the last two/one years.
Not necessary. Depending upon the selection process, some participating Institutes may skip, some offer release window (s) and offers may be released in any of subsequent window (s). Further, some institutes may operate additional round (s). For additional rounds, the procedure followed for offers will be described on the respective institute's website.
GATE COAP 2025 Dates
IISc has released the GATE 2025 COAP counselling dates on its official website. The registration link for GATE COAP counselling registration link has been activated on May 17. Candidates can find the GATE COAP 2025 counselling schedule (round-wise) REVISED below -
Round No | Time window for candidates to view offers and take a decision |
Accept & Freeze | Retain & Wait | Reject & Wait |
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Round 1 | May 17 (10:00 AM) to May 20 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Round 2 | May 23 (10:00 AM) to May 25 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Round 3 | May 29 (10:00 AM) to June 01 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes/No | Yes |
Round 4 | June 05 (10:00 AM) to June 07 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes/No | Yes |
Round 5 | June 11 (10:00 AM) to June 13 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 6 | June 17 (10:00 AM) to June 19 (09:00 AM) - additional | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 7 | June 23 (10:00 AM) to June 25 (09:00 AM)- additional | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 8 | June 29 (10:00 AM) to June 30 (09:00 AM) - additional | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 9 | July 04 (10:00 AM) to July 05 (09:00 AM)-additional | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 10 | July 09 (10:00 AM) to July 10 (06:00 PM)- additional | Yes | No | Yes |
Commonly asked questions
Candidates who have qualified in GATE and wish to take admissions to M.Tech programmes in IITs must apply at COAP, as it is a common portal to offer admission to M.Tech in various participating institutes. Here are some important information to know about the GATE COAP 2025 -
The IISc is conducting GATE COAP 2025.
Candidates must apply separately to the respective institutes for M.Tech admission
Each participating institute will adhere to its respective selection procedure following its established norms and guidelines.
Each candidate must register at COAP to review and select their preferred offer from the participating institutes.
IISc Bangalore has revised the COAP counselling dates. Candidates can check the revised GATE COAP 2025 Counselling Schedule below -
Round No | Time window for candidates to view offers and take a decision | Accept & Freeze | Retain & Wait | Reject & Wait |
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Round 1 | May 17 (10:00 AM) to May 20 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Round 2 | May 23 (10:00 AM) to May 25 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Round 3 | May 29 (10:00 AM) to June 01 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes/No | Yes |
Round 4 | June 05 (10:00 AM) to June 07 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes/No | Yes |
Round 5 | June 11 (10:00 AM) to June 13 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 6 | June 17 (10:00 AM) to June 19 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 7 | June 23 (10:00 AM) to June 25 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 8 | June 29 (10:00 AM) to June 30 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 9 | July 04 (10:00 AM) to July 05 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 10 | July 09 (10:00 AM) to July 10 (06:00 PM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Yes, IISc (the conducting body) has published the GATE COAP 2025 dates on the website-gate.iisc.ac.in. Registrations for GATE COAP will start from May 13, onwards. The counselling process will be conducted in different rounds, where candidates have to perform various options, such as accept and freeze, retain and wait, and reject and wait.
The mode of the GATE COAP 2025 counselling is online. Candidates must note that the COAP 2025 is not an application portal. It is an admission portal where candidates must choose their preferred institutes for the M.Tech programme.
COAP 2025 Registration Process
Before applying for admission to the respective IIT/PSU, candidates have to register at COAP. The registration process for COAP is as follows:
Step 1: COAP 2025 Registration
The candidates have to provide various personal and GATE-related details while registering for the COAP. Along with the GATE paper and their “Date of Birth”, candidates have to provide the following details at the time of COAP registration:
- GATE Registration Number
- GATE Paper Code
- GATE Score
- Date of Birth
Step 2: Provide email address and mobile number
After validating the basic information, candidates must provide a valid working email address and mobile phone number. The details provided must be correct as they will receive login ID, password, instructions and all further communication related to COAP registrations.
Step 3: Final submission
Candidates have to submit the GATE COAP 2025 registration form after carefully verifying all the details. They will not be allowed to correct any detail in their COAP registration form after final submission so every detail must be verified diligently before final submission. After final submission, the COAP login ID/registration number and password will be communicated to the candidates.
Commonly asked questions
Yes, all participating institutes/PSUs will seek COAP registration number on their Application portal for admissions/job. Candidates who have applied for admission into an M.Tech. Programme in any of the participating academic institutes, or applied to any PSU for job will receive admission offers only via COAP. To access and take a decision on the most preferred choice out of the offers (if any) made by participating Institute (s)/PSU (s), each candidate should register and visit COAP. Without registering at COAP, the candidate will not be able to access the offers on COAP.
Yes, the participating institutes will look for the COAP registration number on their M.Tech applications portal during admissions. Candidates who have applied for the admission to M.Tech in any of the participating institutes, will receive admission offers only via COAP.
To access and take decision on the most preferred choice out of the offers (if any) made by participating institutes, each candidate should register and visit COAP. Without registering at COAP, the candidate will not be able to access the offers on COAP.
You will register only once. Subsequently, when you log in to COAP for the first time, you will provide all three/ two GATE scores (different papers) in one registration form. For example: if you have GATE Scores for EC and CS papers, then you can register with any one of the GATE paper scores (EC or CS). And include the remaining GATE paper score when you log in to COAP for the first time.
Register online by clicking 'Register' Button on the official website of COAP. Carefully read all the instructions given in the COAP Information Brochure. Complete the application in all respects. You will have to provide the following details: qualified GATE registration number (s), Date of Birth, Email ID and Mobile number. No changes are permitted once the application is submitted and frozen. Please remember the login ID and password details for subsequent login.
GATE COAP 2025 Eligibility Criteria
Candidates are advised to check the eligibility criteria before COAP 2025 registrations. Applications of candidates who do not meet the eligibility conditions are liable to be rejected. Therefore, all candidates must fulfil all the eligibility conditions:
- The candidate must be an Indian National
- Candidates must have a valid GATE score i.e. qualified in 2025/2024/2023.
- In the case of more than one valid scorecard, candidates must provide the scorecard with a better score or rank.
- Candidates must check the eligibility criteria of the respective institute before applying for it
Commonly asked questions
The minimum GATE score to get admission to IIT Bombay for M.Tech can depend on the branch applying for. However, the expected minimum GATE score (on the basis of past year cutoff trends) is 710 to 750+. This is the cutoff score for top branches like CSE, and ME. It can vary for differet subjects/branches.
Yes, GATE 2023 is valid for GATE COAP 2025. To participate in the GATE COAP 2025 counselling, candidates need to register. The registration mode is online and is entirely free. However, candidates must keep their COAP registration number safe, as it has been made mandatory by the participating institutes in their M.Tech application portals.
Admission Process via COAP 2025
The admission process via COAP is as follows:
- Register at COAP: COAP registration is an online process. Candidates must register online on the official COAP portal according to the schedule. Only the COAP-registered candidates can access the offers by the IITs/PSUs.
- Apply to IITs/PSU: Candidates should apply separately to the respective IITs for MTech admission / PSU for the job. While applying to the respective IITs/PSUs candidates have to enter the COAP registration number.
- Rounds of offers: When the round of offers starts at COAP as per the schedule, if you have received any offers then the same will appear in the COAP Dashboard.
- Offer selection: Select the offer of your choice then press (‘Accept and Freeze’ or ‘Retain and Wait or Reject all above and wait’) and confirm it by clicking OK. All offers will be rejected when you select ‘Reject all above and wait’. Press “Freeze Decision” for final submission when you are satisfied.
- Visit the website of the institute/PSU for admission: After the candidate has selected and finalised an offer at COAP, they have to then visit the official website of the IIT/PSU of which they have accepted the offer and complete the admission process as per their set guidelines and dates.
Commonly asked questions
The GATE COAP is mainly conducted in five rounds, during which students can accept or reject the offers from the participating institutes. Optional rounds are available from Round 6 to 10. These rounds are treated as independent decisive rounds, where candidates can only accept, freeze, or reject. The GATE COAP Round I registration starts from May 17. Candidates are advised to go through all the instructions and guidelines before registering for the GATE counselling.
Once the COAP registration is completed, candidates will be receive a COAP ID, which candidates can use it to apply in the participating institutes, such as IITs, NITs, and GFTIs. During the counselling rounds, candidates can access the COAP counselling to accept, reject, and freeze their options. In the final round, candidates will have to make the final decision in the selection of the college for admission.
The COAP registration is completly free. Candidates can register for COAP using their GATE scores without paying in fees. The mode of the registration is online and must be completed within the specific deadline. The GATE COAP Round 1 counselling starts from May 17. Candidates can check the schedule below -
Events | Dates |
Round 1 | May 17 to 20 |
Round 2 | May 23 to 26 |
Round 3 | May 29 to June 2 |
Round 4 | June 5 to June 8 |
Round 5 | June 11 to June 14 |
Offer Rounds by IITs/PSUs in COAP
IITs and PSUs provide their offers to the candidates in rounds. There are around 5 main rounds of offers and 7 additional rounds of offers. The candidates can participate in each of these rounds and practice the choices of offers from their COAP dashboard. The round-wise options available for the candidates in COAP are as follows:
Main rounds in COAP
Round No |
Options available to candidates |
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Accept & Freeze |
Retain & Wait |
Reject & Wait |
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1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
3 |
Yes |
Yes/ No* |
Yes |
4 |
Yes |
Yes/ No* |
Yes |
5 |
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”.
Additional rounds in COAP
Round No |
Options available to candidates |
|
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Accept & Freeze |
Reject & Wait |
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6 |
Yes |
Yes |
7 |
Yes |
Yes |
8 |
Yes |
Yes |
9 |
Yes |
Yes |
**10 |
Yes |
Yes |
11 |
Yes |
Yes |
12 |
Yes |
Yes* |
**Only for those institutes that would like to continue beyond Round 9. *Only if there are no more additional rounds.
Note: The additional rounds are the decisive rounds only. In the Decisive Round of offers, registered candidates will be provided with only two options "Accept and Freeze" or "Reject All and Wait". |
Commonly asked questions
This rule is specifically brought in COAP 2020 to clear stratification. A candidate can choose “Retain and wait” on a specific offer only twice. For example, if institute ABCD offers you “Thermal Engineering” in Round 1, and you choose “Retain and Wait”, and if the same is offered in Round 2 and Round 3 as well, the candidate will not have “Retain and Wait” option during Round 3. He/She has to choose either “Accept and Freeze” (or) “Reject All and Wait”, only.
After an offer of joining / admission is made in the Final / last round of offers, the candidates will have TWO options on the Online Application Portal. Candidate can select only one offer out of available offers. Candidate will have two options as described below.
- Option 1: Accept and Freeze
- Option 2: Reject All and Wait
Depending on the status of vacancies and merit list, there could be further spot rounds by each of the participating institutes.
After an admission offer is made (Excluding the Final / LAST round of offers), the candidates will have THREE options on the Online Application Portal. A candidate can select any one (only) offer out of the available offers. Candidate will have three options as described below:
- Option 1: Accept and Freeze
- Option 2: Retain and Wait
- Option 3: Reject All and Wait
COAP 2025 Options for Offers
Commonly asked questions
After declining/rejecting the offer (s) in a particular round, you will not be considered for the same offer (s). In case, you have given higher preferences in M.Tech. Application, then you may be considered for the higher preferences in the subsequent round (s) of offers based on the availability of vacancies and merit list, within the rules of that institute. Also, after the last/final round at COAP no offers will be available at COAP. For any offer/admission related matter, candidates must visit the respective Academic Institutes Admission Portal.
Flowcharts Explaining COAP 2025 Process for Main Rounds and Additional Rounds
What After Accepting Offer at COAP?
GATE COAP Participating IITs
COAP Exam
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Yes, it is possible to aim M.Tech course with 575 score in GATE COAP. IISc Bangalore GATE cutoff 2025 has released its M.Tech cutoff for Round 1 seat allotment. Further, the cutoff scores closed between 400 and 732, for the General AI category candidates. Some of the top specialisations available at
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No, it is not mandatory to update or provide all GATE scores during the COAP registration. Candidates must choose their best valid GATE scores to secure a seat in the participating colleges. The COAP registrations has started and the last date to register for Round I is May 20 (9:00 am). Candidates
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The COAP registration is completly free. Candidates can register for COAP using their GATE scores without paying in fees. The mode of the registration is online and must be completed within the specific deadline. The GATE COAP Round 1 counselling starts from May 17. Candidates can check the schedule
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Once the COAP registration is completed, candidates will be receive a COAP ID, which candidates can use it to apply in the participating institutes, such as IITs, NITs, and GFTIs. During the counselling rounds, candidates can access the COAP counselling to accept, reject, and freeze their options. I
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The GATE COAP is mainly conducted in five rounds, during which students can accept or reject the offers from the participating institutes. Optional rounds are available from Round 6 to 10. These rounds are treated as independent decisive rounds, where candidates can only accept, freeze, or reject. T
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The following documents are required for attending GATE counselling or for registration-
- Provisional seat allotment letter.
- Self-Attested Copy of GATE Score Card (2025 or 2023 or 2024)
- Photo ID proof.
- The original birth certificate was issued by the competent authority, and the Class X (High School) Boa
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There are two types of GATE counselling that offer admission to M.Tech courses and programmes -
- COAP - it is a portal through which that offers M.Tech admission at IITs and IISc Bangalore
- CCMT - is a portal through which candidates have to register for M.Tech admission at NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs.
The C
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Beginner-Level 5
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The minimum GATE score to get admission to IIT Bombay for M.Tech can depend on the branch applying for. However, the expected minimum GATE score (on the basis of past year cutoff trends) is 710 to 750+. This is the cutoff score for top branches like CSE, and ME. It can vary for differet subjects/bra
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 months ago
The GATE opening and closing rank during the counselling determines the following -
- The GATE opening rank determines the highest rank of the candidates required to get admission to a particular programme and category during the counselling.
- On the other hand, the GATE closing rank is determined as th
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To be eligible for the GATE 2025 COAP/CCMT counselling, candidates must fit the following criteria -
- Candidates must have a valid GATE score (2025/2024/2023)
- A bachelor's degree from a recognised institute.
- A minimum qualifying percentage of 60% in the relevant discipline.
- A relaxation of 5% is applic
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11 Institutes accepting COAP
IIT Bombay - Indian Institute of Technology
Powai, Mumbai • Public
IIT Madras - Indian Institute of Technology
Adyar, Chennai • Public
IIT Kanpur - Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur • Public
IIT Dhanbad (ISM) - Indian Institute of Technology (...
Dhanbad • Public
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