GATE COAP 2025 Started: Additional Rounds (Ongoing) Registration Link and Dates OUT, Seat Allotment, MTech Cutoff, etc.

COAP registration portal is only for IITs. COAP, Common Offer Acceptance Portal provides a common platform for the candidates to seek admission into M.Tech programs in the IITs on the basis of GATE score.

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.

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.

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.

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
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.

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.

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.

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

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 

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.