GATE COAP 2025: Registration Process, Seat Allotment, MTech Cutoff, etc.

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.

Download IIT Madras COAP 2025 Round 3 offer list

Candidates can check below some important highlights of COAP:

IISc has released the GATE 2025 COAP counselling dates on its official website. Candidates can find the GATE COAP 2025 counselling schedule (round-wise) REVISED below -

The COAP registration is a mandatory process that has to be done by the candidates who want to get admissions to IITs through GATE scores. Here's how you can do 

• Candidates have to provide various personal and exam- related details- GATE paper, date of birth, registration number, paper code, score, etc.
• After entering basic information, candidates have to provide their email ID and contact number (ensure it is active). All future information will be sent to these details
• After submitting all the details, candidates will receive a COAP login to access the dashboard. It must be noted that the authorities do not provide any correction facility. Therefore, make sure to enter all the details correctly.

Also Read:

• GATE 2025 IIT Bombay Cutoff Released
• GATE 2025 IISc Bangalore Released

Candidates registering for COAP must go through eligibility conditions carefully. Details can be checked below -

• Candidates must hold Indian nationality.
• Must have a valid GATE scorecard.
• Candidates with more than one scorecard, must provide the one whith better rank.
• Each discipline has different eligibility, candidates must go through it carefully.

The admission process via COAP is done in the following way -

• Register online according to the dates mentioned. Only candidates who have registered can get admissions to IITs
• Candidates must apply separately to the respective IITs for MTech admission. During the registration phase, candidates have to enter their COAP registration number
• The COAP counselling process is done in different rounds. Applicants can check the updates regarding the activity and seat allotment on their dashboard
• After each round, candidates have to make a decision - accept and freeze or retain and wait or reject all the above and wait and confirm it by clicking OK
• Keep visiting the website for the latest updates, and complete the stages to confirm your admission
• The additional rounds in COAP are done to fill leftover seats

What is a decisive round in COAP?

Decisive round in COAP is also called as final main round. Only two options are available under this: "accept and freeze" and "reject"

All IITs offer admissions to students in rounds. COAP conducts five main rounds and 7 additional rounds (depending on seats left) for counselling. Qualified candidates can participate in each of these rounds to get branch/course of their choices. The following options are available at the time of counselling. The additional rounds will have two options only - either accept and freeze or reject and wait. 

Main rounds in COAP

Additional rounds in COAP