COAP Counselling 2026: IISc Bangalore will announce the COAP 2026 round 1 offers tentatively in May 2026. The link to check the COAP counselling offers for round 1 will be available at gate.iisc.ac.in. We will provide the complete COAP counselling 2026 schedule dates on this page whenever it is officially released. Candidates can only lock a decision out of the following options: accept & freeze, and reject in this round. There is no option for retain & wait in this round. Those who have qualified in GATE 2026, 2025, or 2024 and seek M.Tech admission at IITs or PSU jobs must register for COAP 2026. Candidates can check the revised GATE COAP 2026 dates on this page.
As per the official schedule, the GATE 2026 results will be declared tentatively on March 19. GATE 2026 scores will be valid for three years from the date of announcement.
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The COAP 2026 round 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 seat allotments will be released tentatively in May, June and July 2026. Candidates needed their GATE registration number, a valid GATE score, date of birth, email address, and mobile number to register. After successful registration, candidates can view offers from these institutes that will be linked to their COAP registration number. For more details, refer to the article below.
The authority will release the GATE COAP Counselling 2026 Dates on the official website, gate.iisc.ac.in. The GATE COAP Counselling 2026 is expected to begin in May 2026. The GATE 2026 COAP Counselling will be conducted online in 10 rounds.
Events | Dates |
COAP Round 1 Seat Allotment | May |
COAP Round 2 Seat Allotment | May |
COAP Round 3 Seat Allotment | May |
COAP Round 4 Seat Allotment | June |
COAP Round 5 Seat Allotment | June |
COAP Round 6 Seat Allotment | June |
COAP Round 7 Seat Allotment | June |
COAP Round 8 Seat Allotment | June |
COAP Round 9 Seat Allotment | July |
COAP Round 10 Seat Allotment | July |
Round No | Accept & Freeze | Retain & Wait | Reject & Wait |
Round 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Round 2 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Round 3 | Yes | Yes/No* | Yes |
Round 4 | Yes | Yes/No* | Yes |
Round 5 | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 6 | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 7 | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 8 | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 9 | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 10 | Yes | No | Yes* |
COAP (Common Offer Acceptance Portal) is the platform where participating institutes and PSUs upload their offers in a common time window.
Registered candidates can access the admission and job offers from all participating institutes and PSUs they have applied to by registering at COAP 2026.
To be considered for M.Tech admissions or PSU jobs, candidates must apply directly to the corresponding Institute or PSU in addition to registering on COAP.
COAP allows candidates to view all the offers received from institutes and PSUs in a centralised manner.
To understand the mechanism of looking at all the available offers and making a specific choice out of the offers, the candidates are advised to read the guidelines and then register at COAP 2026.
COAP 2026 is not an Application Portal for M.Tech admission in any participating institute. Candidates should apply separately to the respective Institute(s) for M.Tech admission / PSU for the job.
Each participating Institute / PSU will follow the selection procedure per the respective Institute's norms and guidelines.
To access and make a decision on the most preferred choice out of the offers (if any) made by participating institutes (s), each candidate should register at COAP 2026.
COAP registration is completely free. However, the participating institutes have made providing the COAP registration number mandatory in their M.Tech application portals.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The authority will conduct 10 rounds of COAP 2026 counselling.
Candidates who are seeking or applying for M.Tech. Admissions at any COAP-participating institute and hold a valid GATE score (2026, 2025, or 2024) are eligible to register at the Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP).
No documents are required to be submitted or attached during the COAP registration process. However, one must procure their GATE scores.
The list of participating institutes and PSUs in the Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) is available on the COAP web portal.
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