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GATE COAP 2025 - Counselling (Started), Date, Eligibility, Seat Allotment Updates
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GATE COAP 2025: IISc Bengaluru released the GATE COAP 2025 round 9 offer on July 4, 2025. The authority has activated the link to check the GATE COAP counselling offers for round 9 on the website, gate.iisc.ac.in. Candidates have to choose from the available options and then accept and freeze or reject the offers by July 5, 2025. Candidates who have qualified the GATE exam in the years 2025, 2024 or 2023 and seek MTech admission to prestigious IITs must register for COAP counselling 2025. The Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) and Centralised Counselling for M.Tech/ M.Des (CCMT) are the two modes of GATE counselling.
Direct link to check the GATE COAP 2025 offers for round 9
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- GATE COAP Important Dates 2025
- What is COAP?
- GATE COAP 2025 Eligibility Criteria
- GATE COAP 2025 Registration
- How to accept the seat allotment through GATE COAP 2025?
- GATE COAP 2025 Important Instructions
- COAP 2025 List of participating institutes
The authority commenced the COAP 2025 registration on March 27, 2025. Candidates with valid GATE scores for the years 2025, 2024 and 2023 can register for COAP 2025. IIT aspirants have to register at COAP for admission to M.Tech courses apart from applying to the respective institutes. CCMT counselling is held for admission to NITs and IIITs. GATE 2025 COAP is a portal where candidates can check the results and seat allotment for admission into PG engineering programs at participating IITs and IISc Bangalore. During counselling, candidates must register and fill in their choice of programmes and institutes. IIT Roorkee conducted the GATE 2025 exam on February 1, 2, 15 and 16, 2025. Read this article to learn more about GATE COAP 2025.
GATE COAP Important Dates 2025
| Events | GATE COAP Important Dates |
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GATE COAP registration 2025 | March 27, 2025 |
COAP Seat Allotment Round 1 |
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| COAP round 1 window to view offers and take a decision |
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COAP Seat Allotment Round 2 |
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| COAP round 2 window to view offers and take a decision |
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COAP Seat Allotment Round 3 |
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| COAP round 3 window to view offers and take a decision |
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COAP Seat Allotment Round 4 |
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| COAP round 4 window to view offers and take a decision |
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COAP Seat Allotment Round 5 |
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| COAP round 5 window to view offers and take a decision |
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COAP Seat Allotment Round for additional round - round 6 |
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| COAP round 6 window to view offers and take a decision |
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| COAP Seat Allotment Round for additional round - round 7 |
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| COAP round 7 window to view offers and take a decision |
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| COAP Seat Allotment Round for additional round - round 8 |
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| COAP round 8 window to view offers and take a decision |
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| COAP Seat Allotment Round for additional round - round 9 |
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| COAP round 9 window to view offers and take a decision | |
| COAP Seat Allotment Round for additional round - round 10 | |
| COAP round 10 window to view offers and take a decision |
What is COAP?
Common Offer Acceptance Portal, commonly known as COAP, is a portal where all the participating IITs and IISc Bangalore publish the results of seat allotment. For admission in M.Tech courses in any of the participating IITs or ISc Bangalore, candidates having a valid GATE 2025 score are required to register online at the COAP portal along with the institute. Admission to M.Tech courses at NITs and GFTIs is through the CCMT portal. Using the COAP portal, candidates will have to check their seat allotment status and accept/ reject the seat.
GATE COAP 2025 Eligibility Criteria
There are certain conditions and requirements that every applicant needs to fulfil to be eligible for admission. Candidates check eligibility criteria at the COAP 2025 official website. Applications of candidates who do not meet the eligibility conditions are liable to be rejected. Candidates are advised to check the eligibility criteria of GATE 2025 COAP before applying.
GATE COAP Eligibility Criteria 2025
- Candidates should have a valid GATE score from the years 2023, 2024 or 2025 to apply for COAP.
- Candidates having more than one valid GATE score will have to enter the highest score during registration, however, details about other scores will also be required.
- Having a GATE score of 2025 in more than one paper must provide details about all the scores.
- Candidates must fulfil the eligibility criteria specified by the institute to which they are applying.
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GATE COAP 2025 Registration
The GATE 2025 COAP application started on March 27, 2025. Candidates seeking IIT admission must register for COAP 2025. The COAP login will be created after completing the registration process. Candidates will be able to check the detailed procedure to fill the GATE COAP application form 2025 for reference purposes.
GATE COAP Registration Process
- In the first step, candidates have to register online by providing the basic candidate details and GATE qualification.
- Upon successful registration, candidates will receive login information by email and password details on their mobile phones.
- Log in using the COAP login ID and password, and verify the details entered while registering.
- In the next step, apply to the institutes in which admission is desired from the institute's official website.
- Check allotment status after the seat allotment round.
Steps to check admission offers through the GATE COAP 2025 portal
Candidates can check the admissions offered by the participating institutes on the GATE COAP portal. To check the COAP counselling 2025 status, candidates must log into the COAP login using valid credentials. Candidates should check the following steps to know how to check the COAP seat allotment result 2025.
- Visit the GATE COAP 2025 portal.
- Log in using a valid ID and password.
- Click on the “Seat Allotment” button.
- The institute-wise allotment of seats for every institute’s status in which applied will be reflected on the screen.
- Candidates have to confirm the seat allotment with options from “Accept and Freeze”, “Retain and Wait”, “Reject and Wait” and “Reject”.
How to accept the seat allotment through GATE COAP 2025?
Once the seat allotment is done during COAP counselling 2025, candidates will have to respond to the seat allotment with options from “Accept and Freeze”, “Retain and Wait”, “Reject and Wait” and “Reject”. Candidates who have not been allotted any seat will have to wait for subsequent rounds for the allotment.
- Accept and Freeze - Candidates should select this option when they wish to accept the allotted seat and do not want upgradation in any subsequent rounds of seat allotment. Such candidates will not be considered for any seat allotment or upgrading offers in any subsequent rounds of admission.
- Retain and Wait - This option should be selected when candidates wish to accept the allotted seat but at the same time, also want to be considered for upgrading in subsequent seat allotment rounds. Such candidates will not be considered for the other rejected offers in the current round. Also, if any higher preferred offer is made in the next round, then the existing 'Retain and Wait' offer will get cancelled.
- Reject and Wait - Candidates should select this option when they do not want to accept any of the allotted seats but wish to be considered for subsequent rounds of seat allotment.
- Reject - This option implies the final round of COAP, whereas the “Reject and Wait” option would imply “Reject” as there will be no further rounds of seat allotment. Candidates should select this option when they do not want to accept any seat offered during GATE COAP 2025.
GATE COAP Seat Allotment Options
Rounds | Available Options | ||
Accept and Freeze | Retain and Wait | Reject and 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 |
Online Additional Rounds | |||
Round A | Yes | No | Yes |
Round B | Yes | No | Yes |
Round C | Yes | No | Yes |
Round D | Yes | No | Yes** |
* No, if the candidates have already used Retain & Wait on the same offer twice. The same offer refers to the program “XYZ” of a particular Institute “ABC”.
**Candidates may have to follow spot rounds either online or offline and it could be specific to the institutes. Depending on the vacancy status and admission date, there could be a few more extra rounds from the participating institutes.
- Retain & Wait” must be chosen in each eligible round. If no action is taken in a round, all offers in that round are automatically considered “Rejected.”
- Round 5 is a decisive round and rounds 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are treated as independent Decisive Rounds, where candidates only have “Accept and Freeze” or “Reject” options.
GATE COAP 2025 Important Instructions
- After COAP 2025 registration with a qualified GATE Number is done, candidates have to add the additional qualified GATE Registration Number when they log into the portal for the 1st time.
- After your registration is over, the user ID will be sent to your registered email address and an SMS will be sent to your registered mobile number. Moreover, passwords will be sent by email and mobile may take some time because of the network issue of the service provider. Please wait for some time in case you don't receive the password.
- If you have multiple qualified GATE registration numbers and you are not able to add the qualified GATE registration numbers of previous years in COAP, it may happen because there is a mismatch of information (Name and Date of Birth) in different GATE years. Please check your name and date of birth on all the GATE admit cards of different years, please write to us elaborately about the issue and include the name, date of birth and registration number year-wise in the email.
- Please wait for a couple of working days to resolve your problems.
COAP 2025 List of participating institutes
Candidates who complete the COAP registration 2025 will be eligible to be considered for admission into the following participating institutions:
GATE COAP Participating Institutes
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q: When did the GATE Counselling 2025 commence?
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IISc Bengaluru activated the GATE COAP 2025 on March 27, 2025.
Q: Who can register for Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP)?
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Candidates seeking M.Tech admissions in any of the participating Institutes of COAP and who have a valid GATE 2025 score or from the year 2024/2023 can register for COAP.
Q: I have more than one valid GATE scorecards for the same paper. Which score card shall I use?
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It is advisable to register with the highest GATE Score. During registration, you will also provide valid GATE score details for the remaining years. You will register only once but registration details will include all other GATE scores of the last three years. Failing to do so will result in disqualification.
Q: I have two or three valid GATE scorecards for two or three different papers. Can I use all the scores?
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You will register only once. Subsequently, when you login 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 score (EC or CS). And include the remaining GATE paper score when you login to COAP for the first time.
Q: What is COAP?
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COAP is a common platform for candidates where participating institutes publish the seat allotment result and students make the choice for admission into an M.Tech. Programme in the institutes. COAP is not a portal for applying for M.Tech. admission. Candidates have to apply separately to respective Institute for M.Tech. admission. Admission Offers will be uploaded by the participating Institutes in a common time window on COAP.
Q: Is it necessary for a candidate to register at COAP?
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Yes. Candidates who apply for admission into an M.Tech. Programme in any of the participating institutes have to register for COAP as they will receive admission offers via COAP only.
To access and make a decision on the allotted seats made by participating Institute, each candidate should register and visit COAP. Without registering at COAP, the candidate will not be able to access the offers on COAP.
Q: Can I apply for M.Tech. / Job to participating Institutes / PSUs through COAP?
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No. COAP is not an M.Tech. Admission / Job Application Portal. Every candidate should apply separately to respective Institute(s) for M.Tech. admission.
Q: How will I know the status of any offers?
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You can check the offer status, during the scheduled dates, by logging in to COAP (Common Offers Admission Portal) using your login id and password, sent to you by email/SMS after your registration at COAP.
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