GATE COAP 2021 - Round 5 Seat Allotment (Started), Counselling Schedule (Revised), Eligibility

GATE COAP 2021 - IIT Delhi has announced revised schedule for GATE 2021 COAP counselling and seat allotment additional rounds. The authorities released GATE COAP round 5 seat allotment on June 25. GATE 2021 COAP is the centralised counselling procedure done for admission into PG Engineering programs in all participating IITs and ISc Bangalore.

Candidates with valid GATE score from the year 2019, 2020, or 2021 are eligible to participate in GATE COAP counselling 2021. Candidates will be required to register and fill in the choice of programmes and institutes. Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) is a portal where candidates will be able to check the result and seat allotment done by the GATE participating institutes. GATE 2021 was conducted on February 6, 7, 13 and 14.
Latest: Click here to check GATE COAP seat allotment results.

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What is COAP

Common Offer Acceptance Portal, commonly known as COAP is a portal where all the participating IITs and ISc Bangalore publish the result of seat allotment. For admission in M.Tech courses in any of the participating IITs or ISc Bangalore, candidates having a valid GATE score are required to register online at the COAP portal along with the institute. Admission in 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 2021 Eligibility Criteria

There are certain conditions and requirements that every applicant needs to fulfill in order to be eligible for admission. 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 COAP 2021 before applying.

GATE COAP Eligibility Criteria 2021

• Candidates should have a valid GATE score from the year 2019, 2020 or 2021 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 in more than one paper must provide details about all the scores.

• .Candidates must fulfill the eligibility criteria specified by the institute in which they are applying.

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GATE COAP 2021 Registration

Candidates seeking admission should get themselves registered on the GATE COAP 2021 portal. GATE COAP application form 2021 closed now. Candidates can check the detailed procedure to fill GATE COAP 2021 application form for reference purposes.

GATE COAP Registration Process

• In the first step, candidates will have to register online by providing the basic candidate details and GATE qualification.

• Upon successful registration, candidates will receive login information in email and password details in mobile phone.

• Login using the 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 official website.

• Check allotment status after seat allotment round.

Steps to check admission offers through GATE COAP 2021 portal

Candidates can check the admissions offered by the participating institutes on the GATE COAP portal. To check the status, candidates will have to log into the candidate portal using valid credentials. Candidates should check the following steps to know how to check COAP seat allotment result 2021.

• Visit the GATE COAP 2021 portal.

• Login using the 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 seat allotment through GATE COAP 2021?

Once the seat allotment is done, candidates will have to confirm 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 where 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 2021.

GATE COAP Seat Allotment Options

* No, if the candidates have already used Retain & Wait on the same offer twice. 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.

GATE COAP 2021 Participating Institutes

Contact Details

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

COAP 2021 Unit

Email: coap@iitm.ac.in

Telephone: 044-22578200