GATE COAP 2024: Registration, Main Round Schedule (Out)

Hafsha Qureshi

Updated on - Mar 19, 2024

GATE COAP 2024 registration for main and additional rounds has commenced from Mar 19, 2024, by IIT Kanpur. Candidates can register with a valid GATE score, email ID and mobile number for COAP 2024.

IIT Kanpur have opened GATE COAP registration 2024 link at iitk.ac.in/coap2024. IIT Kanpur has also announced the dates for the COAP main and additional offer rounds. COAP main offer rounds will begin on May 13, 2024. There will be five main rounds and five more offer rounds.

Candidates should be aware that GATE COAP is not an application gateway for M.Tech admission at any participating IITs. Candidates should apply individually to the respective IITs for M.Tech programs and the PSUs for the job based on their schedules.

Candidates with valid GATE scores for the years 2024/2023/2022 can register for COAP 2024. IIT Kanpur has launched the COAP website and candidates can view the GATE COAP 2024 dates on the official website.

Know More: GATE Counselling 2024

Table of Contents

• GATE COAP 2024 Registration
• About GATE COAP
• GATE COAP 2024 Important Dates
• GATE COAP 2024 Eligibility Criteria
• GATE COAP 2024 Counselling
• GATE COAP 2024 Participating Institutes
• GATE COAP 2024 Contact Details

GATE COAP 2024 Registration

GATE COAP 2024 registration commenced from Mar 19, 2024. Candidates who want admission to one of the participating institutes or seeking a job in any of the participating PSUs should register themselves once the portal starts accepting applications. Candidates can register for GATE COAP 2024 using their valid GATE scorecard, issued between 2022-2024.

COAP is simply a site where IITs and PSUs upload offers based on their selection criteria.

Steps for GATE COAP 2024 Registration

The registration process for GATE COAP 2024 is detailed below:

• Step 1: Candidates must go to the official website and click on the ‘Registration Link’ given on the page's left-hand side.
• Step 2: Candidates will be directed to the page given below.

• Step 3: The login information will be sent to the email address and mobile number provided by the candidate at the registration time.
• Step 4: For verification of their details, candidates would be asked to log in using the credentials sent to their email addresses and mobile phones.
• Step 5: The candidates have the option to add their additional GATE scores attained in the last three years, i.e., 2019-2024.
• Step 6: Go through all the details fed and hit the ‘Submit’ button once you are done.
• Step 7: Post the successful registration; candidates can browse through all the offers presented by the participating colleges and PSUs and choose the most suitable one.

For a clear understanding, a flowchart for GATE COAP Registration Process 2024 is attached below:

Note: There is no registration fee for GATE COAP 2024. The candidates are advised to note down their GATE COAP Registration 2024 Numbers as they might be asked for it in the later stages.

Documents Required To Fill GATE COAP 2024 Application Form

All aspirants will have to present the following documents to register successfully for GATE COAP 2024.

• GATE 2024 Scorecard
• UG Scorecards
• Scorecards of 10th and 12th grade
• Government-issued photo ID
• SC/ST Certificate
• PwD Certificate.

About GATE COAP 2024

IIT Kanpur announced the official notification for GATE COAP 2024 exam on the official website. As the name suggests, the Common Offer Acceptance Portal or ‘COAP’ provides the aspirants with a common platform to pursue M.Tech from the participating educational institutes or attain employment in one of the participating Public Sector Units (PSUs).

Furthermore, COAP refers to the Common Offer Acceptance Portal, the applicants should be aware that GATE COAP is not a site for M.Tech admission applications, but rather a shared window where the participating institutions and PSUs publish their offers. For admission to the M.Tech programs at each IIT, candidates must submit separate applications.

GATE COAP 2024 will witness the participation of 23 educational institutes and PSUs. The exam highlights for GATE COAP 2024 exam are as follows.

GATE COAP 2024 Important Dates

All the important dates relevant to GATE COAP 2024 have been updated on the official portal by the organizing committee. Students can go through the Mains round schedule in the table below. 

GATE COAP 2024 Counselling Dates for Additional Rounds

The counselling dates for additional rounds of GATE COAP 2024 are tabulated below.

GATE COAP 2024 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must ensure that they surpass the eligibility criteria laid out by the conducting authority before applying for GATE COAP 2024. The eligibility criteria for GATE COAP 2024 are discussed in detail below.

• Candidates must be a citizen of India. Foreign nationals cannot apply for the offers offered by the participating institutes through GATE COAP 2024.
• Candidates must have a valid GATE score from 2022, 2024 or 2024 to apply for GATE COAP 2024.
• If a candidate has appeared for GATE 2024 more than once, they should present the scorecard in which they have attained the highest marks.

GATE COAP 2024 Counselling

GATE COAP 2024 result will be announced on the official website. Accept and freeze, retain and wait, or reject and wait are the options that will be available to candidates. It's worth noting that during seat allocation if a candidate has already applied for retain and wait on the same, they won't be able to do so again.

In this instance, a candidate must choose between accepting and freezing or rejecting the offer. GATE COAP 2024 registered candidates can go through all the offers and choose an ideal one for themselves.

GATE COAP 2024 Seat Acceptance Process for Main Rounds

There are three options while filling out the counselling choices on the GATE COAP 2024 platform. They are elaborated on in detail for the reference of the candidates. Candidates assigned seats in GATE COAP 2024 must choose between accepting and freezing their positions or rejecting and waiting for the next available seat.

Option 1: Accept and Freeze

• The candidate chooses this option if they are ready to accept the offers made to them and do not want to be upgraded to higher preferences in subsequent rounds.
• In the succeeding rounds, candidates who choose this option will not be offered admission.
• The candidate must click the submit button to verify that their choice has been submitted after selecting the "Accept and Freeze" option. The candidate should then go to the admission portal for the relevant academic institute and follow the instructions on the webpage there.

Option 2: Retain and Wait

• Candidates who plan to officially accept one of the offers should choose this option if they want to be considered for an upgrade to their higher preferences, if any, in the next round of offers.
• Candidates who choose this option won't be considered for the other offers in the current round that were turned down.
• However, the current "Retain and Wait" offer will be withdrawn if a better-preferred offer is made in the following round. An applicant may select "Retain and Wait" just twice for the same offer (same institute and same programme).
• The applicant will be considered for any additional higher preferences in the upcoming round(s) of admission available at the participating academic Institutes.
• The candidate should click submit to confirm the submission of the decision after selecting the "Retain and Wait" option.

Option 3: Reject and Wait

• If the candidate is unwilling to accept any of the offers of admission in the current round, they should choose this option.
• The candidate will be considered for any further higher preferences in the upcoming round(s) of admission granted by any academic Institutes taking part. Please be aware that because you declined this offer, it won't be made again in the subsequent rounds.
• The candidate should click submit to confirm the submission of the decision after selecting the "Reject and Wait" option.

Steps to Check GATE COAP 2024 Seat Allotment Result

Applicants who want to accept the seats offered through GATE COAP 2024 must finish the admissions procedure by enrolling on the institute portal, paying the required fees, and submitting the required documentation.

Steps to check the result for GATE COAP 2024 seat allotment are given below for reference.

• Step 1: Candidates must visit GATE COAP 2024 web portal, and click on the 'Login' button on the homepage.
• Step 2: Enter the user ID and password generated after registration.
• Step 3: Find the 'Seat Allotment' tab and click on it.
• Step 4: View all the institutes applied for.
• Step 5: Access the list of candidates who have chosen those institutes to give admissions or jobs to. (It must be noted that the allotment list is prepared, keeping in mind the scores attained by the candidates in GATE. The ones with a higher GATE score would be given preference over those who scored lower marks comparatively.)
• Step 6: The candidates would be given the option to ‘accept and freeze,’ ‘retain and wait,’ ‘reject and wait’ or ‘reject’ altogether.

GATE COAP 2024 Offer Acceptance

GATE COAP aims to find the most worthy candidates for occupying the M.Tech seats in the participating institutions. To ensure that it is done fairly, certain guidelines have been proposed by the conducting authorities that the candidates must abide by such as follows.

• The candidates must not forget to click on the ‘Submit’ button after making their choices. An unsuccessful submission counts as the candidate's absence from that particular round.
• The candidate must not forget to visit the corresponding organization’s official website and check admission-related formalities that need to be done after acceptance of the offer.
• The candidates need to attend every round of seat allotment till they ‘Accept and Freeze’ an offer. If the candidate has given a higher preference beforehand, then the candidate will also be considered for that particular opportunity, if it comes in the subsequent rounds. However, the candidate will not be allowed to participate in any of the further rounds of offer acceptance.

An Action Flow Chart for the entire offer acceptance process is given below.

GATE COAP 2024 Participating Institutes

All the institutes that would be exhibiting their offers in GATE COAP 2024 are listed below.

More institutes are expected to participate in GATE COAP 2024. The list will be updated once the official GATE COAP notification is released.

GATE COAP 2024 Contact Details

In case of any doubts and queries, candidates can contact the conducting authorities via email or the helpline number mentioned below.