GATE Counselling: COAP Seat Allotment, CCMT Registration

GATE Counselling COAP seat allotment round 1 will commence in March. Candidates can accept, retain, reject or freeze their choices made during the COAP registration. The process will comprise five main rounds of counselling. Further GATE Counselling rounds will be conducted based on the vacancies in the seats.

The last date to register for the CCMT GATE counselling will be June. Candidates willing to apply for M.Tech./ M.Arch./ M.Plan. programmes, based on their GATE scorecard of years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in NITs, IIEST Shibpur, and some IIITs and CFTIs can register on the official website using their GATE registration ID and password.

The GATE counselling process will comprise registration, seat allotment, acceptance, document verification, fee payment and reporting to the college. Additional GATE counselling rounds will be conducted depending on the seat availability at the GATE participating institutes and the seat acceptance rate.

GATE COAP 2025 Dates for Five Main Rounds

The following list contains crucial dates for COAP registration 2025 and round offers. The aforementioned dates have been released by the conducting body on the official website of COAP:

GATE COAP 2025 Dates for Five Main Rounds

Events	Dates (Revised)	Available Options
		Accept & Freeze	Retain & Wait	Reject & Wait
Round 3 Counselling	May 29, 2025 (10:00 AM) - Jun 01, 2025 (6:00 PM) (Revised)	Yes	Yes/ No*	Yes
Round 4 Counselling	Jun 05, 2025 (10:00 AM) - Jun 07, 2025 (6:00 PM) (Revised)	Yes	Yes/ No*	Yes
Round 5 Counselling	Jun 11, 2025 (10:00 AM) - Jun 13, 2025 (6:00 PM) (Revised)	Yes	No	Yes
Past Events
COAP Registration	After Mar 27, 2025	--	--	--
Round 1 Counselling	May 17, 2025 (10:00 AM) - 20, 2025 (9:00 AM)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Round 2 Counselling	May 23, 2025 (10:00 AM) - May 25, 2025 (6:00 PM) (Revised)	Yes	Yes	Yes

Note: Admission to M.Tech programmes at state universities using GATE, State universities and other private institutions will hold GATE counselling 2025 sessions for admission to M.Tech programmes following the release of the GATE results 2025. Candidates are recommended to go to the institute's specific websites to learn more.

GATE COAP 2025 Counselling Dates for Additional Rounds

GATE COAP 2025 counselling additional rounds with dates and events are mentioned below in the table.

Event	Dates (Revised)	Available Option
		Accept & Freeze	Retain & Wait	Reject & Wait
Round 6	Jun 17, 2025 (10:00 AM) - Jun 19, 2025 (6:00 PM) (Revised)	Yes	No	Yes
Round 7	Jun 23, 2025 (10:00 AM) - Jun 25, 2025 (6:00 PM) (Revised)	Yes	No	Yes
Round 8	Jun 29, 2025 (10:00 AM)- Jun 30, 2025 (6:00 PM) (Revised)	Yes	No	Yes
Round 9	Jul 4, 2025 (10:00 AM) - Jul 05, 2025 (6:00 PM) (Revised)	Yes	No	Yes
Round 10	Jul 9, 2025 (10:00 AM) - Jul 10, 2025 (6:00 PM) (Revised)	Yes	No	Yes*

• Spot rounds may be required of candidates, either online or offline, and may be unique to the institutes.
• There may be a few more rounds from the participating institutes, depending on the number of openings and the date of admission.
• Additional Rounds A, B, C, and D are separate rounds that are all handled similarly to Decisive Rounds. In these rounds, the candidates will only have the alternatives of "Accept and Freeze" and "Reject."

GATE Counselling 2025 Important Dates

GATE counselling 2025 will take place in ten rounds. GATE counselling # year round-wise seat allotment will be released on the official website. The table given below displays all the dates for GATE counselling 2025:

GATE Counselling 2025 Important Dates

Important Events	Important Dates
GATE 2025 Exam Dates	Feb 1,2, 15 and 16 2025
GATE 2025 Result Date	March 19, 2025 (Out)
GATE Cut Off 2025	March 19, 2025
Availability of GATE 2025 Score Card (Without Fee Payment)	Mar 28 to May 30, 2025
GATE CCMT Counselling 2025	Mar 27 - May 15, 2025

GATE Counselling 2025: COAP

The students must register online at the GATE COAP 2025 website to take part in the admission rounds for M. Tech courses. Some of the characteristics of the counselling process are listed below:

• All participating institutes will upload admission offer letters to GATE COAP 2025 at the same time window.
• According to GATE results and applications submitted by candidates, the COAP 2025 will make admission decisions.
• COAP 2025 is a counselling process. As a result, each student must submit a unique application for admission to each institute.

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COAP 2025 Admission Process

The steps involved in the COAP 2025 admission process are elaborated below:

Pre-Allocation Procedure

• Step 1: Candidates must register via the COAP 2025's official website.
• Step 2: Follow the directions after carefully reading the method.
• Step 3: Input your personal information.
• Step 4: Press the Submit button.
• Step 5: To log into the site, use the information that was supplied to you via email or SMS.

Acceptance Process of Admission

• Register on the portal.
• Find institute-specific allotment information under the Seat Allotment option.
• The following three alternatives will be available for the candidates to choose from:
  • Accept and Freeze: This choice should be used if the applicant is ready to accept one of the offers and isn't interested in considering an increase in preference level. Such candidates won't be taken into consideration for further COAP counselling sessions.
  • Retain and Wait: This choice should be made if a candidate expresses partial approval and is open to the possibility of upgrading to higher preferences during subsequent rounds of counselling. Such applicants won't be taken into account for any additional rejected proposals in the current round. The current "Retain and Wait" option will be withdrawn if a greater preference is made.
  • If a candidate is unwilling to accept any offers offered in the current round, they should choose.
  • Reject and Wait: Such candidates will be given higher consideration throughout subsequent rounds of counselling.
• Complete the admissions procedure by clicking the submit button.

Candidates can find the direct link to login to the COAP 2025 is provided in the table below:

Event	Link
COAP 2025 Seat Allotment Round 3	Click Here

GATE Counselling 2025: Eligibility Criteria

GATE counselling 2025 eligibility criteria as set by COAP and CCMT are mentioned below:

GATE Counselling 2025: Eligibility Criteria

Category	Eligibility Criteria
	COAP	CCMT
GATE Scorecard	Valid GATE Score on any of the three years (2023/2024/2025).	Valid GATE Score for any three years (2023/2024/2025).
Minimum Marks	Varies according to the Institution	≥6.5 CGPA or 60% (OC/OB categories) or 55% (SC/ST/PwD categories) from a recognised university.*

Note: It is not permitted to convert percentages to CGPAs or vice versa.

The degree, stream, and GATE exam combination determine a student's eligibility for a course. For some institutions, special qualifications must be met to be eligible for admission.

GATE CCMT Counselling 2025

GATE CCMT counselling 2025 programme is a centralised mechanism for M.Tech., M.Arch., M.Plan., and M.Des. admissions at prestigious universities like NITs, IIEST Shibpur, select IIITs, and GFTIs. It provides students with a shared forum and streamlines the counselling procedure:

GATE CCMT Counselling 2025 Dates

Events	Dates
Start of Online Registration	May 14, 2025 (Ongoing)
Last of Online Registration	Jun 04, 2025
Last date for Fee Payment	Jun 04, 2025 (5:30 PM)
Last date for the resolution of issues related to fee payment	Jun 06, 2025 (5:30 PM)
The last date of Online Choice Filling and Locking of choices by the candidates (8:00 PM IST)	Jun 06, 2025 (5:30 PM)
Automatic Locking of saved choices (if choices are not locked by the candidate) 8:00 PM IST	Jun 06, 2025 (5:30 PM)
CCMT 2025 Round 1
Announcement of Round-1 Seat Allotment	Jun 09, 2025
Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document uploading (online), specifying willingness (Freeze/Float/ Slide), and withdrawal	Jun 09 to Jun 14, 2025
Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the allotted institute)	Jun 09, 2025
Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute (2:00 PM IST)	Jun 2025 - Third Week
Last date for Resolution of any queries raised during online document verification, issue related to willingness/withdrawal (6:00 PM IST)	Jun 17, 2025
CCMT 2025 Round 2
Announcement of Round-2 Seat Allotment	Jun 21, 2025
Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document uploading (online) (candidates allotted a seat for the first time in this round), specifying/updating willingness (Freeze/Float/ Slide), and withdrawal	Jun 21 to Jun 24, 2025 - Fourth Week
Online Document Verification (for candidates allotted a seat for the first time in this round) by officers of the Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted/upgraded seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the allotted institute)	Jun 21, 2025
Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute (2:00 PM IST)	Jun 24, 2025
Last date for Resolution of any queries raised during online document verification, issue related to willingness/withdrawal (6:00 PM IST)	Jun 25, 2025
CCMT 2025 Round 3
Announcement of Round-3 Seat Allotment	Jun 27, 2025
Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document uploading (online) (candidates allotted a seat for the first time in Round 3), specifying/updating willingness (Freeze/Float/ Slide), and withdrawal	Jun 27 to Jun 30, 2025
Online Document Verification (for candidates allotted a seat for the first time in this round) by officers of the Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted/upgraded seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the allotted institute)	Jun 27, 2025
Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute (2:00 PM IST)	Jul 01, 2025 (12:30 PM)
Last date for Resolution of any queries raised during online document verification, issue related to willingness/withdrawal (6:00 PM IST)	Jul 01, 2025 (5:30 PM)
Online admission (PI Reporting) in the Finally Allotted Institute by depositing the Partial Admission Fee online (on the CCMT portal) by candidates of all rounds and uploading/communicating documents as per the requirements of the admitting institute	Jul 02 to Jul 05, 2025 (5:30 PM)
Online Withdrawal from the Admitted Institute	Jul 02 to Jul 05, 2025 (5:30 PM)

NIT, IIIT, CFTI MTech Admission Through GATE 2025: CCMT Counselling

The CCMT counselling process is used to determine admission to the MTech programmes provided at NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs based on GATE scores. Every year, the CCMT counselling conducting body is different. The authorities have released the official CCMT counselling schedule 2025. The registration has commenced on May 14, 2025. Candidates can check the seat allocation outcome on the official website after it has been announced.

The direct link to apply for the CCMT counselling registration is provided in the table below:

Events	Links
CCMT Registration, Choice Filling and Fee Payment 2025	Apply Here

GATE Counselling CCMT 2025 Admission Process

Below is the detailed step-by-step admission process for GATE counselling through CMMT:

Pre-Allotment Process

• Create an account on the CCMT official website.
• For OC/OB applicants, the registration cost for CCMT is INR 2200; for SC/ST/PwD candidates, it is INR 1700.
• Simply enter the truthful details.

Seat Allotment

• The seats will be distributed by the GATE 2025 rankings attained.
• Those who have been given seats must pay a seat acceptance fee of INR 20,000.
• Send a report and all supporting documentation to the reporting centre.
• Verify your documentation.

Getting Admitted To ‘Allotted Institute’

• Candidates whose documents have been confirmed successfully must pay INR 10,000 to provisionally reserve their seats.
• At the time of physical reporting, the remaining amount about the assigned institutes must be paid to the assigned institute in question.

GATE 2025 Counselling: Documents Required

When reporting to RC, students will need to bring the aforementioned documentation for the document verification process:

• Letter of provisional seat allocation.
• GATE Score Card Self-Attested Copy (2023 or 2024 or 2025)
• Photo ID as proof.
• Class X original birth certificate issued by an appropriate authority (High School), Board Certificate as evidence of birthdate.
• Class 12 grade report.
• Mark sheet from the prerequisite test (all semesters).
• Degree or provisional certificate of the category (if applicable).
• Three colourful passport-size photos
• Proof of the seat acceptance cost.
• Registration form printout with closed options.
• Transfer Certificate for Migration
• Original conduct certification from the institution's head, if applicable.
• A genuine certificate of completion of the course from the university's or institute's head, in case the result is still pending.
• Photocopies of all the original documents, all of which have been self-attested

IIT Roorkee MTech Admission Through GATE 2025

IIT Roorkee's MTech programmes are admitted through COAP counselling based on GATE scores. For applicants seeking admission into certain engineering branches, the institute also administers its entrance examination and conducts personal interviews. Exam qualifiers will need to finish the online registration process on the official IIT Roorkee website after the GATE results are made public.

IIT MTech Admission Through GATE 2025: COAP Counselling

To allocate seats, candidates seeking admission into the MTech programmes offered by IITs must take part in the GATE counselling session held through COAP 2025. Candidates must finish the online registration process on COAP's official website to be allowed to do the same. The COAP conducts four rounds of seat distribution, and the outcomes are made public after each round is completed. If the MTech seats at IITs are not filled during the first four rounds, there are two more rounds of seat allocation.

GATE Counselling 2025: For IIT Roorkee

Candidates must go through IIT Counselling to be accepted to IIT Roorkee. The Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) offers candidates a common platform to select their first choice for admission. The students should bear the following advice in mind before signing up for COAP.

• The GATE scores and the IIT Roorkee-established eligibility requirements are used to conduct the admission processes.The 
• GATE score will be awarded 70% of the weight, while written tests or personal interviews will receive 30% of the weight.
• Candidates can apply for admission to research programmes (Ph.d..D./M.Tech.) if they have at least the second-class class in the following degrees:

GATE Counselling 2025 - Key Points

• The organisation in charge of holding the exam—this year, IIT Kanpur—will not hold centralised GATE 2025 counselling.
• For admission to the participating institutes, candidates must take part in COAP and CCMT counselling.
• In contrast to CCMT counselling 2025, which is held for admissions to NITs, IIITs, and GFITs, COAP is held for admission to IITs based on GATE scores.
• Although GATE 2025 scores are used as the primary criterion for admission, several institutes additionally use written exams or interviews to narrow the field of applicants.

Other Universities Accepting GATE Scores

There are several other universities that use GATE scores as a parameter to allot seats for candidates in postgraduate courses. Below listed are colleges that accept GATE scored for pursuing M.E./ M.Tech other than IIT's and NIIT's.

• Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology
• Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune
• COEP (College of Engineering, Pune)
• DAIICT (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology)
• DIAT Pune
• DTU (Delhi Technical University)
• IISc Bangalore
• IITM-K (Indian Institute of Technology and Management- Kerala)
• IGDTU
• LNMIIT
• Maharashtra M.Tech Admission
• NSIT
• PEC (Punjab Engineering College)
• PTU
• RGIPT (Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum and Technology)
• RGUKT Hyderabad
• Thapar University
• University of Hyderabad

Note: Candidates who have taken admissions to these institutes separately can be sought later. Different universities will release their own eligibility criteria for admission.