GATE COAP 2025 dates revised again for MTech admissions, PSU recruitment; round 1 from May 17

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore has again revised the Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP 2025) dates for MTech admission and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) recruitment through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2025) scores. As per the revised schedule, the GATE COAP 2025 round 1 allotment will now be announced on May 17.

The COAP round 1 window to view offers and make a decision will be open from May 17 to 20, 2025. Initially, it was set to open on May 13 but was later deferred by a day. The IISc Bangalore will conduct GATE COAP 2025 counselling in 10 rounds. The institute has revised the GATE COAP 2025 schedule for all rounds of counselling.

GATE COAP facilitates the admission process for MTech seats at participating institutes and allows PSUs to post job offers for GATE-qualified candidates. Institutes and PSUs upload their offers on scheduled dates, and registered candidates can select one offer per round.

Eligible engineering aspirants who have qualified in GATE 2025, 2024, or 2023 can register for the GATE COAP 2025 counselling through the official website at gate.iisc.ac.in/coap2025. During each round of GATE COAP counselling 2025, candidates will have three options, including accept and freeze, retain and wait or reject and wait

Candidates can choose from three options: Accept and Freeze to confirm an offer and exit further rounds, Retain and Wait to hold an offer while seeking upgrades (allowed twice for the same program), or Reject and Wait to decline all current offers but stay eligible for higher preferences.

GATE COAP 2025 revised schedule

The table below shows the revised schedule for GATE COAP 2025 for Master of Technology (MTech) admissions and PSU recruitments.