IIT Bombay COAP registration 2025 from March 20 for MTech, MS aspirants seeking assistantships

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has announced that candidates applying for its Master of Technology (MTech) and Master of Science (MS) by Research programmes under the various categories of assistantships must register on the Common Offers Acceptance Portal (COAP). IISc Bangalore is coordinating COAP for the academic year 2025-26.

According to IIT Bombay’s official website, applicants applying for teaching assistantship (TA), teaching assistantship through project (TAP), research assistantship (RA), and research assistantship through project (RAP) categories will have to register on the COAP portal.

The COAP portal will be opened by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore after March 20, 2025. To be eligible for these assistantships, candidates need a valid Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) score.

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COAP serves as a centralised platform for candidates to view and accept admission offers from participating institutes, including IITs and the IISc Bangalore. GATE 2025 results will be announced on March 19, 2025. Engineering aspirants declared qualified in the GATE exam can register at the COAP portal for admission to IITs and the IISc Bangalore.

The MS by Research programme at IIT Bombay is offered by the department of computer science and engineering, the Center for Machine Intelligence and Data Science (CMInDS), and the Koita Center for Digital Health (KCDH).

As per the institutes official website, the MS by research programme differs from the MTech programme as it emphasises research and development. It enables students to explore a specific area in detail. This structure increases the research and development component in academic requirements while reducing the coursework breadth.