GATE COAP 2026 schedule released: Round 1 to start from May 11; Check important dates here
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has released the schedule of Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP 2026). The portal is used for admission to Master of Technology (M.Tech) programs and recruitment in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) through Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).Registration for COAP 2026 will start soon on the official website. Candidates who have valid GATE score can participate in this process.Earlier, the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati had declared the results of GATE 2026 on March 19. As per the rules, candidates who have qualified GATE 2026, 2025 or 2024 are eligible.It is important to note that candidates have to apply separately to each institute or PSU for MTech admission or jobs. COAP is used only to accept or reject proposals.
CoAP 2026: Important dates
Here are the rounds and dates:
Options available to candidates
In each round, candidates will see the offers given by the institutes and can choose from these options:
- Accept and Stop: Accept the offer and don’t wait for other options
- Hold on and wait: Propose but wait for better
- Reject and wait: Reject the current offer and wait for others
important instructions
- Candidates can select “Retain and Wait” only twice for the same institute and course
- In Rounds 1 to 4, all three options are available
- If no option is selected in any round, the proposal will be automatically rejected
- In Round 5, only “Accept and Freeze” or “Reject” options are allowed.
- From rounds 6 to 10, only final decisions can be made (accept and hold or reject).
- Round 10 will be conducted only if some institutions continue the process after Round 9
Participating Institutions
Many top institutes are part of COAP 2026, including the Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru and many Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) like Bombay, Delhi, Madras, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Hyderabad and others.Candidates are advised to check the official COAP portal regularly and apply separately to their preferred institutions to complete the admission process.