Updated as on May 26, 2020. COAP 2020: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT M) has opened the COAP 2020 portal on Mar 20, 2020, Imporant dates has been changed again. The M. Tech. 2020 applications portal is NOW open. Madras, which is the organising institute of COAP 2020 has also released the detailed schedule for counselling. COAP 2020 will have 5 rounds of offers between May 13 to June 11 with additional rounds A, B, C and D from June 17 to July 8. GATE 2020 result were declared on March 13th by IIT.
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Similar to IIM's CAP, COAP is an initiative by IITs for the common admissions to M Tech in all the 21 IITs across the country.
Students aspiring for M. Tech admission in IITs have to register for Common Offer Acceptance Portal, commonly known as COAP. Students also need to apply to the respective institute in which admission is desired as COAP is only the platform where students sees his admission offers from the institutes in which he/she has applied for admission. Candidate can apply Online.
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Important Dates
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Opening of applications
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20.03.2020
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Closing of applications
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To be Announced
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Suitability Test/ Interview for relevant candidates
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25.04.2020 |
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Date of Reporting for Admission
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20.07.2020 |
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Date for Additional Round(s) of offers (only for unfilled seats)
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21-22.07.2020 |
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Photo session and Workflow enrolment
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23.07.2020 |
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Orientation Programme
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24.07.2020 |
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Commencement of Classes
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27.07.2020 |
About COAP: COAP provides a common platform for the registered candidates to make the most preferred choice for admission into an M.Tech. Programme in the participating Institutes or job offer from participating Public Sector Units (PSU's). Eight institutes (IIT Bombay, IIT Bhubaneswar, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Indore, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee) joined in COAP 2017 and seventeen institutes (IISc, IIT BHU, IIT Bbs, IIT B, IIT D, IIT G, IIT H, IIT I, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, IIT K, IIT Kgp, IIT M, IIT Mandi, IIT P, IIT R, IIT Ropar, IIT Tirupati) participated in COAP 2018. In 2019, twenty one institutes and a PSU NPCIL came together and participated in COAP for filling their M.Tech. seats or job vacancies.
Eligibility Criteria
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Candidate must be an Indian National.
- Candidate should have a valid GATE score(Qualified in GATE 2020/2019/ 2018).
Note:
- COAP is not an Application Portal for M.Tech. Admission in any participating institutes.
- The candidate should apply separately to the respective Institute(s) for M.Tech. admission.
- Each participating Institute will follow the selection procedure as per the norms and guidelines of the respective Institute.
Important Dates for COAP 2020
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Round No |
Time window for viewing of offers and making decision by a candidate |
Available options |
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Accept & Freeze |
Retain & Wait |
Reject & Wait |
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Round 1 |
June 10 - 11, 2020 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Round 2 |
June 17 - 18, 2020
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Round 3 |
June 24 - 25, 2020
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Yes |
Yes/ No* |
Yes |
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Round 4 |
July 01 - 02, 2020 |
Yes |
Yes/ No* |
Yes |
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Round 5 |
July 08 - 09, 2020
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Yes |
No |
Yes |
Tentative additional rounds
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Round No
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Time window*
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Available options
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Accept & Freeze
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Retain & Wait
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Reject
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Round - A |
July 15 - 16, 2020 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Round - B |
July 22 - 23, 2020 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Round - C |
July 29 - 30, 2020 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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Round - D |
August 05 - 06, 2020 |
Yes |
No |
Yes* |
* Time window for viewing of offers and making decision by a candidate. Candidate can apply Online.