GATE Counselling 2023: COAP and CCMT Dates, Eligibility, Process, Documents Required, Cut off

GATE Counselling 2023: Eligibility Criteria

*Note: Percentage conversion to CGPA or vice versa is not allowed.

Note: The course eligibility depends on the combination of degree, streams and GATE exam. Special eligibility is required to become eligible for admission in some institutes. Check GATE CCMT Special Eligibility

GATE Counselling 2023: COAP

To participate in the admission rounds of M. Tech courses, the students need to register online on the official website of GATE COAP 2023. Given below are some of the features of the counseling process.

• GATE COAP is a common platform where all the participating institutes will upload admission offer letters in the common time window.
• COAP will offer admission based on GATE scores and applications submitted by candidates. 
• COAP is a counseling process. Hence, the students need to apply separately to the desired institutes for admissions. Read More: GATE COAP 2023 Counseling

GATE COAP 2023 Dates

Important dates regarding COAP registration and round offers are mentioned below. The dates mentioned are tentative in nature and depend on the previous year trends. 

NOTE: State Universities M.Tech Admission through GATE: Post declaration of GATE result, state universities, and other private institutes will conduct GATE counseling for admission to M.Tech programs. Candidates are advised to visit the respective website of the institutes to get more information.

GATE COAP 2023: Counselling Dates for Additional Rounds

NOTE:

• Candidates may have to follow spot rounds either online or offline and it could be specific to the institutes.
• Depending on the vacancy status and admission date, there could be a few more extra rounds from the participating institutes.
• Additional Rounds A, B, C, and D are independent rounds and each one is treated like a Decisive Round. That is, the candidates will have only 'Accept and Freeze' and 'Reject' options in these rounds.

COAP 2023 Eligibility Criteria

• The candidate must be a citizen of India
• The candidates must possess a valid GATE Score

COAP 2023 Admission Process

Pre Allotment Process

• Register at the official website of COAP 2023.
• Read the procedure carefully and follow the instructions.
• Enter your personal details
• Click on Submit button
• Use the details sent on your Email/SMS for logging in to the portal.

Admission Acceptance Process

• Login to the portal.
• Locate the Seat Allotment option and find under it institute-wise allotment details.
• The candidates will have the provision to select one out of the following three options.
  • Accept and Freeze: This option is to be selected if the candidate is willing to accept one of the offers and does not want to consider upgrading to higher preferences. Such candidates will not be considered for further COAP counseling rounds. 
  • Retain and Wait: This option is to be selected if a candidate indicates partial acceptance and is willing to consider upgrading to higher preferences in further counseling rounds. Such candidates won't be considered for other rejected offers in the current round. In case a higher preference is offered, then the existing 'Retain and Wait' offer will be released. 
  • Reject and Wait: This option is to be selected if a candidate is not willing to accept any offers made in the current round. Such candidates will be considered for higher preferences made in further counseling rounds. 
• Click on the submit button and complete the admission process further.

GATE CCMT Counseling 2023

GATE CCMT Counselling 2023 is a centralized system for admissions to M.Tech/ M.Arch/ M.Plan/ M.Des in top institutes such as NITs, IIEST Shibpur, and some IIITs and GFTIs. It offers a common platform for students and makes the counseling process easier. 

GATE CCMT Counselling 2023: Dates

CCMT 2023 Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates must possess a valid GATE score
• A minimum of 6.5 CGPA or 60% marks must be acquired in the qualifying exam (For General and OBC). 
• For SC/ST/PwD category candidates, a 5% relaxation is given to the candidates in the qualifying percentage.

CCMT 2023 Admission Process

Pre - Allotment Process

• Register on the Official portal of CCMT.
• The registration fee for CCMT is INR 2200 for OC/OB and INR 1700 for SC/ST/PwD candidates.
• Fill in the factually correct information. 

Seat Allotment

• The seats will be allotted based on the ranks secured in GATE 2023. 
• Those who have been allotted seats need to pay INR 20,000 as a seat acceptance fee.
• Report to the reporting center along with all the documents.
• Get your documents verified.

Getting Admitted To ‘Allotted Institute’

• The candidates whose documents have been successfully verified need to provisionally reserve their seats by paying INR 10,000. 
• The balance fee with respect to allotted institutes has to be paid to the respective allotted Institute at the time of physical reporting to the allotted institute. Read More: GATE CCMT Counselling

GATE Counselling 2023: For IISc Bangalore

To get admitted to IISc Bangalore, the candidates need to go through IISc Counseling. Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) provides a common platform for the candidates to make the most preferred choice for admission. Before registering on COAP, the students need to keep in mind the following pointers.

• The admission rounds are conducted based on the GATE scores and eligibility criteria defined by IISc Bangalore. 
• 70% weightage will be given to GATE score and 30% weightage will be given to written tests or personal interviews.
• Candidates possessing a minimum of the second class in the following degrees are eligible to apply for admission in Research Programs (Ph.D./MTech)-