GATE 2025 COAP counselling dates revised again: Check schedule for round 2 here

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, the organising institute for the Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) 2025, has once again revised the counselling schedule. According to the latest update, Round 2 of the COAP counselling process will now be held from May 23 (10:00 AM) to May 25 (6:00 PM). The revision comes just days after Round 1 concluded on May 20.

COAP serves as a centralised platform through which candidates with valid GATE scores can access admission and job offers from participating Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), IISc, and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).
Why was the COAP schedule revised again?The counselling schedule has already undergone multiple revisions. Originally, COAP 2025 was to begin on May 13, but Round 1 was pushed to May 14 and then to May 17. IISc has indicated that these changes were made to accommodate the academic calendars and offer processing timelines of participating institutes and PSUs.

The updated Round 2 dates ensure that candidates have sufficient time to evaluate their options while maintaining synchronisation across institutions. This kind of centralised approach helps avoid overlapping deadlines and reduces confusion among applicants. Revised COAP 2025 ScheduleHere is the detailed revised schedule for COAP 2025:

• Round 2: May 23 (10:00 AM) – May 25 (6:00 PM)
  
• Round 3: May 29 – June 1
  
• Round 4: June 5 – June 7
  
• Round 5: June 11 – June 13
  
• Round 6: June 17 – June 19
  
• Round 7: June 23 – June 25
  
• Round 8: June 29 – June 30
  
• Round 9: July 4 – July 5
  
• Round 10: July 9 – July 10

Notably, Rounds 6 to 10 are designated as Decisive Rounds, meaning that candidates will only be allowed to either “Accept & Freeze” an offer or “Reject” it. The option to “Retain & Wait,” which allows students to hold onto a current offer while waiting for a potentially better one in future rounds, will no longer be available.
Admission to IITs and PSUs via COAP 2025The COAP platform is critical for candidates seeking postgraduate engineering admissions and recruitment opportunities based on GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) scores. It allows applicants with GATE 2023, 2024, or 2025 scores to receive and respond to offers from multiple institutions through a single portal. However, it’s important to note that COAP does not make offers itself—offers are made directly by participating institutes or PSUs, while COAP acts as the communication and decision-tracking platform.

Candidates must register on the official COAP 2025 portal in order to access, accept, reject, or waitlist these offers. Each round allows applicants to make informed choices and track the availability of seats or positions.