Updated By Falak Khan on 03 Apr, 2024 18:00
Predict your Percentile based on your GATE performance
Predict NowGATE counselling 2024 has begun with the start of the GATE COAP 2024 registration on March 19, 2024. IISc Bangalore has declared the GATE result 2024 on March 16, 2024. The time window for candidates to view offers and take a decision in GATE COAP 2024 round 1 is from May 13 to 15, 2024. The GATE CCMT 2024 registrations are likely to begin on June 5, 2024. The GATE counselling process will be conducted to provide admissions to those candidates who cleared the GATE 2024 with the minimum qualifying marks. However, the exam authority does not conduct the counselling process of GATE. For IITs, a Centralized Online Admission Process (COAP) is conducted for admission in M.Tech and PSU recruitment. On the other hand, the online admission process for NIT, IIIT and GFTI is called Centralized Counselling for M.Tech (CCMT).
COAP Counselling 2024: The Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) is responsible for managing the admission process for MTech courses offered by IITs. IIT Kanpur will conduct the counselling schedule for COAP 2024 after the results are declared.
CCMT Counselling 2024: Centralized Counselling for MTech (CCMT) is conducted for admission to MTech programs offered by NITs, IIITs, GFTIs, and CFTIs. NIT Delhi will host the CCMT 2024 counselling, where multiple colleges and institutes will take part to allocate seats in M. Tech./M. Arch./M. Plan. programs.
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Attempt nowScroll through some of the important highlights of the GATE counselling process:
GATE 2024 counselling will depend on the scores of the candidates
In the counselling process, candidates will have to verify their documents
There will not be any common GATE counselling for qualified candidates for the exam
Candidates scoring the GATE cutoff 2024 will be eligible for GATE counselling
For counselling, candidates will have to fill out the GATE registration form, along with the counselling fees
Admission into IITs and IISC Bangalore is done on the basis of GATE scores
GATE COAP 2024 dates have been announced. Candidates can check the official GATE COAP counselling dates for various rounds below.
Event | Dates | Available Options | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Accept & Freeze | Retain & Wait | Reject & Wait | ||
COAP Registration | March 19, 2024 | -- | -- | -- |
Round 1 COAP Counselling | May 13 (10:00 AM) to May 15 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Round 2 COAP Counselling | May 20 (10:00 AM) to May 22 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Round 3 COAP Counselling | May 27 (10:00 AM) to May 29 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes/ No* | Yes |
Round 4 COAP Counselling | June 02 (10:00 AM) to June 04 (09:00 AM) | Yes | Yes/ No* | Yes |
Round 5 COAP Counselling | June 08 (10:00 AM) to June 10 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Note: Post the declaration of the GATE result, state universities, and other private institutes conduct GATE counselling for admission into M.Tech programmes. Candidates are advised to follow the respective websites of the institutes to find out more information.
Event | Dates | Available Options | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Accept & Freeze | Retain & Wait | Reject & Wait | ||
Round 1 | June 15 (10:00 AM) to June 17 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 2 | June 21 (10:00 AM) to June 23 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 3 | June 27 (10:00 AM) to June 29 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 4 | July 03 (10:00 AM) to July 05 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes |
Round 5 | July 09 (10:00 AM) to July 11 (09:00 AM) | Yes | No | Yes* |
The crucial dates related to the GATE CCMT counselling 2024 are yet to be officially announced. However, candidates can take a look at the tentative dates related to the GATE CCMT counselling 2024 based upon the previous year trends as provided in the table below.
Events | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
CCMT Online Registration, Fee Payment, and Online Choice Filling 2024 | June 5, 2024 | 10:00 AM |
CCMT Online Registration Unlocking Last Date 2024 | June 22, 2024 | 11:59 PM |
CCMT Online Registration and Fee Payment 2024 | June 24, 2024 | 11:59 PM |
CCMT Resolution of Fee Payment Issues 2024 | June 26, 2024 | 11:59 PM |
CCMT Online Choice Filling and Locking of Choices 2024 | June 26, 2024 | 11:59 PM |
Automatic Locking of Saved Choices (if not locked by candidate) | June 26, 2024 | 11:59 PM |
CCMT Round 1 Seat Allotment Result 2024 | June 29, 2024 | |
Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document Uploading (online), specifying willingness (Freeze/Float/ Slide), and Withdrawal | June 29, 2024 to July 4, 2024 | Till 5 PM |
Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the allotted institute) | June 29, 2024 | |
Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute | July 5 2024 | Till 2:00 PM |
Last date for Resolution of any queries raised during online document verification, issue related to willingness/withdrawal (6:00 PM IST) | July 5, 2024 | Till 6:00 PM |
CCMT Round 2 Seat Allotment Result 2024 | July 8, 2024 | |
Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document uploading (online) (candidates allotted seat for the first time in this round), specifying/updating willingness (Freeze/Float/ Slide), and withdrawal | July 8, 2024 to July 11, 2024 | 12:00 PM |
Online Document Verification (for candidates allotted seat for the first time in this round) by officers of Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted/upgraded seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the allotted institute) | July 8, 2024 | |
Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute (2:00 PM IST) | July 11, 2024 | 5 PM |
Last date for Resolution of any queries raised during online document verification, issue related to willingness/withdrawal (6:00 PM IST) | July 11, 2024 | 8 PM |
Deadline for Willingness change/withdrawal by candidate | July 11, 2024 | 11:59 PM |
CCMT Round 3 Seat Allotment Result 2024 | July 13, 2024 | |
Payment of Seat Acceptance Fee (SAF), Document uploading (online) (candidates allotted seat for the first time in Round-3), specifying/updating willingness (Freeze/Float/ Slide), and withdrawal | July 13, 2024 to July 16, 2024 | |
Online Document Verification (for candidates allotted seat for the first time in this round) by officers of Allotted Institute (Special eligibility of allotted/upgraded seat, if any, would be checked by verifying officers of the allotted institute) | July 13, 2024 | |
Deadline for Online Document Verification by officers of Allotted Institute | July 17, 2024 | 2:00 PM |
Last date for Resolution of any queries raised during online document verification, issue related to willingness/withdrawal (6:00 PM IST) | July 17, 2024 | 6:00 PM |
Online admission (PI Reporting) in the Finally Allotted Institute by depositing the Partial Admission Fee online (on the CCMT portal) by candidates of all rounds and uploading/communicating documents as per requirements of the admitting institute | July 17, 2024 to July 21, 2024 | |
Online Withdrawal from the Admitted Institute | July 17, 2024 to July 21, 2024 | |
Candidates can check out the eligibility criteria of GATE counselling 2024 as mentioned in the table below.
Category | Eligibility Criteria | |
|---|---|---|
COAP | CCMT | |
GATE Scorecard | Valid GATE Score on any of the three years (2024/2023/2022). | Valid GATE Score on any of the three years (2024/2023/2022). |
Minimum Marks | Varies according to Institution | ≥6.5 CGPA or 60% (OC/OB categories) or 55% (SC/ST/PwD categories) from a recognized university.* |
*Note: Percentage conversion to CGPA or vice versa is not allowed. The course eligibility depends upon the combination of degree, streams and GATE exam. Special eligibility is required to become eligible for admission into some institutes.
The candidates will be required to follow the given steps to register for the GATE 2024 Counselling process.
Steps to Register for GATE 2024 Counselling
Step 1: Visit the GATE counselling official website.
Step 2: The candidates have to click on the ‘CCMT 2024: Online registration, Fee payment and Choice filling’ link in the Current Events section.
Step 3: For logging in, the candidates have to enter their GATE registration ID.
Step 4: The candidates then must fill all the text boxes with relevant details such as basic information, Institutes and courses.
Step 5: The candidates have to pay the registration fee online for completion of CCMT 2024 registration.
Candidates who wish to apply for M.Tech programmes into IITs, NITs, GFITs, and CFTIs will have to apply through CCMT (short for Centralized Counselling for M.Tech) and those who wish to apply for M.Tech programmes in IITs, will have to apply through COAP (short for Common Offer Acceptance Portal). State and private universities will also have their own counselling process based on GATE scores.
The admission procedure will be conducted on the basis of GATE scores. The choices of colleges and programmes have to submit by the applicants while filling out the application form. Applicants must meet all eligibility criteria before applying.
For M.Tech programmes in IITs, the candidates will have to register through the COAP (short for Common Offer Acceptance Portal), which is a common platform for candidates to apply for their preferred IITs. The registrations process of COAP started on March 19, 2024. Candidates seeking M.Tech admissions in any of the participating Institutes of COAP and who have a valid GATE score (2024, 2023, 2022) can register at COAP.
Post announcement of GATE results, state universities and other private institutes will be organising the GATE counselling procedure for admission to M.Tech programmes. The separate application forms will have to be filled by the candidates according to the institute they are applying for. The selection process will depend upon the institutes individually.
Candidates can apply for all the 30 NITs and 9 CFTIs through GATE CCMT Counselling. Filling of programme and institute choices have to be done by the candidates after which allotment will be done according to the candidates’ rank in the GATE exam and preferences selected during CCMT registration.
To participate in the GATE counselling process, candidates will have to register themselves with CCMT. The admission into various post-graduate courses will depend on the GATE score.
Stage 1: Registration
GATE registration is the first step in the counselling process. To take part in the counselling rounds, all the qualified candidates will have to first register themselves, failing which they will not be allowed to participate in the GATE 2024 counselling procedure. After registering, candidates will have to fill in their correct details to proceed further.
Stage 2: Choice Filling and Locking
After successful registration, the next step that follows is choice filling and locking. Here, candidates will have to make the choices regarding the courses. It is advisable for the candidates, to fill the most preferred choice on the top. After filling the choices, candidates will have to lock their choices by using the choice locking option.
Note: No modifications shall be made in the choices after locking the same.
Stage 3: Seat Allotment
This is the most important stage of the GATE 2024 counselling process. Here, candidates will be allotted seats on the basis of the choices filled by the candidates, their rank, and the availability of seats at that rank.
Stage 4: Reporting
It is the final stage of the GATE 2024 counselling process. This stage involves reporting at the nodal centre and then document verification.
Given below are the list of some of the documents required for the GATE counselling process:
GATE scorecard
Date of Birth Certificate
Provisional seat allotment letter
Class 12th mark sheet
Photo ID proof
Passport-size photograph (coloured)
Seat acceptance fee proof
Mark sheet of qualifying examination (all semester).
Degree/Provisional Certificate
Printout of the Registration form & locked choices.
Category Certificate (if valid)
Except for the M.Mgt students, all the other students will be eligible for a scholarship from UGC/CSIR/DBT/ICMR/DAE(NBHM)/AICTE on the basis of their entry mode. MHRD scholarships can be availed some IISc students provided they fulfil the MHRD scholarship eligibility criteria. The meritorious students can avail several scholarships offered by top Business tycoons and Indian & Multinational agencies.
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Predict your Percentile based on your GATE performance
Predict Your RankThe different stages of GATE Counselling process include Registration, choice filling & locking, seat allotment and reporting.
Yes, without registration, no candidates will be allowed to appear for the GATE Counselling process.
The various documents to be produced for GATE Counselling include qualifying degree mark sheets, GATE score card, hall ticket, seat allotment letter, transfer certificate and reservation certificate.
The candidates will have to register for GATE counselling through the CCMT official website.
Every candidate who has qualified for the GATE counselling process will have to pay a counselling fee.
The seats in the GATE counselling process will be allotted on the basis of GATE score.
The students will be allotted seats for IITs through GATE COAP counselling.
The students will be allotted seats for NITs, IIITs and CFTIs through GATE CCMT counselling.
No. COAP is not a portal for M.Tech. admissions or employment applications. Each candidate must submit a separate application to the appropriate Institute(s) for M.Tech. Admission and PSU's for employment.
Candidates with a qualifying GATE score (2023, 2022, or 2021) and who are applying for M.Tech. admissions at any of the participating institutes of COAP may register at COAP.
Yes, IIT Kanpur has released the GATE COAP 2024 dates. The GATE COAP 2024 registration process began on March 19, 2024.
The registration for CCMT Counselling 2024 will begin in June 2024 as per the authorities. During the registration process, candidates must select their preferred courses and institutes by filling out the CCMT 2024 counselling registration form. The authorities carefully evaluate the choices made by candidates for each round.
GATE 2024 counselling registration has already begun. GATE COAP 2024 registration process is ongoing from March 19, 2024. Interested candidates should apply before the deadline.
The GATE 2024 counselling process has started with the beginning of the GATE COAP 2024 registration on March 19, 2024.
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