GATE COAP 2026 Counselling (Open): Register Round Wise Here

GATE COAP 2026 Counselling Registration has been started. Counselling dates have been revised for COAP rounds. Mode of counselling is online. GATE is a national level examination.

GATE candidates for IITs admissions, schedule of COAP counselling is out now. Know below >>

GATE COAP 2026 Counselling – Registration Started

 GATE COAP 2026 Counselling Registration has been started. Click here to register.

Candidates who qualifies GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) are eligible to take part in counselling. Through this exam, students gets admissions in various PG courses offered by IITs, NITs and many other institutions.

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Here in this article, we are providing details regarding GATE CCMT/ COAP Counselling 2026 including registration, participating institutions, seat matrix, last year cut off (institution wise), and admission procedure.

GATE COAP & CCMT Counselling 2026

Counselling for GATE is held through two types of process. GATE 2026 counselling for admission to IITs is done through Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) and for admission to to NITs, IIITs and GFTIs based on GATE scores through CCMT (Centralised Counselling for M.Tech).

CCMT is an online admission procedure for all NITs (National Institutes of Technologies) & and several other centrally funded institutions. These institutions are IIIT Allahabad, IIITM Gwalior, IIITDM Kancheepuram, SLIET Longowal, NIFFT Ranchi, PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur, SPA Vijayawada, Central University of Rajasthan, and Institute of Technology & IIEST Shibpur.

The counselling registration starts through COAP process. Candidates must have a valid GATE 2024/ 2025/ 2026 score card. GATE 2026 COAP Counselling Registration is completely free.

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Counselling is held in three rounds through online mode. For seat allotment, candidates first have to register for the GATE CCMT counselling 2026. During counselling registration, candidates have to fill out choices of courses/ colleges according to their preferences.

On the basis of the rank, filled choices & availability of seats, the seats are allotted to the candidates. After seat allotment, candidates have to submit a seat acceptance fee & confirm their seat.

Candidates have to report at the reporting centres & verify their documents. Then, candidates have to report at the allotted college & pay the admission fee.

GATE 2026 Counselling Schedule

Candidates must check this table for official CCMT counselling schedule for GATE 2026:

COAP Counselling Dates:

Through CCMT Counselling:

For Special Rounds:

Additional Rounds:

GATE 2026 CCMT Counselling Process

The GATE Counselling procedure comprises three rounds that are mentioned below:

Step-1: Online Registration, Choice Filling and Locking of Choices:

In this step, candidates have to register themselves on the CCMT website and pay the registration fees.

The fee must be paid through online mode by using SBI MOPS (i.e. Net Banking/ Credit Card/Debit Card or through e-Challan).

The registration fee will be Rs. 3000 (Rs. 2500 for SC/ST/PwD). After fee payment, candidates have to fill out their choices of programmes. Candidates are suggested to lock their filled choices during the counselling process.

Candidates must also take assistance from the Help Centers for registration and choice filling.

Step-2: Online Seat Allotment, Seat Acceptance fee deposit and Personal Reporting:

Candidates are allotted seats on the basis of choices filled and merit. After seat allotment, candidates are required to deposit the seat acceptance fees (Rs. 30,000) (Rs. 10000 for SC/ST/PwD) using SBI MOPS (Net banking/credit card/ debit card or through e-Challan).

After that, candidates have to report personally to the reporting centre as per the given schedule. Candidates have to carry their original documents for verification at the reporting center.

They have to submit self-attested photocopy of documents & Seat Acceptance Fee payment proof. After document verification & seat acceptance fee, candidates are issued a Document Verification Certificate (DVC).

Step-3: Getting Admitted to Allotted Institute:

Students whose seat are allotted will be required to complete the provisional seat confirmation process by paying the seat confirmation fee.

Any other balance fee can be paid to the respective allotted college at the time of admission. After the payment of a seat confirmation fee, candidates will be able to download the provisional seat confirmation letter from the website.

After that, students must report to the allotted college with required documents for taking final admission.

Documents Required for Counselling:

Students are required to bring the following documents for document verification process during reporting at RC:

• Provisional seat allotment letter.
• Self-Attested Copy of GATE Score Card (2024 or 2025 or 2026)
• Photo ID proof.
• Original Birth certificate issued by competent authority/Class X (High School) Board Certificate as proof of date of birth.
• 12th class mark sheet.
• Mark sheet of qualifying examination (all semester).
• Degree/Provisional Certificate
• Category certificate (if applicable).
• Three Passport size coloured photograph.
• Seat acceptance fee proof.
• Printout of the Registration form & locked choices.
• Migration Certificate
• Transfer Certificate
• Original Conduct Certificate from the Head of the institution last attended.
• Original Course completion certificate from the Head of the University/Institute in case result is awaited.
• One set of self-attested photocopy of all the original documents, etc.

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