What are the options available when I receive an offer of joining/admission in the FINAL (LAST) round of offers in COAP?
Option | Description | Implications |
Accept and Freeze | for any upgradation chances in future rounds | No further consideration for other seats. |
Reject | Decline the offered seat. | * Eligible for subsequent COAP rounds |
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After an offer of joining / admission is made in the Final / last round of offers, the candidates will have TWO options on the Online Application Portal. Candidate can select only one offer out of available offers. Candidate will have two options as described below.
- Option 1: Accept and Freeze
- Option
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Yes, candidates with GATE score of 400 to 500 are also eligible for COAP counselling. However, admission and selection chances completely depends on different criteria such as branch selection, competition level, category, etc.
Candidates with a valid GATE scorecard of 2026/2025/2024 are eligible to participate in COAP counselling 2026
CGPA is different for each category. For General/EWS and OBC-NCL category, the required CGPA is 6.5 on a 10-point scale, which is 60%. While, for SC/ST and PwD, required CGPA is 6.0 on a 10-point scale, which is 55%.
The seat acceptance fee is INR 20000 usually. Candidates must pay the acceptance fee to confirm their seat for admission to IITs and IISc.
IIT Roorkee is conducting COAP 2026 counselling. There are a total of 10 rounds of counselling, where GATE- qualified candidates have to perform the following actions -
Accept and freeze
Retain and wait
Reject and wait
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