IIEST Shibpur Admission Through GATE: M.Tech via CCMT, Spot Round and PhD

Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur started in 1856 as Calcutta Civil Engineering College, became Bengal Engineering College in 1920 and Bengal Engineering and Science University in 2004, and was made an Institute of National Importance in 2014, according to its PhD brochure. Its notices give the address as P.O. Botanic Garden, Howrah 711 103, West Bengal.

The How to Reach page places the campus next to the A.J.C. Bose Indian Botanic Garden, about 5 km from Howrah railway station and around 90 minutes by road from Kolkata airport. So the campus is in Howrah district, across the Hooghly from Kolkata, not in Kolkata itself.

That matters on exam day. On the GATE 2027 city list, Howrah and Kolkata are separate exam cities, both under the IIT Kharagpur zone. If you live near the campus, either can be a sensible choice; the Kolkata city page has the details.

For a GATE DA or GATE CSE taker, the relevant departments are Computer Science & Technology and Information Technology, each with two M.Tech programmes, plus PhD research in both.

IIEST published its own seat matrix and GATE paper mapping for CCMT 2026. For the computing programmes they read as follows.

Programme (IIEST name)	Department	CCMT seats 2026	GATE papers
M.Tech in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning	Computer Science & Technology	20	CS, DA
M.Tech in Artificial Intelligence	Information Technology	20	CS, EC, DA
M.Tech. in Information Technology	Information Technology	26	CS, EC, DA
M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering	Computer Science & Technology	26	CS

All four accept any B.E./B.Tech. degree (code T999) with the mapped paper. The CCMT 2026 seat mapping shows the same papers. The practical point for a DA taker: GATE DA was not mapped to the Computer Science and Engineering programme in 2026, so your choices are the other three.

A few non-computing programmes also took GATE DA or CS in 2026: Communication Engineering & Signal Processing (EC, CS, DA, EE, IN), VLSI Design (EE, EC, CS), Sustainable Energy Technology and Development and Biomedical Engineering (CS among many papers). They sit outside the scope of this page.

Eligibility in the seat matrix is 60% marks or CGPA 6.5 for Gen/EWS/OBC-NCL, and 55% or CGPA 6.0 for SC/ST/PwD, in the qualifying degree aggregate.

The CCMT 2026 report prints the maximum and minimum GATE score of allotted candidates for each round and category. Below are Round 1 and the last round in which each category had a row, exactly as printed, out of 1000. CCMT prints the group as "G1" in Round 1 and "Group 1" later. Scores are not split by paper, so DA and CS candidates sit together where both are mapped.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (DA or CS)

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	590	568	National Spot Round	508	495
EWS	518	518	National Spot Round	443	443
OBC-NCL	550	495	National Spot Round	460	439
SC	454	423	National Spot Round	331	331
ST	278	278	National Spot Round	411	297

Artificial Intelligence (DA, CS or EC)

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	562	544	National Spot Round	522	486
EWS	526	522	National Spot Round	430	430
OBC-NCL	503	487	National Spot Round	423	415
SC	420	415	Special Round 2	343	343
ST	293	293	National Spot Round	266	266

Information Technology (DA, CS or EC)

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	598	540	National Spot Round	651	472
EWS	529	528	National Spot Round	431	431
OBC-NCL	526	480	National Spot Round	430	407
SC	403	391	Special Round 2	346	343
ST	301	286	National Spot Round	254	254

Computer Science & Engineering (CS only)

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	734	598	National Spot Round	524	523
EWS	562	545	Special Round 1	522	472
OBC-NCL	564	514	National Spot Round	465	465
SC	491	423	National Spot Round	373	359
ST	331	302	Special Round 1	286	286

The Information Technology National Spot Round OPEN row prints a maximum of 651 above its Round 1 maximum. That is how CCMT printed it, and it is copied unchanged.

The 2026 provisional admission notice held physical document verification at the Institute Hall: 6 August 2026 for Computer Science and Engineering and AI and Machine Learning, and 10 August 2026 for Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence. Candidates allotted in the CCMT National Spot Round reported on 12 August 2026, the day the semester began in offline mode. You bring the PSAL, the CCMT Online Document Verification Certificate, a valid GATE scorecard and proof of the CCMT fees.

The same notice prints the institute balance fee for M.Tech as Rs. 30,600 for GEN/GEN-EWS/OBC, Rs. 20,600 for SC/ST and Rs. 55,600 for PwD, excluding hostel. The M.Tech fee structure linked from the admissions page lists semester tuition of Rs. 35,000 for Gen/OBC/EWS/PwD candidates admitted through CCMT, nil for SC/ST and Rs. 50,000 for self-sponsored students. Hostel places are limited and allotted by distance from home.

Seats still vacant after CCMT went to an Institute Spot Round in 2026, announced in Notice No. 330/ACAD/2026. Its brochure set two groups:

• Group A, GATE qualified: candidates with a valid GATE score at or above the qualifying mark get direct admission to the stipendiary seats and preference in the merit list. Financial assistance goes only to this group.
• Group B, non-GATE self-sponsored: candidates who meet the degree eligibility without a GATE score take a written test and/or interview and receive no stipend.

The 2026 timeline was: Google form open from 11 August, last date 16 August, merit lists on 18 August, the Group B test or interview on campus on 24 August, a final list on 26 August, and counselling on 28 August. The application fee was Rs. 1,000 (Rs. 500 for SC/ST/PwD). The same GATE paper mapping as CCMT applied, so a DA score again counted for AI and Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology.

PhD admission does not go through any national portal. The latest cycle on the PhD admissions page is July 2026: Notice No. 190/ACAD/2026 invited online applications until 1 June 2026, with a fee of Rs. 1,500 (Rs. 1,000 for SC/ST/PwD).

The July 2026 brochure sets the process as initial screening followed by a written test and/or interview. Key rules for a DA or CS candidate:

• A master's degree with 60% or CGPA 6.5 (55% or 6.0 for SC/ST/PwD) is the base requirement.
• The Institute fellowship needs a valid GATE score above the prescribed cut-off, or NET. A B.Tech holder can apply directly with 80% aggregate (CGPA 8.5) and a valid GATE score.
• The maximum age for the fellowship category is 32 for OC male applicants, 35 for OBC-NCL and 37 for SC/ST/PwD and female applicants.
• Self-sponsored PhD applicants with a postgraduate degree do not need GATE or NET and have no age limit, but get no fellowship.

The fellowship seat matrix lists 6 seats in Computer Science and Technology and 7 in Information Technology out of 100. The brochure names research areas such as AI and machine learning, data science, NLP, federated learning and computer vision in Computer Science and Technology, and machine learning, IoT, cryptography and quantum machine learning in Information Technology.

Register on CCMT when the 2027 cycle opens, then check IIEST's own seat matrix and paper mapping on the PG admissions page, since the mapping can change between years. If you write DA, list AI and Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology. If you write CS, the CSE programme is open to you as well.

Keep the Institute Spot Round in reserve: watch the PG admissions page in August. For the PhD, the July cycle notice appeared in late April 2026.

For preparation, start with the GATE DA 2027 guide or the GATE CSE 2027 guide, then work through previous year questions and practice sets.