IIIT Bhopal Admission Through GATE: M.Tech Data Science and AI via CCMT, PhD

Indian Institute of Information Technology Bhopal is an Institute of National Importance set up under the IIIT (PPP) Act, 2017, as a joint venture of the Ministry of Education, the Government of Madhya Pradesh and Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV) in the ratio 50:35:15. Its About page says it is "operating temporarily from the campus of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal", and that about 60 acres have been identified in Bhopal for a permanent campus. MANIT is its mentor institute.

The 2026 documents confirm this is still the case. The address on the site is Room No. TB-201, IIIT Office, New Teaching Block, C/O MANIT Campus, Bhopal 462003. CCMT admits reported in July-August 2026 at the Conference Room, New Teaching Block, MANIT, and the spot round was held at the MPSTEP Building on the MANIT campus. So for now you study in Bhopal city, on a shared campus. MANIT has its own page here: MANIT Bhopal. For the city itself, see the Bhopal city page.

The programme page lists the full-time M.Tech seats for 2026-27:

Programme	Department	Seats
M.Tech in Data Science	Information Technology	30
M.Tech in Artificial Intelligence	Computer Science and Engineering	30
M.Tech in Cyber Physical System	Computer Science and Engineering	30

Each programme has one CCMT group (Group 1) in the CCMT 2026 seat mapping, mapped to GATE CS, DA, EC, EE, MA, PH, CE, ME, BM and BT. What differs is which degrees go with each paper:

• GATE DA, Data Science and AI: any B.E./B.Tech. discipline, the 4-year B.S. in any discipline or in Data Science and Applications, and M.Sc. in Data Science or in AI and Machine Learning.
• GATE DA, Cyber Physical System: only the 4-year B.S. degrees and M.Sc. in Data Science. A B.Tech graduate with a DA score is not mapped to it.
• GATE CS, all three: any B.E./B.Tech. or 4-year B.S., MCA, and M.Sc. in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, Mathematics and Computing and similar subjects.

So a DA taker from a non-CS branch should look at Data Science and AI here, not Cyber Physical System.

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

Programme	Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
Data Science	OPEN	537	506	National Spot Round	447	403
Data Science	EWS	500	470	National Spot Round	381	341
Data Science	OBC-NCL	470	452	National Spot Round	357	322
Data Science	SC	377	361	National Spot Round	293	289
Data Science	ST	282	277	National Spot Round	261	261
AI	OPEN	627	522	National Spot Round	442	414
AI	EWS	510	491	National Spot Round	387	354
AI	OBC-NCL	503	470	National Spot Round	375	331
AI	SC	383	362	National Spot Round	306	301
AI	ST	290	278	Round 1 only
Cyber Physical System	OPEN	532	468	National Spot Round	395	358
Cyber Physical System	EWS	457	423	Special Round 2	366	366
Cyber Physical System	OBC-NCL	447	407	National Spot Round	320	320
Cyber Physical System	SC	355	343	National Spot Round	282	255
Cyber Physical System	ST	266	242	Round 1 only

AI opened highest, with an OPEN Round 1 range of 627 to 522, and by the National Spot Round the OPEN minimum was 414. Data Science followed a similar path, from 506 to 403. Cyber Physical System closed lowest at 358, but remember the DA mapping is narrower there.

The CCMT admission instructions of 13 July 2026 asked provisionally allotted candidates to fill the online admission form on the institute's academic portal and report with original documents, including a valid GATE score card, between 5 and 11 August 2026.

The notice prints the first-year fee as Rs. 3,01,950 for all categories. Seat acceptance and partial admission fees paid to CCMT (Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 10,000 for GEN, GEN-EWS and OBC-NCL; Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 5,000 for PwD, SC and ST) are deducted, leaving Rs. 2,61,950 or Rs. 2,86,950 to pay. The full year is paid at admission, and semester-wise payment starts from the third semester. Payment is online only. For admission queries the admission page gives pgadmissions@iiitbhopal.ac.in and 0755-2900142 / 0755-2900140.

After CCMT, IIIT Bhopal ran its own spot round. The notice of 12 August 2026 listed 40 vacant seats: 8 in AI, 10 in Data Science and 22 in Cyber Physical System. Candidates paid a participation fee of Rs. 1,500 (Rs. 1,000 for SC, ST and PwD) through SBI Collect, then reported on 21 August 2026 from 9 to 11 AM at the MPSTEP Building, MANIT campus, with a demand draft for the first-year fee. The document list includes a valid GATE score card and asks for the CCMT roll number as registration number. A separate notice on internal sliding before the spot round is a scanned image, so its content is not summarised here.

IIIT Bhopal also runs an M.Tech (Professional / Part Time) for employed candidates, with 10 seats in each of the three programmes. The 2026-27 brochure says GATE or NET is not mandatory and selection is by profile and interview, with 100% weight on the interview. Eligibility is a B.Tech/BE in any branch, MCA, or M.Sc. in CS, IT, EC, Mathematics, Physics, Electronics or Biotechnology with 60% or 6.5 CGPA (55% or 6.0 for reserved categories). In 2026 the online form closed on 2 August and the interview was tentatively on 11 August. Part-time students attend with the full-time class, after hours or at weekends as the institute decides.

The Ph.D. admission page runs a rolling advertisement. The notice of 3 March 2026 sets the last dates for 2026-27 as 30 June 2026 for the odd semester and 31 December 2026 for the even semester. You fill the application form and email the signed copy to phdadmissions@iiitbhopal.ac.in.

The PhD ordinance sets the rules. Applicants need a master's degree with first division in engineering, technology or sciences (CPI 6.5 or 60%), and a first-division bachelor's degree as well, so it gives no direct entry after B.Tech. Selection involves no written test. The Departmental Research Committee scores a research proposal presentation and an interview, 50 marks each. GATE matters for money: only GATE or NET qualified full-time scholars are eligible for the Institute fellowship. The page also lists a 2026 PhD admission under the Quality Improvement Programme through AICTE's QIP portal.

If IIIT Bhopal is on your list, decide your paper with the mapping in mind. A B.Tech graduate in any branch can use GATE DA for Data Science or AI, while Cyber Physical System needs GATE CS (or another mapped paper) unless you hold a B.S. or M.Sc. in Data Science. Register with CCMT when the 2027 cycle opens and recheck the 2027 mapping, since it can change.

Bhopal is a GATE 2027 exam city in the IIT Kanpur zone on the official list. Start with the GATE DA 2027 guide or the GATE CSE 2027 guide, and use previous year questions and practice sets to track progress.