IIIT Pune Admission Through GATE: M.Tech AI via CCMT, Spot Seats and PhD

Indian Institute of Information Technology Pune was set up in 2016 by the Ministry of Education under the not-for-profit public-private partnership model, with the Government of Maharashtra and industry partners, and is an Institute of National Importance under the IIIT (PPP) Act, 2017. Its contact page gives the address as Talegaon, Pune, Maharashtra 410507.

Its CCMT 2026 reporting notice asked admitted M.Tech students to report at its permanent campus: Gat No. 5 & 6, Village Nanoli Tarf Chakan, PO Talegaon, Taluka Maval, District Pune 410507. The M.Tech brochure describes a 100-acre site on the banks of the Indrayani river, 35 km from Pune railway station and 38 km from Pune airport, and the contact page puts Talegaon railway station 6.2 km away. It is a Pune district campus on the Pune-Mumbai corridor, not a city-centre one. If you also want the exam-city view, see the Pune city page.

For postgraduate study the institute runs two M.Tech programmes, one per engineering department, and a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering and Applied Sciences & Humanities. The one that matters most to a GATE DA or GATE CSE taker is the M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering with specialisation in Artificial Intelligence.

The PG programmes page lists the 2026-27 seat matrix as follows. Both are two-year, four-semester programmes.

Programme	Total seats (2026-27)
M.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering (Specialization: Artificial Intelligence)	36
M.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering (Specialization: Microelectronics & VLSI Design)	22

In the CCMT 2026 seat mapping the first appears as "Computer Science & Engineering" under the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, with a single Group 1 that takes two GATE papers:

• GATE DA: mapped for B.E./B.Tech. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering and its AI, Data Science, Cyber Security and IoT variants, AI and Data Science, AI and Machine Learning, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electronics and Communication, Electronics and Telecommunication, and Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
• GATE CS: mapped for B.E./B.Tech. in any discipline, plus MCA and M.Sc. degrees such as Computer Science, Data Science and Mathematics and Computing.

The ECE programme ("Electronics and Communication Engineering" in CCMT) also has one Group 1, mapped to GATE EC, EE and IN and, for computing and electronics degrees, to GATE CS and DA as well. The programme page lists courses such as Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Big Data Analytics, with 54 credits and a second year of major projects or internships.

The CCMT 2026 report prints the maximum and minimum GATE score of allotted candidates for each round and category. These 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 the group as "G1" in Round 1 and "Group 1" later, and it does not split a group by paper, so DA and CS scores sit together.

Computer Science & Engineering (CSE-AI)

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	637	593	Special Round 2	548	548
EWS	573	573	National Spot Round	518	518
OBC-NCL	577	550	National Spot Round	504	504
SC	430	415	Special Round 1	377	377
ST	359	359	Special Round 1	312	312

Electronics and Communication Engineering (VLSI Design)

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	516	471	Special Round 2	400	394
EWS	423	423	Special Round 1	389	389
OBC-NCL	439	414	Special Round 2	326	326
SC	350	350	Special Round 1	334	309
ST	268	268	Round 1 only

The OPEN minimum for the AI programme stayed in a narrow band, from 593 in Round 1 to 548 in Special Round 2. No 2026 round printed a lower OPEN minimum than 548 for this programme.

For the 2026 cycle, candidates allotted IIIT Pune through CCMT reported offline at the Nanoli campus from 5 to 11 August 2026, and classes began on 12 August 2026. The reporting notice asks for the valid GATE scorecard against which the admission is confirmed, the CCMT Online Document Verification Certificate, the allotment letter and proof of the Seat Acceptance Fee and Partial Admission Fee.

The notice prints the institute fee as INR 1,71,200 per year for all categories, payable annually or in two instalments (INR 92,450 and INR 78,750), with the CCMT fees adjusted against the first one. Hostel fee is INR 32,510 per semester, plus a one-time caution deposit of INR 10,000 and a mess advance. The notice also says the institute gives no fee waiver to any category and no scholarship of its own.

The M.Tech brochure adds one distinction you should not miss: candidates admitted through CCMT receive the GATE scholarship of Rs. 12,400 per month, while students admitted through the institute's own advertisement get no assistantship or fellowship, even if they hold a GATE score.

The PG programmes page says vacant seats after the CCMT rounds are filled directly by the institute through a written test and technical interview. For 2026 this ran as "M.Tech (Without Scholarship)". The brochure dated 18 May 2026 lists 24 non-GATE seats in AI and 10 in VLSI Design, and sets eligibility for AI at a B.E./B.Tech. in CSE, IT, ECE, EE or EEE, or M.Sc. (CSE/IT) or MCA, with 60% or 6.0 CGPA (a 5% or 0.5 relaxation for SC/ST/PwD).

The spot admission notification for July-August 2026 then listed 23 seats in CSE-AI and 15 in ECE-VLSI Design, marked as varying with vacancies after CCMT physical reporting. Registration closed on 14 August 2026 with a processing fee of Rs. 826 (Rs. 413 for SC/ST/PwD/female candidates), the spot admission was held on 16 August 2026 at the Academic Building on the Talegaon Dabhade campus, and classes began on 20 August 2026. The written test for CSE follows the GATE CS syllabus (engineering mathematics through compiler design, operating systems and databases), not the DA one.

The Ph.D. programmes page says admissions are announced twice a year and evaluated through a written test followed by a technical interview. The current call is the full-time PhD brochure for 2026-27, released on 31 October 2026:

Scheme	Disciplines	Seats
Visvesvaraya Full-time PhD Scheme	Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering	1
Institute-funded Full-time PhD Scheme	Computer Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Mathematics and Computing	5

A B.E./B.Tech. holder in a relevant area with CGPA 6.5 or 60% (6.0 or 55% for SC/ST/PwD) qualifies through any one of three conditions: graduating from a CFTI, INI or similar institution as listed, a valid GATE score in CS, DA, EC or EE, or three years of relevant experience. An M.E./M.Tech. holder needs only the marks condition. Applications go through the Samarth admission portal by 30 November 2026, with the written test and interview tentatively on 14 December 2026.

The brochure gives the monthly fellowship as Rs. 46,250 in years one and two under the Visvesvaraya scheme, and the institute-funded stipend as Rs. 42,000 in the first two years and Rs. 48,000 in the third.

Check three things against the official pages before you count on a seat. First, confirm your degree is on the CCMT 2027 mapping for the paper you write: in 2026 GATE CS accepted any B.E./B.Tech., while GATE DA was limited to the computing, IT and electronics degrees listed above. Second, register on CCMT when the 2027 cycle opens and add both the AI and the ECE programmes if your degree fits both. Third, if you miss out, watch the admissions page from May for the without-scholarship notices.

Pune is a GATE 2027 exam city in the IIT Bombay zone on the official city list. For preparation, start with the GATE DA 2027 guide or the GATE CSE 2027 guide, then use previous year questions and practice sets.