IIITDM Kurnool Admission Through GATE: M.Tech CSE, AI & DS via CCMT and PhD

Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kurnool was established in 2015 and is an Institute of National Importance under the Ministry of Education. Its contact page gives the address as Jagannathagattu Hill, Dinnedevarapadu Village, Kurnool 518008, Andhra Pradesh. The 2026 CCMT admits reported at this campus.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering started its M.Tech programmes in 2023, according to its PhD brochure, and lists 16 faculty members working in AI, data science, systems, networks, security, bioinformatics and theory. For a GATE DA or GATE CSE taker, all three of its computing M.Tech programmes take both papers. Kurnool is a GATE 2027 exam city in the IISc zone on the official city list; the nearest city pages on this site are Hyderabad and Tirupati.

In the CCMT 2026 seat mapping the CSE department lists three programmes, each with a single Group 1 that takes both GATE DA and GATE CS for the same list of degrees:

CCMT programme name	Papers
Artificial Intelligence & Data Science	DA, CS
Computer Science & Engineering	DA, CS
Computer Science and Engineering (Cyber Security)	DA, CS

The degree list is broad. It covers B.E./B.Tech. in CSE, IT, AI and data science, ECE and electronics variants, biomedical and several allied branches, and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science, Computer Applications, Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Data Science and similar subjects. MCA does not appear in the 2026 mapping for these three programmes. If your degree is outside computing and electronics, check the list before you register.

The self-financed brochure adds a detail about Cyber Security: it is offered jointly with CRRAO AIMSCS, Hyderabad, with the first semester at Kurnool and the second at AIMSCS, and the final-year project at either institute.

GATE DA is also mapped to M.Tech. Drones and IoT and to ECE (Signal Processing and Communication), and GATE CS to Drones and IoT and to Robotics and Automation. VLSI & Microelectronics and Smart Manufacturing took neither paper in 2026.

The CCMT 2026 report prints the maximum and minimum GATE score of allotted candidates for every round and category. Below are Round 1 and the last round in which each category had a row, exactly as printed, out of 1000. Group 1 appears as "G1" in Round 1 and "Group 1" later, and DA and CS scores are not separated.

Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	526	506	National Spot Round	422	414
EWS	472	470	National Spot Round	403	389
OBC-NCL	478	462	National Spot Round	377	375
SC	377	371	National Spot Round	310	310
ST	297	297	Round 2	289	289

Computer Science & Engineering

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	644	520	National Spot Round	431	423
EWS	476	472	Special Round 2	405	405
OBC-NCL	465	460	National Spot Round	411	379
SC	423	377	National Spot Round	327	312
ST	294	294	National Spot Round	254	254

Computer Science and Engineering (Cyber Security)

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	499	499	National Spot Round	411	407
EWS	492	492	National Spot Round	395	395
OBC-NCL	488	454	National Spot Round	373	371
SC	375	367	National Spot Round	304	304
ST	289	289	Round 2	277	277

The Round 1 OPEN maximum of 644 in the CSE programme is far above its minimum of 520, so use the minimum, not the maximum, as your reference. By the National Spot Round the OPEN minimum was 423 for CSE, 414 for AI & DS and 407 for Cyber Security.

These programmes also accepted GATE DA or CS in 2026, mostly alongside core-branch papers. The figures are from the same CCMT report; all Round 1 and last-round rows are in this page's cut-off data.

CCMT programme	Round 1 OPEN max	Round 1 OPEN min	Last OPEN row	Lowest min in these rows
M.Tech. Drones and IoT	498	468	National Spot Round: 357	250 (SC, National Spot Round)
Electronics and Communication Engineering (Signal Processing and communication)	382	361	Round 2: 350	252 (ST, Round 1)
M.Tech. Robotics and Automation	446	430	National Spot Round: 383	258 (ST, Special Round 1)

Drones and IoT took 17 GATE papers in 2026, from AE to XE, so its applicant pool is very mixed.

The institute's CCMT 2026 instructions dated 7 August 2026 set physical reporting from 5 to 11 August 2026 at the Academic Section in the Administrative Building. The total first-semester institute fee, excluding hostel, was Rs. 52,300 for GEN, GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL and PwD candidates and Rs. 22,300 for SC/ST, with the CCMT seat acceptance and partial admission fees adjusted against it. Candidates had to bring the CCMT documents, the Online Document Verification Certificate, the final provisional seat allotment letter and a GATE score card from 2024, 2025 or 2026.

Admission queries go to pgadmissions@iiitk.ac.in or 08518-289121/111.

For 2026-27 the institute advertised an M.Tech (Self-Financed) programme with no GATE requirement and no fellowship. Seats in the CSE department were 5 in Computer Science and Engineering, 10 in Cyber Security and 5 in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, open to B.Tech./B.E. graduates in CSE and allied branches with 60% or 6.5 CGPA (55% or 6.0 for SC/ST/PwD).

Selection had three stages: shortlisting, a two-hour written test of 100 marks (40 for engineering mathematics and aptitude, 60 for a department paper on the GATE 2026 syllabus, with 0.5 negative marking), and a merit list. Applications went through the Samarth portal; the deadline was extended to 22 July 2026, the test was on 30 July and results on 7 August 2026. Tuition was listed at Rs. 40,000 per semester, with other fees extra. A GATE score card can be uploaded if you have one, but it is not required.

The PhD admission page runs the January 2027 session on department brochures. The CSE brochure sets these rules for full-time candidates:

• A master's degree in CSE or an allied branch with 7.5 CGPA or 70% (7.0 or 65% for SC/ST/PwD).
• Direct PhD after a B.Tech. from a CFTI with 7.5 CGPA, without GATE, or from any other institute with a valid GATE score and 7.0 CGPA or 65%.

Applicants with valid GATE or CSIR/UGC-NET go straight to the interview. Others take a written test of 50 multiple-choice questions on the GATE 2026 syllabus, 2 marks each with 0.5 negative marking. The CSE brochure does not name a particular GATE paper. Full-time scholars under the HTRA category get Rs. 37,000 a month as JRF and Rs. 42,000 as SRF.

Applications closed on 18 October 2026. The CSE written test and interview are on 12 November 2026, results on 29 November and reporting on 14 December 2026. The general brochure lists an application fee of Rs. 500 (Rs. 250 for SC/ST/PwD).

Register on CCMT when the 2027 cycle opens and confirm that DA and CS are still mapped to all three computing programmes. If you miss out, watch the institute website from June for the self-financed notice. For preparation, use the GATE DA 2027 guide or the GATE CSE 2027 guide, previous year questions and practice sets. The sister institutes are covered at IIITDM Kancheepuram and IIITDM Jabalpur.