Jamia Millia Islamia Admission Through GATE: M.Tech AI & ML, Data Sciences and PhD

Jamia Millia Islamia is a central university at Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Marg, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110025. Its M.Tech programmes sit in the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, and the two that matter for a GATE DA or GATE CSE aspirant are run by the Department of Computer Engineering, which the department page says was set up in 2000 and also runs a Ph.D. programme with work in networking, data mining, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Jamia does not use CCMT or COAP. Every M.Tech, Ph.D. and most other admissions run through the Controller of Examinations on the university's own admission portal, where the prospectus, the online form, admit cards, answer keys, selection lists and spot-round notices are posted. For a student in the south, the practical upshot is that a GATE score alone does not put you in any national counselling pool for Jamia: you have to fill Jamia's own form within its own window.

The 2026-27 prospectus lists these under the Department of Computer Engineering:

Code	Programme	Seats	Fee payable per year
M51	M.Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering) (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning)	24	Rs. 21,475 (plus insurance charges)
M91	M.Tech. (Data Sciences) (Self-Financed)	36	Rs. 57,800

Both are four-semester programmes. The department's own page lists the same intake of 24 and 36.

Who is eligible

• M51 (AI & ML): a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Information Technology, or MCA, M.Sc. (Computer Science), M.Sc. (IT), M.Sc. (IMCA) or equivalent, with at least 60% marks or a grade of 6.75 on a 10-point scale.
• M91 (Data Sciences): a B.Tech. or B.E. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Science and Engineering, Computer Technology, Information Technology, Electrical, Electronics or Mechanical Engineering, or MCA, M.Sc. (Computer Science), M.Sc. (IT), M.Sc. (IMCA), M.Sc. (Electronics), M.Sc. (Maths) with Computer Science, M.Sc. Tech. or M.Sc. (Maths), with at least 55% marks or equivalent CGPA.

The Data Sciences programme is the wider door. An electrical, electronics or mechanical graduate who has prepared for GATE DA can apply there but not to M51. The prospectus does not name any GATE paper for either programme, so it neither restricts nor confirms GATE DA or GATE CS by name.

Every M.Tech programme of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology carries the same rule in the prospectus. In its words, admission "will be preferably based on the performance of the candidates in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) (applicable only for GATE qualified candidates with marks more than or equal to the qualifying marks in the General Category only) valid at the time of admission. However the admission for the remaining seats will be through Entrance Test." It adds that the entrance test is conducted for all M.Tech programmes and a rank list is kept for all categories, and that admission follows Jamia's reservation policy and merit.

Two things follow from that wording. First, a GATE score counts only if your marks clear the General category qualifying mark, whatever your own category. Second, the prospectus does not say how many seats go to GATE candidates, how GATE applicants are ranked against each other, or whether they must also sit the test. Because a rank list from the test is kept for every programme, the safe course is to register for the entrance test as well and treat GATE as the priority route.

The 2026 entrance test

M91 (Data Sciences) was tested on 3 June 2026 and M51 (AI & ML) on 4 June 2026, both from 12:00 noon to 1:30 pm, with the selected list due within 20 to 25 days of the test. Both programmes were on the multi-centre list, so candidates could choose Delhi, Lucknow, Guwahati, Patna, Kolkata, Srinagar, Calicut, Bhopal, Jaipur, Dehradun or Kishanganj. Delhi is the default second choice, and a programme with 49 or fewer applicants may be tested only in Delhi or another notified city. The syllabus and paper pattern are published by Jamia at its entrance-test syllabus link.

The prospectus gave these tentative dates for programmes whose test Jamia conducts:

1. Online prospectus and forms from 20 February 2026; forms closed on 25 March 2026.
2. Editing window from 1 to 6 April 2026.
3. Admit cards from 17 April 2026, issued about a week before each test.
4. Entrance tests from 26 April 2026; the two computing M.Tech tests were on 3 and 4 June.
5. For PG applicants still finishing their degree, 31 October 2026 was the last date to submit the qualifying result.

Seats left over after the selection and waiting lists are filled by offline spot registration at the campus. In 2026 the first spot notice, dated 30 July, covered programmes such as M.Tech. (Electrical Power System Management) but not M51 or M91. Spot registration was open only to candidates on the waiting list or already offered a seat, so it is not a separate route for someone who skipped the form.

Jamia's 2026 form closed on 25 March. If the 2027 cycle keeps a similar calendar, a GATE 2027 aspirant should fill the form in February or March 2027 and plan to sit the test as well.

Jamia has been declared a minority educational institution, and the prospectus sets aside 30% of seats in each programme for Muslim applicants, 10% for Muslim women and 10% for Muslim OBC and ST applicants (non-creamy layer, Central list), with unfilled seats in the last two moving to the Muslim category. Another 5% of seats are reserved for persons with disabilities, who get a 5% relaxation in qualifying marks. A reserved-category candidate who ranks in the General list is considered in both, but is admitted under one.

Supernumerary seats exist for foreign nationals (ICCR and other categories) and NRI wards. The prospectus states that NRI-sponsored admission is not permitted. It does not describe a sponsored or part-time category for Indian working professionals in either computing M.Tech, so a candidate in employment applies in the regular categories.

Jamia's Ph.D. Ordinance 9 sets one process for every department. Applicants take a university-level entrance test with two papers of equal weight: Paper I has 100 multiple-choice questions on research methodology, and Paper II has 50 multiple-choice questions plus 50 marks of descriptive questions on the subject. A candidate needs at least 50% in aggregate to be called for interview, with 5% relaxation for SC, ST, OBC and differently-abled candidates.

Candidates who have qualified for a fellowship or scholarship through UGC-NET, CSIR-NET, GATE or CEED are exempt from the test, with GATE marked "qualified under general category". Exempted candidates still go through the interview before the Departmental Research Committee, where they present their research interest. The ordinance provides for two admission windows a year: summer (June-July) for everyone and winter (January-February) only for test-exempted candidates. Teachers under QIP can be admitted with a no-objection certificate.

The 2026-27 Ph.D. notification ran forms from 11 May to 8 June 2026, the test on 20 and 21 June, interviews from 27 to 31 July, and coursework from 11 August 2026, with a Rs. 2,000 application fee. The Computer Engineering interview notice called candidates on 3 August 2026 to present a 10-minute research proposal and asked them to bring exemption certificates such as GATE, NET or JRF.

Jamia publishes selection and waiting lists on its admission portal, but no closing GATE score or entrance-test mark for M51 or M91 was found on jmi.ac.in, so this page shows no cut-off. Do not rely on unofficial figures.

For the exam itself, New Delhi is a GATE 2027 exam city in the IIT Delhi zone, and Noida and Agra are in other zones, per the official GATE 2027 city list; see the Delhi and Noida city pages. Most southern candidates will write GATE near home and travel only if they choose Delhi as their Jamia test centre or are called to campus. Calicut being a Jamia test centre for both computing M.Tech programmes is useful for Kerala and Karnataka applicants.

For preparation, start with the GATE DA 2027 guide or the GATE CSE 2027 guide and work through previous year questions. Admission queries go to admission@jmi.ac.in or 011-26981717 (extension 4266).