JNU Admission Through GATE: CSE M.Tech via CCMT and PhD in Computer Science

Jawaharlal Nehru University's campus is on New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110067. Two of its schools teach computer science at the master's level, and they admit students in completely different ways.

The School of Engineering, set up in 2018, offers a two-year M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, alongside Electronics and Communication Engineering and Material Science and Technology. JNU's 2026-27 PG e-Prospectus says the CSE and ECE M.Tech seats are filled "Through Centralized Counselling for M.Tech (CCMT)" on a valid GATE score and CCMT eligibility.

The School of Computer and Systems Sciences (SC&SS), established in 1975, offers M.Tech. (Computer Science & Technology) and M.Tech. (Data Science). Both are admitted through CUET (PG) 2026, test paper MTQP04, with a common paper and separate merit lists. GATE plays no part there.

So if your plan rests on a GATE DA or CS score, the School of Engineering is your door at JNU. If you also sit CUET (PG), the SC&SS programmes are a separate option.

In the CCMT 2026 seat mapping, JNU (CCMT institute 445999) has one programme in its Department of Computer Science & Engineering: Computer Science & Engineering (code XG), Group 1. Two GATE papers map to it:

• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA)
• Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)

The list of qualifying degrees is long and almost the same for both papers. It covers B.E./B.Tech. in CSE and its specialisations (AI, AI and ML, Data Science, Cyber Security, IoT and others), IT, ECE and several electronics branches, plus B.Tech in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. It also includes MCA and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science, Computer Applications, Data Science, AI and ML, Information Technology, Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Mathematics and Computing, Statistics, Operations Research and Software Engineering.

That M.Sc. and MCA coverage is worth noting if you are taking GATE DA after a statistics or mathematics master's. JNU's other CCMT programme, Electronics and Communication Engineering, maps only the EC paper. CCMT redraws the mapping every year, so check it again for 2027.

CCMT's Maximum and Minimum GATE Score report prints the highest and lowest GATE score among candidates allotted a seat in each round. For "Computer Science & Engineering" at "Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi", Round 1 and the last 2026 round with a row for each category were:

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	647	592	Special Round 2	529	529
EWS	569	560	Special Round 1	514	514
OBC-NCL	573	549	Special Round 2	442	442
SC	427	401	National Spot Round	351	351
ST	316	316	none after Round 1
OPEN-PwD	247	247	Round 3	237	237

The group prints as "G1" in Round 1 and "Group 1" in later rounds. The report does not split scores by paper, so DA and CS allottees sit in the same pool. Later-round figures can be lower than Round 1 because they cover only the seats left after earlier rounds, and a category with one allottee shows the same number as max and min. Use these as a picture of 2026, not as a promise for 2027.

CCMT allots the seat, but you still complete JNU's formalities. JNU runs a pre-enrolment form for M.Tech candidates on its admissions site, jnuee.jnu.ac.in; the 2025 link was labelled "Pre-enrollment – M.Tech (School of Engineering) through CCMT 2025", and a 2026 M.Tech pre-enrolment link was posted there too.

The 2026-27 PG e-Prospectus gives the School of Engineering CSE M.Tech (subject code CSET) an intake of 15: UR 6, SC 2, ST 1, OBC 4, EWS 2, with 1 PwD seat. JNU's deprivation points, which it adds for many CUET-based programmes, do not apply to the School of Engineering's CCMT M.Tech, per the Admission Policy 2026-27.

For help, the School of Engineering lists dean.se@mail.jnu.ac.in and 011-26739285, 011-26739283 and 011-26742023.

JNU's Ph.D. e-Prospectus 2026-27 admits through three channels: UGC/CSIR NET percentile, JRF, and GATE. The GATE channel is open only for the School of Engineering's Ph.D. programmes, and for the Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering (CSEH, code 912) the relevant GATE papers are CS and DA.

The educational qualification is one of:

• an M.Tech/M.E. or a master's degree in computer science, CSE, IT, ECE, electrical, applied mathematics or physics with at least 55%, or
• a 4-year bachelor's degree in one of those areas with at least 75%.

The merit list for the GATE channel uses the GATE score converted to 70 marks plus the viva voce for 30. The policy calls candidates for viva in order of merit, up to 8 times the intake for General seats and 10 times for SC, ST, OBC and EWS. The 2026-27 "Ph.D. (Through GATE)" table gives CSE 3 seats: UR 2 and OBC 1.

The revised 2026-27 schedule had applications close on 20 October 2026, viva voce from 30 October to 5 November 2026 (tentative), and the first merit list on 13 November 2026 (tentative).

The School of Computer and Systems Sciences also offers a Ph.D. in Computer Science (SCSH, code 890). Its e-Prospectus entry admits only on UGC/CSIR NET (subject Computer Science and Applications, code 87) plus a viva voce, using NET percentile of June 2025 onwards. A GATE score does not make you eligible for it, because the prospectus says GATE holders are eligible for School of Engineering Ph.D. programmes only.

If you want a research career at JNU in machine learning, data mining or NLP (areas the SC&SS lists), weigh both: GATE for the School of Engineering, or UGC-NET for SC&SS. The School of Engineering lists computer vision, cyber security, data science, AI, IoT, and parallel and distributed computing among its CSE research areas.

For the M.Tech, you never apply to JNU directly through GATE. You register on CCMT, place "Computer Science & Engineering" at JNU in your choices with the CCMT institutes you want, and follow JNU's pre-enrolment steps only after an allotment. CCMT also fills NIT and many IIIT M.Tech seats, so one registration covers many choices; the institutes list shows which pages cover CCMT institutes.

For the Ph.D., watch jnuee.jnu.ac.in in the autumn: the 2026-27 GATE-channel application closed on 20 October 2026. Delhi neighbours you may also consider are IIT Delhi, IIIT-Delhi, DTU and NSUT, each with its own process. The Delhi city page covers GATE exam centres there. To prepare, see how to prepare for GATE DA 2027 and GATE CSE 2027.