NIT Delhi Admission Through GATE: M.Tech AI & Data Science and CSE via CCMT, SFS and PhD

National Institute of Technology Delhi works from its permanent campus at Plot No. FA7, Zone P1, GT Karnal Road, Delhi 110036, on NH-44 at the northern edge of the city. Its M.Tech (SFS) brochure notes that teaching began at NIT Warangal in 2010 and passed through Dwarka and Narela before this campus. It also says boys' hostels are at SRHC, Narela and on the main campus at Bakoli, with the girls' hostel at Bakoli.

Three M.Tech programmes are open to a GATE DA or CS taker:

• Artificial Intelligence & Data Science and Computer Science & Engineering, both run by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
• Mathematics & Computing, run by the Department of Applied Sciences, Humanities and Management. This one takes GATE CS but not DA.

The postgraduate programmes page lists 2026-27 seats by route. AI & Data Science had 20 CCMT seats, 3 DASA and 15 self-financed. CSE had 15 CCMT, 2 DASA, 1 Study in India and 15 self-financed. Mathematics & Computing had 10 CCMT, 1 DASA, 1 Study in India and 15 self-financed. The MCA is filled through NIMCET, not GATE. For GATE exam centres in the city, see our Delhi page.

Eligibility for CCMT seats comes from the CCMT 2026 seat mapping, not from the institute. For NIT Delhi it showed:

Programme (CCMT code)	GATE papers	Qualifying degrees, in brief
Artificial Intelligence & Data Science (ZY)	DA, CS	About 70 degrees per paper: computing, IT, AI and electronics B.E./B.Tech. branches, the 4-year B.S. in Data Science and Applications and several M.Sc. degrees; MCA only with CS
Computer Science & Engineering (XG)	DA, CS	A similar list of about 70 degrees; MCA only with CS
Mathematics & Computing (SJ)	CS, MA	CS with 25 degrees including MCA and computing M.Sc.; MA with 21, including Mathematics and Computing

All three sit in a single Group 1. A GATE DA score is treated the same as a GATE CS score for the two computing programmes. The degree lists differ by paper in small ways: MCA appears only against CS, and B.E./B.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing appears against DA for AI & Data Science but against CS for CSE. Check your exact degree and paper pair before filling choices. CCMT revises the mapping each year.

CCMT's Maximum and Minimum GATE Score report gives the highest and lowest GATE score (out of 1000) among allotted candidates, per round. The figures below are copied as printed for "National Institute of Technology Delhi". The group is printed "G1" in Round 1 and "Group 1" in later rounds. DA and CS allottees are counted together. The last column shows the last 2026 round in which the report printed a row for that category.

Artificial Intelligence & Data Science

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	695	636	National Spot Round	572	562
EWS	605	598	National Spot Round	544	544
OBC-NCL	628	609	National Spot Round	538	524
SC	482	472	Special Round 2	422	422
ST	377	341	National Spot Round	318	318
OPEN-PwD	297	297	Round 2	282	282

Computer Science & Engineering

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	686	649	National Spot Round	590	570
EWS	640	633	Special Round 2	556	556
OBC-NCL	632	621	National Spot Round	556	541
SC	506	478	National Spot Round	419	419
ST	403	403	Round 2	351	351

Mathematics & Computing

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	Last round with a row	Max	Min
OPEN	625	606	National Spot Round	532	532
EWS	no row	no row	National Spot Round	484	484
OBC-NCL	575	556	National Spot Round	464	449
SC	415	415	Special Round 1	385	385
ST	326	326	no later row	-	-

In 2026 the Round 1 OPEN minimum for CSE was higher than for AI & Data Science, and both fell by the National Spot Round. Read these as a record of 2026, not a forecast for 2027.

The CCMT 2026 schedule opened registration and choice filling on 15 May 2026. Round 1 was announced on 12 June, Round 2 on 22 June and Round 3 on 27 June. Special Rounds 1 and 2 followed on 22 and 27 July, and the National Spot Round on 5 August. Physical reporting starts only after the National Spot Round.

NIT Delhi's reporting notice of 23 July 2026 set physical reporting and document verification for CCMT and SFS admits from 10 to 12 August 2026, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., in the auditorium on the fifth floor of the Administrative Building. Reporting was offline only. Its checklist asks CCMT candidates for a GATE score card from 2024, 2025 or 2026, along with the CCMT allotment documents. Admission queries in 2026 went to academics@nitdelhi.ac.in or 9267998783 and 011-33861106/19.

The institute runs its own Self-Financed Scheme (SFS) intake alongside CCMT. The admission notice of 15 April 2026 offered 15 SFS seats each in CSE, AI & Data Science and Mathematics & Computing, among eight programmes. It states plainly that a GATE score is not required and that the institute gives no scholarship or financial help.

• Eligibility: 6.5 CGPA or 60% in the qualifying degree (6.0 or 55% for SC, ST and PwD). The brochure lists B.E./B.Tech. in CSE, Computer Engineering, IT, ECE and related branches for CSE, and adds B.Sc. (Engineering), MCA and M.Sc. for AI & Data Science.
• Selection: on an institute entrance test, the qualifying-degree CGPA, or both. The entrance test for CSE, AI & Data Science and ECE (VLSI) was held on 25 June 2026 at NIT Delhi.
• Fees: registration cost ₹1,000 per discipline (₹500 for SC, ST and PwD). The first-semester fee was ₹1,61,700 without hostel, of which ₹1,00,000 was tuition.
• Dates: applications opened on 15 April and closed on 29 May 2026 after an extension. A spot round for vacant SFS seats on 6 August 2026 selected candidates on qualifying-degree percentage.

The CSE and AI & DS test syllabus reads like GATE CS: engineering mathematics and programming with data structures carry 15% each, and the other core CS subjects 5 to 10% each. Hostel rooms go to SFS students only if seats remain after regular students are housed.

PhD admission is the institute's own. The 2026-27 advertisement NITD/R&C/02/PhD/2026-27 invited applications for vacant seats in CSE, EE, ECE and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, with a last date of 13 July 2026 and a fee of ₹1,000 (₹500 for SC, ST and PwD).

For a full-time seat with Institute Assistantship you need a relevant M.E./M.Tech. with 60% or 6.5 CGPA plus GATE or NET qualification. A B.E./B.Tech., 4-year B.S., relevant M.Sc. or MCA holder can apply with 8.0 CGPA or 80% and a valid GATE score or NET. The advertisement does not name a GATE paper. GATE, NET and fellowship holders do not take the institute written test. Admission rests on a presentation in your proposed research area and an interview, held in person on 22 July 2026. The tentative vacancy table showed 3 full-time CSE seats.

CSE research areas listed on the PhD programmes page include machine learning, federated learning, computer vision, data analytics, big data, NLP, data security and quantum computing in networks. A separate Visvesvaraya scheme advertisement in September 2026 offered CSE only on a part-time basis.

PG admission queries go to pgadmissions@nitdelhi.ac.in. The admissions page carries the CCMT links, SFS notices and results, and the main switchboard is +91 11 33861000.

A plan for a 2027 applicant:

1. Pick DA or CS on your strengths, since both counted the same for AI & Data Science and CSE in 2026. Our guides on preparing for GATE DA 2027 and preparing for GATE CSE 2027 cover each paper.
2. Work through previous year questions and timed practice; CCMT ranks only on GATE score.
3. Register on CCMT when it opens (mid-May in 2026) and confirm your degree against the mapping.
4. Watch the admissions page from April for the SFS notice, which gives a second route if your score falls short.

Other Delhi institutes with their own GATE routes include IIT Delhi, IIIT Delhi, DTU and NSUT.