NIT Jalandhar Admission Through GATE: M.Tech via CCMT, Self-Sponsored and PhD

Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar is on G T Road By Pass, Jalandhar 144008, in Punjab, as its notices print the address. Its M.Tech page names two kinds of M.Tech: two-year regular programmes through CCMT, and two-year self-sponsored programmes run by the institute.

For a DA or CS aspirant, three academic units matter:

• The Department of Computer Science & Engineering, with M.Tech programmes in Computer Science & Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering (Information Security), and Data Science & Engineering.
• The Department of Information Technology, which offers Artificial Intelligence (listed under its Centre for Artificial Intelligence in the self-sponsored advertisement) and Data Analytics.
• Mathematics and Computing, which CCMT lists as its own unit with an M.Tech of the same name.

A few M.Tech programmes in other departments also accepted DA and CS papers in 2026, among them Industrial Engineering and Data Analytics, Machine Intelligence and Automation, and Intelligent Communication System. They are engineering programmes with wide paper lists rather than computing degrees, so check their syllabus before you add them to your choices.

CCMT's 2026 seat mapping is the document that decides eligibility. For NIT Jalandhar's computing programmes it showed this, all in Group 1:

Programme (CCMT code)	GATE papers	Qualifying degrees
Data Science & Engineering (S2)	DA, CS	B.E./B.Tech. in any discipline
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	DA, CS and 27 other papers	B.E./B.Tech. in any discipline, M.Sc. in any discipline, MCA, MBBS
Data Analytics (DT)	DA, CS	B.E./B.Tech. in any discipline; MCA; M.Sc. in Computer Applications, Computer Science, IT, Mathematics and Computing, Software Engineering, Data Science, or AI and Machine Learning
Computer Science & Engineering (XG)	DA, CS	B.E./B.Tech. in any discipline
Computer Science & Engineering (Information Security) (XF)	DA, CS	B.E./B.Tech. in any discipline
Mathematics and Computing (1Y)	DA, CS, MA, ST	Computing-related B.E./B.Tech. branches; MCA; M.Sc. in Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Data Science and related subjects

So a GATE DA score made you eligible for all six, just as a GATE CS score did. An MCA or M.Sc. graduate should look at Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics and Computing, since the three CSE department programmes listed only B.E./B.Tech. degrees. CCMT revises the mapping each year, so check it again in 2027.

CCMT's Maximum and Minimum GATE Score report lists, for every round, the highest and lowest GATE score among candidates allotted a seat. The numbers below are GATE scores out of 1000, exactly as printed. CCMT does not split them by paper, so DA and CS allottees are counted together. Round 1 rows print the group as "G1" and later rounds as "Group 1".

OPEN category, Round 1 and National Spot Round

Programme	Round 1 OPEN (max / min)	National Spot Round OPEN (max / min)
Data Science & Engineering	598 / 577	522 / 514
Artificial Intelligence	627 / 586	548 / 526
Data Analytics	579 / 562	510 / 500
Computer Science & Engineering	651 / 606	561 / 548
Computer Science & Engineering (Information Security)	661 / 582	540 / 524
Mathematics and Computing	590 / 542	484 / 470

Round 1 minimum score, other categories

Programme	EWS	OBC-NCL	SC	ST
Data Science & Engineering	556	546	422	326
Artificial Intelligence	556	558	436	329
Data Analytics	544	532	405	313
Computer Science & Engineering	589	579	440	331
Computer Science & Engineering (Information Security)	575	556	434	330
Mathematics and Computing	526	506	388	310

CCMT also printed Rounds 2 and 3 and Special Rounds 1 and 2 in between. In the OPEN category, every programme's minimum was lower in the National Spot Round than in Round 1. For categories with no National Spot Round row, the cut-off data on this page records the last round CCMT printed for that category instead. Treat these as a record of who was allotted in 2026, not a promise for 2027.

The CCMT 2026 schedule ran in three phases.

Step	2026 dates
Registration, fee payment and choice filling	15 May to 5 June (choices locked by 8 June)
Round 1 allotment	12 June
Round 2 allotment	22 June
Round 3 allotment	27 June
Special Round 1 / 2 allotment	22 July / 27 July
National Spot Round allotment	5 August

After each allotment you pay the seat acceptance fee, upload documents and choose freeze, float or slide. Physical reporting starts after the National Spot Round. NIT Jalandhar's reporting notice for 2026 asked admitted M.Tech candidates to register online from 12 August, take a token, and report in person in the Science Block on 19 or 20 August 2026 for document verification. Classes began from 21 August 2026. Hostels are allotted online under separate instructions from the Chief Warden.

Alongside CCMT, NIT Jalandhar ran a self-sponsored M.Tech intake for July 2026, with its own advertisement and 200 seats. Applications closed on 20 May 2026 (fee ₹1,000, or ₹500 for SC, ST and PwD). GATE holders were admitted on GATE merit without a test. Others sat a written test in the department on 21 May, and physical counselling followed the same afternoon. Up to three rounds of allotment ran until mid-June.

Computing seats in that intake were Artificial Intelligence (30), Computer Science & Engineering (20), Computer Science & Engineering (Information Security) (8), Data Science & Engineering (8) and Data Analytics (5). The advertisement's own paper table differs from CCMT's: it lists DA and CS for Data Science & Engineering (which also admits MCA holders) and for Data Analytics, but only CS for the two CSE programmes.

The tentative fee was ₹85,500 a semester for hostellers, ₹77,000 for day scholars and ₹80,000 for day scholars using the bus, with mess charged separately. No official fee figure for the regular CCMT M.Tech was published on the pages used here.

The institute runs PhD admissions itself. The July 2026 advertisement let GATE, UGC-NET and INSPIRE holders skip the institute's national level test and go to an interview or presentation, while others took the test first.

• CSE: eligibility named GATE "Computer Science and Information Technology / Data Science and Artificial Intelligence" or UGC-NET in Computer Science & Applications. An M.E./M.Tech. in first class qualifies, as does a B.E./B.Tech. in any discipline or an MCA with CGPA 7.5 and a valid GATE score (a direct PhD with a different course credit requirement).
• IT: B.Tech. holders outside CSE/IT, and MCA holders with an M.Tech., need GATE in CS/IT or Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, or NET.

The advertisement listed 72 CSE seats and 106 IT seats across all categories. Applications ran from 9 April to 4 May 2026, interviews for GATE and NET holders were on 18 May, and classes began on 27 July. The fee was ₹1,000 (₹500 for SC, ST and PwD). Watch the admissions page for the next PhD notice.

M.Tech allotment questions go to CCMT, since the institute takes over only after allotment. For the institute's registration portal, the reporting notice gives webmaster@nitj.ac.in. For PhD eligibility, the advertisement gives hcs@nitj.ac.in for CSE and hit@nitj.ac.in for IT.

For a 2027 applicant:

1. Pick DA or CS on your strengths, since both counted for every computing M.Tech here in 2026. Our guides on how to prepare for GATE DA 2027 and how to prepare for GATE CSE 2027 set out a plan for each.
2. Use previous year questions and timed practice sets to push your score, which is all CCMT ranks you on.
3. Register on CCMT when it opens (mid-May in 2026) and list every computing programme you would accept.
4. If you also want the self-sponsored route, apply on the institute portal in April or May.

Other Punjab and Chandigarh options are covered on our pages for IIT Ropar and PEC Chandigarh.