NIT Srinagar Admission Through GATE: M.Tech CSE via CCMT, Unfilled Seats and PhD

National Institute of Technology Srinagar is at Hazratbal, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006. Its home page places the campus on the banks of Dal Lake, with the Hazratbal Shrine on the other side, and dates the institute to 1960 as one of the Regional Engineering Colleges of the second Plan.

Check the name before you fill choices. NIT Uttarakhand is in a different town also called Srinagar, in Garhwal, and has its own page. CCMT lists this institute as "National Institute of Technology, Srinagar". The NIELIT deemed university in Srinagar is a separate institute with separate seats.

Two departments matter to a DA or CS aspirant:

• The Department of Computer Science & Engineering runs the one computing M.Tech, called simply Computer Science & Engineering on CCMT.
• The Department of Information Technology admits PhD scholars. It does not appear as an M.Tech department in the CCMT 2026 seat mapping.

The Electronics & Communication Engineering department also takes some GATE CS candidates, covered below.

The CCMT 2026 seat mapping is what decides eligibility. For NIT Srinagar it showed:

Programme (CCMT code)	Department	GATE papers	Qualifying degrees
Computer Science & Engineering (XG)	Computer Science & Engineering	DA, CS	46 computing and IT B.E./B.Tech. branches, including B.Tech in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
Communication & Signal Processing (SL)	Electronics & Communication Engineering	CS, EC, IN	CS accepted with 15 degrees, mainly computing, IT and electronics B.E./B.Tech.
Microelectronics (RO)	Electronics & Communication Engineering	CS, EC, IN, PH	CS accepted only with B.E./B.Tech. in CSE, Electronics, or ECE

All three are a single Group 1. A GATE DA score counts for the CSE programme in the same way as a GATE CS score. The CSE list has no MCA or M.Sc., and it leaves out plain ECE, so a graduate in those subjects should not count on this seat. The two electronics programmes are for CS takers with an electronics interest, and DA is not on their lists. CCMT revises the mapping every year, so check it again in 2027.

CCMT publishes a [Maximum and Minimum GATE Score report]({'label': 'CCMT 2026: Maximum and Minimum GATE Score (allotted candidates)', 'href': 'https://admissions.nic.in/CCMT/Applicant/report/orcrreport.aspx?enc=Nm7QwHILXclJQSv2YVS+7hkjtb+BA6IrXvgE0h+kRTL3bpk/0+kbOxNpu5D9SRDa'}) for each round. It shows the highest and lowest GATE score among candidates allotted a seat. The figures below are GATE scores out of 1000, copied as printed for "Computer Science & Engineering" at "National Institute of Technology, Srinagar". DA and CS allottees are counted together, because CCMT does not split by paper. The group is printed "G1" in Round 1 and "Group 1" afterwards.

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	National Spot Round max	National Spot Round min
OPEN	578	524	456	426
EWS	506	495	399	391
OBC-NCL	512	484	379	377
SC	423	391	339	339
ST	320	318	266	266

Rounds 2 and 3 and Special Rounds 1 and 2 ran in between. In every category, the minimum in the National Spot Round was lower than in Round 1. The report printed no PwD rows for this programme. Use the table to see how far down the list seats moved in 2026, not as a promise for 2027.

The CCMT 2026 schedule opened registration and choice filling on 15 May 2026. Round 1 seats were 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. 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 Srinagar's side of it in 2026:

1. From 6 August, CCMT admits registered on the institute's admission portal, nitsriadmission.samarth.edu.in, as its registration notice required. No physical reporting was allowed without this.
2. Computer Science & Engineering candidates reported with original documents at the Counselling cum Evaluation Centre on 12 August 2026, per the reporting schedule.
3. PG classes began on 13 August 2026.

The reporting schedule also states that no accommodation was available for PG students on campus, so admitted students had to arrange housing outside. Plan for that before you lock a choice here. The institute's M.Tech fee structure for the 2026 batch is linked from the Admissions 2026 page, but it is a scanned document and its figures are not repeated here.

The institute ran its own intake for Autumn 2026 under an advertisement dated 1 June 2026. It covered self-sponsored and sponsored candidates and the seats still unfilled after CCMT 2026, for every M.Tech programme including Computer Science & Engineering.

• Who could apply: a 4-year B.E./B.Tech. in a relevant discipline, or another degree listed in the CCMT 2026 brochure, with 6.5 CGPA or 60% (6.0 or 55% for SC, ST and PwD).
• How merit worked: GATE holders were ranked on their GATE score (out of 1000) with no entrance test, and they came ahead of everyone else. Others were ranked on an institute level examination run by the department.
• Fee and dates: applications on the Samarth portal cost ₹1,500 per branch (₹750 for SC, ST, EWS and PwD). The last date, first 23 June, was extended to 30 June 2026. A notice of 3 July asked GATE applicants to submit their details through a separate form.
• Terms: no stipend or financial help, and no hostel for M.Tech students. Sponsored seats were limited to permanent employees of government departments and PSUs with three years of service.

The reporting schedule shows the institute level entrance examination was held on 27 July 2026, and those selected reported with the CCMT admits.

PhD admission is the institute's own. The 2026-27 advertisement, dated 16 September 2026, opened applications on 23 September and closed them on 7 October 2026. The entrance test date was to be announced on the website. Both computing departments are listed.

For CSE, you need a B.E./B.Tech. and an M.E./M.Tech. in CSE, IT, ECE or a related subject, with 6.5 CGPA or 60% at master's level. A B.E./B.Tech. graduate can also apply with a valid GATE score above the prescribed cut-off, or NET, plus 8.0 CGPA or 75% at bachelor's level (7.5 or 70% for SC and ST). IT uses the same pattern. The advertisement says "valid GATE score" without naming a paper.

Research areas listed for CSE include machine learning, edge AI, natural language processing, computer vision, big data, cloud computing and cyber security. IT lists data science, data analytics, high performance computing and quantum computing, among others. The CSE entrance syllabus covers operating systems, data structures, algorithms, theory of computation, DBMS, networks, compilers and engineering mathematics, close to GATE CS. Candidates holding a UGC, CSIR, DST or INSPIRE fellowship, and project fellows already working in a recognised R&D organisation, are exempt from the written test. The fee is ₹1,500 per specialisation (₹750 for SC, ST, EWS and PwD). PhD scholars get no hostel either.

CCMT handles allotment questions. For anything about the institute, the website lists info@nitsri.ac.in and 0194-242-2032, and portal registration problems went to teamerp@nitsri.ac.in in 2026.

A plan for a 2027 applicant:

1. Choose DA or CS on your strengths, since both counted equally for Computer Science & Engineering in 2026. Our guides on how to prepare for GATE DA 2027 and how to prepare for GATE CSE 2027 cover each paper.
2. Work through previous year questions and timed practice sets, because CCMT ranks you only on your GATE score.
3. Register on CCMT when it opens (mid-May in 2026) and confirm your degree is on the CSE list.
4. Watch the Admissions 2026 page in June for the institute's own M.Tech advertisement, and in September for the PhD call.

For another option in the same Union Territory, see IIT Jammu.