NIT Uttarakhand Admission Through GATE: M.Tech AI and ML via CCMT and PhD

National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand is in Srinagar, Pauri (Garhwal), Uttarakhand 246174. This Srinagar is a town on the Alaknanda river in the Garhwal hills, not the city in Kashmir. NIT Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir is a different institute with its own page. On CCMT, look for "National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand".

The institute's how to reach page says its temporary campus runs in the Govt. Polytechnic, Srinagar Garhwal. Its contact page lists a permanent campus under construction at Village Sumari, Pauri Garhwal. Srinagar Garhwal is about 105 km from Rishikesh on National Highway 58 towards Badrinath, and the nearest airport is Jolly Grant, Dehradun, about 125 km away. The M.Tech brochure warns that landslides can block the road in the rainy season and asks candidates to keep a spare day when travelling to report. Our Dehradun city page covers the nearest large city.

The Department of Computer Science & Engineering runs the only computing M.Tech. The postgraduate programme list gives it an intake of 26: 19 through CCMT, 5 self-sponsored and 2 under Study in India.

The CCMT 2026 seat mapping put Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (code A3) in a single Group 1 with six GATE papers: CS, DA, EC, MA, PH and ST.

Programme (CCMT code)	Department	GATE papers	Degrees for a DA or CS taker
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (A3)	Computer Science & Engineering	CS, DA, EC, MA, PH, ST	B.E./B.Tech. in any discipline, M.Sc. in any discipline, MCA, and named computing, data science, mathematics and statistics M.Sc. degrees
Microelectronics & VLSI Design (MG)	Electronics & Communication Engineering	BM, CS, EC, EE, IN, PH, XE	With CS: B.E./B.Tech. or M.Sc. in any discipline

So GATE DA and GATE CS both open the AI and ML programme, and the degree list is wide. MCA holders, for example, appear for both papers. Because six papers share one group, a DA or CS taker competes with EC, MA, PH and ST takers on the same score list. Microelectronics & VLSI Design is the other route for a CS taker, but DA is not on its list. Signal Processing and Communication System took only EC and IN. CCMT revises the mapping each year.

CCMT's [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'}) shows the highest and lowest GATE score among candidates allotted a seat in each round. The numbers below are GATE scores out of 1000, exactly as printed for "Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning" at "National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand". Scores from all six papers are pooled, since CCMT does not split them. Round 1 prints the group as "G1" and later rounds as "Group 1".

Category	Round 1 max	Round 1 min	National Spot Round max	National Spot Round min
OPEN	621	526	462	452
EWS	522	514	446	403
OBC-NCL	514	484	410	403
SC	403	375	330	327
ST	306	306	263	263

Rounds 2 and 3 and two Special Rounds ran in between. The minimum fell in every category between Round 1 and the National Spot Round, and no PwD rows were printed. These are the 2026 results only.

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 came 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 at the institute starts after the National Spot Round, and NIT Uttarakhand posts its reporting instructions for CCMT admits on its admissions page.

The M.Tech fee structure for 2026-27 lists:

Item	Semester 1	Semester 2	Semester 3	Semester 4
Institute fees (total)	₹74,312	₹42,300	₹43,450	₹42,300
Hostel fees incl. mess advance	₹36,612	₹36,612	₹36,612	₹36,612

Tuition is ₹35,000 a semester within the institute fees, and SC, ST and PH students are exempt from it. The first semester includes refundable deposits. Hostel fees are paid separately and are not adjusted against money paid to CCMT. A book bank fee of ₹500 a semester is also listed.

After CCMT, the institute ran its own intake for 2026-27, set out in an information brochure. It had two parts: 5 self-sponsored seats per department, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning being the CSE one, and the CCMT seats still empty after the National Spot Round.

• Self-sponsored: GATE was not required, though GATE holders got preference. You needed at least 55% in the B.Tech. for shortlisting. The test was 50 MCQs in one hour on the GATE syllabus, and 15 out of 50 was needed to reach the interview. The interview carried 50 marks, and admission needed 30 out of 100 overall. There was no assistantship and no hostel.
• Leftover CCMT seats: CCMT 2026 eligibility applied. Candidates with a valid GATE 2024, 2025 or 2026 score card skipped the written test, were preferred, and got the scholarship under MoE norms. Non-GATE candidates took the test and interview and got no scholarship.

Applications closed on 4 August 2026, on the portal pgadmission.nituk.ac.in, with a fee of ₹500 (₹250 for SC, ST and PwD). The written test and interview were both on 10 August 2026 at the Admin Block. Admission reporting followed on 17 and 18 August, and classes began on 19 August 2026. The brochure gave the first-semester institute fee as ₹75,912.

PhD admission runs twice a year on the institute's own portal, phdadmission.nituk.ac.in. The Even Semester 2027 brochure, dated 10 October 2026, is the latest. It needs a master's degree: for CSE, a bachelor's and a master's in relevant disciplines, with 6.5 CGPA or 60% (6.0 or 55% for SC, ST and PwD). GATE or NET in the subject is compulsory, except for part-time and full-time self-financed candidates. The brochure does not name a GATE paper.

Research areas listed for CSE are machine learning, cryptographic security, medical imaging, cyber security and network security. Selection is offline. Shortlisted candidates take an objective written test on the GATE/NET syllabus, and those scoring at least 40% go on to an interview.

Key dates for this cycle are 16 November 2026 for applications, 25 November for the eligible list and 9 December 2026 for the test and interview. The application fee is ₹500. Institute-sponsored full-time scholars get a JRF fellowship of ₹37,000 a month plus HRA of ₹3,700, rising to ₹42,000 plus ₹4,200 as SRF. Hostel accommodation depends on availability. The PhD programme note adds that registration is confirmed only after a pre-registration viva-voce.

CCMT answers allotment questions. For the institute, the contact page gives nituttarakhand@nituk.ac.in and 01346-257400, and the M.Tech brochure lists hod_cse@nituk.ac.in for the CSE department and ar.academics@nituk.ac.in for the academic section.

A plan for a 2027 applicant:

1. Pick DA or CS on your strengths. Both opened the AI and ML programme in 2026, and our guides on how to prepare for GATE DA 2027 and how to prepare for GATE CSE 2027 cover each.
2. Use previous year questions and timed practice sets to raise your score, which is the only thing CCMT ranks on.
3. Register on CCMT in May and add Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to your choices if the hills suit you.
4. Keep the admissions page open in July for the self-sponsored and leftover-seat brochure.

Other options in the region are on our pages for IIT Roorkee and NIT Hamirpur.