SVNIT Surat Admission Through GATE: M.Tech Data Science, CSE and PhD

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology is at Ichchhanath, Dumas Road, Surat 395007, Gujarat. Its Institute Spot Round brochure places the campus about 10 km from Surat Railway Station, on the road to Dumas beach, with Surat airport about 7 km away. Its M.Tech (Research) brochure counts 21 regular M.Tech programmes.

For a DA or CS candidate, the unit that matters is the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. In CCMT 2026 it offered three M.Tech programmes:

• M.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering
• M.Tech in Data Science
• M.Tech in Information Security and privacy (the spelling CCMT uses)

SVNIT also has a separate Department of Artificial Intelligence, which admits PhD scholars but had no M.Tech in the CCMT 2026 list. If you plan to sit GATE close to the campus, the tentative GATE 2027 city list includes Surat - Bardoli in the IIT Bombay zone.

CCMT decides which GATE paper and which bachelor's degree can compete for each NIT seat. The CCMT 2026 seat mapping for SVNIT's computing programmes was short and strict:

Programme	Group	GATE papers	Qualifying degrees
Data Science	Group 1	DA, CS	103 B.E./B.Tech. branches
Computer Science & Engineering	Group 1	CS only	the same 103 branches
Information Security and privacy	Group 1	CS only	the same 103 branches

The 103 branches cover computing and IT degrees (including the B.Tech in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence) and many electronics and electrical degrees. Every degree on the list is a B.E. or B.Tech.; MCA and M.Sc degrees do not appear for these three programmes.

So a GATE DA score gives you one SVNIT option, Data Science, where you compete in the same group as CS takers. A GATE CS score opens all three. No other SVNIT M.Tech programme in the 2026 mapping listed DA or CS.

Preparing for 2027? Start with our GATE DA page and the DA preparation guide; CS takers can use the GATE CSE page.

The CCMT 2026 maximum and minimum score report lists, for every round, the highest and lowest GATE score among candidates allotted each programme. These are SVNIT's minimums for Round 1 and for the last round in which each category had a row, exactly as printed:

Programme (CCMT name)	Category	Round 1 min	Last round	Min in last round
Data Science	OPEN	607	National Spot Round	564
Data Science	EWS	586	National Spot Round	536
Data Science	OBC-NCL	590	National Spot Round	526
Data Science	SC	443	National Spot Round	383
Data Science	ST	351	Special Round 1	318
Computer Science & Engineering	OPEN	632	National Spot Round	579
Computer Science & Engineering	EWS	598	National Spot Round	545
Computer Science & Engineering	OBC-NCL	598	National Spot Round	536
Computer Science & Engineering	SC	452	National Spot Round	400
Computer Science & Engineering	ST	358	National Spot Round	322
Information Security and privacy	OPEN	585	National Spot Round	526
Information Security and privacy	EWS	571	National Spot Round	510
Information Security and privacy	OBC-NCL	545	National Spot Round	484
Information Security and privacy	SC	404	National Spot Round	359
Information Security and privacy	ST	322	National Spot Round	312

Scores are out of 1000. For Data Science the report does not split DA and CS candidates. Computer Science & Engineering also had an OPEN-PwD row in Round 1 (335), and the cut-off list on this page carries the maximum scores too. PwD categories other than that one had no rows for these programmes.

You apply, fill choices and pay through the CCMT portal; SVNIT has no separate form for CCMT seats. Once a seat is final, SVNIT's CCMT-2026 reporting notice takes over:

1. Academic registration and balance fee payment on SVNIT's MIS portal, open from 6 August 2026. The balance was ₹40,000 for UR, OBC-NCL and EWS candidates and ₹30,000 for SC, ST and PwD candidates.
2. Physical document verification on 7, 8 and 10 August 2026. Computer Science and Engineering, Data Science and Information Security and Privacy reported on Saturday 8 August, at the Seminar Hall of the Department of Electrical Engineering.
3. Classes began on 11 August 2026, offline only.

Provisionally admitted candidates had to produce their degree and all mark sheets by 30 September 2026, and the stipend starts only after SVNIT verifies the originals. Double-seated hostel rooms were allotted first come, first served. CCMT queries go to ccmt@svnit.ac.in.

Seats still vacant after CCMT's regular, special and national spot rounds go to SVNIT's own Institute Spot Round (ISR). The 2026 ISR brochure and schedule set out the rules:

• Registration: on mis.svnit.ac.in/svmtech from 12 June to 5 August 2026, with a non-refundable fee of ₹500 (₹250 for SC, ST and PwD).
• GATE first: candidates with a valid 2024, 2025 or 2026 GATE score are ranked on that score. On a tie, an older GATE year wins, then GATE marks out of 100, then All India Rank.
• Non-GATE only if seats remain: a one-hour, 50-question written test on the GATE syllabus of the department (Computer Science and Information Technology for CSE), weighted 50% with 50% for degree marks.
• Internal sliding: students already admitted to SVNIT through CCMT could register for the ISR to slide within their department.

In 2026 candidates reported to departments on 17 August, the selected list followed on 19 August, and waitlists ran on 26 and 31 August. The ISR runs only for programmes that still have vacancies, and the registration fee is not refunded if a programme fills through CCMT.

SVNIT's admission page also lists M.Tech routes that do not depend on GATE. The M.Tech (Research) brochure for July 2026 includes the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. It asks for a B.E./B.Tech. with 55% (CGPA 6.0) and at least two years of work experience after graduation, selects through an oral presentation on the proposed research area, and offers no financial support from SVNIT. The programme runs for at least three years.

Sponsored seats and M.Tech programmes for working professionals had their own 2026 brochures on the same admissions page. For a final-year student with a GATE score, CCMT and then the ISR remain the routes to a regular M.Tech seat.

SVNIT runs PhD admission twice a year, for the July and January semesters, through mis.svnit.ac.in/svphd. The January 2027 brochure asks for a master's degree with 60% (CGPA 6.0) for Open, EWS and OBC-NCL candidates, or 55% (CGPA 5.5) for SC, ST and PwD. Full-time Institute Research (FIR) scholars must have qualified GATE or NET at least once; the brochure gives the present fellowship as ₹37,000 a month for two years and ₹42,000 after that.

The departmental tables name the GATE papers. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering accepts Computer Science and Information Technology or Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. The Department of Artificial Intelligence accepts Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering or a relevant discipline. A B.E./B.Tech. graduate with 7.0 CGPA (or 70%) from an eligible institution can also apply directly for a PhD, and needs a valid GATE or NET score for the fellowship.

Selection is a written test, presentation or interview set by each department. The Spring 2026-27 schedule opened registration on 29 September 2026 and closes applications on 23 November 2026. Eligible lists are due on 30 November; AI candidates report on 9 December and CSE candidates on 10 December 2026, with the semester starting on 4 January 2027.

Surat is far from South India, and every step after allotment in 2026 was in person: document verification for CCMT seats, and department reporting for the spot round. If you sit GATE DA, fill Data Science on CCMT, since it is your only SVNIT choice. If you sit CS, rank all three programmes; their Round 1 OPEN minimums were 632, 607 and 585 for Computer Science & Engineering, Data Science and Information Security and privacy. Check the CCMT 2027 seat mapping when it is published, as paper and degree mappings are set each year.

For practice, use our previous year questions and topic tests. Other NIT pages are on the institutes list, including MANIT Bhopal and VNIT Nagpur.