Eligibility Criteria

Master of Technology

For admission to the MTech Programme, a candidate must have a Four-year Bachelor’s degree in the relevant discipline with a minimum 6.0 CPI (Cumulative Performance Index) on 10-point scale (or 60% aggregate marks).

The CPI/Marks criteria will be relaxed by 0.5 CPI (or 5% marks) for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

Discipline wise qualifying degrees (along with CPI/Marks criteria, if it is different from the above) are listed below. Also, admissible GATE Papers' codes for the candidates applying under the studentship category Regular with GATE are also listed in the table.

MTech Discipline	Specialization	Admissible GATE Papers for Regular Candidates	Qualifying Degrees and Disciplines
Computer Science and Engineering	***	Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)	Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology or equivalent in an appropriate area, or M.Sc.(Computer Science/Information Technology)/MCA, or Graduates (AMIETE) enrolled upto 31.05.2013 from Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) in Computer Science & Engineering.
Electronics and Electrical Engineering	Communication Engineering	Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)	Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering / Electronics Engineering or Equivalent, or M.Sc.(Electronics) or Graduates (AMIETE) enrolled upto 31.05.2013 from Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering.
	Power Engineering	Electrical Engineering (EE)
	Microelectronics, Photonics & RF Engineering	Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)
	Signal Processing & Machine Learning	Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)/ Electrical Engineering (EE)/ Instrumentation Engineering (IN)
	VLSI and Nanoelectronics	Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)
	Systems, Control and Automation	Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)/ Electrical Engineering (EE)/ Instrumentation Engineering (IN)
Mechanical Engineering	Aerodynamics and Propulsion	Mechanical Engineering (ME)/ Aerospace Engineering (AE)	Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology in an appropriate area
	Computational Mechanics	Mechanical Engineering (ME)/ Aerospace Engineering (AE)
	Manufacturing Science and Engineering	Mechanical Engineering (ME)/ Production and Industrial Engineering (PI)
	Fluids and Thermal Engineering	Mechanical Engineering (ME)
	Machine Design	Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Civil Engineering	Earth System Science and Engineering	Civil Engineering (CE)/ Geology and Geophysics (GG)/ Petroleum Engineering (PE)/ Mining Engineering (MN)/ Agricultural Engineering (AG)/ Physics (PH)/ Chemistry (CY)/ Mathematics (MA)/ Environmental Science and Engineering(ES)/ Geomatics Engineering (GE)	Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering/ Petroleum Engineering/ Mining Engineering/ Mineral Engineering/ Geoscience Engineering/ Agriculture Engineering/ Engineering Physics (or equivalent)/ Engineering Mathematics (or equivalent), OR Master of Science degree in Geology (or equivalent)/ Geophysics (or equivalent)/ Physics, Soil Physics with a minimum CPI of 6.0 or 60% of marks, OR Master of Science degree in Mathematics/ Chemistry and allied areas in natural sciences with a minimum CPI of 6.5 or 65% marks.
	Environmental Engineering	Any Test Paper of GATE	Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
	Geotechnical Engineering	Civil Engineering (CE)	Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology in an appropriate area
	Infrastructure Engineering and Management	Civil Engineering (CE)/ Architecture and Planning (AR)	Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology in an appropriate area The candidates with B.Arch. (Architecture) Degree are eligible for admission into this specialization and a maximum of 3 seats only are allotted to such candidates.
	Structural Engineering	Civil Engineering (CE)	Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology in an appropriate area
	Transportation Systems Engineering	Civil Engineering (CE)	Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology in an appropriate area
	Water Resources Engineering and Management	Civil Engineering (CE)/ Agricultural Engineering (AG)	Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology in an appropriate area The candidates with B.Tech./B.E. Degree in Agriculture Engineering are eligible for admission this specialization and a maximum of 4 seats only are allotted to such candidates.
Chemical Engineering	Materials Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering (CH)	Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology in an appropriate area (having Mass Transfer, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Reaction Engineering, and Process Control, as subjects in undergraduate programme).
	Petroleum Science and Technology	Chemical Engineering (CH)
	Computer Aided Process Engineering	Chemical Engineering (CH)
Biotechnology	***	Biotechnology (BT)/ Life Sciences (XL)/Instrumentation Engineering (IN)/Biomedical Engineering (BM)	Master’s degree in Science or four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology or five and half year Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) or five year Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) or five and half year Bachelor of Veterinary Science (B.V.Sc) or two year Master of Veterinary Science (M.V.Sc), with biology or related subjects as one of the papers at the 10+2 level or later.
Bioengineering	***	Biotechnology (BT)/ Life Sciences (XL)/Instrumentation Engineering (IN)/Biomedical Engineering (BM)	Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Technology, with biology or related subjects as one of the papers at the 10+2 level or later.
Rural Technology	***	Any Test Paper of GATE	B.E./ B.Tech./ M.Sc. in any discipline.
Data Science	***	Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (DA)/ Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)/ Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)/ Electrical Engineering (EE)/ Instrumentation Engineering (IN)/ Mathematics (MA)/ Statistics (ST)/ Engineering Sciences (XE)	B.E./ B.Tech./ M.Sc./ MCA/ Four year B.S. degrees or equivalent in any engineering/ science discipline.
Food Science & Technology	***	Agricultural Engineering (AG)/ Biotechnology (BT)/ Chemical Engineering (CH)/ Chemistry (CY)/ Life Sciences (XL)/Engineering Sciences (XE) with G:Food Technology	Four-Year Bachelors’ Degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Science in Chemical Engineering/Biotechnology/ Biosciences / Bioengineering/ Life Sciences/Food Sciences/ Food Processing/ Food Technology / Food Engineering/Agricultural Sciences/ Engineering, or equivalent, OR Two-Year/Five-Year Integrated Master of Science in Chemistry/Biochemistry/Biology/Zoology/Botany/Any Disciplines of Life Sciences/Food Sciences/ Food Processing/ Food Chemistry.
Robotics and Artificial Intelligence	***	Aerospace Engineering (AE)/ Biomedical Engineering (BM)/ Civil Engineering (CE)/ Chemical Engineering (CH)/ Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)/ Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (DA)/ Electronics & Communication Engineering (EC)/ Electrical Engineering (EE)/ Environmental Science & Engineering (ES)/ Geomatics Engineering (GE)/ Instrumentation Engineering (IN)/ Mechanical Engineering (ME)/ Mining Engineering (MN)/ Metallurgical Engineering (MT)/ Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (NM)/ Petroleum Engineering (PE)/ Production & Industrial Engineering (PI)/ Textile Engineering & Fiber Science (TF)/ Engineering Sciences (XE).	Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design
Biomedical Science and Engineering	Medical Devices and Diagnostics	Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)/ Electrical Engineering (EE)/ Mechanical Engineering (ME)/ Biomedical Engineering (BM)/ Biotechnology (BT)/ Chemical Engineering (CH)/ Physics (PH)/ Engineering Sciences (XE)/ Chemistry (CY)/ Life Sciences (XL)/ Instrumentation Engineering (IN)	Bachelor of Engineering/Technology degree in Electronics Engineering/ Electrical Engineering/ Mechanical Engineering/ Biotechnology/ Biosciences and Bioengineering/ Biomedical engineering/Chemical engineering/ Chemical Science and Technology, OR Bachelor of Pharmacy degree, OR Master of Science degree in Physics/ Chemistry/ Life Sciences. Additionally, for any of the above mentioned qualifications, the candidate should have studied Mathematics as a subject at the Bachelors’ level.
Biomedical Science and Engineering	Regenerative Medicines, Stem Cells and Therapeutics

Master of Science (by Research)

For admission to the MS(R) Programme, a candidate must satissfy the eligibility criteria as detailed below.

The CPI/Marks criteria will be relaxed by 0.5 CPI (or 5% marks) for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

MS(R) Discipline	Eligibility Criteria
Energy Science and Engineering	B.E/ B.Tech./ M.Sc.degree or equivalent in any discipline with a minimum 6.0 CPI on 10-point scale (or 60% marks). For Regular category candidates, valid GATE score/NET-JRF in the relevant discipline.
Disaster Management and Risk Reduction	B.E/ B.Tech./ M.Sc.degree or equivalent in any discipline with a minimum 6.0 CPI on 10-point scale (or 60% marks). For Regular category candidates, valid GATE score/NET-JRF in the relevant discipline.
Polymer Science and Technology	B.E/B.Tech or equivalent in any discipline, OR M.Sc. in Physics/Chemistry/Bioscience with a minimum 6.0 CPI on 10-point scale (or 60% marks). For Regular category candidates, valid GATE score in the relevant discipline.

Master of Design

For admission to the MDes Programme, a candidate must satissfy the eligibility criteria as detailed below.

The CPI/Marks criteria will be relaxed by 0.5 CPI (or 5% marks) for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

MDes Discipline	Eligibility Criteria
Design	Four-year Bachelors' degree or equivalent in Design/ Engineering/ Architecture/ Interior Design or a Design related field with a minimum 6.0 CPI on 10-point scale (or 60% marks). Four year Professional Diploma in Design of NID or Professional Diploma of CEPT (5-year programme) with a minimum 6.0 CPI on 10-point scale (or 60% marks). For Regular category candidates, valid CEED score.
Electronic Product Design	B.E/B.Tech in Electrical/Electronics/ECE/EEE/Mechatronics/Computer Science/Computer Science & Engineering/ Medical electronics/Instrumentation/Electronic & Telecommunication, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical Engineering, or any combination of these disciplines with a minimum 6.0 CPI on 10-point scale (or 60% marks). Valid CEED score.

The CPI/Marks criteria will be relaxed by 0.5 CPI (or 5% marks) for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

Master of Arts

Eligibility Criteria:

For admission to an MA programme, a candidate must satisfy the following criteria:

A Bachelor's (10+2+3) degree (Major/ Honours) or equivalent from a recognized University, in any discipline, with a minimum 6.0 CPI on 10-point scale (or 60% marks) in major/honours only.
Candidates not having Major/Honours courses, must have the concerned degree with a minimum 6.0 CPI on 10-point scale (or 60% marks).

The CPI/Marks criteria will be relaxed by 0.5 CPI (or 5% marks) for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

Studentship Category:

MA programme is offered under Regular category and Sponsored category. The students in both the categories will pursue the programme on full-time basis.
Regular category candidates in MA programme will NOT receive any Assistantship. For details and requirements about Sponsored category, please Click Here.