NITK Surathkal MTech Research Admissions 2025-26 (Winter Session)

National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal invites applications for MTech Research admission 2025-26 (Winter Session).

MTech Research Admission Categories

• Scholarship seats
• Non-Scholarship seats
  • Sponsored seats from Industry, Educational Institutes or other organizations (Full time)
  • Internal Registrants – sponsored institute or project staff of NITK (part time)
  • External Registrants- sponsored seats from Industry, Educational Institutes or other organizations (part time)

Eligibility Criteria

• Admission to a M. Tech. (R) Programme shall be open to Indian nationals who have passed the prescribed qualifying examination with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of at least 6.5 in the 0-10 scale grading system, or not less than 60% marks in the aggregate (taking into account the marks scored in all the subjects of all the public/university examinations conducted during the entire prescribed period for the degree programme). However, this prescribed minimum shall be a CGPA of 6.0 or 55% marks in the aggregate for SC/ST/PwD candidates.
• Departments, Specialization offered and Qualifying Examinations for M.Tech. (Research) are listed in brochure.

Selection Procedure

Selection of candidates for admission will be based upon an evaluation process consisting of following components.

• Academic performance in qualifying examination (10% weightage),
• GATE score (70% weightage),
• written test (10% weightage) and
• technical presentation/interview (10% weightage)

Candidates with a valid GATE score are entitled to receive the Institute scholarship.

Financial Assistance

A candidate will become eligible for GATE scholarship in M.Tech (Research) programme on possessing a valid GATE score. Only Indian Nationals are eligible for this scholarship.

A student is eligible to receive GATE scholarship at the rate Rs.12,400/- per month if he / she accepts the following conditions:

• It will be obligatory for every post graduate student to undertake 8 to 10 hours (per week) of work related to teaching and research activities as assigned to him / her by the Institute. This could include tutorials, laboratory classes, development and maintenance of laboratories, assistance in research and development activities undertaken by faculty members, maintenance and operation of computers and other central facilities. A M.Tech. (R) student at any stage should have passed in all the registered courses with a SGPA / CGPA not less than 6.0 in order to be eligible for the continuation of GATE stipend. FF/FA/N grade in any subject, the scholarship will be stopped till the subject is cleared.
• A student shall be required to give an undertaking to the effect that he/she would not leave the course midway or appear in any competitive examinations, etc, not related to engineering or technology, in order to be eligible to receive this scholarship. A student receiving the scholarship shall not receive any other emoluments like salary, stipend from any other sources. In no case will the scholarship be allowed for more than 24 months.

Scholarship meant for SC/ST candidates will not be granted to the students under OC / OBC category.

The scholarship holders are governed by the leave rules as prescribed from time to time. If an awardee remains absent for the class / programmes without proper sanction of leave, he/she will be liable to forfeit the scholarship. Leave is sanctioned subject to the conditions stipulated in the leave rules of the Institute

Application Process

• Candidates have to apply online on the official website (https://www.nitk.ac.in/)
• The Information Bulletin, Seat Matrix and Online Application portal is available on the Institute website.
• The hardcopy of the completed application form with payment receipts and copies of all necessary documents is to be sent to the mentioned address in brochure.
• If a candidate desires to apply to more than one course he / she should submit separate APPLICATION along with Payment Receipt of Application fee for each program.

• Opening of Application Portal: 8 October, 2025
• Last Date for Online Submission of applications: 10 November, 2025
• Last Date for hard copy of applications to reach NITK: 14 November, 2025
• Last date for dispatch of call letters (by email only) to shortlisted candidates, and announcement in the website by respective departments: 21 November, 2025
• Selection Test and / or Interview (Offline): 8 December, 2025 to 10 December, 2025
• Last date for sending recommendations merit list by Departments to the Dean (Academic): 15 December, 2025
• Publication of provisional selection/merit-list on website by Dean (Academic): 19 December, 2025
• Online fee Payment, physical reporting for admission and document verification for Selected Candidates: 22 December, 2025 to 26 December, 2025
• Last Date for sending admission offer letters to wait-listed candidates: 29 December, 2025
• Last Date for physical Reporting, document verification and admission for the wait-listed candidates: 30 December, 2025 to 2 January, 2026
• Class start date: 5 January, 2026

• Information Bulletin
• Application
• NITK Surathkal Website