M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering 

at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong

For admission to MTech course in NIT Meghalaya candidates have to appear for the GATE exam. GATE 2024 registration for M.Tech admission has started .Candidates can also fill GATE application form 2024 online at gate2024.iisc.ac.in. GATE 2024 exam will be conducted on February 3, 4, 10, and 11,    2024. IISc Bangalore has released the detailed GATE 2024 information brochure. Candidates can check the detailed notification on the GATE 2024 official website and also on the GATE Shiksha page. A new paper on GATE 2024 Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA) has been added. 

NIT Meghalaya offers a full-time two-year MTech programme in five different engineering disciplines, which are Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil Engineering. To be eligible for admission to the M.Tech programme at NIT Meghalaya, candidates must have a valid GATE score. 

NIT Meghalaya is among the newly established NITs in the northeast region. It managed to secure 72nd under engineering category. As for its placement,  NIT Meghalaya concluded the 2021-22 placement session with 182 job offers. The NIT Meghalaya average package and the highest package stood at INR 12.70 LPA and INR 52 LPA, respectively. Additionally, the lowest package offered was INR 3.6 LPA. Over 60 companies participated in NIT Meghalaya placements 2022, including well-known companies such as Amazon, Accenture, Microsoft, etc. 

The total tuiton fee for the M.Tech programme at NIT Meghalaya is INR 69,500- INR 3.8 lakh, The fee structure mentioned doesn’t include hostel fee. Further, the fee structure is for general category. Total fee is calculated based on annual/ semester fee available for the academic year, hence is indicative. 

GATE exams for M.Tech programme is out for admission to NIT Meghalaya. GATE registration had started and is available till Oct 13, with late fees. Candidates can dowload the GATE admit card from Jan 3, 2024 to Feb 2, 2024. The Gate exam is to be scheduled from Feb 3 to Feb 11, 2024. Candidates are required To register themselves by visiting the official GATE website.

To know which college to choose, students can compare the options based on significant factors such as fees and rating. To help, presented below is a comparison between the M.Tech courses at NIT Meghalaya and NIT Manipur, based on fees and NIRF ranking:

Note: The above information is taken from various official sources. Hence, it is indicative.

To know which is a better choice, students must weigh both options based on important factors such as fees and NIRF ranking. Tabulated below is a comparison between the M.Tech courses at NIT Meghalaya and NIT Calicut based on fees and NIRF ranking:

Note: The above information is taken from various official sources. Hence, it is indicative.

Both NIT Meghalaya and NIT Calicut are good options to pursue MTech. However, in terms of affordability, NIT Meghalaya is more affordable since the tuition fees to pursue M.Tech at NIT Meghalaya range from INR 69,500 to INR 1.4 lakh, and the tuition fee to pursue M.Tech at NIT Calicut ranges from INR 1.4 Lacs to INR 3.3 lakh.

Note: The fee mentioned above is as per the official sources. However, it is indicative and subject to change.

GATE 2025 registration for MTech admission to NIT Meghalaya has started. Candidates can also fill out the application form online. The GATE 2025 exam is scheduled to be held on Feb 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025. Candidates can check the detailed notification on the GATE 2025 official website and also on the GATE Shiksha page.

NIT Meghalaya accepts GATE score for admission to the M.Tech courses. As per the NIT Meghalaya M.Tech cutoff 2023, the last round closing rank for M.Tech ranged between 356 and 424, among which CSE was the most competitive specialisation. For a few of the M.Tech sepcialisations, the cutoff stands closed after Round 1, 2 and 3. As per the last year cutoff data, the minimum GATE cutoff for NIT Meghalaya was 356 for M.Tech in CSE. 

Candidates can refer to the table given below to check out the last three years' trends for NIT Meghalaya GATE cutoff. The cutoff data available here for the Last Round and the for the General All India category candidates.