AICTE GATE Scholarship 2025-26: Applications Now Open
- Omran Aburayya
- Sep 12
- 4 min read
Updated: Sep 13
If you’re a student who has qualified GATE or CEED and looking to pursue a full-time PG programme such as ME, MTech, MDes, the AICTE GATE Scholarship 2025-26 is now open.
The All India Council for Technical Education. (AICTE) has opened registrations for the AICTE GATE Scholarship 2025-26. If you are admitted in the first year of an ME, MTech, or MDes programme at an AICTE-approved institution and have a valid GATE (or CEED, as applicable) score, you are eligible to apply. Applications are open now, with the deadline approaching in December 2025. Let's dig into details!
🎓 AICTE GATE Scholarship Summary
Location: India
Host Institution: AICTE-approved institutions and university departments
Study Level: Post-graduate (ME, MTech, MDes etc.)
Target Group: Students who have a valid GATE (or CEED, in the case of MDes) score; admitted full-time into the first year of the PG programme; Indian nationals; excludes foreign, sponsored or management-quota admissions.
Fields of Study: All AICTE-approved PG engineering, technology, design (for CEED), etc. programmes.
Award Value & Coverage: ₹12,400 (Indian Rupees) per month stipend.
Additional benefit: contingency award (≈ ₹5,000 annually) for eligible candidates.
Duration: Up to 24 months or until the course is completed (whichever is earlier).
Application Deadline:
Last date for online application by students: 15 December 2025
Last date for student ID creation by institutions: 10 December 2025
Verification by institutions must be completed by 31 December 2025
Start Date: Student ID creation / portal opens from 1 September 2025
📚 Scholarship Overview
This is a PG Scholarship Scheme offered by AICTE under its student development / PG scholarship programmes.
The scholarship is disbursed monthly for a period up to 24 months (or less if the course is shorter or if thesis submission ends earlier).
🎁 Scholarship Benefits
Stipend: ₹12,400 per month for eligible students. Helps with living expenses, academic materials, etc.
Contingency Grant: Some sources mention an annual contingency amount (≈ ₹5,000) for eligible students. This may assist with research/travel etc.
Full Coverage (for the duration): Scholarship paid until the completion of the course (or thesis submission), whichever is earlier, but not beyond 24 months.
✅ Eligibility Criteria
To qualify for the AICTE GATE Scholarship 2025-26, you must generally satisfy all the following:
Valid GATE/CEED score at the time of admission. Admission must be based on that score, and the score must be valid as per AICTE rules.
Full-time admission into first year of the PG programme (ME/MTech/MDes etc.) in an AICTE-approved institution. Part-time, sponsored, distance-learning courses are excluded.
Nationality: Indian citizen. Foreign nationals are not eligible.
Bank account: A general savings bank account in your name, linked with Aadhaar. Joint accounts, Jan-Dhan, zero-balance, or transaction-limited account types are not accepted.
Caste / category certificate: If you belong to SC, ST, OBC (NCL), or are physically handicapped (or other reserved categories), valid certificate required; OBC “non-creamy layer” certificate especially. Creamy-layer OBC candidates are excluded.
Institute verification: The institute where you are admitted must be AICTE-approved, and must verify your application within the deadline.
✍🏻 Application Procedure
Here’s how to apply, step-by-step, and what documents you need:
How to Apply
Visit the AICTE official portal for PG Scholarship. You can go to AICTE’s website or a specific scholarship portal (https://aicte.gov.in/)
Select PG scholarship and click on Institute/student login.
Register / Login – Use your institute/student login; institutes will need to create student IDs etc.
Fill out the application form – Give required personal, academic, bank account and category / caste details.
Upload documents (see list below). Make sure they are valid, properly attested, latest (for e.g. non-creamy layer certificate should be recent) etc.
Submit before deadline (student online submission by 15 December 2025; institute verification by 31 December 2025).
📂 Documents Required
GATE / CEED 2025 scorecard.
Admission letter / proof of admission in the PG programme.
Bank account details (savings account), linked with Aadhaar, in your name. Passbook copy, canceled cheque etc.
Aadhaar card copy (identity proof). In some states there are exemptions (e.g. J&K, Assam, Meghalaya) for Aadhaar requirement.
Category certificate (SC/ST/OBC NCL, Physically Handicapped etc) if applicable; non-creamy layer certificate for OBC where needed, issued recently (within last year).
Institute ID / Student ID / Permanent ID (as required) from your institution.
✨ Extra Notes
The stipend is subject to change, depending on updates from AICTE / Ministry. Always check the official notification.
Maintaining academic standards and institutional discipline may be necessary (attendance, enrolment norms etc.). While not always spelled out in every version of the guidelines, these are typical conditions.
In case of change of course / institution after admission, the scholarship may not be transferable—check with AICTE or your institute.
If any document or certificate is not in English / Hindi, translation may be needed.
Make sure your bank account details are correct, and that the bank account is not of a restricted type (joint, minor, frill etc). Errors in bank account details often delay the disbursement.
