Cut-offs are the minimum marks that candidates need to score to be eligible for admission to MTech, MSc, and PhD courses offered at the participating institutes. The cut-offs for GATE 2023 exam which held recently will be released on March 16, 2023. These cut-offs are based on a number of factors viz. total number of available seats, marks obtained by candidates, number of candidates appeared in this exam, etc.
Those candidates who clear the GATE 2023 cut-offs will be eligible to participate in the CCMT counselling for admission to IIITs, NITs, and CFTIs and COAPS for admission to IITs. Besides, the cut-offs are also used for PSU recruitment. For your convenience, we are publishing the previous year cut-offs so that you get an idea on what can be expected this year.
Factors which determine GATE 2023 Cut-offs
As mentioned earlier, cut-offs depend on a number of factors which are below:
Number of candidates appearing in the exam
The difficulty level of GATE exam
Number of Opportunities
The particular category which the candidate belongs to
The official cut-offs have not been released yet. However, based on the previous years’ cut-offs and certain other factors, we are providing you with the expected cut-offs for GATE 2023 exam. Have a look:
GATE Paper
Code
Cut Off
Electronics and Communication Engineering
EC
General- 25OBC- 22.5SC/ST/PwD- 16.5
Electrical Engineering
EE
General – 30.7OBC (NCL)/EWS – 27.6SC/ST/PwD – 20.4
Environmental Science and Engineering
ES
–
Ecology and Evolution
EY
General category – 33.4OBC (NCL)/EWS – 30SC/ST/PWD – 22.2
Geology and Geophysics
GG
–
Physics
PH
General category – 26.5OBC (NCL)/EWS – 23.8SC/ST/PWD – 17.6
Computer Science
CS
General – 25OBC- 22.5SC/ST/PwD – 16.6
Chemistry
CY
General – 27.5OBC(NCL)/EWS- 24.7SC/ST/PwD- 18.3
Instrumentation Engineering
IN
–
Mathematics
MA
General – 27.3OBC (NCL)/EWS – 24.5SC/ST/PwD – 18.2
Production and Industrial Engineering
PI
–
Statistics
ST
General – 25OBC(NCL)/EWS- 22.5SC/ST/PwD- 16.6
Textile Engineering and Fiber Science
TF
General – 36.8OBC(NCL)/EWS- 34.9SC/ST/PwD- 25.6
Engineering Sciences
XE
General – 40.3OBC(NCL)/EWS – 36.2SC/ST/PwD – 26.8
Humanities and Social Sciences
XH
–
Life Science (Botany/ Zoology)
XL
General – 33.9OBC(NCL)/EWS- 30.5SC/ST/PwD – 22.5
Aerospace Engineering
AE
–
Agricultural Engineering
AG
General – 26.3OBC- 23.6SC/ST/PWD – 17.5
Architecture and Planning
AR
–
Biomedical Engineering
BM
–
Biotechnology
BT
General – 35.5OBC- 31.9SC/ST/PWD – 23.6
Civil Engineering
CE
General – 30.4OBC (NCL)/EWS – 27.3
Chemical Engineering
CH
General – 25.3 OBC(NCL)/EWS- 22.7SC/ST/PwD- 16.8
Mechanical Engineering
ME
General – 27.5OBC (NCL)/EWS – 24.7SC/ST/PwD – 18.3
Difference between Qualifying & Admission Cut-offs
GATE qualifying cut-off is the institute eligibility cut-off while the GATE admission cut-off ensures a call for admission at IITs, NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs. The qualifying GATE cutoff is released by the conducting authority and available on GOAPS while the admission cutoffs are released by the individual participating institute and available on their respective counselling portals- CCMT/ COAPS.
Qualifying GATE cut-offs
Admission GATE cut-offs
Also referred to as eligibility cut-off for IITs, NIT, IIITs, and CFTIs, it is the minimum marks a candidate must score so that s/he is eligible for admission.
It is the final opening and closing rank score fixed by the participating institutes for the selection of candidates.
Meeting the qualifying cut-off does not mean the candidate will be selected for admission
Meeting the admission GATE cut-off does not mean that the candidate will be selected for admission.
It is fixed before the announcement of GATE results
It is fixed after the declaration of GATE result date
It is announced by the conducting IIT/IISc and is available on GOAPS
It is released by individual participating institutes and available on their respective counselling portal – CCMT/COAP
It includes qualifying marks for each paper
It includes opening and closing ranks for courses offered at participating institutes.
GATE 2022 Cut-offs
Paper Code
Unreserved
For OBC- (NCL)/ EWS
For SC/ ST/ PwD
CS: Computer Science and Information Technology
25
22.5
16.6
ME: Mechanical Engineering
28.1
25.2
18.7
EC: Electronics and Communications Engineering
25
22.5
16.6
EE: Electrical Engineering
30.7
27.6
20.4
CE: Civil Engineering
30.4
27.3
20.2
CH: Chemical Engineering
25.3
22.7
16.8
IN: Instrumentation Engineering
42.4
38.1
28.2
MA: Mathematics
27.3
24.5
18.2
AR: Architecture and Planning
37.3
33.5
24.8
BM: Biomedical Engineering
25
22.5
16.6
AE: Aerospace Engineering
29.8
26.8
19.8
AG: Agriculture Engineering
26.3
23.6
17.5
BT: Biotechnology
35.5
31.9
23.6
CY: Chemistry
27.5
24.7
18.3
ES: Environmental Science & Engineering
25.9
23.3
17.2
EY: Ecology Evolution
33.4
30
22.2
GE: Geomatics Engineering
40.4
36.3
26.9
GG: Geology
48.7
43.8
32.4
GG: Geophysics
54.8
49.3
36.5
MN: Mining Engineering
25.5
22.9
17
MT: Metallurgical Engineering
46.2
41.5
30.8
NM: Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
27.8
25
18.5
PE: Petroleum Engineering
37.8
34
25.1
PH: Physics
26.5
23.8
17.6
PI: Production & Industrial Engineering
43.7
39.3
29.1
ST: Statistics
25
22.5
16.6
TF: Textile Engineering & Fiber Science
38.8
34.9
25.8
XE: Engineering Sciences
40.3
36.2
26.8
XH: Humanities and Social Sciences (C1- Economics)
55.5
49.9
37
XH: Humanities and Social Sciences (C2- English)
51.9
46.7
34.5
XH: Humanities and Social Sciences (C3- Linguistics)
53.1
47.7
35.4
XH: Humanities and Social Sciences (C4- Philosophy)
50.7
45.6
33.8
XH: Humanities and Social Sciences (C5- Psychology)
62.1
55.8
41.4
XH: Humanities and Social Sciences (C6- Sociology)
GATE 2019 was conducted by IIT Madras for 24 papers. That year Statistics was the new entrant. Have a look at GATE cut-offs 2019 as released by IIT Madras after the results was declared on March 15.
Here are the GATE 2018 Cut-offs for the top engineering streams below:
GATE 2018 Cut-offs (out of 100)
Stream
GEN
OBC
SC/ST/PWD
EC
25
22.50
16.60
CS
25
22.50
16.60
ME
34.70
31.20
23.1
EE
29.1
26.1
19.4
IN
TBA
TBA
TBA
CE
26.90
24.20
17.90
CH
37.8
34.0
25.1
GATE 2017 Cut-offs
Have a look at the GATE cut-offs 2017 for top 8 engineering streams including Computer Science Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, etc below.
