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GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2023 – Candidates who appeared for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam have to secure minimum marks decided by GATE organizing Institute. As GATE exam is conducted every year and number of candidates appeared for GATE exam changes every year. Depends upon various factors GATE exam qualifying cut-off marks also varies year by year. There are two main purpose of attending GATE exam: (1) Getting admission into M. Tech. or P. HD. program and (2) Getting a job into any PSU which accept GATE score card. But for being eligible for these two, candidate first need to qualify GATE exam by securing minimum marks decided by GATE organizing Institute.

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GATE Candidates Appeared | Branch wise – (2023-2012)

We have prepared a list of GATE exam qualifying marks from 2012-2023 for various stream of engineering. Using this list candidates can analyse that how much minimum marks they have to secure in order to qualify GATE 2023 exam.

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Contents

1 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2023
2 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2022
3 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2021
4 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2020
5 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2019
6 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2018
7 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2017
8 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2016
9 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2015
10 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2014
11 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2013
12 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2012
13 Related Links
14 GATE Total Information & Guidance
15 GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks FAQs

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2023

GATE 2023 Expected Cut-off Marks – Branchwise & Categorywise

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2022

GATE Paper Name	General	OBC	SC/ST/PwD
Aerospace Engineering (AE)	29.8	26.8	19.8
Agriculture Engineering (AG)	26.3	23.6	17.5
Architecture and Planning (AR)	37.3	33.5	24.8
Biomedical Engineering (BM)	25	22.5	16.6
Biotechnology (BT)	35.5	31.9	23.6
Civil Engineering (CE)	30.4	27.3	20.2
Chemical Engineering (CH)	25.3	22.7	16.8
Computer Science & Information Technology (CS)	25	22.5	16.6
Chemistry (CY)	27.5	24.7	18.3
Electronics & Communication Engineering (EC)	25	22.5	16.6
Electrical Engineering (EE)	30.7	27.6	20.4
Environmental Science & Engineering (ES)	25.9	23.3	17.2
Ecology & Evolution (EY)	33.4	30	22.2
Geology and Geophysics (GG-G1)	48.7	43.8	32.4
Geology and Geophysics (GG-G2)	54.8	49.3	36.5
Instrumentation Engineering (IN)	42.4	38.1	28.2
Mathematics (MA)	27.3	24.5	18.2
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	28.1	25.2	18.7
Mining Engineering (MN)	25.5	22.9	17
Metallurgical Engineering (MT)	46.2	41.5	30.8
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM)	27.8	25	18.5
Petroleum Engineering (PE)	37.8	34	25.1
Physics (PH)	26.5	23.8	17.6
Production & Industrial Engineering (PI)	43.7	39.3	29.1
Statistics (ST)	25	22.5	16.6
Textile Engineering & Fiber Science (TF)	38.8	34.9	25.8
Engineering Sciences (XE)	40.3	36.2	26.8
XH-C1	55.5	49.9	37
XH-C2	51.9	46.7	34.5
XH-C3	53.1	47.7	34.5
XH-C4	50.7	45.6	33.8
XH-C5	62.1	55.8	41.4
XH-C6	59.7	53.7	39.8
Life Sciences (XL)	33.9	30.5	22.5

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2021

Paper Code	Highest Score	Highest Marks (out of 100)	Avg. Marks (out of 100)	Cut-off Marks (out of 100)
AE	1000	84.00	15.40	26.30
AG	1000	61.33	11.93	25.00
AR	1000	79.67	28.95	40.90
BM	1000	64.00	15.43	25.00
BT	1000	75.33	18.00	30.00
CE	1000	95.56	15.30	29.20
CH	1000	89.67	19.40	35.10
CS	1000	87.81	14.00	26.10
CY	996	91.33	20.90	36.20
EC	1000	82.00	12.63	25.00
EE	974	85.33	17.26	30.30
ES	966	88.00	23.90	39.60
EY	1000	78.00	23.50	35.70
GG (Geology)	945	72.67	25.60	38.90
GG (Geophysics)	1000	68.67	28.85	44.80
IN	933	79.00	20.94	36.00
MA	1000	68.33	19.20	29.00
ME	979	93.22	16.60	33.00
MN	1000	77.67	16.80	31.00
MT	923	87.67	28.70	48.50
PE	947	88.67	31.20	51.40
PH	1000	69.67	22.00	32.80
PI	939	83.67	19.40	35.70
ST	1000	51.67	11.30	25.00
TF	945	79.67	24.50	41.80
XE	1000	90.33	22.00	37.00
XH-C1 (Economics)	1000	62.67	17.80	29.40
XH-C2 (English)	986	77.67	27.00	41.70
“XH-C3 (Linguistics)	1000	65.67	21.76	35.30
XH-C4 (Philosophy)	1000	71.00	23.40	37.90
XH-C5 (Psychology)	1000	77.33	32.60	48.50
XH-C6 (Sociology)	1000	66.00	21.18	34.30
XL	983	74.33	23.90	36.00

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2020

S.No.	Code	Paper Name	Qualifying Marks out of 100
S.No.	Code	Paper Name	GEN/EWS	OBC(NCL)	SC/ST/PWD
1.	AE	Aerospace Engineering	27.2	24.4	18.1
2.	AG	Agricultural Engineering	26.3	23.6	17.5
3.	AR	Architecture and Planning	34.8	31.3	23.2
4.	BM	Biomedical Engineering	25.0	22.5	16.6
5.	BT	Biotechnology	30.7	27.6	20.4
6.	CE	Civil Engineering	32.9	29.6	21.9
7.	CH	Chemical Engineering	35.7	32.1	23.8
8.	CS	Computer Science and Information Technology	28.5	25.6	19.0
9.	CY	Chemistry	26.7	24.0	17.8
10.	EC	Electronics and Communication Engineering	28.8	25.9	19.2
11.	EE	Electrical Engineering	33.4	30.0	22.2
12.	EY	Ecology and Evolution	42.2	37.9	28.1
13.	GG	Geology	38.4	34.5	25.6
13.	GG	Geophysics	51.9	46.7	34.6
14.	IN	Instrumentation Engineering	34.6	31.1	23.0
15.	MA	Mathematics	25.0	22.5	16.6
16.	ME	Mechanical Engineering	34.0	30.6	22.6
17.	MN	Mining Engineering	32.7	29.4	21.8
18.	MT	Metallurgical Engineering	49.2	44.2	32.8
19.	PE	Petroleum Engineering	39.8	35.8	26.5
20.	PH	Physics	37.2	33.4	24.8
21.	PI	Production and Industrial Engineering	36.6	32.9	24.4
22.	ST	Statistics	25.0	22.5	16.6
23.	TF	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	37.1	33.3	24.7
24.	XE	Engineering Sciences	26.0	23.4	17.3
25.	XL	Life Sciences	31.7	28.5	21.1

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2019

S.No.	GATE Paper	GATE Paper Code	No of candidates appeared (Approx.)	Qualifying Marks (UR)	Qualifying Marks(OBC-NCL)	Qualifying Marks(SC / ST / PWD)
1.	Electronics & Communication Engineering	EC	1,50,000- 2,00,000	26.70	24.00	17.80
2.	Computer Science & Information Technology	CS	1,00,000-1,50,000	29.50	26.60	19.70
3.	Mechanical Engineering	ME	2,00,000- 2,50,000	34.10	30.70	22.70
4.	Electrical Engineering	EE	1,00,000-1,50,00	39.6	35.60	26.40
5.	Instrumentation Engineering	IN	18,000-20,000	31.90	28.70	21.30
6.	Civil Engineering	CE	1,00,000-1,50,000	28.20	25.40	18.80
7.	Chemical Engineering	CH	15,000-20,000	34.80	31.30	23.20
8.	Biotechnology	BT	10,000-15,000	35.9	32.30	23.90

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2018

S.No.	GATE Paper	GATE Paper Code	No of candidates appeared (Approx.)	Qualifying Marks (UR)	Qualifying Marks(OBC-NCL)	Qualifying Marks(SC / ST / PWD)
1.	Electronics & Communication Engineering	EC	1,50,000- 2,00,000	25	22.5	16.6
2.	Computer Science & Information Technology	CS	1,00,000-1,50,000	25	22.5	16.6
3.	Mechanical Engineering	ME	2,00,000- 2,50,000	34.70	31.20	23.1
4.	Electrical Engineering	EE	1,00,000-1,50,00	29.1	26.1	19.4
5.	Instrumentation Engineering	IN	18,000-20,000	37	33	25
6.	Civil Engineering	CE	1,00,000-1,50,000	26.9	24.2	17.9
7.	Chemical Engineering	CH	15,000-20,000	37.8	34	25.1
8.	Biotechnology	BT	10,000-15,000	27.9	25.1	18.5

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2017

S.No.	GATE Paper	GATE Paper Code	No of candidates appeared (Approx.)	Qualifying Marks (UR)	Qualifying Marks(OBC-NCL)	Qualifying Marks(SC / ST / PWD)
1.	Electronics & Communication Engineering	EC	1,50,000- 2,00,000	25	22.5	16.6
2.	Computer Science & Information Technology	CS	1,00,000-1,50,000	25	22.5	16.6
3.	Mechanical Engineering	ME	2,00,000- 2,50,000	32.87	29	21
4.	Electrical Engineering	EE	1,00,000-1,50,00	25.2	25.2	16.7
5.	Instrumentation Engineering	IN	18,000-20,000	34.60	31.10	23.10
6.	Civil Engineering	CE	1,00,000-1,50,000	28.7	25.8	19.1
7.	Chemical Engineering	CH	15,000-20,000	44.3	39.8	29.5
8.	Biotechnology	BT	10,000-15,000	38.90	35.00	25.90

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2016

S.No.	GATE Paper	GATE Paper Code	No of candidates appeared (Approx.)	Qualifying Marks (UR)	Qualifying Marks(OBC-NCL)	Qualifying Marks(SC / ST / PWD)
1.	Electronics & Communication Engineering	EC	1,83,152	25	22.5	16.67
2.	Computer Science & Information Technology	CS	1,31,803	25	22.5	16.67
3.	Mechanical Engineering	ME	2,34,727	32.73	29.46	21.82
4.	Electrical Engineering	EE	1,46,293	25	22.5	16.67
5.	Instrumentation Engineering	IN	18,045	25.45	22.9	16.96
6.	Civil Engineering	CE	1,18,147	25	22.5	16.67
7.	Chemical Engineering	CH	18,642	27.52	24.77	18.34
8.	Biotechnology	BT	11,161	26.08	23.47	17.39

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2015

S.No.	GATE Paper	GATE Paper Code	No of candidates appeared (Approx.)	Qualifying Marks (UR)	Qualifying Marks(OBC-NCL)	Qualifying Marks(SC / ST / PWD)
1.	Electronics & Communication Engineering	EC	1,72,714	25.00	22.50	16.67
2.	Computer Science & Information Technology	CS	1,15,425	25.00	22.50	16.67
3.	Mechanical Engineering	ME	1,85,758	25.00	22.50	16.67
4.	Electrical Engineering	EE	1,25,851	25.00	22.50	16.67
5.	Instrumentation Engineering	IN	22,367	32.73	29.46	21.82
6.	Civil Engineering	CE	1,01,429	25.45	22.90	16.96
7.	Chemical Engineering	CH	15,849	27.52	24.77	18.34
8.	Biotechnology	BT	10,719	26.08	23.47	17.39

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2014

S.No.	GATE Paper	GATE Paper Code	No of candidates appeared (Approx.)	Qualifying Marks (UR)	Qualifying Marks(OBC-NCL)	Qualifying Marks(SC / ST / PWD)
1.	Electronics & Communication Engineering	EC	2,16,367	25.56	23.01	17.04
2.	Computer Science & Information Technology	CS	1,55,190	25.00	22.50	16.67
3.	Mechanical Engineering	ME	1,85,578	28.86	25.97	19.24
4.	Electrical Engineering	EE	1,41,799	25.00	22.50	16.67
5.	Instrumentation Engineering	IN	22,367	25.00	22.50	16.67
6.	Civil Engineering	CE	90,872	26.57	23.91	17.71
7.	Chemical Engineering	CH	15,844	35.14	31.62	23.43
8.	Biotechnology	BT	10,719	25.84	23.26	17.23

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2013

S.No.	GATE Paper	GATE Paper Code	No of candidates appeared (Approx.)	Qualifying Marks (UR)	Qualifying Marks(OBC-NCL)	Qualifying Marks(SC / ST / PWD)
1.	Electronics & Communication Engineering	EC	2,56,135	25.00	22.50	16.17
2.	Computer Science & Information Technology	CS	2,24,160	25.00	22.50	16.17
3.	Mechanical Engineering	ME	1,65,814	25.00	22.50	16.17
4.	Electrical Engineering	EE	1,52,381	25.74	23.17	17.16
5.	Instrumentation Engineering	IN	28,249	25.00	22.50	16.17
6.	Civil Engineering	CE	67,472	27.13	24.42	18.09
7.	Chemical Engineering	CH	14,835	32.35	29.12	21.57
8.	Biotechnology	BT	16.159	38.77	37.89	25.85

GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks – 2012

S.No.	GATE Paper	GATE Paper Code	No of candidates appeared (Approx.)	Qualifying Marks (UR)	Qualifying Marks(OBC-NCL)	Qualifying Marks(SC / ST / PWD)
1.	Electronics & Communication Engineering	EC	1,76,944	25.00	22.50	16.67
2.	Computer Science & Information Technology	CS	1,56,780	31.54	28.39	21.03
3.	Mechanical Engineering	ME	1,12,320	27.14	24.47	18.09
4.	Electrical Engineering	EE	1,10,125	25.00	22.50	16.67
5.	Instrumentation Engineering	IN	21,509	25.00	22.50	16.67
6.	Civil Engineering	CE	36,156	33.03	29.73	22.02
7.	Chemical Engineering	CH	11,407	29.38	26.44	19.59

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GATE Qualifying Cut-off Marks FAQs

What are the GATE qualifying cut-off marks?

GATE qualifying cut-off marks are the minimum marks that candidates need to score in the GATE exam to be considered eligible for admissions to various postgraduate programs or to qualify for recruitment in certain organizations.

How are GATE qualifying cut-off marks determined?

GATE qualifying cut-off marks are determined based on various factors, including the difficulty level of the exam, the number of candidates appearing for the exam, and the available number of seats or vacancies.

Are the GATE qualifying cut-off marks the same for all papers and categories?

No, the GATE qualifying cut-off marks may vary for different papers and categories. Each paper and category may have its own specific cut-off marks.

Where can I find the GATE qualifying cut-off marks?

The GATE qualifying cut-off marks are usually published by the respective organizing institute on their official website. They are also mentioned in the GATE scorecard.

Do the GATE qualifying cut-off marks change every year?

Yes, the GATE qualifying cut-off marks can change every year based on the factors mentioned earlier. They depend on the overall performance of the candidates in that particular year's GATE exam.

Are the GATE qualifying cut-off marks the same for all IITs and other participating institutes?

No, the GATE qualifying cut-off marks can vary for different institutes. Each institute may have its own specific cut-off marks based on its admission or recruitment requirements.

Are the GATE qualifying cut-off marks applicable for PSU recruitments as well?

Yes, the GATE qualifying cut-off marks are applicable for PSU (Public Sector Undertaking) recruitments. PSUs often have their own specific cut-off marks for shortlisting candidates for further selection processes.

Can the GATE qualifying cut-off marks change after the results are declared?

No, the GATE qualifying cut-off marks are generally determined and announced before the declaration of the results. They remain unchanged once announced.

QUESTION9

No, meeting the GATE qualifying cut-off marks only makes a candidate eligible for further admission or recruitment processes. Final admissions or job selections are based on additional criteria, such as interviews, group discussions, and merit lists.

Can the GATE qualifying cut-off marks be different for different categories?

Yes, the GATE qualifying cut-off marks can vary for different categories like General, OBC-NCL, SC/ST, and PwD. There may be relaxation in cut-off marks for certain reserved categories.

14 COMMENTS

Kishor Kumar Das September 29, 2016 At 11:21 am

I need year wise cut off marks of gate in chemistry. please help me.

Praveen raj March 31, 2016 At 5:41 am

Sir , I am an mechatronics engineering student . Shall I write gate in ece stream. Is psu accept mechatronics equivalent to ece.

- admin March 31, 2016 At 8:28 am
  
  Hello Praveen,
  
  Most of the PSUs will not accept Mechatronics equivalent to ECE.
  For more details please read this article : http://www.gate2016.info/gate-guidance/can-i-apply-gate-in-different-branch-than-b-tech/
  and also check educational eligibility of all the PSUs.
  
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B.Chakraborty March 17, 2016 At 1:49 am

When do we get to know the cut off marks ? Do you have any information about Ecology and Evolution(EY) cutoff ?

md imran February 20, 2016 At 3:41 pm

hello sir.i m farhat.i wrote gate exam in aerospace branch in 2016.i wil get 37 marks.i m obc candidate.can i get admission in iit

Vyshakh Pradeep January 20, 2016 At 4:02 pm

Can i know the cut-off for Metallurgy Engineering?

Divyakumari December 18, 2015 At 6:37 pm

I am a third year B.Tech student of ECE. Is the syllabus of GATE change every year

Divyakumari December 18, 2015 At 6:33 pm

I am a third year B.Tech student of ECE.Is the syllabus of GATE change every year

abhishek jadhav September 29, 2015 At 4:49 pm

sir can help me in finding out which PSU company i have to register……
because we have to pay for it..
which is good …

abhishek jadhav September 29, 2015 At 4:47 pm

sir my branch is mechanical engineering…

Abhishek Jadhav September 28, 2015 At 12:51 pm

sir can i get free online gate test ? for practice.

- admin September 28, 2015 At 7:25 pm
  
  Hello Abhishek,
  
  It is really hard to find any good test series at no cost. But we will try to find for you and let you know if we find any.
  Please mention your branch of engineering in next comment.
  
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  - navjot January 28, 2016 At 2:36 pm
    
    test series for aerospace branch
    
    - admin February 2, 2016 At 10:04 am
      
      Hello navjot,
      
      Yes we will post. Please wait for few days.
      
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