IIT Bombay will announce the GATE 2021 result on March 22. The GATE result 2021 will be available online on the official website gate.iitb.ac.in
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay will announce the GATE 2021 result on March 22. The GATE result 2021 will be available online on the official website gate.iitb.ac.in and also on the GATE GOAPS login appsgate.iitb.ac.in. A direct link to download the GATE score card will be provided here. Candidates have to use their registration number/email ID and password to check the GATE 2021 result.
GATE result 2021 will have details about candidates’ score in the exam, all India rank, and cut off. Candidates obtaining marks equal to or above the required GATE 2021 cut off will be considered qualified and will be issued scorecards. Candidates have to download their GATE scorecards and keep its copy safe for M.Tech admissions and also for PSU recruitment through GATE. The scorecards of GATE 2021 will be valid for three years.
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- GATE 2021 Result Highlights
- How to Check GATE 2021 Result
- GATE Score Card 2021
- How to download GATE 2021 Score Card
- GATE 2021 Result: How Marks are Calculated?
- GATE 2021 Result – How Scores are Calculated
- GATE 2021 Rank or Score?
- GATE 2021 Cutoff
- GATE Cutoff comparison (2020 vs 2019)
- What after GATE 2021 Result?
- FAQs Regarding GATE result 2021
GATE 2021 Result Highlights
Check important points related to GATE 2021 result below:
| Particulars |
Details |
|---|---|
| GATE 2021 result date |
March 22, 2021 |
| Official website to check GATE 2021 result |
gate.iitb.ac.in appsgate.iitb.ac.in |
| Details required to check GATE result 2021 |
GATE 2021 registration number or email ID Password |
| Downloading of GATE 2021 scorecards |
March 22, 2021 |
| Details mentioned in the result |
Marks out of 100 Score out of 1000 Cutoff/Qualifying score All India rank The total number of candidates who appeared in the exam |
How to Check GATE 2021 Result
The link to check GATE results will be available on March 22 on the official website gate.iitb.ac.in. Candidates can also directly login to the GOAPS portal appsgate.iitb.ac.in to check their result after it is announced. Step by step guide to check GATE 2021 result is
Step 1- Open the GATE 2021 official website gate.iitb.ac.in
Step 2- Click on the GATE result link
Step 3- Login using registration number/email ID and password
Step 4- GATE 2021 result will be displayed on the screen
Details about candidates score in the exam, all India rank, qualifying marks and other basic details will be mentioned in GATE result. Candidates obtaining the marks above the qualifying score should download their GATE scorecards and take a printout of them for future reference. Candidates must note that only those qualifying for the exam by securing marks above the GATE 2021 cut off will be issued scorecards.
GATE Score Card 2021
GATE scorecards are the official document certifying the qualification of candidates in the GATE exam. Only those candidates who secure mark above the GATE qualifying cutoff are issued scorecards. The validity of the GATE scorecard is 3 years from the date of declaration of result. Scorecards are used at the time of M.Tech admissions as well as for PSU recruitments through GATE. The scorecards are made available for download for a specific period of time without any cost. After the last date to download the scorecard, candidates have to pay Rs.500 as the fee for downloading their scorecards. It is thus advised that candidates download their scorecards and keep them safe.
How to download GATE 2021 Score Card
Step 1- Open the GOAPS portal at appsgate.iitb.ac.in
Step 2- Login using registration number/email ID and password
Step 3- Click on the GATE score card download
Step 4- Download and take a printout of it
Details Mentioned on GATE 2021 Result /Score Card
The result/scorecard of GATE is the document containing details about the candidates' performance in the exam along with the basic details. The following details are mentioned in GATE scorecard/result
-
GATE subject for which appeared
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Candidates' marks out of 100
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Candidates score out of 1000
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All India rank of candidates
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The total number of candidates who appeared in the exam
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GATE Cutoff score
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Candidates basic details like name, registration number, photograph, signature etc.
GATE 2021 Result: How Marks are Calculated?
The performance of candidates in the GATE exam is evaluated by considering the marking scheme set by the exam conducting authorities. Each GATE paper is of 100 marks containing questions of 1 and 2 marks with 1/3 marks deducted for every incorrect answer.
For Single Session Papers:
For papers that are held in a single session, the marks of candidates is the actual score obtained after deducting the score of correct answers from the score of incorrect answers.
Marks = Score of correct answers – Score of incorrect answers
For Multiple Session Papers:
For GATE papers that are held in multiple sessions, the marks of candidates is the normalized marks by using a specifically developed formula. Normalization is done to do away with any possible parity in difficulty level of the exam which is held in multiple sessions.
GATE 2021 Result – How Scores are Calculated
The score of candidates in the GATE exam is calculated out of 1000 by using a specially developed formula. Admission of candidates in M.Tech courses and also the PSU recruitments are done on the basis of candidates score and not based on the actual marks obtained by the candidates. The formula which is used for calculating the GATE score is as follows
GATE Rank List 2021
The ranks of candidates are released along with the GATE result. Candidates will be able to check their position in the GATE rank list by logging in after the announcement of the result. The GATE authorities prepared one single, consolidated rank list for each subject and no category-wise rank lists are prepared. The rank of candidates is positioned on the basis of candidates marks in the GATE exam.
GATE 2021 Rank or Score?
Aspirants must not get confused between GATE rank and score. AIR 400 in the exam will get you in most of the IITs, while a score of 400 will get you to lower grade colleges. The GATE scorecard is valid for three years. Candidates can check good marks for top branches in the table below:
| Rank |
Marks |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical |
CSE |
Civil |
Electronics |
Electrical |
|
| 1-10 |
92+ |
80+ |
90+ |
73+ |
91+ |
| 10-50 |
87-92 |
75-80 |
85-90 |
67-73 |
87-91 |
| 50-100 |
85-87 |
72-75 |
78-85 |
63-67 |
84-87 |
| 100-200 |
82-85 |
68-72 |
74-78 |
60-63 |
81-84 |
| 200-500 |
79-82 |
62-68 |
70-74 |
56-60 |
77-81 |
| 500-1000 |
75-79 |
56-62 |
64-70 |
50-56 |
72-77 |
| 1000-2000 |
71-75 |
50-56 |
57-64 |
45-50 |
66-72 |
| 2000-5000 |
63-71 |
40-50 |
50-57 |
38-45 |
57-66 |
| 5000-10000 |
51-63 |
32-40 |
40-50 |
28-38 |
46-57 |
GATE 2021 Cutoff
GATE 2021 cutoff will be announced by the IIT Kharagpur soon after the declaration of the result. Candidates can check the subject-wise cutoff for last year below:
GATE 2020 Cutoff
| Paper Name |
Paper Code |
Qualifying Marks |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General |
OBC (NCL) |
SC/ST/PwD |
||
| Life Sciences |
XL |
31.7 |
28.5 |
21.1 |
| Civil Engineering |
CE |
32.9 |
29.6 |
21.9 |
| Electrical Engineering |
EE |
33.4 |
30.0 |
22.2 |
| Computer Science and Information Technology |
CS |
28.5 |
25.6 |
19.0 |
| Mechanical Engineering |
ME |
34.0 |
30.6 |
22.6 |
| Petroleum Engineering |
PE |
39.8 |
35.8 |
26.5 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering |
EC |
28.8 |
25.9 |
19.2 |
| Chemical Engineering |
CH |
35.7 |
32.1 |
23.8 |
| Chemistry |
CY |
26.7 |
24.0 |
17.8 |
| Biotechnology |
BT |
30.7 |
27.6 |
20.4 |
| Engineering Sciences Minor |
XE |
26.0 |
23.4 |
17.3 |
| Textile Engineering and Fibre Science |
TF |
37.1 |
33.3 |
24.7 |
| Aerospace Engineering |
AE |
27.2 |
24.4 |
18.1 |
| Agricultural Engineering |
AG |
26.3 |
23.6 |
17.5 |
| Architecture and Planning |
AR |
34.8 |
31.3 |
23.2 |
| Ecology and Evolution |
EY |
42.2 |
37.9 |
28.1 |
| Geology |
GG |
38.4 |
34.5 |
25.6 |
| Geophysics |
GG |
51.9 |
46.7 |
34.6 |
| Instrumentation Engineering |
IN |
34.6 |
31.1 |
23.0 |
| Mathematics |
MA |
25 |
22.5 |
16.6 |
| Mining Engineering |
MN |
32.7 |
29.4 |
21.8 |
| Metallurgical Engineering |
MT |
49.2 |
44.2 |
32.8 |
| Physics |
PH |
37.2 |
33.4 |
24.8 |
| Production and Industrial Engineering |
PI |
36.6 |
32.9 |
24.4 |
| Statistics |
ST |
25 |
22.5 |
16.6 |
| Biomedical Engineering |
BM |
25.0 |
22.5 |
16.6 |
GATE Cutoff comparison (2020 vs 2019)
Candidates can check the GATE cutoff comparison for 2020 and 2019 below. The cutoff mentioned in the table is for general category.
| Paper Name | Paper Code | GATE Cutoff 2020 | GATE CUtoff 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | AE | 27.2 | 33.5 |
| Agricultural Engineering | AG | 26.3 | 28.3 |
| Architecture and Planning | AR | 34.8 | 41 |
| Biomedical Engineering | BM | 25 | N/A |
| Biotechnology | BT | 30.7 | 35.9 |
| Chemical Engineering | CH | 35.7 | 34.8 |
| Chemistry | CY | 26.7 | 32 |
| Civil Engineering | CE | 32.9 | 28.2 |
| Computer Science and Information Technology | CS | 28.5 | 29.5 |
| Ecology and Evolution | EY | 42.2 | 37.1 |
| Electrical Engineering | EE | 33.4 | 39.6 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | EC | 28.8 | 26.7 |
| Engineering Sciences Minor | XE | 26 | 26.7 |
| Geology | GG | 38.4 | 44.5 |
| Geophysics | GG | 51.9 | N/A |
| Instrumentation Engineering | IN | 34.6 | 31.9 |
| Life Sciences | XL | 31.7 | 36.7 |
| Mathematics | MA | 25 | 25 |
| Mechanical Engineering | ME | 34 | 34.1 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | MT | 49.2 | 53.5 |
| Mining Engineering | MN | 32.7 | 31.5 |
| Petroleum Engineering | PE | 39.8 | 49.9 |
| Physics | PH | 37.2 | 25.2 |
| Production and Industrial Engineering | PI | 36.6 | 32.2 |
| Statistics | ST | 25 | 32.5 |
| Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | TF | 37.1 | 40.1 |
What after GATE 2021 Result?
Candidates can check for the opportunities available after the GATE 2021 result
M.Tech Admission through GATE 2021
The process of M.Tech admission is done by different modes for various institutions. For admission in IITs, candidates have to register online at COAP 2021 while for M.Tech admission in NITs, candidates have to register online for CCMT 2021. Besides registering for COAP, candidates also need to register to the individual IIT in which admission is desired. The allotment of seats is done on the basis of GATE scores and details of seat allotment are published on COAP/CCMT portal.
PSU Recruitment through GATE 2021
The details of recruitment through GATE will be announced by various PSUs alongside the announcement of GATE results. Candidates interested in PSU recruitment through GATE can apply from the website of PSUs. Candidates are shortlisted based on their score in the GATE exam while the selection process consists of a test/interview.
FAQs Regarding GATE result 2021
What is the scheduled date for the GATE 2021 result declaration?
When will the GATE 2021 scorecard be available for the candidates to download?
What is the validity period of the GATE 2021 score?
What is the difference between the GATE score and GATE marks?
How and where students can check the GATE 2021 Result?
If a candidate forgets his/her password, how can he/she check the GATE result 2021?
Will IIT Bombay sent an SMS for candidates to know their GATE 2021 results?
If a candidate forgets his/her enrollment ID, how can he/she check the GATE 2021 result?
What is the minimum percentile required to get admission in NITs?
What is a good GATE score for PSU?
Can I get admission to IIT without GATE?
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