GATE 2025 Cutoff Analysis: Majority Meet Cutoff, But Competition Remains Tough for MTech and PSUs
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2026 ( GATE )
Result - 19 Mar '26
GATE 2025 Cutoff Poll Analysis: After announcement of GATE 2025 results have created a spark of confusion and excitement among thousands of aspirants. Recently, Shiksha conducted a poll asking did they meet GATE 2025 cutoff, and here's what students have to say. Check below poll result stats and learn about GATE success rate and career opportunities.
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee conducted GATE 2025 exam on February 1, 2, 15, and 16 in two shifts. Results were announced on March 19. Overall, difficulty level was moderate to difficult. With 936019 candidates registered for the exam, out of which 747319 candidates appeared.
Also read: How many candidates qualified the GATE 2025 exam?
How many students passed GATE 2025 Cutoff?
With 345 votes recorded, the question asked "Did you meet GATE 2025 cutoff?" and here are responses-
- Yes category - 59%
- No category - 32%
- Yes, but attempt next year - 9%
This poll result explains challenges, competition, and future goals of candidates.
Majority qualifying GATE 2025 Cutoff- What do the numbers reveal?
59% of students successfully met GATE 2025 cutoff. These numbers highlight commitment to preparation, and coordination with exam difficulty and regular attempt of GATE previous year's question papers.
Candidates must note that clearing GATE is challenging and no small task. Qualfying GATE clears your opportunities for higher education and research, and PSU opportunities. For admissions through GATE, students must be aware of the selection process, cutoff marks, COAP and CCMT counselling process, and PSU selection process.
Chance of Improvement
The poll showcases, that 32% of voters did not meet GATE cutoff this year. Now, this can be due to paper difficulty or inadequate planning. For such candidates, clearing cutoff is not the end. Many GATE toppers have achieved a perfect score after a number of attempts. For such applicants, we advise you to begin with focused preparation and strategic planning.
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- How to research for colleges and institutes smartly for GATE 2025 counselling?
- GATE 2025 cutoff analysis for engineering branches: past-year cutoff trends, analysis, etc.
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Aspirants Planning to take GATE Exam next year
Interestingly, although 9% of the participants met the cutoff, but plan to attempt GATE again next year. This showcases, inspiring ambition and improvement.
Clearing basic cutoff may not always guarantee admissions or jobs. Many students aim for higher scores to secure IIT M.Tech seats, research fellowships, or PSU jobs like IOCL, ONGC, and BHEL.
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What does it indicate?
Well, these results straight away point a strong competition, where just qualifying makes no difference. Whether you cleared GATE or not, one must think three steps ahead- start early preparation, skill building, and learning from experiences.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered Yesterday
Yes, University of Mysore does accept GATE scores. Students seeking admissions to MTech/ PhD programmes can submit GATE score. This applies to programmes offered through various affiliated institutes/ college also. Students can check the university's site to know more.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 days ago
COAP also called as Common Offer Acceptance Portal is a platform used for GATE qualified candidates to exercise their college acceptance choices for admission to MTech/Ph/ME programmes. The COAP is a counselling platform used by participating IITs, IISc, and PSU for job recruitments.
It is one platfo
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 days ago
In GATE, normalisation process generally makes a gap of 4 to 7 marks (approximately) between actual and normalised scores. However, if difficulty level of paper was high then the marks might increase. On other hand, for easier paper, marks may reduce offering fairness across sessions.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 4 days ago
No, the GATE 2026 exam has already been concluded at this point for Jerusalem College of Engineering ME admissions. The entrance exam was conducted in the month of February and the result is expected to be revealed soon in the upcoming month of March.
Candidates who failed to appear for GATE can stil
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 4 days ago
There is no confirmation whether GATE is a compulsory entrance exam for Jerusalem College of Engineering ME course admissions. Several unofficial sources state that Jerusalem College of Engineering accepts GATE scores for ME admissions.
However, the website of Jerusalem College of Engineering has not
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 5 days ago
No, to get admission into IIT Madras MTech course, students have to appear for the GATE exam. This is a part of minimum eligibility criteria for M.Tech course admissions. After clearing the GATE exam, the students are selected on the basis of merit list. The students have to obtain a minimum of 60%
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 5 days ago
No, there is no subject-wise cutoff mark for GATE exam. The scores along with minimum-qualifying cutoff will be released (category-wise) along with normalised score.
- GATE Marks out of 100
- GATE Scores out of 1000
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 5 days ago
A GATE score of 550 in mechanical engineering will fetch you a rank range of 1500 - 3000. Students with this GATE score range can opt for M.Tech at NIT Calicut, NIT Trichy, etc.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 5 days ago
Based on the question paper difficulty level of GATE CS 1 and CS2, it is expected that the normalisation will not be more than +-4 to 5 marks. GATE CSE paper was moderate to tough. The result will be declared on March 19. Candidates can check their qualifying status at GOAPS portal using their enrol
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 6 days ago
Yes, with 50 marks in the GATE exam candidates can get admission to few IITs and NITs as well.
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