GATE 2025 Results Shiksha Poll Reveals 33% Students Plan to Retake the Exam in 2026
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2026 ( GATE )
Result - 27 Mar '26 - 31 May '26
IIT Roorkee announced GATE 2025 results on March 19, but before results were OUT there were a rush of emotions and predictions running among GATE aspirants. But after the result, we at Shiksha conducted a poll to know student's reactions about their performance and results. With 80 students participating in the poll, here's what the poll revealed.
Poll Results at a Glance:
- 33% - Need to try again next year
- 31% - Slightly disappointed but okay
- 24% - Exceeded my expectations
- 13% - Turned out as expected
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Majority felt unsatisfied and planned to attempt NEXT year
Around 33% aspirants have planned to attempt GATE next year, and 31% were disappointed about their performance. Well, this shows that many were expecting good results, but somehow it did not match. Consider this is as a trial and start preparing right now. Track your mistakes and plan your goal.
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Aspirants Expressing their Emotions of Scoring Well
On our Shiksha poll, only 13% candidates have stated that their result turned out as expected. Congrats to all. Though the number seems low, but what lies ahead is massive career opportunities and their goals. Many students must be planning to opt for higher studies or PSU job opportunties.
What does this Shiksha Poll Reveal - Summary
Through this Shiksha poll, what we can conclude is -
- GATE preparation requires dedication, commitment to hustle and personal benchmarks
- Good conceptual and fundamental knowledge and skills, as GATE is highly competitive
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What's Next after GATE Exam?
If you lie among one of those who are disappointed, then you are not alonge. Go through and analyse your mistakes and plan your strategy. Start your preparation early, docus on mock tests and work on time management and accuracy building.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a week ago
Yes, ITT Guwahati released GATE 2026 qualifying cutoff marks for all subjects on March 28. Candidates can check passing mark of respective papers now.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered a week ago
Aspirants with GATE scores can get admission in M.Tech programme at IIIT Pune. The seats are allotted via CCMT Counselling. In 2025, the closing GATE cutoff was 354 for Electronics & Communication Engineering and 536 for CSE. The cutoffs are quite competitive considering the limited seats available
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Aspirants without scores can get admission in M.Tech programme at IIIT Pune. Such candidates need to appear for written test conducted by the institute. Selected aspirants also need to pass the personal interview round for final selection.
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Guide-Level 15
Answered a week ago
JNU CCMT cutoff 2025 was based on the results for the GATE exam, followed by the CCMT counselling process. For the M.Tech Computer Science and Technology course, the overall cutoff ranged from 529 to 338 for the OBC AI category.
Candidates can refer to the table below to know the cutoff range for di
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a week ago
The JNU M.Tech cutoff 2025 for the OBC AI category varied from 338 to 529 for the M.Tech CSE and M.Tech ECE courses. In the last round, MTech CSE came out as the more competitive course, with the cutoff being 443.
Students can refer to the table below to know the round 1 and last round JNU CCMT cuto
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Answered 2 weeks ago
IIT Guwahati has updated the status of GATE result on the homepage of the official website (under the notification tab). Candidates can login to their page and access the result link.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 weeks ago
IIT Guwahati has declared GATE 2026 result. Candidates can access their result at official website.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 weeks ago
Candidates can find the direct link to access GATE result 2026 at gate2026.iitg.ac.in. The new tab will be created at candidate's login dashboard. The link will reflect once you are logged in.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 weeks ago
The GATE 2026 final answer key will be released soon. The official announcement will be done by the authorities on official website - gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Candidates must note that final answer key cannot be challenged.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 weeks ago
IIT Guwahati released GATE 2026 final answer key. Candidates can login at GOAPS and access master question paper and answer key.
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