Engineering Entrance Exam

Here are some of the Top IITs and their popular specialisations for GATE aspirants -

•  IIT Madras - Best for Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, AI/ML
• IIT Delhi - Best for CSE, ECE, and Power Engineering
•  IIT Bombay - Best for Data Science, AI, Chemical, and Aerospace
• IIT Kanpur  - Best for Electronics, Robotics, and Materials Science
• IIT Kharagpur- Best for Civil, Mining, and Manufacturing Engineering

Yes, GATE enrollment ID is important and mandatory credential to check the GATE 2025 results. It is a unique identification number assigned to you when you register for the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) exam. It is generated after you complete the registration process on the GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) portal. The IIT Roorkee will declare the GATE 2025 results on March 19, 2025 along with branch-wise GATE cutoff marks and toppers list. 

No, the normalisation process is only applied to GATE papers that are conducted in multiple sessions. For papers, such as CS and CE, which have large numbers of candidates, multiple sessions are scheduled, and normalisation is used to ensure fairness. However, for subjects conducted in a single session, the raw marks obtained by candidates are directly considered for ranking and score calculation.

No, candidates cannot download the GATE result scorecard after December 31, 2025. The scorecard of GATE which determines the qualifying status of the aspirants can download the scorecard on the following scheduled dates as stated by the officials -

• From March 28 to May 31, students can download the GATE scorecard for free.
• From June 1 to December 31, 2025, students have to pay a fee of INR 500 to download the GATE scorecard. 

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Yes, as an OCI cardholder, you are eligible to apply for TNEA (Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions) under the "Open Category". However, this eligibility does not apply if you were born in a foreign country after March 4, 2021

Candidates holding Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards are permitted to participate in TNEA under the "Open Category". 

If you are a native of Tamil Nadu, you are also eligible to participate in TNEA. 

IIT Kharagpur offers BTech and Integrated BTech courses based on JEE Advanced scores. Based on candidates' scores, the institute released the IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2024 for various categories belonging to the All India quota. As per the last-round, the JEE Advanced cutoff for BTech in Computer Science and Engineering programme stood at 415 for the General AI category candidates. To check category-wise cutoffs, candidates can check out the table below: