Engineering

For now, there are no updates regarding how many candidates have registered and appeared for GATE 2026 exam. IIT Guwahati will release candidate's stats on its official website along with minimum qualifying cutoff marks and results. Meanwhile here is the stats last 5 years of number of candidates registered and appeared in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering -

The GATE normalisation process is mainly done for the papers which is conducted in multiple sessions, to ensure fairness across different difficulty level. The GATE normalisation process uses the formula based on mean and standard deviation of marks from all sessions. 

The normalisation process in GATE is done for computer Science and engineering (CSE) and civil engineering paper (CE).

Considering the past year's trends and experts analysis, GATE CSE, ECE, and EE papers are considered as the toughest papers in GATE exam. Here's why -

• Complex technical concepts and fundamentals

• Heavy mathematics

• Branch popularity and number of registered candidates are more.

No, GATE official question paper is not released yet. The question paper for respective subjects will be made available along with answer key and GATE 2026 response sheet. The expected release date is last week of February.

No, it is not compulsory to attempt all questions asked in GATE question paper. Since there is negative marking for incorrect answers, students are advised to answer those questions which they are confident of.

In MET counselling process, candidates will first have to register online to pay counselling fee and select choice of courses and campuses. MET seat allotment will be announced online. Selected candidates have to confirm their admission before last date.

MET cutoff is released by MAHE at official website. After counselling is over, round-wise cutoff details will be released. No log in details are needed to check cutoff.

MET merit list is prepared for admissions. Based on performance in exam, candidates will be listed out in the merit list. For allotment, MET merit list is used by authorities.

There is no official passing mark for MET exam. Candidates will be allotted ranks based on their performance in exam. However, for admissions, ranks will be used.

100 marks in COMEDK UGET 2027 is an average score. At this, students cannot get admission to top colleges for the popular courses. A score above 140 is considered good, while those who score 160 or above have a very good chance of getting admission to top colleges for the popular branches.