GATE Cut-off

Candidates with a valid GATE scorecard of 2026/2025/2024 are eligible to participate in CCMT counselling 2026.

Candidates with a valid GATE scorecard of 2026/2025/2024 are eligible to participate in COAP counselling 2026

Yes, ITT Guwahati released GATE 2026 qualifying cutoff marks for all subjects on March 28. Candidates can check passing mark of respective papers now.

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.

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.

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

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. 

Based on question paper difficulty level of GATE CS 1 and CS2, it is expected that normalisation ranges betwee n 4 to 5 marks. GATE CSE paper was moderate to tough. The result declared on March 19. Candidates can check their qualifying status at GOAPS portal using their enrollment ID and password. 

Yes, with 50 marks in the GATE exam candidates can get admission to few IITs and NITs as well. 

For top NITs, the safe score in GATE will be roughly around 650 - 750 scores. However, it also depends on other factors, such as category, past year trends, etc.