GATE Cutoff 2024 - IISc Bangalore has published the GATE 2024 cutoff on the official website, gate2024.iisc.ac.in. Candidates can check the updated cutoff of GATE 2024 on this page. The GATE 2024 cutoff mark is the minimum mark required to qualify the exam. Moreover, the qualifying marks for the GATE exam vary for each category. This GATE cutoff for 2024, for Mechanical Engineering is 28.6 (GEN), CSE 27.6 (GEN), and Civil 28.3 (GEN). The GATE cutoff for all 30 papers is mentioned below. The authority conducted the GATE exam 2024 on February 3, 4, 10 & 11. Check the article and know what was the quality cutoff for GATE 2024.
The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) has postponed the release of the Graduate Admission Test in Engineering (GATE) 2026 admit card due to unknown reasons. The institute did not announced any reasons for the delay. However, it has notified that the exam hall ticket release date will be announced soon for MTech students.
Candidates who qualify the GATE exam can participate in the counselling process for M.Tech admission. For admission to the IITs, candidates have to register on the official website of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and then on the COAP portal. Additionally, candidates need to register on the website of CCMT for admission to NITs, IIEST Shibpur, and some IIITs and CFTIs.
Candidates can check the GATE 2024 cutoff below. The mentioned GATE cutoff is a qualifying cutoff. The admission cutoff will vary from the qualifying marks. Check the table for GATE cut off 2024 for all papers below.
GATE Paper Code | Qualifying GATE Cutoff 2024 | ||
General | OBC-NCL/EWS | SC/ST/PWD | |
Aerospace Engineering | 33.3 | 29.9 | 22.1 |
Agricultural Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | |
Architecture and Planning | 41.5 | 37.3 | 27.6 |
Biomedical Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Biotechnology | 38.9 | 35 | 25.9 |
Civil Engineering | 28.3 | 25.4 | 18.8 |
Chemical Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Computer Science and Information Technology | 27.6 | 24.8 | 18.4 |
Chemistry | 25.2 | 22.6 | 16.7 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 37.1 | 33.3 | 24.7 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | |
Electrical Engineering | 25.7 | 23.1 | 17.1 |
Environmental Science and Engineering | 37.9 | 34.1 | 25.2 |
Ecology and Evolution | 35.8 | 32.2 | 23.8 |
Geomatics Engineering | 41.1 | 36.9 | 27.4 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 42 | 37.8 | 28 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 49 | 44.1 | 32.6 |
Instrumentation Engineering | 32.7 | 29.4 | 21.8 |
Mathematics | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Mechanical Engineering | 28.6 | 25.7 | 19 |
Mining Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Metallurgical Engineering | 41 | 36.9 | 27.3 |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 25.1 | 22.5 | 16.7 |
Petroleum Engineering | 42.6 | 38.3 | 28.4 |
Physics | 32 | 28.8 | 21.3 |
Production and Industrial Engineering | 30.5 | 27.4 | 20.3 |
Statistics | 26.6 | 23.9 | 17.7 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 28.1 | 25.2 | 18.7 |
Engineering Sciences | 36.2 | 32.5 | 24.1 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 37 | 33.3 | 24.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 48 | 43.2 | 32 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 49.7 | 44.7 | 33.1 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 39.3 | 35.3 | 26.1 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | 52.7 | 47.4 | 35.1 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | 36 | 32.4 | 24 |
Life Sciences | 29.3 | 26.3 | 19.5 |
The authority considers various factors to determine the cutoff of GATE 2024. Below are the listed factors.
Number of students required for GATE
Number of students who appeared for the exam
Number of students qualified the exam
Exam difficulty level
No. of seats in the participating institutes
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The GATE cutoff is the minimum score needed to qualify for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam.
For Mathematics (MA), the cut-off is 22.5; for Mechanical Engineering (ME), it is 25.7; for Mining Engineering (MN), it is 22.5; and for Metallurgical Engineering (MT), the cut-off is 36.9 for candidates belonging to the OBC-NCL/EWS category.
The minimum GATE score is 650 out of 1000, which is approximately equivalent to 65 out of 100 marks in the GATE Computer Science Engineering (CSE) exam.
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