GATE Cutoff for PSU Recruitment 2027- PSUs will release the GATE cutoff 2027 for their recruitment on their respective portals. Candidates will be updated about the same through this page. PSUs may accept the GATE exam scores of the last three years, depending on the requirement. The complete details will be given in the official notification. Some of the PSUs that accept GATE are ONGC, PCIL.NTPC, BARC etc. Aspirants looking for PSU recruitment through GATE 2027 are advised to go through this article for further details.
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This part of the article will be updated with the latest GATE cutoff for PSY recruitment. Until then, check previous year’s data below.
Check these sections for the GATE PSU recruitment cutoff in the last few years. Candidates who have secured above the cutoff have been called for an interview/group discussion/test etc, for further selection processes.
Discipline | UR | EWS | OBC (NCL) | SC | ST |
Mechanical | 618 | 444 | 552 | 445 | 378 |
Chemical | 605 | 509 | 517 | 425 | 342 |
Electrical | 630 | 519 | 568 | 492 | 441 |
Electronics | 698 | 585 | 605 | 495 | 475 |
Instrumentation | 440 | 316 | 298 | 257 | 170 |
Civil | 746 | 668 | 702 | 571 | 582 |
PwD Category | GATE Score Cut Off |
B - Blind, LV - Low Vision | 237 |
D - Deaf, HH - Hard of Hearing | 232 |
OA - One Arm, OL - One Leg, SD - Spine Deformity/SI - Spine injury (with associated limb dysfunction of OA, OL), CP - Cerebral Palsy, LC - Leprosy Cured, Dw - Dwarfism, AAV - Acid Attack Victims, SD - Spine Deformity/SI - Spine injury, without any associated neurological/limb dysfunction | 310 |
ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorder (M-Mild), ID - Intellectual Disability, SLD - Specific Learning Disability, MI - Mental Illness | 241 |
MD - Multiple disabilities | 241 |
Discipline | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwBD(OH) | PwBD (HH) | PwBD (MD) |
Electrical | 1027 | 1833 | 776 | 2705 | 3296 | 21016 | 21016 | 21862 |
Mechanical | 919 | 1664 | 953 | 3306 | 5239 | 20556 | 21573 | 7811 |
Electronics | 479 | 1574 | 1254 | 3224 | NA | 24973 | 24005 | NA |
Instrumentation | 1498 | NA | 1908 | 3189 | NA | NA | 2917 | NA |
Civil | 752 | NA | 835 | 7568 | 3784 | 26390 | 21724 | NA |
Mining | 155 | NA | 218 | 844 | 1292 | NA | NA | NA |
Papers | Category | Cutoff |
Chemical Engineering | General | 608 |
EWS | 462 | |
SC | 423 | |
ST | 306 | |
OBC | 494 | |
Civil Engineering | General | 766 |
EWS | 570 | |
SC | 602 | |
ST | 623 | |
OBC | 676 | |
Electrical Engineering | General | 651 |
EWS | 325 | |
SC | 478 | |
ST | 450 | |
OBC | 582 | |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | General | 700 |
EWS | 537 | |
SC | 501 | |
ST | 490 | |
OBC | 596 | |
Instrumentation Engineering | General | 354 |
EWS | 324 | |
SC | 186 | |
ST | 187 | |
OBC | 310 | |
Mechanical Engineering | General | 668 |
EWS | 453 | |
SC | 459 | |
ST | 376 | |
OBC | 570 |
Discipline | UR | EWS | OBC (NCL) | SC | ST |
Mechanical | 620 | 339 | 547 | 408 | 347 |
Chemical | 545 | 316 | 324 | 262 | 219 |
Electrical | 635 | 481 | 551 | 455 | 442 |
Electronics | 6G2 | 534 | 563 | 497 | 410 |
Instrumentation | 354 | 316 | 312 | 220 | 187 |
Civil | 751 | 628 | 678 | 590 | 593 |
PwBD Category | Score cutoff |
B-Bling, LV- Low Vision | 232 |
D- Deaf, HH- Hard of hearing | 236 |
OA- One Arm, OL- one leg, SD-Spine Deformity/SI-Spine injury (with associated limb dysfunction of OA, OL), CP-Cerebral Palsy, LC-Leprosy Cured, Dw-Dwarfism, AAV-Acid attach Victims, SD-Spine Deformity/ SI-Spine injury, without any associated neurological/ limb dysfunction | 332 |
MD- Multiple Illness | 251 |
Papers | Category | Cutoff |
Electrical | UR | 51 |
OBC (NCL) | 45.67 | |
SC | 37.67 | |
ST | 35.33 | |
EWS | 43.67 | |
Electronics | UR | 62.33 |
OBC (NCL) | 51.33 | |
SC | 43.67 | |
Computer Science | UR | 80.26 |
EWS | 31.83 |
Papers | Category | Cutoff |
Electrical | UR | 41.00 |
OBC (NCL) | 37.33 | |
SC | 29.33 | |
ST | 29.00 | |
EWS | 36.33 | |
PwBD | LD-18.33 | |
Civil | UR | 65.72 |
OBC (NCL) | 62.74 | |
SC | 56.06 | |
ST | 55.06 | |
EWS | 59.53 | |
PwBD | LD-30.01 | |
Electronics | UR | 61.00 |
OBC (NCL) | 57.33 | |
Computer Science | UR | 63.00 |
SC | 43.00 |
GATE Paper | Job Name | Category Name | cutoff |
Mechanical Engineering | Engineer Trainee(Mechanical) | General | 80.32 |
Engineer Trainee(Mechanical) | OBC | 76.27 | |
Engineer Trainee(Mechanical) | SC | 68.15 | |
Engineer Trainee(Mechanical) | ST | 61.11 | |
Electrical Engineering | Engineer Trainee(Electrical) | General | 69.67 |
Engineer Trainee(Electrical) | OBC | 67 | |
Engineer Trainee(Electrical) | SC | 54 | |
Engineer Trainee(Electrical) | ST | 64 | |
Civil Engineering | Engineer Trainee(Civil) | General | 77.53 |
Engineer Trainee(Civil) | OBC | 74.14 | |
Engineer Trainee(Civil) | SC | 65 | |
Engineer Trainee(Civil) | ST | 65.73 |
GATE Paper | Category | Cutoff |
Electronics | UR | 643 |
EWS | 553 | |
OBC (NCL) | 573 | |
SC | 474 | |
ST | 464 | |
PwBD | C-231 | |
Architecture | UR | 845 |
EWS | Nil | |
OBC(NCl) | Nil | |
SC | Nil | |
ST | Nil | |
PwBD | B-631 D&E- Nil | |
Information Technology | UR | 852 |
EWS | 833 | |
OBC(NCL) | 820 | |
SC | 734 | |
ST | Nil | |
PwBD | A-273 | |
Civil | UR | 852 |
EWS | 813 | |
OBC(NCL) | 806 | |
SC | 709 | |
ST | 756 | |
PwBD | B-254 C-609 275 | |
Electrical | UR | 762 |
EWS | 652 | |
OBC(NCl) | 714 | |
SC | 604 | |
ST | 630 | |
PwBD | B-271 C-363 D&E-240 |
Here is the list of factors that affect the cutoff in GATE 2027 that is necessary for government jobs-
Difficulty of the exam
Number of vacancies
The branch in which the vacancy arises.
Number of applicants
Category of the applicant
Competition level
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