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GATE 2026 Qualifying Marks For SC/ST - IIT Guwahati has released the qualifying marks for GATE 2026 exam for SC/ST on March 28, 2026. The GATE 2026 qualifying marks for SC/St category is now available online at gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Those who gain marks above the qualifying marks of GATE will be eligible to participate in the centralised counselling. The GATE 2026 result has been declared on March 19, 2026. The qualifying marks will differ according to the test paper. The GATE cutoff 2026 is now published on the official website. Students are advised to go through the complete article for the expected GATE qualifying marks for CSE and other subjects. Candidates will be able to predict whether they have cleared the GATE exam or not with the help of this article.
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The authority has released the GATE 2026 qualifying marks for SC/ST on the official website. The qualifying marks for SC/ST has been released for all 30 papers and all student's categories. Candidates' can check the GATE qualifying marks 2026 for SC/ST from the table below:
Paper Code | Test Paper | Cut-Off (SC/ST/PwD) |
AE | Aerospace Engineering | 16.6 |
AG | Agricultural Engineering | 16.6 |
AR | Architecture and Planning | 26.6 |
BM | Biomedical Engineering | 16.6 |
BT | Biotechnology | 17.2 |
CE | Civil Engineering | 19.1 |
CH | Chemical Engineering | 16.6 |
CS | Computer Science and Information Technology | 20 |
CY | Chemistry | 16.6 |
DA | Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 17.5 |
EC | Electronics and Communication Engineering | 17.5 |
EE | Electrical Engineering | 18.4 |
ES | Environmental Science and Engineering | 20 |
EY | Ecology and Evolution | 26.6 |
GE | Geomatics Engineering | 16.6 |
GG-1 | Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 26.1 |
GG-2 | Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 24.7 |
IN | Instrumentation Engineering | 26.5 |
MA | Mathematics | 23.1 |
ME | Mechanical Engineering | 16.7 |
MN | Mining Engineering | 19.6 |
MT | Metallurgical Engineering | 26.6 |
NM | Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 22.4 |
PE | Petroleum Engineering | 26.6 |
PH | Physics | 17 |
PI | Production and Industrial Engineering | 24 |
ST | Statistics | 20.2 |
TF | Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 21 |
XE | Engineering Sciences | 23.4 |
XH-C1 | Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 23.8 |
XH-C2 | Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 26.6 |
XH-C3 | Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 24.9 |
XH-C4 | Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 25.5 |
XH-C5 | Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | 26.1 |
XH-C6 | Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | 26.6 |
XL | Life Sciences | 24.1 |
IIT Roorkee released the GATE qualifying marks for 2025 all categories separately. The table given below shows the expected GATE qualifying marks for mechanical and other papers. Also, know the previous year's GATE qualifying marks of SC/ST in the content that follows.
| Test Paper | Cut-off (SC/ST) |
|---|---|
Aerospace Engineering | 19.2 |
Agricultural Engineering | 16.6 |
Architecture and Planning | 26.6 |
Biomedical Engineering | 19.4 |
Biotechnology | 18.6 |
Civil Engineering | 19.4 |
Chemical Engineering | 18.4 |
Computer Science and Information Technology | 19.4 |
Chemistry | 16.6 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 19.3 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 16.6 |
Electrical Engineering | 16.6 |
Environmental Science and Engineering | 17.4 |
Ecology and Evolution | 26.3 |
Geomatics Engineering | 17.1 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 25.5 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 26.6 |
Instrumentation Engineering | 17 |
Mathematics | 16.6 |
Mechanical Engineering | 23.8 |
Mining Engineering | 20.4 |
Metallurgical Engineering | 26.6 |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 16.7 |
Petroleum Engineering | 20.7 |
Physics | 17.8 |
Production and Industrial Engineering | 23.7 |
Statistics | 20.1 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 23.1 |
Engineering Sciences | 23.5 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 26.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 26.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 26.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 26.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | 26.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | 26.6 |
Life Sciences | 20.8 |
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The authority calculates GATE qualifying scores by using a specific normalisation formula. This formula contains details of marks secured by the candidates, mean marks of the top scorers, standard deviation and category-based reservation.
GATE aspirants must be aware that the GATE qualifying cutoff and GATE admission cutoff are both completely different. GATE qualifying cutoffs are the minimum marks needed to qualify for GATE. While the admission qualifying cutoffs are the marks required for admission into prestigious IITs, NITs, etc.
Below are the main factors that influence the GATE qualifying marks. The GATE qualifying marks changes every year.
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The past years’ qualifying marks of GATE for SC/ST are given here. Students can judge the competition level of the examination based on the SC/ST GATE qualifying marks in 2024, 2023 and 2022. Know the previous year's GATE qualifying marks for Civil, Mechanical, CSE and other papers below.
GATE Paper | Qualifying GATE Cutoff 2024 |
|---|---|
Aerospace Engineering | 22.1 |
Agricultural Engineering | 16.6 |
Architecture and Planning | 27.6 |
Biomedical Engineering | 16.6 |
Biotechnology | 25.9 |
Civil Engineering | 18.8 |
Chemical Engineering | 16.6 |
Computer Science and Information Technology | 18.4 |
Chemistry | 16.7 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 24.7 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 16.6 |
Electrical Engineering | 17.1 |
Environmental Science and Engineering | 25.2 |
Ecology and Evolution | 23.8 |
Geomatics Engineering | 27.4 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 28 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 32.6 |
Instrumentation Engineering | 21.8 |
Mathematics | 16.6 |
Mechanical Engineering | 19 |
Mining Engineering | 16.6 |
Metallurgical Engineering | 27.3 |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 16.7 |
Petroleum Engineering | 28.4 |
Physics | 21.3 |
Production and Industrial Engineering | 20.3 |
Statistics | 17.7 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 18.7 |
Engineering Sciences | 24.1 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 24.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 32 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 33.1 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 26.1 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | 35.1 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | 24 |
Life Sciences | 19.5 |
GATE Paper | Qualifying GATE Cutoff 2023 |
|---|---|
Aerospace Engineering | 16.7 |
Agricultural Engineering | 16.6 |
Architecture and Planning | 22.4 |
Biomedical Engineering | 16.6 |
Biotechnology | 21 |
Civil Engineering | 17.7 |
Chemical Engineering | 21.4 |
Computer Science and Information Technology | 21.6 |
Chemistry | 17.6 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | _ |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 19.9 |
Electrical Engineering | 16.6 |
Environmental Science and Engineering | 18.4 |
Ecology and Evolution | 28.4 |
Geomatics Engineering | 19.1 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 24.4 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 31.8 |
Instrumentation Engineering | 23.2 |
Mathematics | 16.6 |
Mechanical Engineering | 18.9 |
Mining Engineering | 16.6 |
Metallurgical Engineering | 31.6 |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 16.6 |
Petroleum Engineering | 22.9 |
Physics | 20.7 |
Production and Industrial Engineering | 29.4 |
Statistics | 16.6 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 16.9 |
Engineering Sciences | 25.2 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 31.5 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 34.9 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 30.9 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 25.3 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | 36.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | 33.3 |
Life Sciences | 21.9 |
GATE Paper | Qualifying GATE Cutoff 2022 |
|---|---|
CS | 16.6 |
ECE | 16.5 |
Biotechnology | 23.6 |
Chemical Engineering | 16.8 |
Statistics | 16.6 |
Metallurgical engineering | 30.8 |
Maths | 18.2 |
Electrical engineering | 20.4 |
Textile engineering and fibre science | 25.6 |
Mechanical Engineering (ME) | 18.7 |
Physics | _ |
Life Science (Botany/ Zoology) | 22.5 |
Ecology and life sciences | 22.2 |
Agriculture Engineering | 17.5 |
Chemistry | 18.3 |
Mining Engineering | 17 |
Chemistry Engineering | 17.8 |
Civil Engineering | _ |
Engineering Sciences (Fluid Mechanics/ Thermodynamics) | 26.8 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The qualifying marks of SC GATE 2025 ranges between 16.6 to 26.6, depending on the subject. For more information, check the article above.
The GATE qualifying marks for SC ST are the minimum marks required to clear the exam.
The GATE 2025 qualifying marks for CSE for SC ST is 19.4.
The authority will release the qualifying marks of GATE 2026 for SC, ST.
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