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    How Many Marks are Required in GATE 2026 DA for IITs & NITs - Data Science MTech Qualifying Marks

    How Many Marks are Required in GATE 2026 DA for IITs & NITs - Data Science MTech Qualifying Marks

    K Guna SahitiUpdated on 19 Mar 2026, 12:12 PM IST

    How Many Marks are Required in GATE 2026 DA for IITs & NITs- Candidates can check this page for the marks in GATE 2026 DA for IITs & NITs. Entrance to colleges is based on the GATE DA score. Meaning, the GATE 2026 cutoff for admission is released in terms of score. The data varies with course, institute and category of applicant. However, candidates can check this page for the previous year's score in GATE DA for IITs and NITs to get an idea of the admission chances. The GATE 2026 exam was held on February 7, 8, 14 and 15.

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    1. How Many Marks are Required in GATE 2026 DA for IITs & NITs?
    2. Previous Year GATE Cutoff for IITs
    3. Previous Year GATE Cutoff for NITs
    How Many Marks are Required in GATE 2026 DA for IITs & NITs - Data Science MTech Qualifying Marks
    How Many Marks are Required in GATE 2026 DA for IITs & NITs

    Aspirants can use the GATE 2026 college predictor to determine which college may offer admission based on their score.
    Related- GATE 2026 Result

    How Many Marks are Required in GATE 2026 DA for IITs & NITs?

    IIT Guwahati does not release any cutoff in the form of marks. Students can just refer to the GATE DA score for IITs and NITs given here. As per last year’s cutoff, candidates must have scored above 750+ to be able to get admission to top IITs. When it comes to NITs, students are advised to get above 600+ colleges.

    GATE 2026 DA Marks vs Rank Out of 100 Marks (Expected)

    GATE DA Marks

    Rank

    90+

    1

    80-90

    10

    70-80

    50

    60 -70

    170

    50 - 60

    500

    40 - 50

    1700

    30 - 40

    5000

    20 - 30

    12000

    Previous Year GATE Cutoff for IITs

    The following tables consist of the score required in GATE DA for IIT admission in 2025 All the branches provided below can be pursued based on GATE DA merit.

    IIT BHU Cutoff for GATE DA

    Program Name

    Computer Science and Engineering

    a) Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    b) Internet of Things (IoT)

    OBC-NCL

    721

    706

    SC

    569

    564

    GEN

    772

    757

    IIT Delhi Cutoff for GATE DA

    Category

    Subject code- EET

    Subject code- EEN

    GATE Paper/ B.Tech. Discipline- CS/DA/EC

    GATE Paper/ B.Tech. Discipline-CS/DA/EE/EC/IN/PH

    GEN

    760

    772

    OBC

    718

    721

    SC

    552

    512

    ST

    440

    413

    EWS

    761

    788

    GATE DA Cutoff for IIT Pallakkad

    Subject

    Data Science

    GATE Paper

    DA/CS/EC/EE

    General

    CS-747

    DA-565

    EWS

    CS-665

    DA-620

    OBC-NCL

    CS-628

    DA-518

    SC

    DA-424

    ST

    DA-299

    IIT Madras GATE DA Cutoff

    Programmes

    GATE paper

    GEN

    EWS

    OBC- NCL

    SC

    ST

    M.Tech in Computational and Experimental Mechanics

    AE, CE, CH, DA, GE, ME, MT, NM, XE

    675

    507

    528

    474

    385

    M.Tech in Biomedical Engineering

    AE, BM, CE, CH, CS, DA, EC, EE, GE, IN, ME, MT, NM, XE

    679

    -

    536

    393

    226

    M.Tech in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

    DA

    866

    768

    768

    690

    553

    Stream: Control and Optimization

    DA, EC, EE, IN

    772

    547

    627

    452

    358

    M.Tech in Computational and Experimental Mechanics

    AE, CE, CH, DA, GE, ME, MT, NM, XE

    618

    497

    513

    347

    283

    M.Tech in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

    DA

    843

    744

    737

    682

    483

    Stream: Control and Optimization

    DA, EC, EE, IN

    620

    -

    555

    -

    -

    Previous Year GATE Cutoff for NITs

    Aspirants can refer to the given content for the score required in GATE for NIT. The given list consists of GATE cutoff for NIT in 2025.

    NIT Jamshedpur GATE Cutoff in DA

    Category

    GATE Maximum Score

    GATE Minimum Score

    OPEN

    675

    602

    SC

    424

    414

    OBC-NCL

    556

    543

    EWS

    580

    549

    ST

    307

    307

    NIT Jalandhar GATE Cutoff in DA

    Category

    GATE Maximum Score

    GATE Minimum Score

    OPEN

    618

    577

    EWS

    542

    542

    SC

    452

    406

    OBC-NCL

    546

    527

    ST

    315

    299

    NIT Silchar GATE Cutoff in DA

    Category

    GATE Maximum Score

    GATE Minimum Score

    OPEN

    561

    531

    OBC-NCL

    539

    526

    ST

    315

    299

    EWS

    555

    537

    ST

    291

    291

    NIT Patna Cut-off for GATE DA

    Category

    GATE Maximum Score

    GATE Minimum Score

    SC

    413

    400

    OPEN

    625

    572

    OBC-NCL

    539

    526

    EWS

    555

    537

    ST

    291

    291

    NIT Agarthala GATE DA Cutoff

    Category

    GATE Maximum Score

    GATE Minimum Score

    ST

    277

    268

    SC

    360

    354

    OBC-NCL

    514

    496

    EWS

    509

    502

    OPEN

    561

    531

    GATE 2026 DA Qualifying Marks

    The authority will announce the GATE DA 2026 qualifying marks along with the result. Candidates can check the previous years' GATE DA qualifying marks for the general category given below in table form.

    GATE DA Qualifying Marks 2026

    Year

    GATE DA Qualifying Marks 2026

    2025

    29

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    Questions related to GATE

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    Have a question related to GATE ?

    Hi Atihse,

    You have got a very good score and rank. Based on previous years trends, With GATEn score of 423 you are expected to get colleges like MNIT Allahabad, VNIT Nagpur, NIT Rourkela, IIEST Shibpur, Howrah. Also have a look into the below link.

    Link: https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-rank-vs-college

    Hello,

    You can find information about Mtech CS admission for 2026 without GATE qualification marks through the link provided below.

    https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/list-of-mtech-colleges-without-gate-score

    Any BTech ECE graduate can apply for all the NITs offering MTech CSE based on GATE exam. Some mid and lower NITs are:

    • NIT Warangal
    • MNIT Jaipur
    • VNIT Nagpur
    • NIT Durgapur

    You can check the complete list of NITs offers MTech CSE are - https://engineering.careers360.com/colleges/list-of-top-nit-colleges-in-india

    Hi Shipra,

    To get GATE rank of 1026 in Biotechnology, you need to score GATE marks around 75 out of 100. Check the GATE marks vs Rank article link below to understand it clearly.

    Link: https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-marks-vs-rank