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How Many Students Appeared For GATE 2026 - IIT Guwahati has published the total number of students who appeared for GATE 2026 exam. The statistical data on how many students appeared for GATE 2026 is available on the official website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in. This year, there were 7,97,434 candidates who took the GATE exam. Overall, there were 10,11,719 reigstrations. The GATE scorecard 2026 has been released on March 27, 2026. The authority conducted the GATE 2026 exam on February 7, 8, 14 and 15, 2026. Candidates can check the number of students who qualified for GATE 2026 exam on this page.
The GATE 2026 result was declared on March 19. Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) recruit candidates based on their GATE scores. In this article, we have provided the previous year's statistics for the GATE exam below.
The authority released the number of students who registered for and appeared in GATE 2026. Complete details about the total number of candidates who registered for the GATE 2026 exam is available online. Information regarding the total number of students who appeared for the GATE 2026 exam is provided on the official website.
Category | Total number of students |
|---|---|
Total number of students who applied | 10,11,719 |
Total number of students who appeared | 7,97,434 |
Candidates can check the previous year data to analyse how many students appeared for GATE in the previous year. Knowing the details about the total registrations and total appeared students for the GATE exam will allow students to analyse the competition and how much they have to prepare.
Category | Total number of students |
|---|---|
Total number of students that applied | 9,36,019 |
Total number of students that appeared | 7,47,319 |
Category | Total number of students |
|---|---|
Total number of students that applied | 826239 |
Total number of students that appeared | 653292 |
Category | Total number of students |
|---|---|
Total number of students that applied | 670,000 |
Total number of students that appeared | 517,000 |
Category | Total number of students |
|---|---|
Total number of students that applied | 8 lakh |
Total number of students that appeared | 7,11,542 |
Category | Total number of students |
|---|---|
Total number of students that applied | 10 lakhs |
Total number of students that appeared | 8.5 lakhs |
Candidates can able to check the number of students who registered and appeared for each paper individually. As the statistics for GATE 2026 have been released, check the table below.
| Test Paper | No. of Candidates Registered | No. of Candidates Appeared |
| Aerospace Engineering | 8444 | 6591 |
| Agricultural Engineering | 2985 | 2545 |
| Architecture and Planning | 10673 | 8415 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 3756 | 3041 |
| Biotechnology | 26808 | 21513 |
| Civil Engineering | 97486 | 76385 |
| Chemical Engineering | 17416 | 14077 |
| Computer Science and Information Technology | 259922 | 211020 |
| Chemistry | 30775 | 22457 |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 91764 | 69242 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | 115448 | 95752 |
| Electrical Engineering | 81947 | 65801 |
| Environmental Science and Engineering | 7341 | 5107 |
| Ecology and Evolution | 3659 | 2601 |
| Geomatics Engineering | 3582 | 2592 |
| Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 5647 | 4336 |
| Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 668 | 519 |
| Instrumentation Engineering | 15608 | 12424 |
| Mathematics | 16272 | 11561 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 76823 | 59612 |
| Mining Engineering | 8415 | 6732 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 4794 | 3908 |
| Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 548 | 419 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 1428 | 1137 |
| Physics | 24225 | 18055 |
| Production and Industrial Engineering | 4849 | 3673 |
| Statistics | 3333 | 2087 |
| Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 1549 | 1183 |
| Engineering Sciences | 12622 | 9099 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 4166 | 2952 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 5350 | 3711 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 383 | 285 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 800 | 570 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | 8858 | 6178 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | 2643 | 1819 |
| Life Sciences | 50732 | 40035 |
GATE 2025 Paper | No. Candidates Registered | No. Candidates Appeared |
|---|---|---|
Aerospace Engineering | 7576 | 6009 |
Agricultural Engineering | 3095 | 2624 |
Architecture and Planning | 10898 | 8501 |
Biomedical Engineering | 2682 | 2165 |
Biotechnology | 24927 | 20048 |
Civil Engineering | 101596 | 79951 |
Chemical Engineering | 18009 | 14843 |
Computer Science and Information Technology | 207851 | 170825 |
Chemistry | 33058 | 25698 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 75854 | 57054 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 97394 | 81475 |
Electrical Engineering | 83355 | 67701 |
Environmental Science and Engineering | 9073 | 6631 |
Ecology and Evolution | 3509 | 2713 |
Geomatics Engineering | 3616 | 2726 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 6837 | 5352 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 917 | 684 |
Instrumentation Engineering | 14680 | 11935 |
Mathematics | 16953 | 13171 |
Mechanical Engineering | 79830 | 62015 |
Mining Engineering | 8881 | 7438 |
Metallurgical Engineering | 4420 | 3571 |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 538 | 395 |
Petroleum Engineering | 1731 | 1320 |
Physics | 24747 | 19225 |
Production and Industrial Engineering | 4791 | 3547 |
Statistics | 3063 | 1967 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 2355 | 1889 |
Engineering Sciences | 14937 | 11156 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 4161 | 2973 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 5665 | 4132 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 378 | 297 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 702 | 531 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | 5709 | 4125 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | 2147 | 1546 |
Life Sciences | 50084 | 41086 |
| Paper | Number of registered students | Number of appeared students |
|---|---|---|
AE | 6,931 | 5,255 |
AG | 2,777 | 2,362 |
AR | 11,450 | 9,080 |
BM | 2,345 | 1,860 |
BT | 21,210 | 17,078 |
CE | 1,08,136 | 85,869 |
CH | 16,930 | 13,937 |
CS | 1,52,652 | 1,23,967 |
CY | 35,382 | 26,825 |
DA | 52,493 | 39,210 |
EC | 78,157 | 63,092 |
ES | 8,847 | 6,445 |
ES | 8,847 | 6,445 |
EY | 3,336 | 2,359 |
GE | 3,238 | 2,491 |
GG1 | 7,154 | 5,574 |
GG2 | 1,037 | 822 |
IN | 12,451 | 9,900 |
MA | 17,617 | 13,425 |
ME | 83,114 | 65,546 |
MN | 8,515 | 7,046 |
MT | 3,858 | 3,111 |
NM | 517 | 361 |
PE | 2,146 | 1,770 |
PH | 26,475 | 20,258 |
PI | 4,915 | 3,725 |
ST | 2,663 | 1,694 |
TF | 1,765 | 1,422 |
XE | 14,941 | 11,261 |
XH | 15,555 | 10,073 |
XL | 44,904 | 36,275 |
Total | 8,26,239 | 6,53,292 |
| Paper Code | Registered | Appeared |
|---|---|---|
| AE | 5998 | 4585 |
| AG | 2722 | 2337 |
| AR | 11842 | 9242 |
| BM | 1809 | 1444 |
| BT | 17830 | 14097 |
| CE | 105064 | 83187 |
| CH | 16491 | 13607 |
| CS | 99555 | 75679 |
| CY | 33275 | 24710 |
| EC | 70361 | 45833 |
| EE | 58342 | 55292 |
| ES | 8392 | 6051 |
| EY | 2831 | 2086 |
| GE | 3058 | 2259 |
| GG-G1 | 6574 | 5256 |
| GG-G2 | 957 | 743 |
| IN | 11741 | 8746 |
| MA | 16753 | 12463 |
| ME | 82233 | 63489 |
| MN | 7401 | 6032 |
| MT | 3267 | 2586 |
| NM | 490 | 335 |
| PE | 2271 | 1796 |
| PH | 24739 | 18517 |
| PI | 4591 | 3355 |
| ST | 2561 | 1429 |
| TF | 2054 | 1688 |
| XE | 15468 | 11258 |
| XL | 37391 | 29605 |
| Paper Code | Registered | Appeared |
|---|---|---|
Aerospace Engineering (AE) | 6946 | 4726 |
Agricultural Engineering (AG) | 3008 | 2375 |
Architecture and Planning (AR) | 13509 | 9709 |
Biomedical Engineering (BM) | 2327 | 1614 |
Biotechnology (BT) | 19303 | 13994 |
Chemical Engineering (CE) | 136285 | 100043 |
Chemistry (CH) | 19345 | 14373 |
Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) | 115458 | 77257 |
Civil Engineering (CV) | 37424 | 26925 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC) | 80365 | 54292 |
Electrical Engineering (EE) | 96850 | 69734 |
Environmental Science and Engineering (ES) | 9759 | 6357 |
Ecology and Evolution (EY) | 3204 | 2232 |
Geomatics Engineering (GE) | 4325 | 2977 |
Geology and Geophysics: Geophysics (GG-G1) | 6820 | 5017 |
Geology and Geophysics: Geology (GG-G2) | 1139 | 789 |
Instrumentation Engineering (IN) | 16447 | 11406 |
Mathematics (MA) | 18950 | 13518 |
Mechanical Engineering (ME) | 126979 | 89567 |
Mining Engineering (MN) | 6003 | 4276 |
Metallurgical Engineering (MT) | 4039 | 2759 |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM) | 1102 | 642 |
Petroleum Engineering (PE) | 2639 | 1838 |
Physics (PH) | 26737 | 19375 |
Production and Industrial Engineering (PI) | 5701 | 3680 |
Statistics (ST) | 2642 | 1436 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF) | 2750 | 1987 |
Engineering Sciences: Solid Mechanics & Thermodynamics (XE) | 21160 | 15155 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: English (XH-C2) | 2591 | 1599 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: Economics (XH-C1) | 6325 | 3795 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: Linguistics (XH-C3) | 289 | 188 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: Philosophy (XH-C4) | 504 | 334 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: Psychology (XH-C5) | 2963 | 1933 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: Sociology (XH-C6) | 1396 | 792 |
Life Sciences: Biochemistry & Botany (XL) | 40148 | 30336 |
| Candidates Appeared | Appeared | Qualified Candidates % |
|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering (AE) | 4914 | 17.7 |
| Agricultural Engineering (AG) | 2277 | 13.61 |
| Architecture and Planning (AR) | 10857 | 22.46 |
| Biomedical Engineering (BM) | 1684 | 19.06 |
| Biotechnology (BT) | 13186 | 19.89 |
| Chemical Engineering (CH) | 16705 | 20.35 |
| Chemistry (CY) | 23465 | 19.94 |
| Civil Engineering (CE) | 115270 | 17.45 |
| Computer Science & Information Technology (CS) | 101922 | 17.73 |
| Ecology and Evolution (EY) | 1718 | 19.96 |
| Electrical Engineering (EE) | 87559 | 17.7 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC) | 80629 | 14.15 |
| Environmental Science and Engineering (ES) | 9183 | 21.2 |
| Geology (GG) | 4797 | 24.74 |
| Geophysics (GG) | 826 | 31.84 |
| Instrumentation Engineering (IN) | 16770 | 21.44 |
| Mathematics (MA) | 11635 | 22.88 |
| Mechanical Engineering (ME) | 120594 | 17.38 |
| Metallurgical Engineering (MT) | 3486 | 23.49 |
| Mining Engineering (MN) | 3918 | 22.66 |
| Petroleum Engineering (PE) | 2153 | 21.64 |
| Physics (PH) | 17499 | 21.45 |
| Production and Industrial Engineering (PI) | 2059 | 18.45 |
| Statistics (ST) | 1199 | 8.42 |
| Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF) | 1643 | 21.11 |
| Engineering Sciences (XE) | 22219 | 20.35 |
| Life Sciences (XL) | 23973 | 22.33 |
Candidates can find the category-wise total number of appeared candidates according to each paper in the table, when released. However, the previous year statistics are mentioned below.
| Paper Code | GEN | GEN-EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AE | 2091 | 258 | 2018 | 729 | 159 |
AG | 571 | 237 | 908 | 412 | 234 |
AR | 4,390 | 388 | 3,111 | 922 | 269 |
BM | 820 | 61 | 727 | 205 | 47 |
BT | 8,541 | 1,121 | 5,178 | 1,805 | 433 |
CE | 22,242 | 6,487 | 33,610 | 15,514 | 8,016 |
CH | 4,741 | 1,371 | 5,219 | 1,941 | 665 |
CS | 51,263 | 11,698 | 41,538 | 15,170 | 8,016 |
CY | 10,309 | 2,714 | 9,961 | 2,901 | 940 |
DA | 17,763 | 3,915 | 11,993 | 4,405 | 2,260 |
EC | 22,515 | 5,859 | 23,573 | 8,623 | 2,522 |
EE | 16,517 | 4,272 | 23,302 | 11,052 | 4,456 |
EY | 1,111 | 201 | 659 | 272 | 116 |
ES | 1,977 | 516 | 2,311 | 1,158 | 483 |
GE | 1,007 | 150 | 840 | 366 | 128 |
GGB1 | 1,871 | 484 | 2,029 | 765 | 425 |
GGB2 | 187 | 119 | 309 | 129 | 78 |
IN | 3,412 | 887 | 3,724 | 1,412 | 465 |
MA | 4,884 | 1,662 | 4,980 | 1,408 | 491 |
ME | 20,969 | 4,857 | 25,172 | 10,662 | 3,886 |
MN | 1,522 | 523 | 2,983 | 1,287 | 731 |
MT | 915 | 221 | 1,131 | 550 | 294 |
NM | 117 | 19 | 148 | 61 | 16 |
PE | 624 | 169 | 613 | 284 | 80 |
PH | 8,559 | 2,052 | 7,076 | 1,970 | 601 |
PI | 1,180 | 287 | 1,262 | 736 | 260 |
ST | 755 | 191 | 532 | 162 | 54 |
TF | 469 | 114 | 587 | 215 | 37 |
XE | 3,953 | 1,086 | 4,249 | 1,511 | 462 |
XHC1 | 1,514 | 241 | 666 | 231 | 69 |
XHC2 | 2,070 | 314 | 994 | 412 | 110 |
XHC3 | 151 | 23 | 68 | 25 | 10 |
XHC4 | 156 | 52 | 68 | 49 | 15 |
XHC5 | 1972 | 219 | 888 | 265 | 71 |
XHC6 | 431 | 104 | 290 | 141 | 54 |
XL | 15,519 | 3,787 | 11,868 | 4,035 | 1,066 |
| Paper Code | GEN | GEN-EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AE | 1666 | 241 | 1854 | 668 | 156 |
| AG | 571 | 232 | 911 | 373 | 250 |
| AR | 4425 | 377 | 3303 | 882 | 255 |
| BM | 581 | 81 | 602 | 144 | 36 |
| BT | 6974 | 920 | 4368 | 1466 | 369 |
| CE | 22229 | 6084 | 33234 | 14358 | 7282 |
| CH | 4491 | 1412 | 5242 | 1836 | 626 |
| CS | 31026 | 7217 | 25034 | 9677 | 2725 |
| CY | 9790 | 2513 | 8816 | 2656 | 935 |
| EC | 16286 | 4015 | 17098 | 6518 | 1916 |
| EE | 14888 | 3986 | 22144 | 10221 | 4053 |
| ES | 1919 | 447 | 2218 | 1059 | 408 |
| EY | 1032 | 137 | 580 | 240 | 97 |
| GE | 914 | 126 | 747 | 364 | 108 |
| GG-1 | 1821 | 493 | 1794 | 708 | 440 |
| GG-2 | 182 | 108 | 294 | 96 | 63 |
| IN | 3042 | 786 | 3355 | 1169 | 394 |
| MA | 4761 | 1519 | 4428 | 1372 | 383 |
| ME | 20088 | 4953 | 24750 | 10239 | 3459 |
| MN | 1286 | 422 | 2680 | 1049 | 595 |
| MT | 719 | 182 | 1014 | 437 | 234 |
| NM | 105 | 19 | 128 | 62 | 21 |
| PE | 625 | 183 | 637 | 266 | 85 |
| PH | 7962 | 1849 | 6418 | 1701 | 587 |
| PI | 1086 | 288 | 1168 | 599 | 214 |
| ST | 623 | 169 | 429 | 155 | 53 |
| TF | 560 | 157 | 685 | 255 | 31 |
| XE | 4013 | 1161 | 4269 | 1454 | 361 |
| XH-C1 | 987 | 225 | 471 | 183 | 65 |
| XH-C2 | 2043 | 325 | 1051 | 422 | 140 |
| XH-C3 | 142 | 24 | 56 | 25 | 14 |
| XH-C4 | 161 | 45 | 81 | 53 | 12 |
| XH-C5 | 1471 | 207 | 728 | 211 | 67 |
| XH-C6 | 323 | 89 | 239 | 113 | 49 |
| XL | 13424 | 2658 | 9397 | 3185 | 941 |
| Paper Code | General | GEN-EWS | OBC-NCL | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AE | 1806 | 292 | 1889 | 599 | 140 |
AG | 639 | 185 | 972 | 355 | 224 |
AR | 4944 | 391 | 3207 | 897 | 270 |
BM | 673 | 84 | 635 | 177 | 45 |
BT | 7213 | 790 | 4212 | 1462 | 317 |
CE | 28452 | 6829 | 40725 | 16511 | 7526 |
CH | 4971 | 1429 | 5475 | 1888 | 610 |
CS | 33610 | 6462 | 25670 | 9197 | 2318 |
CY | 10842 | 2983 | 9388 | 2743 | 969 |
EC | 19969 | 4532 | 20487 | 7372 | 1932 |
EE | 19822 | 4788 | 28674 | 11976 | 4474 |
ES | 2142 | 461 | 2348 | 981 | 425 |
EY | 1157 | 132 | 557 | 283 | 103 |
GE | 1224 | 203 | 1025 | 392 | 133 |
GG-1 | 1787 | 430 | 1736 | 635 | 429 |
GG-2 | 192 | 102 | 300 | 132 | 63 |
IN | 4085 | 1017 | 4339 | 1519 | 446 |
MA | 5135 | 1731 | 4901 | 1369 | 382 |
ME | 30000 | 6578 | 35752 | 13137 | 4100 |
MN | 882 | 279 | 1980 | 730 | 405 |
MT | 810 | 209 | 1087 | 444 | 209 |
NM | 203 | 48 | 260 | 100 | 31 |
PE | 677 | 170 | 650 | 256 | 85 |
PH | 8420 | 2004 | 6685 | 1727 | 539 |
PI | 1299 | 291 | 1249 | 646 | 195 |
ST | 672 | 157 | 417 | 139 | 51 |
TF | 657 | 152 | 838 | 296 | 44 |
XE | 5691 | 1468 | 5669 | 1870 | 457 |
XH-C1 | 688 | 198 | 460 | 179 | 74 |
XH-C2 | 1971 | 325 | 968 | 399 | 132 |
XH-C3 | 105 | 15 | 49 | 13 | 6 |
XH-C4 | 151 | 44 | 70 | 58 | 11 |
XH-C5 | 1097 | 143 | 486 | 167 | 40 |
XH-C6 | 364 | 84 | 198 | 98 | 48 |
XL | 14465 | 2445 | 9297 | 3169 | 960 |
The authority conducted the GATE 2026 registration from August 28 to October 13, 2025 without late fee. However, candidates were also able to apply for the exam with a late fee till November 10, 2025. The details regarding the total number of students that registered during this period has been announced by the authorities online.
The authority has announced the GATE 2026 result on March 19, 2026. The details regarding how many students appeared for the GATE 2026 exam and other registration statistics is released on the official website.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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On Question asked by student community
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:
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
With a qualifying GATE 2026 score of 32 under the EWS category, candidates will likely secure MTech seats in lower-demand branches in newer NITs/IIITs/GFTIs.
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