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    How Many Students Appeared For GATE Exam 2026 - Check Registered and Appeared Candidates

    How Many Students Appeared For GATE Exam 2026 - Check Registered and Appeared Candidates

    Jalla VenkateshUpdated on 28 Mar 2026, 06:00 PM IST

    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.

    How Many Students Appeared For GATE Exam 2026 - Check Registered and Appeared Candidates
    How Many Students Appeared For GATE

    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.

    How Many Students Appeared For GATE 2026

    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.

    How Many Students Appeared For GATE 2026

    Category

    Total number of students

    Total number of students who applied

    10,11,719

    Total number of students who appeared

    7,97,434

    Previous Year Data on How Many Students Appeared for GATE

    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.

    How Many Students Registered For GATE 2025

    Category


    Total number of students


    Total number of students that applied

    9,36,019

    Total number of students that appeared

    7,47,319

    How Many Students Appeared For GATE 2024

    Category


    Total number of students


    Total number of students that applied

    826239

    Total number of students that appeared

    653292

    How Many Students Appeared For GATE 2023

    Category


    Total number of students


    Total number of students that applied

    670,000

    Total number of students that appeared

    517,000

    How Many Students Appeared For GATE 2022

    Category


    Total number of students


    Total number of students that applied

    8 lakh

    Total number of students that appeared

    7,11,542

    How Many Students Appeared For GATE 2021

    Category


    Total number of students


    Total number of students that applied

    10 lakhs

    Total number of students that appeared

    8.5 lakhs

    How Many Students Registered For GATE 2026- Paper-Wise Statistics

    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.

    How Many Students Appeared For GATE 2026 - Paper Wise

    Test PaperNo. of Candidates Registered

    No. of Candidates Appeared

    Aerospace Engineering84446591
    Agricultural Engineering29852545
    Architecture and Planning106738415
    Biomedical Engineering37563041
    Biotechnology2680821513
    Civil Engineering9748676385
    Chemical Engineering1741614077
    Computer Science and Information Technology259922211020
    Chemistry3077522457
    Data Science and Artificial Intelligence9176469242
    Electronics and Communication Engineering11544895752
    Electrical Engineering8194765801
    Environmental Science and Engineering73415107
    Ecology and Evolution36592601
    Geomatics Engineering35822592
    Geology and Geophysics (Geology)56474336
    Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics)668519
    Instrumentation Engineering1560812424
    Mathematics1627211561
    Mechanical Engineering7682359612
    Mining Engineering84156732
    Metallurgical Engineering47943908
    Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering548419
    Petroleum Engineering14281137
    Physics2422518055
    Production and Industrial Engineering48493673
    Statistics33332087
    Textile Engineering and Fibre Science15491183
    Engineering Sciences126229099
    Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics)41662952
    Humanities and Social Sciences (English)53503711
    Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics)383285
    Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy)800570
    Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology)88586178
    Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology)26431819
    Life Sciences5073240035
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    Number of Candidates Registered and Appeared in GATE 2025

    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

    How Many Students Appeared For GATE 2024 - Paper-wise Statistics

    PaperNumber of registered studentsNumber 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

    GATE 2023 - Paper-wise Statistics

    Paper CodeRegisteredAppeared
    AE59984585
    AG27222337
    AR118429242
    BM18091444
    BT1783014097
    CE10506483187
    CH1649113607
    CS9955575679
    CY3327524710
    EC7036145833
    EE5834255292
    ES83926051
    EY28312086
    GE30582259
    GG-G165745256
    GG-G2957743
    IN117418746
    MA1675312463
    ME8223363489
    MN74016032
    MT32672586
    NM490335
    PE22711796
    PH2473918517
    PI45913355
    ST25611429
    TF20541688
    XE1546811258
    XL3739129605
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    GATE 2022 Number of Students Registered, Appeared and Qualified

    Paper CodeRegisteredAppeared

    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

    GATE 2021 Number of Students Appeared and Qualified

    Candidates AppearedAppearedQualified Candidates %
    Aerospace Engineering (AE)491417.7
    Agricultural Engineering (AG)227713.61
    Architecture and Planning (AR)1085722.46
    Biomedical Engineering (BM)168419.06
    Biotechnology (BT)1318619.89
    Chemical Engineering (CH)1670520.35
    Chemistry (CY)2346519.94
    Civil Engineering (CE)11527017.45
    Computer Science & Information Technology (CS)10192217.73
    Ecology and Evolution (EY)171819.96
    Electrical Engineering (EE)8755917.7
    Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)8062914.15
    Environmental Science and Engineering (ES)918321.2
    Geology (GG)479724.74
    Geophysics (GG)82631.84
    Instrumentation Engineering (IN)1677021.44
    Mathematics (MA)1163522.88
    Mechanical Engineering (ME)12059417.38
    Metallurgical Engineering (MT)348623.49
    Mining Engineering (MN)391822.66
    Petroleum Engineering (PE)215321.64
    Physics (PH)1749921.45
    Production and Industrial Engineering (PI)205918.45
    Statistics (ST)11998.42
    Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF)164321.11
    Engineering Sciences (XE)2221920.35
    Life Sciences (XL)2397322.33

    GATE 2026 Category-wise Appeared Statistics

    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.

    GATE Previous Year 2024 Category-wise Appeared Statistics

    Paper CodeGENGEN-EWSOBC-NCLSCST

    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

    GATE Previous Year 2023 Category-wise Appeared Statistics

    Paper CodeGENGEN-EWSOBC-NCLSCST
    AE16662411854668156
    AG571232911373250
    AR44253773303882255
    BM5818160214436
    BT697492043681466369
    CE22229608433234143587282
    CH4491141252421836626
    CS3102672172503496772725
    CY9790251388162656935
    EC1628640151709865181916
    EE14888398622144102214053
    ES191944722181059408
    EY103213758024097
    GE914126747364108
    GG-118214931794708440
    GG-21821082949663
    IN304278633551169394
    MA4761151944281372383
    ME20088495324750102393459
    MN128642226801049595
    MT7191821014437234
    NM105191286221
    PE62518363726685
    PH7962184964181701587
    PI10862881168599214
    ST62316942915553
    TF56015768525531
    XE4013116142691454361
    XH-C198722547118365
    XH-C220433251051422140
    XH-C314224562514
    XH-C416145815312
    XH-C5147120772821167
    XH-C63238923911349
    XL13424265893973185941
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    GATE 2022 Statistics

    Paper CodeGeneralGEN-EWSOBC-NCLSC 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

    GATE 2026 Registration Details

    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.

    GATE 2026 Result

    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)

    Q: How many students appeared for GATE 2026?
    A:

    The authority has released the number of students who appeared for GATE 2026.

    Q: Which branch had the highest appearance rate?
    A:

    Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) had the highest appearance rate.

    Q: Which IIT will conduct the GATE 2026 exam?
    A:

    IIT Guwahati conducted the GATE 2026 exam.

    Q: How many people are registered for GATE 2026?
    A:

    The authority released the number of students registered for the GATE 2026 exam.

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