How Many Students Registered for GATE 2027?- IIT Madras is yet to announce the number of students registered for GATE 2027. However, more than 10.2 lakh candidates are assumed to have applied for GATE 2027, as observed in previous year trends. Aspirants can check the GATE 2027 registration statistics based on reports such as registration trends, comparison with previous years and more. Find answers to questions like 'How many students registered for the GATE 2027 exam?' in this article. This information will provide insight into the competition level of GATE 2027 exam. The authority will conduct the GATE exam on February 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21, 2027.
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IIT Madras will release the complete statistics for total registrations for GATE 2027 along with the GATE result at gate2027.iitm.ac.in. Candidates will be able to check how many students registered for GATE on this page. The authority releases the paper-wise statistics as well. So, aspirants will be able to view how many fellow students took the exams. Meaning, they can interpret the data to determine the competition level.
Go through the tables given below, aspirants can know the previous year data and analyse how many students appeared for GATE. By understanding the total registrations and total appeared students for the GATE exam, they can see how much the competition can be in 2027.
Category | Total number of students |
Total number of students who applied | 10,11,719 |
Total number of students who appeared | 7,97,434 |
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 |
IIT Madras will release the paper wise statistics on how many candidates registered for GATE 2027. The data will be uploaded along with the results and cutoff. Until then, check the below given table for the previous year statistics.
Test Paper | No. of Candidates Registered in 2026 | No. Candidates Registered in 2025 |
Computer Science and Information Technology | 259922 | 207851 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 115448 | 97394 |
Civil Engineering | 97486 | 101596 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 91764 | 75854 |
Electrical Engineering | 81947 | 83355 |
Mechanical Engineering | 76823 | 79830 |
Life Sciences | 50732 | 50084 |
Chemistry | 30,775 | 33058 |
Biotechnology | 26808 | 24927 |
Physics | 24225 | 24747 |
Chemical Engineering | 17,416 | 18009 |
Mathematics | 16272 | 16953 |
Instrumentation Engineering | 15608 | 14680 |
Engineering Sciences | 12622 | 14937 |
Architecture and Planning | 10673 | 10898 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | 8858 | 5709 |
Aerospace Engineering | 8444 | 7576 |
Mining Engineering | 8415 | 8881 |
Environmental Science and Engineering | 7341 | 9073 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 5,647 | 6837 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 5350 | 5665 |
Production and Industrial Engineering | 4849 | 4791 |
Metallurgical Engineering | 4794 | 4420 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 4166 | 4161 |
Biomedical Engineering | 3756 | 2682 |
Ecology and Evolution | 3,659 | 3509 |
Geomatics Engineering | 3,582 | 3616 |
Statistics | 3333 | 3063 |
Agricultural Engineering | 2985 | 3095 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | 2643 | 2147 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 1549 | 2355 |
Petroleum Engineering | 1428 | 1731 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 800 | 702 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 668 | 917 |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 548 | 538 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 383 | 378 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The data is yet to be released. Based on observed trends, more than 10.2 lakhs registrations are expected in 2027.
Based on last year statistics, around 9 Lakh candidates are expected to appear in GATE 2027.
So far, the highest GATE registrations were in 2026. Although, this years statistics are yet to be released.
On Question asked by student community
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