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What is Good Score in GATE 2026? Candidates who attempt the GATE exam often wonder, "What is a good GATE score?” Students can find out what constitutes a good score for GATE 2026 on this page. A good score in GATE 2026 allows candidates to clear the cut-off and participate in the counselling. Detailed information on what makes a good GATE score in 2026, how the GATE scores are calculated, and the GATE cutoff for NITs can be found below. The GATE 2026 exam will be held on February 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2026. The GATE 2026 result will be announced on March 19, 2026.
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A good GATE 2026 score helps candidates gain admission into MTech courses, helps in recruitment and also applies for admission in foreign institutes. GATE 2026 will be held for admission into PG programs offered by the IITs, NITs, and other renowned institutions. Candidates can also use their good score in GATE 2026 to apply for a job in PSUs. Read the complete article to know what is good scores in the GATE exam.
GATE is an online entrance examination conducted every year by one of the seven IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kharagpur, Madras, Roorkee, and Kanpur) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, in rotation. In 2026, IIT Guwahati will be responsible for conducting the exam. This entrance exam consists of many events, starting from the release of the GATE application form to the result. Along with the GATE result, the authorities also release the qualifying GATE cutoff. Once the GATE cutoff is released, GATE counselling is conducted for admission into MTech across IITs in India.
Disciplines like Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Civil Engineering (CE) receive the highest number of applications resulting in these exams being held in two sessions. The marks obtained by the students in these disciplines are calculated through the normalisation formula. In contrast, the raw marks obtained by candidates in single-session papers (excluding ME, CS, EC, EE, and CE) are used directly in the score calculation formula to derive the GATE scores. Candidates must note that the raw marks of candidates will be out of 100, whereas the GATE scores are out of 1000.
The authorities calculate the GATE 2026 score using the normalised or actual marks of the candidates as per the GATE Paper they appeared for. Candidates can also use the GATE score calculator of Careers360 to predict their expected scores. The GATE scorecard contains the following details:
GATE 2026 is one of the most important entrance exams for admission into the M.Tech programmes. Also, many PSU recruitments are done on the basis of marks secured by the candidates in the GATE examination 2026. In simple terms, a good gate score is one that lands you in IITs, NITs, or other renowned institutes offering M.Tech programs or gets you recruited in PSUs offering jobs through GATE.
The minimum mark required by the candidates in order to be eligible for admission is the GATE qualifying cutoff. Candidates can find the GATE qualifying cutoff in the table below.
Test Paper | Cut-off (GEN) | Cut-off (OBC-NCL/EWS) | Cut-off (SC/ST/PwD) |
|---|---|---|---|
Aerospace Engineering | 28.9 | 26 | 19.2 |
Agricultural Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Architecture and Planning | 40 | 36 | 26.6 |
Biomedical Engineering | 29.2 | 26.2 | 19.4 |
Biotechnology | 28 | 25.2 | 18.6 |
Civil Engineering | 29.2 | 26.2 | 19.4 |
Chemical Engineering | 27.7 | 24.9 | 18.4 |
Computer Science and Information Technology | 29.2 | 26.2 | 19.4 |
Chemistry | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 29 | 26.1 | 19.3 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Electrical Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Environmental Science and Engineering | 26.1 | 23.4 | 17.4 |
Ecology and Evolution | 39.5 | 35.5 | 26.3 |
Geomatics Engineering | 25.7 | 23.1 | 17.1 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 38.4 | 34.5 | 25.5 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 40 | 36 | 26.6 |
Instrumentation Engineering | 25.6 | 23 | 17 |
Mathematics | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Mechanical Engineering | 35.8 | 32.2 | 23.8 |
Mining Engineering | 30.6 | 27.5 | 20.4 |
Metallurgical Engineering | 40 | 36 | 26.6 |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 25.1 | 22.5 | 16.7 |
Petroleum Engineering | 31.1 | 27.9 | 20.7 |
Physics | 26.8 | 24.1 | 17.8 |
Production and Industrial Engineering | 35.6 | 32 | 23.7 |
Statistics | 30.2 | 27.1 | 20.1 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 34.7 | 31.2 | 23.1 |
Engineering Sciences | 35.4 | 31.8 | 23.5 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 40 | 36 | 26.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 40 | 36 | 26.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 40 | 36 | 26.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 40 | 36 | 26.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | 40 | 36 | 26.6 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | 40 | 36 | 26.6 |
Life Sciences | 31.3 | 28.1 | 20.8 |
GATE Paper Code | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Aerospace Engineering | Qualifying GATE Cutoff Marks | ||
General | OBC-NCL/EWS | SC/ST/PWD | |
| 33.3 | 29.9 | 22.1 | |
| Agricultural Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | |
| Architecture and Planning | 41.5 | 37.3 | 27.6 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| Biotechnology | 38.9 | 35 | 25.9 |
| Civil Engineering | 28.3 | 25.4 | 18.8 |
| Chemical Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| Computer Science and Information Technology | 27.6 | 24.8 | 18.4 |
| Chemistry | 25.2 | 22.6 | 16.7 |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 37.1 | 33.3 | 24.7 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | |
| Electrical Engineering | 25.7 | 23.1 | 17.1 |
| Environmental Science and Engineering | 37.9 | 34.1 | 25.2 |
| Ecology and Evolution | 35.8 | 32.2 | 23.8 |
| Geomatics Engineering | 41.1 | 36.9 | 27.4 |
| Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 42 | 37.8 | 28 |
| Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 49 | 44.1 | 32.6 |
| Instrumentation Engineering | 32.7 | 29.4 | 21.8 |
| Mathematics | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 28.6 | 25.7 | 19 |
| Mining Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 41 | 36.9 | 27.3 |
| Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 25.1 | 22.5 | 16.7 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 42.6 | 38.3 | 28.4 |
| Physics | 32 | 28.8 | 21.3 |
| Production and Industrial Engineering | 30.5 | 27.4 | 20.3 |
| Statistics | 26.6 | 23.9 | 17.7 |
| Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 28.1 | 25.2 | 18.7 |
| Engineering Sciences | 36.2 | 32.5 | 24.1 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 37 | 33.3 | 24.6 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 48 | 43.2 | 32 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 49.7 | 44.7 | 33.1 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 39.3 | 35.3 | 26.1 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | 52.7 | 47.4 | 35.1 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | 36 | 32.4 | 24 |
| Life Sciences | 29.3 | 26.3 | 19.5 |
GATE Paper Code | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistics | Qualifying cutoff Marks | ||
General | OBC-NCL/EWS | SC/ST/PWD | |
25 | 22.5 | 16.6 | |
Physics | 31.1 | 27.9 | 20.7 |
CS | 32.5 | 29.2 | 21.6 |
ECE | 29.9 | 26.9 | 19.9 |
CE | 26.6 | 23.9 | 17.7 |
IN | 34.8 | 31.3 | 23.2 |
Electrical engineering | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Mechanical Engineering (ME) | 28.4 | 25.5 | 18.9 |
XE | 37.9 | 34.1 | 25.2 |
CH | 32.10 | ||
GATE Paper 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| CS | GATE Qualifying Marks | ||
General | OBC-NCL/ EWS | SC/ST/PwD | |
25 | 22.5 | 16.6 | |
ECE | 25 | 22.5 | 16.5 |
Biotechnology | 35.5 | 31.9 | 23.6 |
Chemical Engineering | 25.3 | 22.7 | 16.8 |
Statistics | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Metallurgical engineering | 46.2 | 41.5 | 30.8 |
GATE Maths cut-off | 27.3 | 24.5 | 18.2 |
Electrical engineering | 30.7 | 27.6 | 20.4 |
Textile engineering and fibre science | 36.8 | 34.9 | 25.6 |
Mechanical Engineering (ME) | 28.1 | 25.2 | 18.7 |
GATE Physics cut-off | 26.5 | 23.8 | – |
GATE Life Science Cut off (Botany/ Zoology) | 33.9 | 30.5 | 22.5 |
Ecology and life sciences | 33.4 | 30 | 22.2 |
Agriculture Engineering | 26.3 | 23.6 | 17.5 |
GATE Chemistry cut-off | 27.5 | 24.7 | 18.3 |
Mining Engineering | 25.5 | 22.9 | 17 |
| Chemistry Engineering | 25.3 | 23.7 | 17.8 |
| Civil Engineering | 31.4 | 28.3 | - |
Engineering Sciences (Fluid Mechanics/ Thermodynamics) | 40.3 | 36.2 | 26.8 |
GATE Paper Code | Highest Score | Highest Marks (out of 100) | Cut-off Marks (out |
|---|---|---|---|
AE | 1000 | 84 | 26.3 |
AG | 1000 | 61.33 | 25 |
AR | 1000 | 79.67 | 40.9 |
BM | 1000 | 64 | 25 |
BT | 1000 | 75.33 | 30 |
CE* | 1000 | 95.56 | 29.2 |
CH | 1000 | 89.67 | 35.1 |
CS* | 1000 | 87.81 | 26.1 |
CY | 996 | 91.33 | 36.2 |
EC | 1000 | 82 | 25 |
EE | 974 | 85.33 | 30.3 |
ES | 966 | 88 | 39.6 |
EY | 1000 | 78 | 35.7 |
GG (Geology) | 945 | 72.67 | 38.9 |
GG (Geophysics) | 1000 | 68.67 | 44.8 |
IN | 933 | 79 | 36 |
MA | 1000 | 68.33 | 29 |
ME* | 979 | 93.22 | 33 |
MN | 1000 | 77.67 | 31 |
MT | 923 | 87.67 | 48.5 |
PE | 947 | 88.67 | 51.4 |
PH | 1000 | 69.67 | 32.8 |
PI | 939 | 83.67 | 35.7 |
ST | 1000 | 51.67 | 25 |
TF | 945 | 79.67 | 41.8 |
XE | 1000 | 90.33 | 37 |
XH-C1 (Economics) | 1000 | 62.67 | 29.4 |
XH-C2 (English) | 986 | 77.67 | 41.7 |
XH-C3 (Linguistics) | 1000 | 65.67 | 35.3 |
XH-C4 (Philosophy) | 1000 | 71 | 37.9 |
XH-C5 (Psychology) | 1000 | 77.33 | 48.5 |
XH-C6 (Sociology) | 1000 | 66 | 34.3 |
XL | 983 | 74.33 | 36 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life Sciences | Paper Code | Qualifying Marks | ||
General | OBC (NCL) | SC/ST/PwD | ||
XL | 31.7 | 28.5 | 21.1 | |
Civil Engineering | CE | 32.9 | 29.6 | 21.9 |
Electrical Engineering | EE | 33.4 | 30.0 | 22.2 |
Computer Science and Information Technology | CS | 28.5 | 25.6 | 19.0 |
Mechanical Engineering | ME | 34.0 | 30.6 | 22.6 |
Petroleum Engineering | PE | 39.8 | 35.8 | 26.5 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | EC | 28.8 | 25.9 | 19.2 |
Chemical Engineering | CH | 35.7 | 32.1 | 23.8 |
Chemistry | CY | 26.7 | 24.0 | 17.8 |
Biotechnology | BT | 30.7 | 27.6 | 20.4 |
Engineering Sciences Minor | XE | 26.0 | 23.4 | 17.3 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | TF | 37.1 | 33.3 | 24.7 |
Aerospace Engineering | AE | 27.2 | 24.4 | 18.1 |
Agricultural Engineering | AG | 26.3 | 23.6 | 17.5 |
Architecture and Planning | AR | 34.8 | 31.3 | 23.2 |
Ecology and Evolution | EY | 42.2 | 37.9 | 28.1 |
Geology | GG | 38.4 | 34.5 | 25.6 |
Geophysics | GG | 51.9 | 46.7 | 34.6 |
Instrumentation Engineering | IN | 34.6 | 31.1 | 23.0 |
Mathematics | MA | 25 | 22.5 | 16.7 |
Mining Engineering | MN | 32.7 | 29.4 | 21.8 |
Metallurgical Engineering | MT | 49.2 | 44.2 | 32.8 |
Physics | PH | 37.2 | 33.4 | 24.8 |
Production and Industrial Engineering | PI | 36.6 | 32.9 | 24.4 |
Statistics | ST | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Biomedical Engineering | BM | 25.0 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
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GATE Cutoff for BHEL Recruitment | ||||
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Discipline | UR | OBC | SC | ST |
Mechanical | 79.31 | 75.18 | 61.33 | 53.84 |
Electrical | 69.98 | 66.04 | 53.99 | 50.59 |
Electronics | 68.68 | 65.32 | 56.46 | 49.13 |
Metallurgy | 65 | 57.67 | 56.67 | 48.67 |
GATE Cutoff for NTPC Recruitment | ||||
Discipline | General | OBC | SC | ST |
Electrical | 66.69 | 61.11 | 50.93 | 49.28 |
Mechanical | 76.31 | 68.69 | 55.83 | 49.72 |
Electronics | 63.74 | 55.85 | 47.47 | 47.1 |
Instrumentation | 63.33 | 55 | 43 | 46.67 |
Civil | 73.12 | 70.34 | 64.84 | 57.56 |
IT | 65.93 | 55.76 | 50.71 | 37.71 |
GATE Cutoff for GAIL Recruitment | ||||
Discipline | UR | OBC-NCL | SC | ST |
Chemical | 68.4 | 64 | 60.75 | 53 |
Mechanical | 82.58 | 80.37 | - | 73.72 |
Electrical | 77.95 | 74.54 | 66.24 | 61.82 |
Instrumentation | 75.37 | 70.50 | - | 56.23 |
Business Information System | 70.41 | 64.29 | 61.82 | - |
Telecom/Telemetry | 76.22 | 70.39 | 66.34 | 58.73 |
GATE Cutoff for HPCL Recruitment | ||||
Discipline | UR | OBC | SC | ST |
Mechanical | 75.14 | 70.69 | 58.34 | 50.85 |
Civil | 66.97 | 62.26 | 54.91 | 54.26 |
Electrical | 67.35 | 65.23 | 53.55 | 51.61 |
Instrumentation | 61.33 | 57.33 | 44.67 | 35.33 |
E &TC | 63.18 | 62.88 | 53.35 | 47.83 |
Chemical | 54 | 51.67 | 44.33 | 41 |
To know more about the GATE scores used by PSUs, check What are the GATE Scores for PSU Recruitment?
Rank | Marks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1-10 | |||||
Mechanical | CSE | Civil | Electronics | Electrical | |
92+ | 80+ | 90+ | 73+ | 91+ | |
10-50 | 87-92 | 75-80 | 85-90 | 67-73 | 87-91 |
50-100 | 85-87 | 72-75 | 78-85 | 63-67 | 84-87 |
100-200 | 82-85 | 68-72 | 74-78 | 60-63 | 81-84 |
200-500 | 79-82 | 62-68 | 70-74 | 56-60 | 77-81 |
500-1000 | 75-79 | 56-62 | 64-70 | 50-56 | 72-77 |
1000-2000 | 71-75 | 50-56 | 57-64 | 45-50 | 66-72 |
2000-5000 | 63-71 | 40-50 | 50-57 | 38-45 | 57-66 |
5000-10000 | 51-63 | 32-40 | 40-50 | 28-38 | 46-57 |
Previous Year GATE score vs rank
Candidates can take a look at the GATE score vs rank using the table given below. Here, we have given the previous year's GATE score vs rank analysis of the top scorers for a better understanding.
| Test Paper | Name of the Candidate | Raw Marks (out of 100) | GATE Score (out of 1000) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | BALAMURUGAN | 81 | 990 |
| Agricultural Engineering | KEERTHI REVANTH KUMAR | 74.67 | 1000 |
| Architecture and Planning | JAYANTH GIFTSON R | 83 | 1000 |
| Biomedical Engineering | TANISH GUPTA | 77.67 | 1000 |
| Biotechnology | ARNAB PAUL | 66.67 | 1000 |
| Civil Engineering | ABHAY SINGH | 89.02 | 1000 |
| Chemical Engineering | AMLAN KUMAR TRIPATHY | 75.33 | 1000 |
| Computer Science and Information Technology | RAHUL KUMAR SINGH | 100 | 1000 |
| Chemistry | DEBASIS MANDAL | 70 | 1000 |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | SADINENI NIKHIL CHOWDARY | 96.33 | 1000 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | SWARNAVA BISWAS | 82.67 | 1000 |
| Electrical Engineering | PRADIP CHAUHAN | 81.67 | 1000 |
| Environmental Science and Engineering | YASH JAIN | 67.33 | 1000 |
| Ecology and Evolution | KESHAV R MENON | 86.33 | 1000 |
| Geomatics Engineering | NITISH KUMAR | 61.67 | 1000 |
| Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | SUMIT GHOSH | 76.67 | 970 |
| Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | RAHUL MUKHERJEE | 70.67 | 1000 |
| Instrumentation Engineering | KAILASH GOYAL | 65 | 993 |
| Mathematics | SOHAM PAL | 57 | 1000 |
| Mechanical Engineering | RAJNEESH BIJARNIYA | 95.33 | 967 |
| Mining Engineering | ANIKET KUMAR GUPTA | 75.67 | 1000 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | YOGESH SARMA SEDAI | 89.67 | 941 |
| Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | JATIN PAL | 52.33 | 1000 |
| Petroleum Engineering | SAURABH KUMAR | 74 | 1000 |
| Physics | PURNENDU DAS | 76.67 | 1000 |
| Production and Industrial Engineering | DEVENDRA DHANANJAY UMBRAJKAR | 85.67 | 1000 |
| Statistics | ARCHISHMAN MUKHERJEE | 77 | 1000 |
| Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | YADAV AVADHESH ANANTRAM | 73.67 | 1000 |
| Engineering Sciences (Engineering Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics) | ANANT PRAKASH PANDEY | 88.33 | 1000 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | VICTOR PRINCE N J | 80 | 939 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | SANJNA SHUKLA | 89 | 922 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | MOOMAL MAJEE | 81 | 1000 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | ARIJIT SENGUPTA | 80 | 939 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | NAOREET KHONDEKAR | 71 | 1000 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | SAMBUDDHA ROYCHOWDHURY | 87.33 | 948 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | MOHIT KUMAR | 76 | 1000 |
| Life Sciences (Chemistry, Biochemistry, Zoology) | YUGANSH BHATIA | 78.67 | 1000 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Typically, the highest GATE cutoff for NITs ranges from 700 to 800, with the lowest around 400 to 500. Thus, a score of 600 to 700 is considered good for GATE.
The GATE 2026 cutoff for IITs reflects the minimum score required which varies depending upon the courses applied for.
A score of 93+ is considered outstanding in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). Marks above 90 are generally regarded as good, while scores above 93+ are excellent.
Securing a GATE rank below 200 guarantees candidates admission to the prestigious IITs and IISc. Nevertheless, meeting the eligibility criteria, in addition to achieving the required scores, is imperative for successful admission.
GATE scores are computed on a scale of 1000, whereas GATE marks are on a scale of 100. To secure direct admission to IISC/IITs, candidates should aim for a near-perfect score of around 1000.
The GATE scorecard remains valid for three years of being issued. It remains valid as long as your score meets or exceeds the qualifying marks.
A good score in the GATE exam for Computer Science (CSE) is 90 or more.
IIT Guwahati will release the GATE 2026 scores on March 19, 2026.
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The cutoff marks for OBC category students are different for different paper codes. You can check the article on Gate cutoff for all the detailed information. Hope it helps.
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The official GATE 2026 Shift 2 (Feb 8) answer key was released by IIT Guwahati on February 22, 2026, on the GOAPS portal.
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