Which IIT is making the GATE 2026 paper The IIT Guwahati will be making the GATE exam paper for 2026. The authority will be responsible for setting the GATE 2026 exam paper, handling registrations, and managing the overall exam process. The GATE 2026 exam registration was concluded on October 13, 2025. Candidates had registered GATE 2026 through the official portal, gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Aspirants who fulfilled the GATE 2026 eligibility criteria have applied for the exam. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati will conduct the GATE 2026 exam on February 7, 8, 14, and 15. Read this article for details on the IIT making the 2026 GATE paper and what the previous year’s trends were.
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IIT Guwahati also determines the GATE exam centres 2026, which have been divided into 8 IIT zones across India. The GATE exam will be held in more than 200 cities.
IIT Guwahati will conduct the GATE exam for the third time in 2026; the previous GATE exam was conducted in 2010 & 2018, respectively. According to the official source, the exam toughness level is expected to be medium to hard. However, candidates can check the GATE exam pattern 2026 on this page.
IIT Guwahati conducted its second GATE exam in 2018. Here is the branch-wise cutoff as per the official records. Candidates can refer to the GATE cutoff to understand the difficulty level of the exam by analysing the qualifying marks for the branch and category-wise.
Paper with code | Category-Wise Qualifying Marks | ||
Open | OBC-NCL | SC/ST | |
Aerospace Engineering(AE) | 34.4 | 30.9 | 22.9 |
Agricultural Engineering(AG) | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Architecture and Planning(AR) | 43.9 | 39.5 | 29.2 |
Biotechnology(BT) | 27.9 | 25.1 | 18.5 |
Civil Engineering(CE) | 26.9 | 24.2 | 17.9 |
Chemical Engineering(CH) | 37.8 | 34 | 25.1 |
Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Chemistry(CY) | 25.4 | 22.8 | 16.9 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC) | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
Electrical Engineering(EE) | 29.1 | 26.1 | 19.4 |
Ecology and Evolution(EY) | 49.3 | 44.3 | 32.8 |
Geology and Geophysics(GG) | 32.4 | 29.1 | 21.5 |
Instrumentation Engineering (IN) | 37.1 | 33.3 | 24.7 |
Mathematics(MA) | 29.4 | 26.4 | 19.5 |
Mechanical Engineering(ME) | 34.7 | 31.2 | 23.1 |
Mining Engineering(MN) | 45 | 40.5 | 30 |
Metallurgical Engineering(MT) | 40.3 | 36.2 | 26.8 |
Petroleum Engineering(PE) | 39.8 | 35.8 | 26.5 |
Physics(PH) | 29 | 26.1 | 19.3 |
Production and Industrial Engineering (PI) | 32 | 28.8 | 21.3 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF) | 32.2 | 28.9 | 21.4 |
Engineering Sciences(XE) | 31.5 | 28.3 | 21 |
Life Sciences(XL) | 29.9 | 26.9 | 19.9 |
IIT Guwahati GATE Cutoff 2010
IIT Guwahati conducted its first GATE exam in 2010. Here is the curated list of courses and category-wise cutoff. Candidates can refer it to understand the qualifying marks trend.
Paper with code | Category-Wise Qualifying Marks | ||
Open | OBC-NCL | SC/ST/Pwd | |
Mechanical Engineering(ME) | 25.00 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
Electrical Engineering(EE) | 25.20 | 22.68 | 16.80 |
Computer Science/IT(CS) | 25.00 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
Electronics & Communication Engineering(EC) | 25.00 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
Civil Engineering(CE) | 25.01 | 22.51 | 16.67 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
GATE 2026 will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, following the rotational pattern among the IITs and IISc.
Not directly. The GATE 2026 question paper is prepared collectively by a committee of professors from multiple IITs and IISc—not solely by IIT Guwahati.
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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.
IIT Guwahati has released GATE exam ME answer key in online mode. Here we have provided direct link to download IIT Guwahati Mechanical Engineering answer key.- Download Here
Students can download the ebooks from the link given below.
The official GATE 2026 Shift 2 (Feb 8) answer key was released by IIT Guwahati on February 22, 2026, on the GOAPS portal.
Check out the GATE 2026 February 8 Question Paper with Solutions .
Hi Raj, please check the link for GATE Agricultural Engineering question paper 2026 to know about the syllabus and the topic covered.
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