Which IIT is Making the GATE 2026 Paper? - Organizing IIT Name

Which IIT is Making the GATE 2026 Paper? - Organizing IIT Name

Team Careers360Updated on 14 Oct 2025, 11:21 AM IST

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.
Also check: GATE 2026 Syllabus | Top Institutes Participating in GATE 2026

Which IIT is Making the GATE 2026 Paper? - Organizing IIT Name
Which IIT is making the GATE 2026 paper

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.

Which IIT is Making the GATE 2026 Paper?

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 GATE Cutoff

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)

Q: Which IIT is making the 2026 GATE paper?
A:

GATE 2026 will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, following the rotational pattern among the IITs and IISc.

Q: Does the organizing institute (IIT Guwahati) also set the actual question paper?
A:

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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If you missed the correction window for GATE 2026, the portal will not allow changes right now. Usually, IIT opens a correction period only once. Since you need to change your surname, the best option is to contact the GATE organizing institute through their official support email or