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.

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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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You will not receive another rectification mail unless and until there is still an error in your reuploaded signature. if everything is okay your status will change to accepted on the GATE portal.

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This is likely a temporary portal or validation issue, not something you did wrong. When candidates try to change category from GEN to OBC-NCL during the GATE correction window, the system checks required fields and sometimes a supporting certificate or fee is needed. If any required data or document is missing, or the server is busy, the portal can show Something went wrong, please try again. Explain to them that first they should log into the GATE portal, open the Correction tab and confirm which fields are editable and whether a payment or document upload is required for category change. Tell them to clear browser cache or try a different browser/device and retry. If the error persists, advise contacting GATE support or the zonal office with a screenshot and timing of the error so officials can check server logs.

Hello,

The GATE 2026 Agricultural Engineering (AG) paper will have a total of 100 marks. Out of this, 15 marks are for General Aptitude and 85 marks are for core Agricultural Engineering subjects.

The marks are generally distributed among major topics like Engineering Mathematics (12–13 marks), Farm Machinery (10–11), Farm Power (14–15), Soil & Water Conservation (12–13), Irrigation & Drainage (10–12), Agricultural Process Engineering (10–12), and Dairy & Food Engineering (9–10 marks).

The official qualifying marks for GATE 2026 are not yet released. However, based on previous years, the cutoff for the Agricultural Engineering paper is expected to be around 25 marks for General, 22.5 for OBC/EWS, and 16.6 for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

Hope it helps !