PSU is hiring through GATE and saves a lot of their time and effort. GATE is a single exam that tests the candidates on their respective engineering discipline as well as the analytical and decision-making abilities. Candidates qualifying GATE have to know their subject well.

Q: Which is the authority to decide the cutoff for GATE?

The exam conducting authority decides the GATE qualifying cutoff. For GATE 2020, the exam conducting authority is the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

Q: What are the factors deciding the GATE 2022 Cutoff?

Factors like the number of seats available, number of candidates applied for the exam, performance of the candidate, and difficulty level of entrance exam affect the cutoff list.

Updated On - May 22 2023 by Abhinandan Singh

GATE 2023 cutoff will be released by IIT Kanpur. The GATE cutoff 2023 for all the papers individually will be declared in online mode. Gate cutoff is the minimum mark that a candidate needs to qualify for the exam. The cutoff of GATE 2023 varies from course to course and is different for each category. All of the GATE 2023 papers have different cutoff and it will also be different for all the categories.

GATE Exam Previous Years Cut off Marks, 2022, 2021, 2020

**GATE cutoff 2022, 2021, 2020**
Year	Subject	General	OBC	SC/ST	PWD
2023	Civil Engineering	26.8	23.9	17.7	15.7
2023	Computer Science and Engineering	32.5	29.2	21.6	18.7
2023	Electrical Engineering	25	22.5	16.5	14.5
2023	Electronics and Communication Engineering	29.9	26.9	19.9	17.9
2023	Mechanical Engineering	28.4	25.5	18.9	16.9
2022	Civil Engineering	26.2	23.3	17.2	15.2
2022	Computer Science and Engineering	31.6	28.3	20.7	17.7
2022	Electrical Engineering	24.6	22.1	16.1	14.1
2022	Electronics and Communication Engineering	29.2	26.2	19.2	17.2
2022	Mechanical Engineering	27.8	24.9	18.4	16.4
2021	Civil Engineering	25.6	22.7	16.6	14.6
2021	Computer Science and Engineering	30.8	27.5	20.0	17.0
2021	Electrical Engineering	24.1	21.6	15.6	13.6
2021	Electronics and Communication Engineering	28.5	25.5	18.5	16.5
2021	Mechanical Engineering	27.1	24.2	17.7	15.7
2020	Civil Engineering	25.0	22.1	16.0	14.0
2020	Computer Science and Engineering	30.2	27.0	19.5	16.5
2020	Electrical Engineering	23.5	21.0	15.0	13.0
2020	Electronics and Communication Engineering	28.0	25.0	18.0	16.0
2020	Mechanical Engineering	26.5	23.6	17.1	15.1

GATE 2023 Cut off Marks
Subject	General	OBC	SC/ST	PWD
Civil Engineering	26.8	24.2	18.7	15.7
Computer Science and Engineering	32.5	29.2	21.6	18.6
Electrical Engineering	25	22.5	17.5	14.5
Electronics and Communication Engineering	29.9	26.9	20.9	17.9
Mechanical Engineering	28.4	25.5	19.9	16.9
Metallurgical Engineering	27.4	24.9	19.4	16.4
Mining Engineering	26.3	23.8	18.3	15.3
Petroleum Engineering	28.2	25.3	19.7	16.7
Chemical Engineering	27.6	24.7	19.2	16.2
Aeronautical Engineering	28.9	26	20.4	17.4
Automobile Engineering	27.9	25	19.4	16.4

The GATE 2023 cut off marks are subject to change and will be announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in due course.

GATE 2022 Cut Off

The GATE cutoff 2022 has been released by the IIT, Kharagpur on the GOAPS official website. GATE 2022 result along with the cut-off will be announced in March 2022. Candidates have to visit the official website of GOAPS to check the GATE Cut Off 2022. GATE 2022 Cut Off is the minimum mark required to obtain by a candidate to get admission in M.E./M.Tech courses in various IITs, IIITs, and NITs.

**GATE 2022 Cutoff**
Subject	General	OBC (NCL/EWS)	SC/ST/PwD
Computer Science and Information Technology	25	22.5	16.6
Civil Engineering	30.4	27.3
Chemical Engineering	25.3	22.7	16.8
Mining Engineering	25.5	22.9	17
Biotechnology	35.5	31.9	23.6
Electronics and Communication Engineering	25	22.5	16.5
Statistics	25	22.5	16.6
Geomatics Engineering	40.4	36.3	26.9
Instrumentation Engineering	42.4	38.1	28.2

GATE Qualifying Cutoff Vs GATE Admission Cutoff

Students who would be appearing in GATE 2021 should have a clear idea about the difference between the GATE qualifying cutoff and the GATE admission cutoff.

	GATE Qualifying Cutoff	GATE Admission Cutoff
Definition	This is the minimum score that a candidate has to score to clear the exam, which is different for all 25 courses for which the GATE exam is conducted. It also changes as per the categories of candidates.	This is the minimum marks required by a candidate to get admission to an institute.
Declared By	It is declared by the exam conducting institute with result declaration.	It is declared by the institute at the admission time.
Parameters deciding Cutoff	Candidates Performance, Candidates category, Previous Years Cut Off	Total Number of Seats, Applications received, Candidates category

GATE 2020 Cutoff

The table given below shows the officially announced GATE 2020 Cut Off entrance exam:

**GATE 2020 Cutoff**
S. No.	Paper Name	Paper Code	Qualifying Marks
S. No.	Paper Name	Paper Code	General	OBC (NCL)	SC/ST/PwD
1	Life Sciences	XL	31.7	28.5	21.1
2	Civil Engineering	CE	32.9	29.6	21.9
3	Electrical Engineering	EE	33.4	30.0	22.2
4	Computer Science and Information Technology	CS	28.5	25.6	19.0
5	Mechanical Engineering	ME	34.0	30.6	22.6
6	Petroleum Engineering	PE	39.8	35.8	26.5
7	Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	28.8	25.9	19.2
8	Chemical Engineering	CH	35.7	32.1	23.8
9	Chemistry	CY	26.7	24.0	17.8
10	Biotechnology	BT	30.7	27.6	20.4
11	Engineering Sciences Minor	XE	26.0	23.4	17.3
12	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	TF	37.1	33.3	24.7
13	Aerospace Engineering	AE	27.2	24.4	18.1
14	Agricultural Engineering	AG	26.3	23.6	17.5
15	Architecture and Planning	AR	34.8	31.3	23.2
16	Ecology and Evolution	EY	42.2	37.9	28.1
17	Geology	GG	38.4	34.5	25.6
17	Geophysics	GG	51.9	46.7	34.6
18	Instrumentation Engineering	IN	34.6	31.1	23.0
19	Mathematics	MA	25	22.5	16.7
20	Mining Engineering	MN	32.7	29.4	21.8
21	Metallurgical Engineering	MT	49.2	44.2	32.8
22	Physics	PH	37.2	33.4	24.8
23	Production and Industrial Engineering	PI	36.6	32.9	24.4
24	Statistics	ST	25	22.5	16.6
25	Biomedical Engineering	BM	25.0	22.5	16.6

Previous Year GATE Cutoff Trends (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015)

The cutoff of the previous year's GATE examinations is given below. Candidate can refer to the following tables to know more about Previous years GATE 2020 cutoff:

GATE 2019 Official Cutoff

S. No.	Paper Name	Paper Code	Qualifying Marks
S. No.	Paper Name	Paper Code	General	OBC (NCL)	SC/ST/PwD
1	Life Sciences	XL	36.7	33	24.5
2	Civil Engineering	CE	28.2	25.4	18.8
3	Electrical Engineering	EE	39.6	35.6	26.4
4	Computer Science and Information Technology	CS	29.5	26.6	19.7
5	Mechanical Engineering	ME	34.1	30.7	22.7
6	Petroleum Engineering	PE	49.9	44.9	33.3
7	Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	26.7	24	17.8
8	Chemical Engineering	CH	34.8	31.3	23.2
9	Chemistry	CY	32	28.8	21.3
10	Biotechnology	BT	35.9	32.3	23.9
11	Engineering Sciences	XE	26.7	24	17.8
12	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	TF	40.1	36.1	26.7
13	Aerospace Engineering	AE	33.5	30.2	22.3
14	Agricultural Engineering	AG	28.3	25.5	18.9
15	Architecture and Planning	AR	41	36.9	27.3
16	Ecology and Evolution	EY	37.1	33.4	24.7
17	Geology and Geophysics	GG	44.5	40.1	29.7
18	Instrumentation Engineering	IN	31.9	28.7	21.3
19	Mathematics	MA	25	22.5	16.7
20	Mining Engineering	MN	31.5	28.4	21
21	Metallurgical Engineering	MT	53.5	48.1	35.7
22	Physics	PH	25.2	22.7	16.8
23	Production and Industrial Engineering	PI	32.2	29	21.5
24	Statistics	ST	32.5	29.2	21.7

GATE 2018 Official Cutoff

S. No	Paper Name	Paper Code	Qualifying Marks
S. No	Paper Name	Paper Code	General	OBC (NCL)	SC/ST/PwD
1	Aerospace Engineering	AE	34.4	30.9	22.9
2	Agricultural Engineering	AG	25	22.5	16.6
3	Architecture and Planning	AR	43.9	39.5	29.2
4	Biotechnology	BT	27.9	25.1	18.5
5	Civil Engineering	CE	26.9	24.2	17.9
6	Chemical Engineering	CH	37.8	34	25.1
7	Computer Science and Information Technology	CS	25	22.5	16.6
8	Chemistry	CY	25.4	22.8	16.9
9	Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	25	22.5	16.6
10	Electrical Engineering	EE	29.1	26.1	19.4
11	Ecology and Evolution	EY	49.3	44.3	32.8
12	Geology and Geophysics	GG	32.4	29.1	21.5
13	Instrumentation Engineering	IN	37.1	33.3	24.7
14	Mathematics	MA	29.4	26.4	19.5
15	Mechanical Engineering	ME	34.7	31.2	23.1
16	Mining Engineering	MN	45	40.5	30
17	Metallurgical Engineering	MT	40.3	36.2	26.8
18	Petroleum Engineering	PE	39.8	35.8	26.5
19	Physics	PH	29	26.1	19.3
20	Production and Industrial Engineering	PI	32	28.8	21.3
21	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	TF	32.2	28.9	21.4
22	Engineering Sciences	XE	31.5	28.3	21
23	Life Sciences	XL	29.9	26.9	19.9

GATE 2017 Official Cutoff

S.No	Branch	General	OBC	SC/ST/PH
1	Electronics and Communication (EC)	25.00	22.50	16.60
2	Civil Engineering (CE)	28.70	25.8	19.10
3	Electrical Engineering (EE)	25.20	25.20	16.70
4	Mechanical Engineering (ME)	32.87	29	21
5	Computer Science & Information Technology (CS)	25	22.50	16.60
6	Instrumentation Engineering (IN)	34.60	31.10	23.00
7	Chemical Engineering (CH)	44.30	39.80	29.50
8	Biotechnology (BT)	38.90	35.00	25.90

GATE official Cutoff 2016/ 2015

		2016			2015
S.No	Branch	General	OBC	SC/ST/PH	General	OBC	SC/ST/PH
1	Mechanical Engineering (ME)	29.6	26.6	19.7	32.73	29.46	21.82
2	Civil Engineering (CE)	25	22.5	16.6	25	22.5	16.67
3	Electrical Engineering (EE)	25.1	22.5	16.7	25	22.5	16.67
4	Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)	25	22.5	16.6	25	22.5	16.67
5	Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)	25	22.5	16.6	25	22.5	16.67
6	Instrumentation Engineering (IN)	31.6	28.4	21	25.45	22.9	16.96
7	Production and Industrial Engineering (PI)	26.4	23.7	17.5	26.82	24.14	17.

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