GATE 2025 Exam Begins February 1: Review Cut-Offs and Qualifying Marks for IIT and NIT Admissions

 

GATE 2025 Exam Begins February 1: Review Cut-Offs and Qualifying Marks for IIT and NIT Admissions

IIT Roorkee will host the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025. The cut-off scores for GATE 2025 are anticipated to rise. Candidates preparing for the exam can refer to last year’s cut-off scores to understand the expected trends.

GATE 2025 Expected Cut-Off

In GATE 2024, a total of 826,239 candidates registered, with 653,292 appearing for the exam. The cut-off scores for various disciplines were as follows: 33.3 for Aerospace Engineering, 27.6 for Computer Science and Information Technology, 25.2 for Chemistry, 25.7 for Electrical Engineering, and 25 for Mathematics.

GATE 2024 Cut-off Scores

Paper Code	Test Paper	Cut-off (GEN)
AE	Aerospace Engineering	33.3
AG	Agricultural Engineering	25
AR	Architecture and Planning	41.5
BM	Biomedical Engineering	25
BT	Biotechnology	38.9
CE	Civil Engineering	28.3
CH	Chemical Engineering	25
CS	Computer Science and Information Technology	27.6
CY	Chemistry	25.2
DA	Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	37.1
EC	Electronics and Communication Engineering	25
EE	Electrical Engineering	25.7
ES	Environmental Science and Engineering	37.9
EY	Ecology and Evolution	35.5
GE	Geomatics Engineering	41.1
GG1	Geology and Geophysics (Geology)	42
GG2	Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics)	49
IN	Instrumentation Engineering	32.7
MA	Mathematics	25
ME	Mechanical Engineering	28.6
MN	Mining Engineering	25
MT	Metallurgical Engineering	41
NM	Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	25.1
PE	Petroleum Engineering	42.6
PH	Physics	32
PI	Production and Industrial Engineering	30.5
ST	Statistics	26.6
TF	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	28
XE	Engineering Sciences	36.2
XH-C1	Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics)	37
XH-C2	Humanities and Social Sciences (English)	48
XH-C3	Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics)	49.7
XH-C4	Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy)	39.3
XH-C5	Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology)	52.7
XH-C6	Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology)	36
XL	Life Sciences	29.3

GATE 2025 will be conducted in a computer-based test (CBT) format, lasting for 3 hours. According to the official notification, candidates can choose from 30 subjects and are permitted to apply for up to two test papers. The selected papers must be chosen from the combinations listed on the official website.

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a nationwide exam that evaluates candidates for admission to master’s and doctoral programs in areas such as engineering, technology, science, architecture, and humanities, as well as for recruitment in certain public sector organizations. The exam will be organized by IISc Bengaluru and seven IITs (IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee) on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India.