GATE Cutoff 2022 – Check Subject-wise Cutoff and Previous Year Cut Off

GATE Cutoff 2022 – IIT Kharagpur will release the GATE 2022 cutoff for all 29 subject papers along with GATE result. The minimum marks required by the candidates to qualify for the GATE 2022 exam is the cutoff. It must be noted that the GATE 2022 cutoff will be different for all 29 subject papers @gate.iitkgp.ac.in.

Also, the GATE cutoff 2022 will vary as per the category of the candidates. Candidates who will score more marks than the GATE 2022 cutoff are eligible for admission in the M.Tech courses offered by the participating institutes of the exam. However, candidates have to qualify for the GATE 2022 admission cutoff of various institutes in order to get admission to them. GATE 2022 admit card download is available on the official website. Read more about GATE cutoff 2022 from the article below.

The authorities will release the cutoff of GATE 2022 after the conclusion of the exam. As the GATE 2022 cutoff has not been released yet, it will be updated here in this article as soon as it is released by the authorities. It must be noted two types of cutoffs will be released for GATE 2022 are qualifying and admission cutoff. Candidates can understand the difference between qualifying and admission GATE cut off 2022 below.

GATE Qualifying Cutoff Vs GATE Admission Cutoff: Students appearing in GATE 2022 must know the difference between the GATE qualifying cut off and GATE admission cutoff.

GATE Qualifying Cutoff: GATE qualifying cutoff or GATE cut off is the minimum marks required by the candidates to qualify for the exam. GATE cut-off 2022 will be different for all the 27 subjects for which the exam will be conducted. GATE 2022 cutoff will also vary as per the different categories of candidates. GATE qualifying cutoff is released by the conducting institute along with the declaration of result.

Previous Year GATE Cutoff Trends (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015)

Here, we have compiled the GATE cut-off for 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015. Candidates can refer to the following tables to know the GATE cut-off trends in the previous years. It will help them to understand how the GATE cut-off has changed over the years and what can be the probable cutoff for 2022.

GATE 2021 Cut off

GATE Paper Code	Highest Score	Highest Marks (out of 100)	Cut-off Marks (out of 100)
AE	1000	84	26.3
AG	1000	61.33	25
AR	1000	79.67	40.9
BM	1000	64	25
BT	1000	75.33	30
CE*	1000	95.56	29.2
CH	1000	89.67	35.1
CS*	1000	87.81	26.1
CY	996	91.33	36.2
EC	1000	82	25
EE	974	85.33	30.3
ES	966	88	39.6
EY	1000	78	35.7
GG (Geology)	945	72.67	38.9
GG (Geophysics)	1000	68.67	44.8
IN	933	79	36
MA	1000	68.33	29
ME*	979	93.22	33
MN	1000	77.67	31
MT	923	87.67	48.5
PE	947	88.67	51.4
PH	1000	69.67	32.8
PI	939	83.67	35.7
ST	1000	51.67	25
TF	945	79.67	41.8
XE	1000	90.33	37
XH-C1 (Economics)	1000	62.67	29.4
XH-C2 (English)	986	77.67	41.7
XH-C3 (Linguistics)	1000	65.67	35.3
XH-C4 (Philosophy)	1000	71	37.9
XH-C5 (Psychology)	1000	77.33	48.5
XH-C6 (Sociology)	1000	66	34.3
XL	983	74.33	36

GATE 2021 Qualifying Cutoff

GATE Paper 2021	General	General	SC/ST/PwD
Civil Engineering	29.2	26.2	22.0
Biotechnology	30	27	20
Mechanical Engineering	33	29.7	22
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	41.8	37.6	27.8
Chemistry	36.2	32.5	24.1
Mathematics	29	26.1	19.3
Electrical Engineering	30.3	27.2	20.2
Computer Science	26.1	23.4	17.4
Electronics and Communication	25	22.5	16.6
Humanities and Social Sciences	37.9	34.1	25.2
Instrumentation Engineering	36.0	32.0	24.0

GATE Qualifying Cutoff 2020 (Official)

Paper Name	Paper Code	General	OBC (NCL)	SC/ST/PwD
Civil Engineering	CE	32.9	29.6	21.9
Electrical Engineering	EE	33.4	30.0	22.2
Computer Science and Information Technology	CS	28.5	25.6	19.0
Mechanical Engineering	ME	34.0	30.6	22.6
Petroleum Engineering	PE	39.8	35.8	26.5
Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	28.8	25.9	19.2
Chemical Engineering	CH	35.7	32.1	23.8
Chemistry	CY	26.7	24.0	17.8
Biotechnology	BT	30.7	27.6	20.4
Engineering Sciences Minor	XE	26.0	23.4	17.3
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	TF	37.1	33.3	24.7
Aerospace Engineering	AE	27.2	24.4	18.1
Agricultural Engineering	AG	26.3	23.6	17.5
Architecture and Planning	AR	34.8	31.3	23.2
Ecology and Evolution	EY	42.2	37.9	28.1
Geology	GG	38.4	34.5	25.6
Geophysics	GG	51.9	46.7	34.6
Instrumentation Engineering	IN	34.6	31.1	23.0
Mathematics	MA	25	22.5	16.7
Mining Engineering	MN	32.7	29.4	21.8
Metallurgical Engineering	MT	49.2	44.2	32.8
Physics	PH	37.2	33.4	24.8
Production and Industrial Engineering	PI	36.6	32.9	24.4
Statistics	ST	25	22.5	16.6
Biomedical Engineering	BM	25.0	22.5	16.6

GATE Cutoff Analysis (2021 vs 2020)

If we see the GATE cutoffs for 2021 and 2020; the cutoffs for most of the subjects were decreased from the previous year. For example, GATE cutoff for CSE was 28.5 in 2020 while it decreased to 26.1 in 2021.

GATE Cutoff Analysis (2020 vs 2019)

The analysis given below depicts the changes in the qualifying GATE Cutoff 2020 vs 2019. While the official result statistics have announced that only 18.8% of candidates have qualified in the exam. There have been many surprises in the GATE cutoffs with many showing a drastic lowering and some showing an increase. Only Mathematics has shown no changes in the GATE cutoff. Check the table below for details.

GATE Qualifying Cutoff (Papers that have Lowered Cutoffs)

Paper Name	Paper Code	General	OBC (NCL)	SC/ST/PwD
Computer Science and Information Technology	CS	28.5	25.6	19.0
Mechanical Engineering (Minor changes)	ME	34.0	30.6	22.6
Petroleum Engineering	PE	39.8	35.8	26.5
Chemistry	CY	26.7	24.0	17.8
Biotechnology	BT	30.7	27.6	20.4
Electrical Engineering	EE	33.4	30.0	22.3
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	TF	37.1	33.3	24.7
Aerospace Engineering	AE	27.2	24.4	18.1
Agricultural Engineering	AG	26.3	23.6	17.5
Architecture and Planning	AR	34.8	31.3	23.2
Geology	GG	38.4	34.5	25.6
Geophysics	GG	51.9	46.7	34.6
Metallurgical Engineering	MT	49.2	44.2	32.8
Statistics	ST	25	22.5	16.6
Biomedical Engineering	BM	25.0	22.5	16.6

Papers that have increased GATE Qualifying Cutoffs 2020

Paper Name	Paper Code	Qualifying Marks
General	OBC (NCL)	SC/ST/PwD
Civil Engineering	CE	32.9	29.6	21.9
Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	28.8	25.9	19.2
Chemical Engineering	CH	35.7	32.1	23.8
Ecology and Evolution	EY	42.2	37.9	28.1
Instrumentation Engineering	IN	34.6	31.1	23.0
Mining Engineering	MN	32.7	29.4	21.8
Physics	PH	37.2	33.4	24.8
Production and Industrial Engineering	PI	36.6	32.9	24.4

GATE Cutoff 2019(Official)

Paper Name	Paper Code	General	OBC (NCL)	SC/ST/PwD
Civil Engineering	CE	28.2	25.4	18.8
Electrical Engineering	EE	39.6	35.6	26.4
Computer Science and Information Technology	CS	29.5	26.6	19.7
Mechanical Engineering	ME	34.1	30.7	22.7
Petroleum Engineering	PE	49.9	44.9	33.3
Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	26.7	24	17.8
Chemical Engineering	CH	34.8	31.3	23.2
Chemistry	CY	32	28.8	21.3
Biotechnology	BT	35.9	32.3	23.9
Engineering Sciences	XE	26.7	24	17.8
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	TF	40.1	36.1	26.7
Aerospace Engineering	AE	33.5	30.2	22.3
Agricultural Engineering	AG	28.3	25.5	18.9
Architecture and Planning	AR	41	36.9	27.3
Ecology and Evolution	EY	37.1	33.4	24.7
Geology and Geophysics	GG	44.5	40.1	29.7
Instrumentation Engineering	IN	31.9	28.7	21.3
Mathematics	MA	25	22.5	16.7
Mining Engineering	MN	31.5	28.4	21
Metallurgical Engineering	MT	53.5	48.1	35.7
Physics	PH	25.2	22.7	16.8
Production and Industrial Engineering	PI	32.2	29	21.5
Statistics	ST	32.5	29.2	21.7

GATE Cutoff 2018 (Official)

Paper Name	Paper Code	General	OBC (NCL)	SC/ST/PwD
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

GATE 2017 Qualifying Cutoff (Official)

Branch	General	OBC	SC/ST/PH
Electronics and Communication (EC)	25.00	22.50	16.60
Civil Engineering (CE)	28.70	25.8	19.10
Electrical Engineering (EE)	25.20	25.20	16.70
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	32.87	29	21
Computer Science & Information Technology (CS)	25	22.50	16.60
Instrumentation Engineering (IN)	34.60	31.10	23.00
Chemical Engineering (CH)	44.30	39.80	29.50
Biotechnology (BT)	38.90	35.00	25.90

GATE Qualifying Cutoff 2016/ 2015 (Official)

Branch	General 2016	OBC 2016	SC/ST/PH 2016	General 2015	OBC 2015	SC/ST/PH 2015
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	29.6	26.6	19.7	32.73	29.46	21.82
Civil Engineering (CE)	25	22.5	16.6	25	22.5	16.67
Electrical Engineering (EE)	25.1	22.5	16.7	25	22.5	16.67
Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)	25	22.5	16.6	25	22.5	16.67
Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)	25	22.5	16.6	25	22.5	16.67
Instrumentation Engineering (IN)	31.6	28.4	21	25.45	22.9	16.96
Production and Industrial Engineering (PI)	26.4	23.7	17.5	26.82	24.14	17.88