GATE 2021 Result: Know how are cut-off marks calculated
Ritu Tripathi | March 22, 2021 | 01:05 PM IST | 1 min read
IIT Bombay has released the GATE 2021 qualifying cutoff along with the result. The admission cutoff will be released by individual institutes.
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Check NowNEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) has released the qualifying cutoff of GATE 2021 along with the result on the official website . Candidates shortlisted on the basis of the GATE 2021 qualifying cutoff are eligible to participate in GATE COAP and CCMT counselling.
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Candidates will have to separately apply for COAP and CCMT counselling in order to get admission to the participating institutes. It must be noted the COAP is conducted for admission to IITs while CCMT counselling is conducted for admission to NITs, IIITs, and GFITs.
After the counselling process, the individual institutes will release the GATE admission cutoff 2021 for the final seat allotment of candidates. The authorities consider various factors for determining the GATE admission cutoff like number of seats, scores of candidates, choices of candidates. On the other hand, the qualifying cutoff, which is now available, is calculated by considering factors like difficulty level of exam, number of students appeared in exam, previous year cutoff trends.
GATE 2021 Cutoff (Qualifying)
|
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 |
Here, * denotes normalized marks for multi-sessions.
Previous Year GATE Cutoff (Admission)- Top Institutes
|
Institute Name |
M.Tech Programme |
GATE Paper |
Gen |
OBC-NC |
SC/ST |
|
IIT Bombay |
Computer Science and Engineering |
CS |
750 |
675 |
500 |
|
IIT Delhi |
Mechanical Design |
ME |
725 |
650 |
SC- 500 ST- 300 |
|
IIT Kanpur |
Mechanical Engineering |
ME |
833 |
791 |
SC- 663 ST- 482 |
IIT Delhi will be conducting GATE 2021 COAP counselling from May 13 . Candidates will be required to do GATE COAP 2021 registrations which will start tentatively in the third or fourth week of March.
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