GATE 2024 cut-off drops for CS, EC; 23% increase in total registrations this year
Vagisha Kaushik | March 23, 2024 | 12:38 PM IST | 1 min read
GATE cut-off 2024 for all papers and number of students who registered and appeared available at gate2024.iisc.ac.in.
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Check NowNEW DELHI: The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) cut-off 2024 has dropped for computer science and information technology, and electronics and communication engineering papers across all categories. The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore has released the GATE 2024 cut-off for all categories on the official website, gate2024.iisc.ac.in.
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The GATE cut-off 2024 has increased for other major subjects including electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering, and physics.
Along with the cut-off, the number of candidates who registered and appeared for GATE exam 2024 has also been released. A total of 8,26,239 candidates registered for the MTech entrance exam, of which over 6.5 lakh appeared. Amongst GATE papers, the highest number of candidates, 1,52,652, registered for CS paper of which 1,23,967 wrote the exam. This was followed by civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and life sciences papers.
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The new paper data science and artificial intelligence saw close to 52,500 registrations while over 39,000 sat for the exam. GATE 2024 was conducted on February 3, 4, 10, and 11 for 30 papers in two shifts.
GATE cut-off 2024
Take a look at the GATE cut-off for the general category this year as compared to the last year.
|
Subject |
GATE 2024 cut-off |
GATE 2023 cut-off |
|
EC |
25 |
29.9 |
|
EE |
25.7 |
25 |
|
ME |
28.6 |
28.4 |
|
CE |
28.3 |
26.6 |
|
CS |
27.6 |
32.5 |
|
CH |
25 |
32.1 |
|
XE |
36.2 |
37.9 |
|
PH |
32 |
31.1 |
GATE 2024 Cut-off
The category-wise qualifying cut-off for GATE exam 2024 is given below:
|
GATE Paper Code |
Qualifying GATE Cutoff Marks |
||
|
General |
OBC-NCL/
|
SC/ST/PWD |
|
|
Aerospace Engineering |
33.3 |
29.9 |
22.1 |
|
Agricultural Engineering |
25 |
22.5 |
|
|
Architecture and Planning |
41.5 |
37.3 |
27.6 |
|
Biomedical Engineering |
25 |
22.5 |
16.6 |
|
Biotechnology |
38.9 |
35 |
25.9 |
|
Civil Engineering |
28.3 |
25.4 |
18.8 |
|
Chemical Engineering |
25 |
22.5 |
16.6 |
|
Computer Science and Information Technology |
27.6 |
24.8 |
18.4 |
|
Chemistry |
25.2 |
22.6 |
16.7 |
|
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
37.1 |
33.3 |
24.7 |
|
Electronics and Communication Engineering |
25 |
22.5 |
|
|
Electrical Engineering |
25.7 |
23.1 |
17.1 |
|
Environmental Science and Engineering |
37.9 |
34.1 |
25.2 |
|
Ecology and Evolution |
35.8 |
32.2 |
23.8 |
|
Geomatics Engineering |
41.1 |
36.9 |
27.4 |
|
Geology and Geophysics (Geology) |
42 |
37.8 |
28 |
|
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) |
49 |
44.1 |
32.6 |
|
Instrumentation Engineering |
32.7 |
29.4 |
21.8 |
|
Mathematics |
25 |
22.5 |
16.6 |
|
Mechanical Engineering |
28.6 |
25.7 |
19 |
|
Mining Engineering |
25 |
22.5 |
16.6 |
|
Metallurgical Engineering |
41 |
36.9 |
27.3 |
|
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
25.1 |
22.5 |
16.7 |
|
Petroleum Engineering |
42.6 |
38.3 |
28.4 |
|
Physics |
32 |
28.8 |
21.3 |
|
Production and Industrial Engineering |
30.5 |
27.4 |
20.3 |
|
Statistics |
26.6 |
23.9 |
17.7 |
|
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science |
28.1 |
25.2 |
18.7 |
|
Engineering Sciences |
36.2 |
32.5 |
24.1 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) |
37 |
33.3 |
24.6 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (English) |
48 |
43.2 |
32 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) |
49.7 |
44.7 |
33.1 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) |
39.3 |
35.3 |
26.1 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) |
52.7 |
47.4 |
35.1 |
|
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) |
36 |
32.4 |
24 |
|
Life Sciences |
29.3 |
26.3 |
19.5 |
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