GATE Cut-off 2025: MTech Electrical Engineering scores on the rise? Category-wise 5-year trends

NEW DELHI: Are the GATE cut-offs for MTech in Electrical Engineering on the rise? Trends over the past five years suggest that the minimum score on the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) for MTech EE might finally be rising. GATE 2025 exam dates are in the first half of February and the GATE 2025 electrical engineering paper was on February 2. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) is conducting the GATE 2025 exams.

The GATE cut-off in Electrical Engineering (EE) has shown a fluctuating trend over the years. The past years’ GATE cut-off for General category candidates was 25.7.

The GATE 2025 cut-off for Electrical Engineering may rise again this year due to the growing popularity of the branch. The MTech programmes have also undergone significant reform over the past few years. The GATE Cut-off for EE in 2024 was lower than in 2022 across all categories. However, when compared to 2023, the GATE 2024 cut-off for EE has shown an increase. The GATE cut-off increased in 2019, followed by a decline in 2020. The GATE cut-off saw a rise again in 2021 but dropped in 2022 and continued to decrease in 2023.

As per the GATE 2025 exam analysis , the difficulty level of the electrical engineering (EE) paper was easy to moderate. The GATE 2025 EE question paper was based on maths, power electronics, electrical machines, network theory signal systems, control systems, EMM, EMT, analogue, digital, and microcontrollers topics.

GATE 2025 Electrical Engineering cut-off

GATE 2025 cut-off for EE (expected) based on past trends and Careers 360 analysis is given below.

GATE 2025 Electrical Engineering Cut-offs: Category-wise analysis

The GATE cut-off increased for all categories last year. However, in comparison to 2022, the GATE EE cut-off has dropped for all categories.

• GATE EE Cut-off for General category: Increased from 25.0 (2023) to 25.7 (2024) by 0.7 marks

• GATE EE Cut-off for OBC-NCL, EWS Category: Increased from 22.5 (2023) to 23.1 (2024) by 0.6 marks.

• GATE EE Cut-off for SC, ST, PwD category: Increased from 16.6 (2023) to 17.1 (2024) by 0.5 marks

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GATE 2025 EE Cut-off: Previous year’s qualifying marks

The GATE Electrical engineering cut-offs for previous years are as follows

GATE Qualifying cut-off Vs admission cut-off

The GATE 2025 qualifying cut-off is the minimum score required to qualify the exam. The GATE 2025 qualifying cut-off will be announced by IIT Roorkee and it determines eligibility for admission to MTech programmes, PSU recruitments.

On the other hand GATE 2025 admission cut-off is the minimum score required to secure admission to specific institutes like IITs, NITs, or other universities. GATE 2025 admission cut-off varies from institute to institute.

GATE Cut-Off 2025: Determining factors

The GATE Cut-off is based on several factors such as:

• Total number of GATE 2025 candidates- Higher candidates leads to a higher cut-off.

• Difficulty level GATE 2025 paper- A difficult paper results in a lower cut-off, while easy paper increases the cut-off.

• MTech Seat Matrix in the college – Limited seats in top institutes results in an increase in the admission cut-off of that specific branch.

• Performance of candidates- If the overall performance of the candidates are good the qualifying and admission GATE cut-off will increase.

• Previous year trends- Past GATE cut-offs also influence the required qualifying and admission marks for the next session.

• Reservation policies- Different categories have different cut-offs based on government reservation policies.

GATE 2025 exam center shifted from Prayagraj to Lucknow

The GATE 2025 exam centers for February 15, 16 exams have been changed from Prayagraj to Lucknow due to the Mahakumbh congregation. The revised GATE 2025 admit cards are available at gate2025.iitr.ac.in. Candidates are required to enter their enrollment ID and password to download the GATE admit card 2025. The GATE 2025 result date is March 19. The GATE 2025 scorecards will be available from March 28 to May 31