The GATE result was declared on March 15 by IIT, Madras. The result was declared in the online mode for all 24 papers. The result is now available online, and the students can download it with the help of admit card of GATE exam. The GATE score is valid for three years, and the students can fetch their result from 20th March 2019 to 31 May 2019.
GATE is mandatory to qualify to get admissions in IITs, NITs or GFTIs for M.Tech. Also,students who have a good score in the exam become directly eligible for jobs in PSUs. GATE Cutoff is decided by the conducting institute which varies from branch to branch and from category to category. However, this year the cut off has been drastically increased for most of the branches.
Qualifying GATE is necessary to get into IITs or NITs, and a student must reach the minimum cut off to pursue M.Tech. from one of the IITs or NITs. Although, the cut-off for most of the subjects has been increased there are also some subjects for which the cut off has been left untouched. Subjects of branches including Civil, Computers, Electrical, Mechanical, and Electronics witnessed a steep hike in the cut-off while other subjects did not witness such changes.
Here, are the tables that will show you the increase in Cut off for some branches this year as compared to the cut off of last year:
GATE Cutoff 2019
| Branch |
General |
OBC |
SC/ST/PH |
| Computer Science Engineering |
29.5 |
26.6 |
19.7 |
| Civil Engineering |
28.2 |
25.4 |
18.8 |
| Electrical Engineering |
39.6 |
35.6 |
26.4 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering |
26.7 |
24.0 |
17.8 |
| Mechanical Engineering |
34.1 |
30.7 |
22.7 |
GATE Cutoff 2018
| Branch |
General |
OBC |
SC/ST/PH |
| Computer Science Engineering |
25 |
22.5 |
16.6 |
| Civil Engineering |
26.9 |
24.2 |
17.9 |
| Electrical Engineering |
29.1 |
26.1 |
19.4 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering |
25 |
22.5 |
16.6 |
| Mechanical Engineering |
34.7 |
31.2 |
23.1 |
GATE Scores
In GATE, the exam for different subjects has been conducted in single and multiple sessions.Students can check their result online using their enrolment number and other details which will be mentioned on their GATE Admit card. The exams held in single session only their actual marks will be released. However, the exams that were conducted in multiple sessions, their normalised marks will be calculated. GATE uses a formula to calculate normalised marks and students must follow the same set of procedures to obtain their normalized marks for multiple sessions.
This year the cut off was increased at a rapid rate. However, this is not the only reason that affects the number of students qualifying for the GATE exam. There are many other reasons due to which the GATE cut-off may vary. To a large extent, the performance depends on a candidate’s hard work or his preparations, but it is not the only reason. There can be several other reasons like:
The difficulty level of the exam as it happens that some year the difficulty level is high whereas some years it is kept moderate. The total number of applications received because this is also a major cause that creates variation in the Cutoff. The total number of seats available for the current year, for a particular branch.
GATE is one of the most popular entrance exam conducted for admissions in IITs, NITs or GFTIs. Students who score good marks become eligible for the jobs in PSUs. PSUs offer lucrative packages to students who have scored good marks in GATE exam. Before taking admissions, students should know that the admission in IITs for M.Tech is offered through Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) whereas, admission in NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs are offered through Centralised Counselling for M.Tech (CCMT). After getting the scorecard from the official website, and when the dates for admission is declared students can apply individually to their desired institute through COAP/ CCMT.
