Candidates aspiring to gain admissions to M.Tech courses offered by the esteemed institutions across the country are required to score equal to or more than GATE 2018 Cut off in order to qualify for the entrance exam. The GATE 2018 Cut off will vary, depending upon the institute as well as the course. The GATE results were announced on March 26, 2017, the candidates now can get an analysis of Expected cut-offs for GATE-2018. Only candidates scoring score above this cutoff score will be considered qualified. The qualified candidates will be eligible to apply for M.Tech courses at IITs, IISc Bangalore, and NITs. Here in this article we will give you a detailed analysis of past trends and project the expected cut off for GATE-2018. This will help candidates to formulate exam strategies for GATE-2018.
GATE 2018 Cut off Marks criteria
- A committee constituted by IIT council will decide the GATE cutoff marks.
- Only after scoring the cut off marks of a particular course or institute will the candidates be able to proceed with the admission process.
- GATE 2018 will have two components, cutoff marks, and cutoff rank. The cutoff rank is the rank corresponding to the GATE 2018 cut off
- Applicants will be shortlisted for counseling and admission based on GATE 2018 cut off.
Factors affecting GATE 2018 cut-off
- Total number of applicants registered for GATE 2018
- A total number of applicants finally appearing for GATE 2018 exam.
- A total number of institutes accepting GATE scores.
- A total number of vacancies for individual courses.
- Intake capacity for each institute.
- The relative performance level of the applicants.
- Cut off trends of the previous year.
Expected Cut-Offs GATE-2018
| GATE Paper Code | GATE Paper | General | OBC | SC/ST/PH |
| CS | Computer Science | 25 | 22.5 | 16.635 |
| BT | Bio-Technology | 32.37 | 29.13 | 21.565 |
| EE | Electrical Engineering | 25.075 | 23.175 | 16.685 |
| CH | Chemical Engineering | 39.72 | 35.71 | 21.465 |
| IN | Electronics & Instrumentation | 29.05 | 26.125 | 18.1133 |
| EC | Electronics & Communication | 25.165 | 22.6275 | 16.7525 |
| CE | Civil Engineering | 26.9475 | 24.245 | 17.9375 |
| ME | Mechanical Engineering | 31.015 | 27.7575 | 20.44 |
This expected cut-off table has been calculated using the TREND Analysis technique where we have used cut off scores of GATE-2017, GATE-2016, GATE-2015 & GATE-2014. We can expect the cutoff scores of GATE 2018 to be approximately similar to the table given above. Here we have given the cut off scores of previous GATE Exams for your reference.
GATE cut-off 2017
| GATE Paper Code | GATE Paper | General | OBC | SC/ST/PH |
| CS | Computer Science | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| BT | Bio-Technology | 38.9 | 35 | 25.9 |
| EE | Electrical Engineering | 25.2 | 25.2 | 16.7 |
| CH | Chemical Engineering | 44.3 | 39.8 | 29.5 |
| IN | Electronics & Instrumentation | 34.6 | 31.1 | 23.00 |
| EC | Electronics & Communication | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| CE | Civil Engineering | 28.7 | 25.8 | 19.1 |
| ME | Mechanical Engineering | 32.87 | 29 | 21 |
The GATE 2017 cut off marks for different courses was published on the official website. Every participating institute had also declared their cutoff for GATE 2017. Besides the prestigious institutes, numerous private and public sector undertakings that take GATE 2017 cutoff into consideration for shortlisting candidates will also declare their individual cut off scores.
Check GATE Results 2017 at app state.iitr.ac.in. Today, IIT Roorkee has declared the GATE Results from 2017 with a score card, Topper Rank, number of candidates who appeared in this paper and marks out of 100. Just Enter enrollment ID/ email address and password to get GATE Results 2017. Click on the above-provided link for GATE 2017 Result login. You can get the GATE 2017 Result login page from the above link.
GATE cut-off 2016
| GATE paper code | GATE Paper | General | OBC | SC/ST/PH |
| PI | Production & Industrial Engg | 26.4 | 23.7 | 17.5 |
| ME | Mechanical Engg. | 29.6 | 26.6 | 19.7 |
| IN | Electronics & Instrumentation | 31.6 | 28.4 | 21 |
| EC | Electronics & Communication | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| EE | Electrical Engineering | 25.1 | 22.5 | 16.7 |
| CS | Computer Science | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
| CE | Civil Engineering | 25 | 22.5 | 16.6 |
GATE cut-off 2015
| GATE paper code | GATE paper | General categories | OBC (NCL) | SC/ST/PWD |
| CS | Computer Science & IT | 25 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
| EC | Electronics & communications & engineering | 25 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
| EE | Electrical engineering | 25 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
| ME | Mechanical engineering | 32.73 | 29.46 | 21.82 |
| IN | Instrumentation engineering | 25 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
| CE | Civil engineering | 27.52 | 24.77 | 18.34 |
GATE cut-off 2014
| GATE paper code | GATE paper | General categories | OBC (NCL) | SC/ST/PWD |
| CS | Computer Science & IT | 25 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
| EC | Electronics & communications & engineering | 25.56 | 23.01 | 17.04 |
| EE | Electrical engineering | 25 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
| ME | Mechanical engineering | 28.86 | 25.97 | 19.24 |
| IN | Instrumentation engineering | 25 | 22.50 | 16.67 |
| CE | Civil engineering | 26.57 | 23.91 | 17.71 |
| CH | Chemical engineering | 35.14 | 31.62 | 13.43 |
| BT | Biotechnology | 25.84 | 23.26 | 17.23 |
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GATE Cutoff for IITs College Wise (2017, 2016 & Expected Cut Off for 2018)
Here you will find cut-offs of different IITs fro year 2017, and 2016. And we will also provide the estimate for 2018 GATE cut off of different IITs based on Trend analysis.
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