GATE 2025 exam to begin from February 1, check previous year's cut-offs

GATE 2025 exam: IIT Roorkee is set to conduct the GATE 2025 exams on February 1, 2, 15, and February 16, 2025. To get an idea about where will the cut-offs be listed check the previous year's cut-offs

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 will take place on February 1, 2, 15, and February 16 this year. The GATE 2025 examination will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. 

 

The exam will take place in a computer-based test with a duration of 3 hours. According to the official notification, out of 30 subjects, candidates can appear for two test papers. The two papers must be selected from the combination already available on the official website. 

 

This year, the GATE 2025 cut-off is expected to increase and candidates who will sit in the examination can check the previous year's cut-off scores to get an idea about the upcoming trends.

GATE 2025 Exam Schedule: 

Gate Exam Date	Gate Exam Time	Gate Papers
Saturday, 1st February 2025	9:30 am to 12:30 pm	CS1, AG, MA
	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm	CS2, NM, MT, TF, IN
Sunday, 2nd February 2025	9:30 am to 12:30 pm	ME, PE, AR
	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm	EE
Saturday, 15th February 2025	9:30 am to 12:30 pm	CY, AE, DA, ES, PI
	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm	EC, GE, XH, BM, EY
Sunday, 16th February 2025	9:30 am to 12:30 pm	CE1, GG, CH, PH, BT
	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm	CE2, ST, XE, XL, MN

GATE 2025 expected cut-off

A total of 826,239 candidates registered for the GATE 2024 examination, out of which 653,292 appeared. Last year, the cut-off was 33.3 for Aerospace Engineering, 27.6 for Computer Science and Information Technology, 25.7 for Electrical Engineering, 25.2 for Chemistry, and 25 for Mathematics.

Check the complete cut-off list here:

Paper Code	Test Paper	Cut-off (GEN)
AE	Aerospace Engineering	33.3
AG	Agricultural Engineering	25
AR	Architecture and Planning	41.5
BM	Biomedical Engineering	25
BT	Biotechnology	38.9
CE	Civil Engineering	28.3
CH	Chemical Engineering	25
CS	Computer Science and Information Technology	27.6
CY	Chemistry	25.2
DA	Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	37.1
EC	Electronics and CommunicationEngineering	25
EE	Electrical Engineering	25.7
ES	Environmental Science andEngineering	37.9
EY	Ecology and Evolution	35.5
GE	Geomatics Engineering	41.1
GG1	Geology and Geophysics(Geology)	42
GG2	Geology and Geophysics(Geophysics)	49
IN	InstrumentationEngineering	32.7
MA	Mathematics	25
ME	Mechanical Engineering	28.6
MN	Mining Engineering	25
MT	Metallurgical Engineering	41
NM	Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	25.1
PE	Petroleum Engineering	42.6
PH	Physics	32
PI	Production and Industrial Engineering	30.5
ST	Statistics	26.6
TF	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	28
XE	Engineering Sciences	36.2
XH-C1	Humanities and SocialSciences (Economics)	37
XH-C2	Humanities and SocialSciences (English)	48
XH-C3	Humanities and SocialSciences (Linguistics)	49.7
XH-C4	Humanities and SocialSciences (Philosophy)	39.3
XH-C5	Humanities and SocialSciences (Psychology)	52.7
XH-C6	Humanities and SocialSciences (Sociology)	36
XL	Life Sciences	29.3

 

About GATE

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a national-level exam which allows candidates to take admission to master’s and doctoral programs in fields like engineering, technology, science, architecture, and humanities, as well as for employment in certain public sector organizations.

 

On behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India, the exam will be conducted by IISc Bengaluru and seven IITs (IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee).