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Candidates can check GATE 2021 Cutoff for IITs here.

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GATE 2021 Cutoff for IITs will be released for admission into the institutes. It is to be noted that the institutes will release the GATE 2021 cutoff for IITs separately. Below is the previous year GATE cutoff for IITs within which admission was offered to the eligible candidates. IITs in India offer admission through Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP). To be eligible for admission candidates have to satisfy GATE cutoff for IITs for admission into MTech courses. Various factors will be taken into consideration while preparing GATE cutoffs for IITs. The GATE cutoff will be different for all the institutes, category and courses. It is compulsory for all candidates to qualify the GATE 2021 examination. Go through the complete article to get complete details on GATE 2021 cutoffs for IITs.

Factors determining GATE 2021 Cutoff for IITs

GATE cutoff for IITs for each paper depends on numerous factors mentioned below: 

  • Total number of candidates appearing for the paper
  • The difficulty level of the GATE question paper
  • Total seats available
  • Category under which the candidate is seeking admission

GATE 2021 Admission for IITs

The Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) offers admission to various MTech courses through GATE. The eligible candidates have to individually apply for admission at their preferred institute. The GATE does not conduct any centralized counselling for admission. Candidates must note that some IITs take direct admission through GATE while others conduct entrance examination or personal interview depending on the candidates’ qualification. GATE Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) is a common platform where the candidates will have to register for admission into the IITs after applying individually.

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GATE 2021 Cutoff

The IIT Bombay will announce GATE 2021 qualifying cut off soon after the declaration of the result. Candidates can check the subject-wise and category-wise cutoff for last year below:

Paper Name

Paper Code

GATE Cut off 2020

GATE Cut off 2019

Aerospace Engineering

AE

27.2

33.5

Agricultural Engineering

AG

26.3

28.3

Architecture and Planning

AR

34.8

41

Biomedical Engineering

BM

25

N/A

Biotechnology

BT

30.7

35.9

Chemical Engineering

CH

35.7

34.8

Chemistry

CY

26.7

32

Civil Engineering

CE

32.9

28.2

Computer Science and Information Technology

CS

28.5

29.5

Ecology and Evolution

EY

42.2

37.1

Electrical Engineering

EE

33.4

39.6

Electronics and Communication Engineering

EC

28.8

26.7

Engineering Sciences Minor

XE

26

26.7

Geology

GG

38.4

44.5

Geophysics

GG

51.9

N/A

Instrumentation Engineering

IN

34.6

31.9

Life Sciences

XL

31.7

36.7

Mathematics

MA

25

25

Mechanical Engineering

ME

34

34.1

Metallurgical Engineering

MT

49.2

53.5

Mining Engineering

MN

32.7

31.5

Petroleum Engineering

PE

39.8

49.9

Physics

PH

37.2

25.2

Production and Industrial Engineering

PI

36.6

32.2

Statistics

ST

25

32.5

 

 

 

 

Textile Engineering and Fibre Science

TF

37.1

40.1

GATE 2021 Cutoff for IITs

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Candidates can check GATE institute-wise cutoffs from below.

S. No

Institute

GATE Cut off 2021

1

IIT Delhi

Available soon

2

IIT Madras

Available soon

3

IIT Bombay

Available soon

4

IIT Kharagpur

Available soon

5

IIT Guwahati

Available soon

6

IIT Kanpur

Available soon

7

IIT Roorkee

Available soon

8

IIT Hyderabad

Available soon

9

IIT Indore

Available soon

10

IIT BHU

Available soon

11.

IIT Jodhpur

Available soon

12

IIT Mandi

Available soon

13

IIT Gandhinagar

Available soon

14

IISc Bangalore

Available soon

15

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Available soon

15

IIT Patna

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