GATE 2025 Cutoff Analysis: Final Cutoff for General, OBC and SC/ST

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Aparajita Debnath

Data Manager | Updated on - Mar 20, 2025

Analysis of the last five years' trends shows that OBC-NCL cutoffs are usually 10% lower than the General category, while SC/ST/PwD cutoffs are significantly lower, averaging around 67% of the General category cutoffs. Read the article to know GATE 2025 expected cutoff.

Kolkata: IIT Roorkee released the category-wise cutoff marks along with the GATE 2025 results on March 19, 2025. GATE cutoff marks 2025 are determined by factors such as number of seats available, number of candidates, and difficulty level of the exam.

After every round of COAP and CCMT counselling, the GATE cutoff marks 2025 for subsequent rounds will be announced. However, it's important to note that the qualifying GATE cutoff released by IIT Roorkee is different from the admission cutoffs set by individual institutes.

GATE 2025 Cutoff Category-wise

GATE 2025 Subject	General	OBC-NCL/EWS	SC/ST/PwD
Chemical Engineering (CE)	27.7	24.9	18.4
Chemistry (CY)	25	22.5	16.6
Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)	29.2	26.2	19.4
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA)	29	26.1	19.3
Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)	25	22.5	16.6
Humanities and Social Sciences (XH)	40	36	26.6
Mechanical Engineering (ME)	35.8	32.2	23.8

What is Category-Wise GATE 2025 Expected Cutoff?

Based on expert analysis, and previous tends GATE cutoff marks 2025 (expected) are provided in the following table. Candidates can check the section-wise expected cutoff marks.

GATE 2025 Expected Cutoff Category-Wise
Exam Dates	Test Paper Name	General	OBC/NCL	SC/ST/PwD
February 01, 2025	Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)	28-32	26-30	19-23
	Agricultural Engineering (AG)	25-28	23-26	17-20
	Mathematics (MA)	26-29	23-26	16-19
	Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM)	26-30	23-28	17-22
	Metallurgical Engineering (MT)	40-44	38-42	28-32
	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF)	29-34	26-30	19-23
	Instrumentation Engineering (IN)	34-38	30-35	22-25
February 02, 2025	Mechanical Engineering (ME)	30-35	27-32	20-25
	Petroleum Engineering (PE)	42-45	38-42	30-35
	Architecture and Planning (AR)	42-45	37-40	28-32
	Electrical Engineering (EE)	28-32	24-27	20-23
February 15, 2025	Chemistry (CY)	24-27	21-24	16-19
	Aerospace Engineering (AE)	34-38	28-32	22-25
	Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA)	37-40	32-35	24-28
	Environmental Science and Engineering (ES)	37-40	34-37	25-28
	Production and Industrial Engineering (PI)	30-34	27-30	20-24
	Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)	24-28	22-25	15-18
	Geomatics Engineering (GE)	41-45	35-38	26-30
	Biomedical Engineering (BM)	25-28	21-25	16-20
	Ecology and Evolution (EY)	35-38	32-35	22-25
February 16, 2025	Civil Engineering (CE)	28-32	25-30	18-22
	Chemical Engineering (CH)	25-28	22-25	16-20
	Physics (PH)	31-34	27-30	21-25
	Biotechnology (BT)	38-42	35-38	25-28
	Statistics (ST)	25-28	22-25	17-20
	Engineering Sciences (XE)	36-40	30-35	23-27
	Life Sciences (XL)	28-32	26-30	19-22
	Mining Engineering (MN)	25-28	22-25	16-20

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Ans: Yes, GATE cutoff marks 2025 announced paper-wise for all 30 subjects. Read the article and check category-wise expected cutoff marks.

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