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GATE 2020 Cutoff for Mechanical Engineering

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GATE Cutoff is the minimum score required for admissions to the M.Tech programme in Mechanical Engineering. GATE 2020 is scheduled for February 1, 2, 8 and 9 in CBT mode. The merit list will be prepared for counselling and admission process on the basis of cutoff marks.

  • GATE 2020 Result will be declared on March 16, 2020.
  • Candidates who will successfully qualify the exam are called for counselling process. 
  • The merit list is prepared separately for each institute after the declaration of results.
  • GATE Cut off will vary from institute to institute. In this article, we are providing the previous year GATE Mechanical Engineering cutoff for different IITs.

GATE 2020 Expected Cutoff for ME

Here, we are discussing the GATE 2020 expected cutoff marks for ME. Candidates have to secure minimum cutoff marks to get admission in post graduate courses at IITs. They can check the following table for details:

IITs Cutoff Marks
IIT Madras 810
IIT Bombay 605
IIT Kanpur 788
IIT Hyderabad 797
IIT Patna 738
IIT Mandi 630

GATE 2017 Cut off Mechanical Engineering

Here we are providing you GATE 2017 Mechanical engineering cutoff for all the IITs. You can refer to below given tables for specified institutes:

IIT Bombay – Thermal and Fluids Engineering

Category Cutoff
GEN 600
OBC – NCL 540
SC/ST/PwD 400

IIT BHU – Mechanical Engineering 

Category Cutoff
GEN 747
OBC NCL 736
SC 559
ST 433

IIT Delhi 

Subject General OBC SC ST PH
Mechanical Design 725 650 500 300 300
Industrial Engineering 725 650 500 300 300
Production Engineering 725 650 500 300 300
Thermal Engineering 725 650 500 300 300
Transportation Engineering (ME) 643 600 567 567 350
Instrument Technology 600 550 400 400 400

IIT Madras

Subject General OBC SC ST General PwD OBC PwD
Thermal Engineering (ME1Y) 777 739 569 419 476 401
Design (ME2Y) 835 803 558 458 402 317
Manufacturing Engineering (ME3Y) 772 747 576 437 - -

IIT Madras GATE 2016 Cutoff for Mechanical Engineering

IIT Madras cutoff goes higher than other IIT institutes for Mechanical Engineering. Candidates can go through following table for category wise cutoff at IIT Madras as mentioned below.

Prog code Discipline GEN OBC SC ST
ME1N ME – Thermal Stream 798 770 581 424
ME2N ME – Design Stream 865 781 554 443
ME3Y ME – Manufacturing stream 769 743 617 380

IIT Bombay GATE 2016 Cutoff for Mechanical Engineering

IIT Bombay releases similar cutoff for different specializations in Mechanical Engineering. The below table is providing the cutoff for ME1, ME2 & ME3 programme.

Specialization Qualifying Discipline GEN OBC SC/ ST
ME1 (Thermal & Fluids Engineering) CH, AU, AE, ME 600 540 400
ME2 (Design Engineering) AU, AE, PI, MC, ME 600 540 400
ME3 (Manufacturing Engineering) PI, MC, ME 600 540 400

IIT Kanpur GATE 2016 Cutoff for Mechanical Engineering

IIT Kanpur is one of the popular institute for M.Tech admissions through GATE exam. This table shows the category wise GATE cutoff for different specialization in Mechanical Engineering.

Specialization GEN OBC SC ST
ME (Fluid Engineering) 787 710 593 569
ME (Manufacturing Science) 765 714 569 508
ME (Solid Mechanics & Design) 783 729 580 474

IIT Hyderabad GATE 2016 Cutoff for Mechanical Engineering

Here, the category wise cutoff for IIT Hyderabad are given in the below table.

Specialization Gen OBC SC ST
ME (Mechanics & Design) 784 743 593 478
ME (Fluid Energy System) 756 721 587 482
ME (Design & Manufacturing) 756 715 562 _

Other IITS Cutoff for Mechanical Engineering

The students can look at other IITs cutoff to see what they can except in this year cutoff. Candidates can check the following table to know the category wise cutoff marks:

IITs GEN OBC SC ST
IIT Patna 735 676 581 391
IIT Mandi 625 600 500 400

Factors affecting GATE Cutoff

The cutoff marks not only depend on written examination. There are various factors which affects GATE Cutoff for IITs. Candidates should read the following points which are given below:

  • Total number of candidates appearing for GATE written examination.
  • The difficulty level of the questions which are asked in the examination
  • Relative performance of the candidates in the GATE selection process
  • The previous year cutoff trends for IITs.

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.

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