GATE cutoff marks for IIT and NIT for ST category

GATE cutoff marks for IIT and NIT for ST category are subject-specific minimum and maximum scores among IITs and NITs, varying from 17 to 27. This cut-off is equivalent to about 300-480 raw scores.

Top IITs require around 200-480 scores, while newer ones require around 200. GATE cutoff marks for NITs range around 200.

A 320-400 cut-off is often seen for recruitment in PSU via GATE score.

With 7.5% seats reserved for the ST category for IITs and NITs admissions through GATE, around 2500 to 3200 candidates secure seats with these cut-offs.

GATE cutoff marks for IIT and NIT for ST category for 2025 are approximately as follows:

• Civil Engineering (CE): 19.4 marks
• Mechanical Engineering (ME): 23.8 marks
• Electrical Engineering (EE): 16.6 marks
• Electronics & Comm. Engineering (EC): 16.6 marks
• Computer Science & IT (CS): 19.4 marks
• Data Science & AI (DA): 19.3 marks
• Instrumentation Engineering (IN): 17.0 marks

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Key Summary

• For IITs and NITs admission, 7.5% ST reservation is made, and thus around 2500–3200 ST candidates are given seats every year.
• SC and ST qualifying marks in GATE 2025 usually go from 16 to 27 marks, and are the lowest among all categories in all branches.
• In elite IITs, ST cutoff ranges typically tend to be between 200 and 480 (1000 points) in highly sought-after branches, and newer IITs take on admissions with as low as 200 cutoffs.
• NITs have ST cutoffs largely around 180–370, with variations depending on course and place, with the highest-competition courses being Computer Science and AI.
• ST cutoffs for PSUs through GATE typically float around 60–70% of the general category cutoff, about 320–400 raw score, particularly for Electrical, Mechanical, and CSE.
• Subject-wise lowest ST qualifying cutoffs in the year 2025 are 16.6 for Electrical, Electronics, and Mathematics; 17.0 for Instrumentation; and 23.8 for Mechanical Engineering.
• High ST cutoffs occur in streams such as Computer Science (19.4), Geology (25.5), Humanities (26.6), and Data Science/AI (19.3).
• Most mid-range GATE cutoff marks for IIT and NIT for ST category are in the lower range, thus making them within reach of reserved candidates in a wide range of specialisations.

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IIT GATE Cutoff 2025 and the Previous Year Category-wise Opening and Closing Ranks for IITs

GATE Cutoff Marks for NIT for ST category

• NIT Trichy:
  • ST cut-offs ranged from 180 to 370
• NIT Warangal:
  • ST cut-offs ranged from 230 to 350
• NIT Surathkal:
  • ST cut-offs ranged from 210 to 345
• NIT Rourkela:
  • ST cut-offs ranged from 175 to 330
• NIT Calicut:
  • ST cut-offs ranged from 200 to 315. New NITs such as Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh have ST cut-offs:
  • Lower bound: 175–180
  • Maximum in CSE: 280–320

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GATE Cutoff Marks for IIIT, DIAT, DIU & Non-NIT for SC category

• IIIT Hyderabad: ST cutoff marks ranged from 260 to 370, with high competitiveness especially in Computer Science.
• IIIT Allahabad: ST marks ranged between 190 to 460
• IIIT Pune: ST cutoffs ranged from 295 to 340.
• IIST Thiruvananthapuram: ST cutoff ranged from 200 to 420, reflecting demand in aerospace.
• DIAT Pune: ST cutoffs ranged from 170 to 390, showing relatively lower entry marks but strong top-end cutoffs.
• University of Hyderabad: ST cutoff marks for M.Tech admissions via GATE ranged from 210 to 350.
• IIITDM institutes (Kurnool, Jabalpur, Sonipat, etc.): ST cutoffs consistently ranged between 200 to 320.
• Non-IIT/NIT institutes, including IIITs and IIST, show cutoff marks for the ST category spanning approximately 170 to 400, with IIITs and IIST being the most competitive.

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GATE College Predictor 2025

• ST category subject-wise cutoffs range approximately from 15.5 to 24 marks.
• Core engineering branches have cutoffs usually in the band of 16 to 24 marks.
• Mechanical Engineering had a cutoff of 23.8, one of the higher thresholds among engineering streams.
• Computer Science required about 19.4 marks.
• Electrical Engineering and Electronics & Comm Engineering had similar cutoffs near 16.6.
• Civil Engineering cutoff stood at 19.4, and Chemical Engineering cutoff was 18.4.
• Science-related disciplines had higher cutoffs, such as:
  • Geology: 25.5 (higher due to niche specialisation)
  • Physics: 17.8
  • Chemistry: 16.3
• Data Science & AI subjects had cutoffs near 19.3, comparable to Computer Science.
• Humanities and social sciences (Economics, Psychology, Sociology) showed cutoffs of around 26.6, the highest within the evaluated subjects for the ST category.