GATE Statistical Report 2026 Released: IIT Guwahati Outlines Candidate Qualification Data, Subject Cutoffs, and Key Metrics
GATE Statistical Report 2026: IIT Guwahati has released the GATE 2026 Statistical Report on gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Out of 10,11,719 registered candidates, 7,97,434 appeared and 1,56,318 qualified, marking a 19.6% pass rate. Computer Science led participation with 2,11,020 test-takers, while qualifying cutoffs ranged between 25.0 and 40.0 marks across all 30 papers.
GATE Statistical Report 2026: The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) has recently published the complete GATE 2026 Statistical and Performance Report in their official exam website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in. This report contains the statistical information related to participation and performance trends of candidates in all the 30 test papers conducted throughout India. With a total number of 10,11,719 registered candidates, 7,97,434 appeared for the examination resulting in a qualification percentage of around 19.6% in total with 1,56,318 qualified candidates. CS & IT had the most participation with 2,11,020 test-takers out of 2,59,922 registered candidates.
The report contains detailed analysis of the qualifying percentage and cutoffs on a branch-wise and category-wise basis, with qualifying cutoff marks varying from a minimum of 25.0 marks in branches like Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry to a maximum of 40.0 marks in Metallurgical Engineering, Ecology and Evolution, and Architecture and Planning. In addition, there is an achievement report of some of the top scorers in various disciplines including Rahul Nehra with 96.67 marks in mechanical engineering and Gaurav Kumar with 95.67 marks in Electronics and communication engineering.
GATE 2026 Statistical Report
The statistical report of the GATE is compiled by the organising institution, which changes each year between IISc and IITs. This report acts as an authority report for the applicants, educational institutions, and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). For the GATE 2026 examination, 10,11,719 applicants applied, while 797434 appeared for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. In the statistical report, the authority will provide the number of candidates qualifying for GATE 2026. Details will be updated below:
| Test Paper | No. of Candidates Registered | No. of Candidates Appeared | No. of Qualified Candidates |
| Aerospace Engineering | 8444 | 6591 | 1188 |
| Agricultural Engineering | 2985 | 2545 | 325 |
| Architecture and Planning | 10673 | 8415 | 2747 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 3756 | 3041 | 643 |
| Biotechnology | 26808 | 21513 | 4124 |
| Civil Engineering | 97486 | 76385 | 13949 |
| Chemical Engineering | 17416 | 14077 | 2555 |
| Computer Science and Information Technology | 259922 | 211020 | 40661 |
| Chemistry | 30775 | 22457 | 2203 |
| Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | 91764 | 69242 | 12849 |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | 115448 | 95752 | 17392 |
| Electrical Engineering | 81947 | 65801 | 13726 |
| Environmental Science and Engineering | 7341 | 5107 | 1136 |
| Ecology and Evolution | 3659 | 2601 | 1029 |
| Geomatics Engineering | 3582 | 2592 | 446 |
| Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | 5647 | 4336 | 1038 |
| Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | 668 | 519 | 125 |
| Instrumentation Engineering | 15608 | 12424 | 2823 |
| Mathematics | 16272 | 11561 | 2559 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 76823 | 59612 | 10970 |
| Mining Engineering | 8415 | 6732 | 1597 |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 4794 | 3908 | 1228 |
| Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | 548 | 419 | 96 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 1428 | 1137 | 317 |
| Physics | 24225 | 18055 | 3588 |
| Production and Industrial Engineering | 4849 | 3673 | 805 |
| Statistics | 3333 | 2087 | 414 |
| Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 1549 | 1183 | 251 |
| Engineering Sciences | 12622 | 9099 | 1838 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | 4166 | 2952 | 572 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | 5350 | 3711 | 1691 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | 383 | 285 | 58 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | 800 | 570 | 130 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | 8858 | 6178 | 1410 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | 2643 | 1819 | 562 |
| Life Sciences | 50732 | 40035 | 9273 |
| Total Participants in GATE 2026 | 10,11,719 | 797434 | 156318 |
GATE Statistical Report: Key Highlights
The components of the GATE statistical report are as follows:
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Number of Registered, Appeared and Qualified Candidates: Number of total candidates who received GATE admit card and the number of candidates who appeared and qualified in GATE
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GATE Qualification percentage: Numbers and percentage of qualified candidates category-wise and paper-wise
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Score Distribution: Raw score of GATE out of 100 and normalised score of GATE out of 1000.
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GATE Qualification Cut-off: Normalised cut-off marks for General, SC/ST/PwD, OBC-NCL/EWS
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Top Percentile: Mean score of top 0.1% candidates and standard deviation values
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