GATE PSU Cutoff 2026 (Soon): Check Previous Year Scores for PSU Recruitment

GATE PSU Cutoff 2026 is likely to be 850+ marks, but it is not certain. Multiple factors determine PSU GATE 2026 cutoff scores, such as total examinees, seat matrix, overall cutoff scores specific to category etc.

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Expected GATE PSU Cutoff 2026
Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for IOCL
Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for HPCL
GATE PSU Cutoff for ONGC
Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for NTPC
Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for PGCIL
Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for BHEL
Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for GAIL
Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for BPCL
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The GATE PSU cutoff 2026 is expected to be 850+ marks, but it is not certain. However, students are required to meet the GATE PSU 2026 cutoff marks. Each PSU releases a separate cutoff based on the category and the types of posts. To get recruited into PSU, you are required to qualify for the GATE cutoff for PSU. However, you need to keep in mind that only a couple of PSUs take into consideration the GATE 2026 scores for direct recruitment.
Some of the leading PSUs hiring through GATE results are Airports Authority of India (AAI), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Coal India Limited (CIL), Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS), Chenab Valley Power Projects Limited (CVPPL), Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), etc. Students eager to know more about the GATE PSU 2026 cutoff scores can go through the expected cutoff scores and more.

Also read: List of PSU Recruitment Through GATE 2026

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Expected GATE PSU Cutoff 2026

The GATE 2026 PSU cutoff marks will be released following the GATE 2026 results. However, as per past years' trends, we have provided detailed expected GATE PSU cutoff marks for the top PSUs in India. You can check the category-wise GATE PSU cutoff from the table below:

PSU Name	Discipline	GATE PSU Cut off- Category-wise
	-	UR	OBC	SC	ST
BHEL	Mechanical	79.31	75.18	61.33	53.84
	Electrical	69.98	66.04	53.99	50.59
	Electronics	68.68	65.32	56.46	49.13
	Metallurgy	65	57.67	56.67	48.67
NTPC	Electrical	66.69	61.11	50.93	49.28
	Mechanical	76.31	68.69	55.83	49.72
	Electronics	63.74	55.85	47.47	47.1
	Instrumentation	63.33	55	43	46.67
	Civil	73.12	70.34	64.84	57.56
	IT	65.93	55.76	50.71	37.71
GAIL	Chemical	68.4	64	60.75	53
	Mechanical	82.58	80.37	-	73.72
	Electrical	77.95	74.54	66.24	61.82
	Instrumentation	75.37	70.50	-	56.23
	Business Information System	70.41	64.29	61.82	-
	Telecom/Telemetry	76.22	70.39	66.34	58.73
HPCL	Mechanical	75.14	70.69	58.34	50.85
	Civil	66.97	62.26	54.91	54.26
	Electrical	67.35	65.23	53.55	51.61
	Instrumentation	61.33	57.33	44.67	35.33
	E &TC	63.18	62.88	53.35	47.83
	Chemical	54	51.67	44.33	41
IOCL	Civil	69.29	67.93	54.91	52.02
	Mechanical	71.82	71.11	57.67	48.74
	Electrical	52.95	52.17	39.88	38.13
	Electronics	61.65	59.92	47.74	44.84
	Instrumentation	55.03	55.02	41.03	25.03
	CS and IT	64.29	60.37	47.66	41.15
PGCIL	Electrical	68	63.67	51.33	25.57
	Electronics	50.67	47.67	39	-
	Civil	78.54	73.92	65	64.74

Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for IOCL

The Indian Oil Corporation Limited, or IOCL, commonly known as IndianOil, is an Indian government corporation recruiting engineers / Officers/ Assistant Officers (Quality Control) based on the GATE score. The GATE PSU cutoff for IOCL has been provided in the table below:-

Branch	UR	OBC	SC	ST
2017
Civil Engineering	69.29	67.93	54.91	52.02
Mechanical Engineering	71.82	71.11	57.67	48.74
Electrical Engineering	52.95	52.17	39.88	38.13
Electronics Engineering	61.65	59.92	47.74	44.84
Instrumentation Engineering	55.03	55.02	41.03	25.03
Computer Science & IT	64.29	60.37	47.66	41.15
2016
Civil Engineering	59.22	56.9	46.39	43.39
Mechanical Engineering	65.92	63.95	48.78	41.49
Electrical Engineering	53.99	53.22	39.69	38.67
Electronics Engineering	54.01	52.48	40.47	35.12
Instrumentation Engineering	52.33	50.67	37.33	27.67
Computer Science & IT	63.63	56.74	45.43	36.4
2015
Civil Engineering	69.29	67.93	54.91	52.02
Mechanical Engineering	71.82	71.11	57.67	48.74
Electrical Engineering	52.95	52.17	39.88	38.13
Computer Science & IT	64.29	60.37	47.66	41.15

Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for HPCL

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is an Indian state-owned oil and natural gas company. The GATE PSU cutoff for HPCL has been tabulated below. You can also check the detailed HPCL Cutoff Through GATE 2026 :-

Branch	GEN	OBC	SC	ST
2018
Mechanical Engineering	68.45	60.9	50.59	41.94
Civil Engineering	70.04	63.04	54.05	51.38
Electrical Engineering	58.64	53.39	45.3	41.58
Instrumentation Engineering	44.33	39.33	30.67	21
ET & TC	73.05	69.69	59.14	54,67
Chemical Engineering	56.67	44	42	32.67
2017
Mechanical Engineering	76.92	71.8	61.93	52.04
Civil Engineering	76.92	66.65	57.12	49.85
Electrical Engineering	62.39	56.39	44.85	45.54
Instrumentation Engineering	64.35	61.7	48.68	36.02
ET & TC	57.77	54.33	44.41	48.13
Chemical Engineering	56.67	44	42	32.67

GATE PSU Cutoff for ONGC

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, or ONG, is India's largest oil and gas exploration and production company, which employs students based on the GATE scores. The GATE PSU cutoff for ONGC has been tabulated below:-

Branch	Gen	OBC	SC	ST	PwD-OH	PwD-HH	EWS
2019
Geologist	557	433	342	342	261	–	396
Chemist	690	493	478	301	192	–	360
AEE Production-Petroleum	703	481	369	76	–	–	492
AEE Cementing -Mechanical	895	850	761	No Post	–	–	848
AEE Electronics	868	814	692	618	323	257	803
Geophysicist (Surface)	621	401	306	283	–	–	455
Programming Officer	840	766	714	No Post	430	–	No Post
AEE Production-Chemical	689	604	492	411	–	–	420
AEE Cementing-Petroleum	873	No Post	No Post	No Post	–	–	No Post
AEE Electrical	841	778	693	704	213	213	781
Geophysicist (Wells)	697	548	473	416	–	–	628
AEE Mechanical	856	812	695	677	228	260	818
AEE Drilling-Mechanical	845	786	691	659	–	–	797
Transport Officer	899	874	705	713	260	417	856
AEE Instrumentation	730	664	514	447	264	264	701
AEE Reservoir	847	772	703	No Post	–	–	806
AEE Production-Mechanical	867	818	706	659	–	–	818
AEE Drilling-Petroleum	803	721	574	311	–	–	744
MM Officer	923	892	813	808	129	548	889
AEE Civil	915	841	774	808	459	270	871
2018
Geologist	498	220	274	205	-	-	-
Chemist	615	450	381	248	-	-	-
AEE Production-Petroleum	492	284	128	128	-	-	-
AEE Cementing -Mechanical	725	633	565	533	-	-	-
AEE Electronics	803	757	571	657	-	-	-
Geophysicist (Surface)	636	474	328	198	-	-	-
Programming Officer	794	632	620	-	-	-	-
AEE Production-Chemical	658	567	485	421	-	-	-
AEE Cementing -Petroleum	509	-	-	-	-	-	-
AEE Electrical	797	698	573	536	-	-	-
Geophysicist (Wells)	593	423	361	215	-	-	-
AEE Mechanical	797	731	609	533	-	-	-
AEE Drilling -Mechanical	789	707	606	512	-	-	-
Transport Officer	797	743	515	-	-	-	-
AEE Instrumentation	730	623	531	-	-	-	-
AEE Reservoir	674	564	430	394	-	-	-
AEE Production- Mechanical	598	338	230	265	-	-	-
AEE Drilling- Petroleum	457	405	122	215	-	-	-
MM Officer	833	728	624	508	-	-	-
AEE Civil	883	826	754	784	-	-	-
2017
Geologist	576	396	396	232	–	–	–
Chemist	577	422	311	316	265	–	–
AEE Production-Petroleum	635	291	85	56	–	–	–
AEE Cementing -Mechanical	810	750	599	No Post	–	–	–
AEE Electronics	864	745	682	629	426	434	–
Geophysicist (Surface)	580	425	337	217	–	–	–
Programming Officer	848	779	742	578	270	–	–
AEE Production-Chemical	659	539	470	358	–	–	–
AEE Cementing -Petroleum	630	583	No Post	No Post	–	–	–
AEE Electrical	801	728	589	610	342	316	–
Geophysicist (Wells)	421	311	217	242	–	-	–
AEE Mechanical	789	654	585	508	324	293	–
AEE Drilling -Mechanical	814	754	634	559	–	–	–
Transport Officer	800	728	610	508	268	–	–
AEE Instrumentation	781	689	No Post	No Post	254	–	–
AEE Reservoir	653	495	384	274	–	–	–
AEE Production- Mechanical	831	758	673	605	–	–	–
AEE Drilling- Petroleum	624	519	92	No Post	–	–	–
MM Officer	837	766	563	No Post	235	195	–
AEE Civil	885	817	710	682	399	332	–
Geologist	576	396	396	232	–	–	–

Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for NTPC

National Thermal Power Corporation, or NTPC, is an Indian PSU that deals with the business of generating and selling electricity to state-owned power distribution companies. The GATE PSU cutoff for NTPC can be checked from the table below:-

Branch	UR	EWS	OBC	SC	ST	PwD
2020
Electrical Engineering	70.00	65.00	64.67	59.00	60.67	36.33
Mechanical Engineering	71.5510	70.3610	71.3535	61.3615	57.2615	42.7650
Electronics Engineering	72.00	68.33	66.00	58.33	56.67	40.00
2019
Electrical Engineering	81.00	-	76.00	66.33	64.67	37.00
Mechanical Engineering	81	-	65.87	54.31	49.91	25.77
Electronics Engineering	64.00	-	55.33	48.00	39.33	30.00
Instrumentation Engineering	52.00	-	39.00	32.33	22.00	22.00
Mining Engineering	39.33	-	29.00	32.33	25.67	--
2018
Electrical Engineering	68.33	-	63.00	51.67	45.33	--
Mechanical Engineering	77.28	-	73.24	63.54	55.72	35.85
Electronics Engineering	52.67	-	46.67	33.67	33.00	--
Instrumentation Engineering	69.67	-	61.33	44.33	41.33	--
Mining Engineering	63.00	-	53.33	38.67	30.67	--
2017
Electrical Engineering	62.84	-	59.60	44.35	48.98	31.59
Mechanical Engineering	81.02	-	77.26	69.76	62.94	41.89
Electronics Engineering	65.95	-	64.52	56.08	51.28	45.23
Instrumentation Engineering	72.35	-	71.01	60.01	47.02	34.01
Civil Engineering	82.43	-	75.85	64.04	66.84	40.11
2016
Mechanical Engineering	76.31	-	68.69	55.83	49.72	38.87
Electrical Engineering	66.69	-	61.11	50.93	49.28	32.54
Electronics Engineering	63.74	-	55.85	47.47	47.10	39.35
Instrumentation Engineering	63.33	-	55.00	43.00	46.67	29.67
Civil Engineering	73.12	-	70.34	64.84	57.56	40.36
IT	65.93	-	55.76	50.71	37.71	50.71
2015
Electrical Engineering	58.72		54.17	45.31	45.63	27.17
Mechanical Engineering	80.94		76.37	66.17	53.16	42.65
Electronics Engineering	69.17		60.54	54.64	-	49.54
Instrumentation Engineering	63		55	45	-	30.33

Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for PGCIL

Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, or PGCIL, is an Indian state-owned electric utility company that transmits about 50% of the total power generated in India on its transmission network. PGCIL (Power Grid Corporation India Limited) takes into consideration the GATE Score for the selection of an Executive Trainee. The GATE PSU cutoff for PGCIL has been tabulated below:-

Branch	UR	OBC (NCL)	SC	ST	PwD
2018
Electrical Engineering	68	63.67	51.33	52.33	25.57
Electronics Engineering	50.67	47.67	39	–	20.67
Civil Engineering	78.54	73.92	65	64.74	61.46
Computer Science Engineering	–	–	–	–	–
2017
Electrical Engineering	63.18	58.67	46.36	48.98	OH-29.31	HH-28.86
Electronics Engineering	69.17	64.38	54.81	47.45	–	–
Civil Engineering	81.66	75.85	67.91	63.59	–	-
Computer Science Engineering	68.53	61.67	58.92	42.85	38	91
2015
Electrical Engineering	-	-	53.44	44.65	41.84	41.84
Civil Engineering	-	-	66.71	60.11	53.78	53.78
IT	-	-	66.60	-	-	-

Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for BHEL

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, or BHEL, which is India's largest power plant equipment manufacturing company owned by the Government of India, employs Engineer Trainees based on the GATE score. The basic salary earned by an Engineer Trainee ranges from INR 20,600 – 46,500 in the training period, which increases to INR 24,900 – 50,500 after completing the probation period. The GATE PSU cutoff for BHEL has been mentioned below:-

Branch	UR	OBC	SC	ST	EWS
2019
Electrical Engineering	64.688	60.938	54.271	49.479	57.813
Mechanical Engineering	57.396	53.854	47.917	46.354	51.875
Civil Engineering	63.958	59.167	51.979	53.438	55.313
Chemical Engineering	62.292	60	55.417	52.292	56.25
HR	73.438	68.646	64.688	66.979	52.292
Finance	58.229	49.479	39.792	18.958	35.104
2016
Mechanical Engineering	79.31	75.18	61.33	53.84	-
Electrical Engineering	69.98	66.04	53.99	50.59	-
Electronics Engineering	68.68	65.32	56.46	49.13	-
Metallurgy Engineering	65	57.67	56.67	48.67	-
2015
Mechanical Engineering	-	58.00	48.00	39.67	-
Electrical Engineering	-	65.00	55.67	51.33	-
Electronics Engineering	-	70.33	58.33	51.67	-

Also read: BHEL Cutoff through GATE 2026

Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for GAIL

Gas Authority of India Limited, or GAIL, which is the largest state-owned natural gas processing and distribution company in India, considers GATE scores for recruiting engineers for the post of Executive Trainee. The GATE PSU cutoff for GAIL has been tabulated below:-

Branch	UR	OBC	SC	ST
2017
Electrical Engineering	75	135	999	1086
Mechanical Engineering	70	132	-	2679
Chemical Engineering	144	215	312	744
Instrumentation Engineering	73	96	-	1188
Business Information System	68	117	447	-
2016
Electrical Engineering	75.45	78.19	61.49	56.72
Mechanical Engineering	85.38	92	70.69	47.48
Chemical Engineering	62.33	65.33	57	45.33
Instrumentation Engineering	71.33	66.67	-	49.67
Business Information System	73.48	66.67	-	49.67
2015
Electrical Engineering	72.67	68	54	49
Mechanical Engineering	63.33	61.33	49	38.33
Chemical Engineering	58.67	53.67	40.67	43.67
Instrumentation Engineering	47.67	45.33	34	18.33

Previous Year GATE PSU Cutoff for BPCL

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, or B, C L, is an Indian government-owned oil and gas corporation that employs students in the position of Management Trainee based on the GATE scores. The GATE PSU cutoff for BPCL has been tabulated below:-

Branch	UR	OBC	SC	ST
2016
Electrical Engineering	-	-	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	68	65	54	46
Electronics Engineering	-	-	-	-
Chemical Engineering	57	55	47	40
Instrumentation Engineering	60	58	43	33

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So, the GATE PSU cutoff 2026 is not released yet, but it will be out after the results are announced. Students need to get good scores to get a chance in PSUs. For any queries regarding the GATE PSU cutoff 2026, log on to our CollegeDekho Q&A Zone or contact our toll-free helpline number 18005729877.

FAQs

Is GATE required for ONGC?

Candidates who will qualify for the GATE 2024 exam will only be eligible to apply for the ONGC recruitment through GATE 2026 and will be shortlisted based on their GATE scores.

What is the purpose of the GATE cutoff?

The GATE cutoff represents the minimum marks that candidates must secure in GATE to qualify for admission to MTech, MSc, and PhD programs at participating institutes, or for employment in PSU jobs.

What can be the expected GATE cutoff for electrical in Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited for this year?

According to the previous year’s GATE PSU cutoff for MDL, the cutoff for electrical could be near 65.05 – 68.00 for general candidates.

What can be the expected cutoff for this year in GAIL for Chemical stream graduates?

According to the previous year GATE PSU cutoff for GAIL for chemicals, the expected cutoff for the year can be 60 to 65.

How long is the GATE score valid for PSU?

GATE score is valid for three years from the date of announcement of the GATE results. The scorecards are issued only to qualified candidates.

What is GATE Cutoff for PSU?

The minimum marks required by a candidate to fulfill the recruitment requirement by the PSU refers to the GATE PSU cutoff.