GATE Mechanical Engineering (ME) Cutoff 2023: Check Expected & Previous Years Cutoff

GATE 2023 exam will be conducted on 4th February in the afternoon session from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM. The exam will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and the qualifying cutoff will also be released by the same. However, the admission cutoff will be released by participating institutes on their official website. Cutoff basically means the minimum marks required to score upon which candidates will be eligible for admission into any master's degree courses.

The cutoff marks differ for different category candidates. Various factors determine the cutoff marks each year such as the total number of applications, the number of students who appeared for the exam, the difficulty level of the exam, the previous year's cutoff trend, and the level of the institute. To check the cutoff for this year, candidates will have to visit the official website- gate.iitk.ac.in .

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GATE Mechanical Engineering (ME): Previous Year's Cutoff

The previous year's cutoff trend will help candidates determine the expected cutoff for this year. Also, they can prepare accordingly to score well in the examination-

GATE Mechanical Engineering (ME) Cutoff- Year	Category of Candidates
	General	OBC- NCL/ EWS	SC/ ST/ PwD
For 2022	28.1	25.2	18.7
For 2021	33	29.7	22
For 2020	34	30.6	22.6
For 2019	34.1	30.7	22.7
For 2018	34.7	31.2	23.1

GATE Mechanical Engineering (ME): 2023 Expected Cutoff

The cutoff for Mechanical engineering has significantly reduced over the years and candidates can check the table below for the expected cutoff this year-

Category of Candidates	Expected Cutoff
General	28 to 30 marks
OBC- NCL/ EWS	25 to 28 marks
SC/ ST/ PwD	18 to 20 marks

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