GATE Exam Result 2026 → The GATE 2026 result will be announced on the official website of GATE - gate2026.iitg.ac.in. To check the result of GATE 2026 exam, candidates will have to access the online GOAPS portal. They will have to enter their enrollment ID and password to check the GATE results 2026.
After the release of GATE result 2026, IIT Guwahati will release the GATE Scorecard 2026 on March 19, 2026 (expected). The timeline to download the scorecard of GATE 2026 exam will be from March 28 to May 31, 2026. The GATE 2026 scorecard will consist of the GATE score, marks out of 100 secured by candidates, candidate’s All India Rank, and category wise qualifying marks.
In case candidates failed to download the GATE 2025 scorecard in the stipulated time, they can do so till December 31, 2025 by paying a fee of INR 500 per test paper. GATE Score card 2025 will remain valid for three years.
The GATE 2026 provisional answer key will be released on the official website of GOAPS online portal. IIT Guwahati will also opened the objection raising window on the portal. The last date to raise objections in the provisional answer key is expected to be in March 2026. How to Raise Objections in GATE 2025 Answer Key?
The exam authority will conduct the GATE 2026 exam on February 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2026. Read this article below to know more about the GATE exam result, how to download GATE score card, the direct link to check GATE exam result 2026, GATE cutoff, etc.
Swarnava Biswas from Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) bagged All India Rank 1 in GATE 2025 exam. Check below the list of other toppers with AIR 1, 2, and 3. Check here the complete list of GATE 2025 Toppers
GATE 2025 Toppers List
Please check below the list of toppers branch-wise along with their GATE AIR 2025.
Branch Name | Student Name | GATE 2025 AIR |
Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) | Swarnava Biswas | 1 |
Instrumentation Engineering | Kailash Goyal | 1 |
Electrical Engineering (EE) | Kailash Goyal | 2 |
Mechanical Engineering (ME) | Sanket Tupkar | 3 |
Civil Engineering (CE) | Harshil | 4 |
GATE Answer Key OUT - Direct Link to Download
How to Calculate GATE Score 2026?
GATE Exam Result 2026 Key Overview
Candidates can refer to the table below to check the relevant details about the GATE 2026 exam result -
Particulars | GATE Result 2026 Details |
GATE Exam Result 2026 Date | March 19, 2026 |
GATE Result Online Portal | GOAPS portal |
GATE 2026 Official Website | gate2026.iitg.ac.in |
GATE Login Credentials | Email ID or application number and password |
GATE 2026 Scorecard Release Date | March 2026 |
GATE 2026 Result Link | March 19, 2026 (expected) |
GATE 2026 Scorecard PDF Download Link | March 2026 |
Details in the GATE Score Card 2026 |
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Validity of GATE Score | 3 years from the date of result announcement |
Benefits of GATE Score |
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GATE 2026 Result Release Date and Time
IIT Guwahati will release the GATE 2026 result date and time on the official website gate2026.iitg.ac.in. The GATE exam result 2026 date is expected to be March 19, 2026. Candidates who appeared in the exam can check the schedule for GATE 2026 exam result in the table below. The table also consists of the result date of GATE 2026 exam.
Event | Dates (expected) |
GATE 2026 Exam Date (Released) | February 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2026 (out) |
GATE response sheet 2026 | February 27, 2026 |
GATE 2026 Answer Key release date | February 27, 2026 |
GATE 2026 Answer Key challenge | February 27, 2026 |
GATE 2026 Final Answer Key | March 2026 |
GATE 2026 Results Release Date and Time (OUT at gate2026.iitr.ac.in) | March 19, 2026 |
GATE Score Card PDF Download Date | March 28 to May 31, 2026 |
Availability of GATE Score Cards for Download (with ₹500 fee/test) | December 31, 2026 |
How to Check GATE Exam Result 2026?
IIT Guwahati will announce the GATE 2026 result on March 19, 2026. They will have to enter their GATE login credentials on the GOAPS portal to check their GATE result 2026. Candidates can check their respective results on the official website - gate2026.iitg.ac.in. They can visit the GATE 2026 website and click on the GATE result link 2025 available on the homepage.
Please refer to the steps to check the GATE exam 2026 result mentioned below -
- Visit the GATE 2026 official website - gate2026.iitg.ac.in.
- They can also visit the GOAPS 2026 official website - goaps.iitg.ac.in..
- Navigate to and click on the ‘GATE 2026 Result Link’ available on the page.
- Enter the GATE login credentials such as application number, password, and the captcha code.
- The GATE exam 2026 result PDF will be displayed on the screen.
- Candidates must check all the details mentioned on the GATE Score Card carefully.
- Download the scorecard and take a printout of it for future reference.
Note* In case of any discrepancy in the GATE Score Card 2026, candidates must report this issue to the zonal IIT and get it corrected.
GATE Score Card 2026
Candidates will be able to download the GATE 2026 scorecard once the GATE exam results will be released on March 19, 2026. The scorecard will be released in the PDF format on the official GOAPS portal online - goaps.iitg.ac.in. It is important for candidates to download the GATE 2026 scorecard and keep the softcopy safe as it will be required in the further rounds of admission such as admission process, counselling, and PSU recruitment.
It is one of the most important documents that candidates must present at the time of GATE admission process. It helps the administration shape a candidate's academic and career paths.
How to Download GATE 2025 Scorecard?
Please refer to the steps mentioned below to download the GATE Score Card:
- Visit the GOAPS official website - goaps.iitg.ac.in.
- Navigate to the ‘GATE 2026 scorecard PDF download’ link and click on it.
- Enter your GATE login credentials i.e. application number and password to log in.
- The screen displays GATE Score Card 2026 PDF.
- Download it for future reference.
Note* Candidates are advised to check all the details mentioned on their GATE Score Card carefully. If there is any discrepancy in the details mentioned, candidates must reach out to the concerned authority and get these errors corrected.
Details Mentioned on GATE Score Card 2026
The details mentioned below are printed on the GATE 2026 scorecard.
- Candidate's name
- Photograph
- Signature
- GATE paper
- GATE Score 2026 out of 100
- Validity of the GATE Score Card
- Qualifying marks
- GATE All India Rank (AIR)
- Total number of candidates who appeared for GATE
- QR Code
How is the GATE Score calculated?
After the evaluation of all the answers of the GATE Exam are, the actual marks secured by any candidate will be considered for calculating the GATE Score 2026. For GATE papers with multiple sessions, raw marks obtained by the candidates in multiple sessions will be converted into normalized GATE marks for that particular subject. This is how the raw marks for single session papers or normalized marks for more than on session papers are used in order to calculate the GATE Score 2026, based on the qualifying marks.
Formula to Calculate GATE Score 2026
GATE Normalization Process 2026
GATE 2026 exam will be conducted on exam dates February 7, 8, 14 and 15, 2026. As there were multiple sessions in which the GATE Exam 2025 was conducted, the same normalization process is used to normalize the variations in the difficulty level of the GATE Question Papers across different sessions in which the exam is conducted.
The examination conducting body carries out the normalization process based on the fundamental assumption that “in all multi-session GATE 2025 Papers, the distribution of abilities of candidates is the same across all the sessions".
Formula to Calculate GATE Normalized Score 2026
Given below is the formula for calculating the normalized marks for the multi session GATE Papers 2026
GATE Marks vs Rank 2026
GATE Marks are calculated out of 100 as per the GATE Marking Scheme as there is negative marking in the paper. These marks are the actual raw score secured by the candidates in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. Also Read - GATE 2026 Marks vs Rank
GATE Score is the normalized marks calculated by the examination conducting body out of 1000. This is done to make sure that no student is at a disadvantage due to the varied examination difficulty level across sessions and shifts.
GATE Marks vs Rank for Top Branches
Rank | Marks | ||||
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Mechanical | CSE | Civil | Electronics | Electrical | |
1-10 | 92+ | 80+ | 90+ | 73+ | 91+ |
10-50 | 87-92 | 75-80 | 85-90 | 67-73 | 87-91 |
50-100 | 85-87 | 72-75 | 78-85 | 63-67 | 84-87 |
100-200 | 82-85 | 68-72 | 74-78 | 60-63 | 81-84 |
200-500 | 79-82 | 62-68 | 70-74 | 56-60 | 77-81 |
500-1000 | 75-79 | 56-62 | 64-70 | 50-56 | 72-77 |
1000-2000 | 71-75 | 50-56 | 57-64 | 45-50 | 66-72 |
2000-5000 | 63-71 | 40-50 | 50-57 | 38-45 | 57-66 |
5000-10000 | 51-63 | 32-40 | 40-50 | 28-38 | 46-57 |
GATE Counselling 2026
After the announcement of the GATE 2026 Result, qualified candidates must participate in the admissions processes for IITs, PSUs, NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs. GATE COAP and GATE CCMT are the two counselling processes.
GATE COAP 2026 → The COAP portal will be available following the announcement of the GATE result and scorecard. The complete schedule and registration link will be available on the official GATE COAP 2025 website.
GATE COAP 2026 is a common portal where the IITs and IISc Bangalore post their seat allotments for M. Tech admission. Candidates with valid GATE scores of 2026, 2025, 2024, or 2023 are eligible to apply for the Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP).
Read More - GATE COAP 2026
GATE CCMT 2025 → The CCMT 2025 (Centralized Counselling for M. Tech/M. Arch/M. Plan/M. Design) will be held for M. Tech admission in NITs, IIEST Shibpur, IIITs, and GFTIs. It is a centralised admissions process for over 13000 seats in participating colleges based on GATE score (2026/2025/ 2024/ 2023). The CCMT 2026 counselling procedure includes -
- Online registration and choice filling
- Seat allotment based on GATE Score and GATE Cutoff
- Payment of seat acceptance fee of INR 30,000
- Online document submission and verification
- Submission of willingness
- Final admission offer, and payment of the remaining fee
Also Read - CCMT 2026 Counselling
GATE 2024 Toppers List with Marks
Please find below the list of toppers from GATE exam 2024.
Test Paper | GATE Topper Names | Raw Marks (out of 100) | GATE Score (out of 1000) |
Aerospace Engineering | Kundan Jaiswal | 86.33 | 962 |
Agricultural Engineering | Pratik Sherke | 75.67 | 1000 |
Architecture and Planning | Gajender Kumar Sharma | 77 | 981 |
Biomedical Engineering | Sanjeev C Achar | 54.33 | 1000 |
Biotechnology | Akanksha S | 83 | 1000 |
Civil Engineering | Deepak | 87.33 | 989 |
Civil Engineering | Bhanu Pratap Singh | 87.33 | 989 |
Chemical Engineering | Adarsh Rai | 73.33 | 1000 |
Computer Science and Information Technology | Piyush Kumar | 90 | 1000 |
Chemistry | Himanshu Papnai | 78 | 1000 |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence | Ayyagari Sathya Sai Srikar | 90 | 1000 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | Raja Majhi | 84.67 | 1000 |
Electrical Engineering | Manoj Kumar Sinha | 77 | 1000 |
Electrical Engineering | Shivam | 77 | 1000 |
Electrical Engineering | Sai Kiran Adelly | 77 | 1000 |
Environmental Science and Engineering | Gaddipati Yaswanth Babu | 77.33 | 965 |
Ecology and Evolution | Dhrubojyoti Patra | 81.67 | 1000 |
Geomatics Engineering | Vaibhav Sonkar | 79.33 | 1000 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geology) | Jaydeep Roy | 82.33 | 1000 |
Geology and Geophysics (Geophysics) | Shivam Kumar Rai | 75.33 | 999 |
Instrumentation Engineering | Rishabh Gupta | 82.67 | 984 |
Mathematics | Suyash Srivastava | 71.33 | 1000 |
Mechanical Engineering | Suraj Kumar Samal | 84.67 | 1000 |
Mining Engineering | Anurag Kumar Pathak | 58.33 | 966 |
Metallurgical Engineering | Hrutidipan Pradhan | 81.67 | 977 |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | Prince Kumar | 55.33 | 1000 |
Petroleum Engineering | Saurabh Kumar | 80.67 | 955 |
Physics | Anurag Singh | 78.33 | 1000 |
Production and Industrial Engineering | Kumar Vishesh | 84.67 | 1000 |
Statistics | Sinchan Snigdha Adhikary | 89.67 | 1000 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | Meenu Munjal | 72 | 1000 |
Engineering Sciences (Engineering Mathematics, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics) | Ghanshyam Girish Dhamat | 83 | 989 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Economics) | Srijan Shashwat | 70.33 | 940 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | Ajay Kumar | 83 | 1000 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Linguistics) | Jesu Nazarene Roy | 77.33 | 1000 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Philosophy) | Utkarsh Rana | 58.67 | 1000 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Psychology) | Srishti Datta | 77.67 | 975 |
Humanities and Social Sciences (Sociology) | Mohammed Shefin M P | 63 | 1000 |
GATE 2023 Toppers List
GATE Paper | Name | Marks | Score |
Aerospace Engineering | Joshi Yash Kishorbhai | 73 | 988 |
Agricultural Engineering | Anshika Rai | 49 | 1000 |
Architecture and Planning | Shreya Bhardwaj | 75.67 | 1000 |
Biomedical Engineering | Thandava Sesha Talpa Sai Sunkara | 60 | 1000 |
Biotechnology | Aishwarya K | 79.67 | 1000 |
Chemical Engineering | Rohit Bhagat Kalwar | 92.67 | 1000 |
Chemistry | Atanu Das | 72 | 981 |
Civil Engineering | Suban Kumar Mishra | 83.11 | 1000 |
Computer Science and Information Technology | Jayadeep Sudhakar More | 93.67 | 1000 |
Ecology and Evolution | Karthik Thrikkadeeri | 84.33 | 1000 |
Electrical Engineering | Bhanwar Singh Choudhary | 66 | 1000 |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | Siddharth Sabharwal | 90 | 1000 |
Engineering Sciences: Solid Mechanics & Thermodynamics | Anshuman | 83.67 | 952 |
Environmental Science and Engineering | Devendra Patil & Manish Kumar Bansal | 64.33 (Both) | 953 (Both) |
Geology and Geophysics: Geophysics | Shubham Banik | 85.67 | 1000 |
Geology and Geophysics: Geology | Manish Singh | 74 | 1000 |
Geomatics Engineering | Saurav Kumar | 66 | 1000 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: Economics | V Gaurav | 83.33 | 989 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: Psychology | Deepti Dilip Moar | 84 | 1000 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: Linguistics | Keerthana Nair | 74.67 | 1000 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: Philosophy | Sreeram K N | 72.67 | 1000 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: Sociology | Tejasvi Kamboj | 73 | 943 |
Humanities and Social Sciences: English | Sayantan Pahari | 84.33 | 1000 |
Instrumentation Engineering | Akash Srivastava | 78.33 | 968 |
Life Sciences: Biochemistry & Botany | Advita Sharma | 73.33 | 1000 |
Mathematics | Suvendu Kar | 50.33 | 941 |
Mechanical Engineering | Aryan Choudhary | 90.67 | 1000 |
Metallurgical Engineering | Ashutosh Kumar Yadav | 85.67 | 973 |
Mining Engineering | Udit Jaiswal | 63.33 | 973 |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | Shivam Ranjan | 60 | 1000 |
Petroleum Engineering | Mahammad Taukir AlauddinBhai Karigar | 74.67 | 963 |
Physics | Arunendra Kumar Verma | 75 | 1000 |
Production and Industrial Engineering | Sh Gowtham Gudimella | 87.33 | 938 |
Statistics | Nikhilesh Rajaraman | 73.67 | 1000 |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | Amit Kumar Pandey | 66 | 1000 |
What after GATE Result 2026?
A lot of career opportunities become available after qualifying GATE 2026 Exam. Some of the options that candidates can go for after their GATE Result is declared are listed below:
- Go for Higher Education – Candidates can pursue post-graduation doing M. Tech/ MS or even Ph. D. from the National Institutes of Technology through CCMT Counselling. Besides, candidates can pursue M. Tech from the IITs (if they are found qualified) or take admission in their own state universities as most of the universities accept GATE Scores 2026.
- Higher Studies in Overseas – Candidates must know that there are countries like Singapore, Germany and other European countries that accept GATE Score for admission to their postgraduate programs. So, qualifying the GATE Exam can help you grab this opportunity.
- PSU Recruitment – The foremost PSUs recruit candidates as management trainees based on their GATE Scores.
- Defence Recruitment – DRDO admits candidates to the post of Scientists “B” based on candidates' GATE Score.
- Research – Apart from the usual research, BARC also considers GATE qualified candidates.
- Cabinet Secretariat – Every few years, this recruitment is announced for selected posts. Candidates are shortlisted based on their GATE Scores.
Also Read - Benefits of GATE Exam
GATE Participating Colleges 2026
GATE score is accepted by IITs, NITs, and IIITs for admission to the concerned courses. Candidates can check below the colleges that accept GATE scores for admission.
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) through GATE 2026 Score
IIT | Official Website |
http://www.iitgn.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitbbs.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitm.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitg.ernet.in/ | |
http://www.iiti.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitk.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitj.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iith.ac.in | |
http://www.iitb.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitp.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitd.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitrpr.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitmandi.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitr.ernet.in/ | |
http://iitbhu.ac.in | |
http://iitjammu.ac.in | |
http://iitpkd.ac.in | |
http://iittp.ac.in/ | |
http://www.iitgoa.ac.in | |
https://www.iitbhilai.ac.in/ | |
IIT Dharwad | http://www.iitdh.ac.in/ |
http://iitism.ac.in/ |
National Institutes of Technology (NITs) through GATE Score 2026
NITs | Official Website |
www.mnnit.ac.in | |
www.manit.ac.in | |
www.nitc.ac.in | |
www.nith.ac.in | |
www.mnit.ac.in | |
www.nitj.ac.in | |
http://www.nitjsr.ac.in/ | |
www.nitkkr.nic.in | |
www.vnit.ac.in | |
www.nitrkl.ac.in | |
www.nits.ac.in | |
https://www.nitk.ac.in | |
www.nitw.ac.in | |
www.nitdgp.ac.in | |
www.nitsri.net | |
www.svnit.ac.in | |
www.nitt.edu | |
www.nitp.ac.in | |
www.nitrr.ac.in | |
https://www.nita.ac.in | |
https://www.nitap.ac.in | |
http://nitdelhi.ac.in/ | |
www.nitgoa.ac.in/ | |
www.nitmanipur.ac.in | |
http://www.nitm.ac.in/ | |
http://www.nitmz.ac.in/ | |
https://nitnagaland.ac.in/ | |
http://www.nitt.edu/home/nitp/ | |
www.nitc.ac.in/sikkim | |
http://www.nituk.com/ | |
http://www.nitandhra.ac.in |
Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) through GATE 2026 Score
IIITs | Official Website |
PDSM IIITDM Jabalpur | http://www.iiitdmj.ac.in/ |
ABV IIIT Gwalior | http://www.iiitm.ac.in/ |
IIIT Allahabad | http://www.iiita.ac.in/ |
IIITDM Kanchipuram | http://www.iiitdm.ac.in/ |
IIIT Pune | http://www.iiitp.ac.in/ |
IIIT Guwahati | http://www.iiitg.ac.in/ |
IIIT Kota | http://www.iiitkota.ac.in/ |
IIIT Sri City | www.iiits.ac.in |
IIIT Vadodara | http://www.iiitvadodara.ac.in/ |
IIIT Nagpur | http://iiitn.ac.in/ |
IIIT Kalyani | http://www.iiitkalyani.edu.in/ |
IIIT Lucknow | https://www.iiitl.ac.in/ |
IIIT Dharwad | https://iiitdwd.ac.in |
IIIT Bhagalpur | https://iiitbh.ac.in |
IIIT Bhopal | https://iiitbhopal.co.in |
IIIT Kottayam | http://www.iiitkottayam.ac.in/ |
IIIT Ranchi | http://iiitranchi.ac.in/ |
IIIT Una | http://www.iiitu.ac.in/ |
IIIT Surat | http://www.iiitsurat.ac.in/ |
IIIT Manipur | http://www.iiitmanipur.ac.in |
IIITDM Kurnool | http://www.iiitdmkl.ac.in |
IIIT Tiruchirappalli | http://www.iiitt.ac.in/ |
IIIT Sonepat | http://iiitsonepat.ac.in |
IIIT Agartala | https://www.iiitagartala.ac.in/ |
IIT M. Tech Admission 2026
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