GATE DA · Cutoff

GATE DA cutoff: expected score and rank bands

No official GATE DA cutoff is published on Shishya yet — the score bands below are indicative, not official. Official cutoffs are published at gate2027.iitm.ac.in.

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AI-curated from historic cutoff patterns. Indicative, not official. Always verify with the latest official notification.

What does your score in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering — Data Science and Artificial Intelligence actually get you? These bands map a mock or exam percentage to the rank window and the outcomes that score range has typically achieved.

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Score → rank → outcome bands (indicative)

• All-India top 50 — elite outcomes

  95–100%rank ~1–50

  • IIT Bombay — M.Tech CSE + direct PhD track option (rank <30)
  • IISc Bangalore — M.Tech CDS with research assistantship (closing ~30)
  • IIT Delhi — M.Tech CSE with guaranteed TA/RA-ship (closing ~25)
  • IIT Madras — Robert Bosch Centre direct research track (top 20)
  • Fellowship opportunities at Microsoft Research India, Google AI Research
  • BARC/DRDO senior scientist fast-track (officer grade)

• Top IITs — flagship programs

  88–95%rank ~50–300

  • IIT Bombay — M.Tech CSE (general, closing ~250 General) with full assistantship
  • IIT Delhi — M.Tech CSE (main program, closing ~180)
  • IISc Bangalore — M.Tech CDS (closing ~200, stipend ₹12.4k/month)
  • IIT Madras — M.Tech CSE (Data Science, closing ~150)
  • IIT Kanpur — M.Tech CSE (AI/ML focus, closing ~200)
  • Direct admit to DRDO/ISRO senior scientist interviews

• Top IITs — mid-tier specializations

  78–88%rank ~300–1,000

  • IIT Bombay — M.Tech CSE (Data Science stream, closing ~900 General)
  • IIT Delhi — M.Tech CSE (AI specialization, closing ~600)
  • IIT Madras — M.Tech Data Science (Robert Bosch Centre, closing ~800)
  • IIT Kharagpur — M.Tech AI (Rajendra Mishra School, closing ~700)
  • IISc Bangalore — M.Tech Computational Data Science (CDS) — highly competitive even at this rank
  • Top-tier PSU positions (BARC, ONGC senior analyst roles)

• Top NITs and IIITs

  65–78%rank ~1,000–3,000

  • NIT Surathkal — M.Tech CSE (AI/ML stream, closing ~1800)
  • IIIT Delhi — M.Tech CSE (Data Engineering, stipend ₹12.4k/month, closing ~1200)
  • IIT Jodhpur — M.Tech AI (closing ~2500 approximately)
  • IIT Mandi — M.Tech Data Science & Engineering (closing ~2000)
  • Strong candidacy for DRDO/ISRO scientist-B positions in data analytics
  • Microsoft IDC, Amazon applied scientist roles consider this range

• Tier 2 NIT range

  50–65%rank ~3,000–8,000

  • NIT Warangal — M.Tech CSE (Data Science specialization, closing ~4500)
  • NIT Trichy — M.Tech Data Analytics (approximate cut-off ~5000)
  • IIIT Hyderabad — M.Tech CSIS with assistantship (closing ~3500)
  • IIIT Bangalore — M.Tech Data Science (fees ~3.5L, closing ~4000)
  • PSU officer cadre roles in analytics/AI (BHEL, NTPC trainee posts)

• Qualified — Tier 3 institutions

  35–50%rank ~8,000–15,000

  • NIT Silchar — M.Tech Data Science (last year's closing ~7500)
  • NIT Agartala — M.Tech AI (approximate cut-off ~8000)
  • IIIT Kottayam — M.Tech Data Science
  • State technical universities with GATE-based admission
  • PSU recruitment for trainee/junior data analyst roles (limited openings)

• Below qualifying — needs significant prep

  0–35%

  • Unlikely to meet minimum qualifying marks (typically ~25 for General)
  • No M.Tech admission prospects in this cycle
  • Consider strengthening fundamentals in probability, linear algebra, ML basics
  • Revisit core DA syllabus topics before next attempt