My GATE Score is … Which college should I apply for M.Tech (or Master of Engineering Degree)???

This is my most commonly asked question since GATE results were announced. This is neither an easy nor tricky question to answer. But before we get into a deep discussion about it, I recommend you to take a look at GATE cutoff and M.Tech college predictor to get some insights about your score.

First, let me discuss the Master of Engineering Admissions in India. We usually try to optimize our admission race to the best possible Top Engineering colleges in India. So, first, I consider IITs to be best, Then NITs, then Central and State Universities, and finally, I think Deemed or private universities and colleges for Master of Technology Admissions.

Now let me put the Admission Analysis based on a question,

My GATE score is XXXX and AIR is YYYY GATE percentile is ZZZZ, and to be more specific, my marks are MMMM and my paper was PPPPP Engineering. Now Zahid, TELL ME WHERE I SHALL APPLY????

I receive a similar set of more than 2000 questions from all the students from every corner of India. Let me put my views honestly with a few assumptions.

• Few good students will for sure for jobs in the industry. (Job market is good this year)
• Few of them may go abroad for higher studies too.
• Few missed a top college because of a clash in institute written test or interview dates.
• Few go to IISc and save our lives. ( few for sure go there)

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These assumptions are just to be too optimistic and try our luck for admission to a Master of Engineering or Master of Technology Degree (M.E/M.Tech).

I will start with two questions: We usually look for GATE Cutoff Scores for M.Tech admissions; doest they matter for admissions? What is more critical for M.Tech admission is the GATE Score, Percentile, or All India Rank?

The first question has no straight answer because it may be yes or no. To me, it depends on the difficulty of GATE papers. If we have cutoffs of two years, one in which the GATE paper was tough and another in which it was not very tough, then looking at and comparing GATE scores may help. But comparing cutoffs of difficult paper with easy paper may lead to wrong conclusions.

For example
In GATE 2009, for CS paper 670 GATE Score had around 280 AIR
In GATE 2010, for CS paper 670, GATE Score had about 898 AIR

Now if in 2009, some IIT had 670 as their last admission in CS, does it mean that someone this year with a similar score has a chance for IIT? With the above stat, the answer seems to be NO..

In this scenario, what matters most is AIR (my personal opinion)

Now considering that all 7 IITs ( as I don’t have information about new IITs yet) have 30 seats in CS ( few have more, and few don’t fill all). So we have 210 seats. Considering few have other fellowships and admission quotas, the total number of seats can go up to 350. with this, we can assume where to apply if you have 1000 plus AIR. Similar to NITs.

For all latest IIT GATE cutoffs please visit

All IIT GATE Cutoff

And for all the latest NITs and IIITs GATE cutoffs, Please visit

All NITs and IIIT GATE Cutoff

If your AIR is close to following, I strongly suggest you try. In either case, you can apply anywhere once you are GATE-qualified.

For Admissions to computer Science M.Tech Admissions:

Institute	AIR
IITs	700
NITs	1200
Central Universities and reputed universities
Good State Universities
IITs ( few offer admission based on GATE)

For other Engineering Streams:

Institute	AIR
IITs	900
NITs	2500
Central Universities and reputed universities
Good State Universities

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These are my calculations. You are in a better position than me to judge. These don’t stand for any legal obligations. It would be best if you wisely decided where to apply for admission. I will only advise and try to help you. I wish you a stroke of incredible luck with M.Tech Admissions.

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