Number of Candidates Appeared in GATE 2016

We are living in competitive world and GATE one of the most competitive exams, where few fields of engineering have over hundred thousand students taking up this exam. There are multiple factors for it. The first one is that many students are not satisfied with their level of knowledge at Engineering level. Second important motivation is PSUs offering jobs based on performance in GATE exam.

Overall, a million student appear for GATE exam each year. Don’t be stunned by the numbers, may be your field of engineering have may have less competition. I feel the important thing is to focus on your own preparation and compete with the highest marks. This will help you stay calm during preparation and perform better in exam. We also made an important tool called GATE Score Calculator for accurately given expected marks in different years.

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In GATE 2016 Mechanical Engineering saw highest number of students appearing followed by Electronics and computer science. Just to avoid curiosity and save your time I prepared a list of students appeared in GATE 2016 in each stream.

Paper	Paper Code	Number of Candidates Applied	Candidates Appeared	Percentage Appeared
Aerospace Engineering	AE	4418	3770	85.33
Agricultural Engineering	AG	1595	1424	89.28
Architecture and Planning	AR	6806	5812	85.40
Biotechnology	BT	11161	9124	81.75
Civil Engineering	CE	138147	119873	86.77
Chemical Engineering	CH	18642	15495	83.12
Computer Science and Information Technology	CS	131803	108495	82.32
Chemistry	CY	18434	14966	81.19
Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	183152	152318	83.16
Electrical Engineering	EE	146293	125859	86.03
Ecology and Evolution	EY	981	727	74.11
Geology and Geophysics	GG	6864	5776	84.15
Instrumentation Engineering	IN	18045	14804	82.04
Mathematics	MA	7917	6305	79.64
Mechanical Engineering	ME	234727	197789	84.26
Mining Engineering	MN	2753	2230	81.00
Metallurgical Engineering	MT	4475	3691	82.48
Petroleum Engineering	PE	2774	2326	83.85
Physics	PH	12243	9910	80.94
Production and Industrial Engineering	PI	4131	3378	81.77
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	TF	1587	1406	88.59
Engineering Sciences	XE	3722	3074	82.59
Life Sciences	XL	12791	10298	80.51

This information is shared with you to motivate you for seriousness of GATE preparation. If this looks scary please look at the qualifying marks and highest marks that will encourage you to the higher levels.

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Number of Candidates Appeared in GATE 2016 this information is also used for calculating GATE Score.