GATE score calculator

Uses the formula from the GATE 2026 brochure. Because one input is never published, it shows your score as a range, not a single number you can’t trust.

Your marks out of 100 — normalised marks if your paper had two sessions

Qualifying mark for General your paper's published cut-off

Assumed top-candidates average M̄t — not published by GATE

Your category

Official source: GATE 2026 Information Brochure (official PDF, IIT Guwahati), section 8.1: S = S_q + (S_t − S_q) × (M − M_q) ÷ (M̄_t − M_q), with S_q = 350 and S_t = 900. Last checked 4 October 2026.

Why you see a range. M̄_t is the average of the top 0.1% of candidates in your paper (or the top 10, whichever is more), and GATE never releases it. A calculator that shows one exact score has silently chosen it for you; the table shows how much the score shifts when it changes.

A common mistake. M_q is always the General qualifying mark. Your own category’s cut-off — 9/10 of it for OBC-NCL and EWS, 2/3 for SC, ST and PwD — only decides whether you qualify. The General mark itself is max(25, min(40, μ + σ)) for the paper.

Common questions

Why doesn’t this give one exact score?

The formula needs the average mark of the top 0.1% of candidates (or the top 10, if that is more). GATE doesn’t publish it. A single-number calculator has picked it for you without saying so.

Which qualifying mark do I enter?

The General category qualifying mark for your paper, even if you belong to another category. Your own category’s cut-off decides whether you qualify; it isn’t used in the score formula.