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IIT Kanpur will soon release the cut-off marks obtained in the GATE Examination 2024 to get admission to the college for the M.tech courses. IIT Kanpur is one of the prominent IITs in the nation and graduates who appear for the GATE examination aim IIT Kanpur as a great destination for pursuing their M.tech. The GATE exam results were declared on 16 March 2024. All prominent institutions like IIT, NIT, IISC, and others release separate cut-off marks which a student is required to get admission to complete their M.tech. Read this article to get more information about the IIT Kanpur GATE cut-off 2024
M.tech Admission through GATE
The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam is the only gateway for the engineering or science backgrounds who are eligible to pursue an M.tech from IITs and NIT’s. Nonetheless, the competition among these graduates is immense and the GATE cut-off for different IITs or other institutions is the deciding factor.
Here’s how the process of admission for M.tech after GATE happens-
- Common Offer Acceptance Portal- To get an offer from an IIT to pursue an M.tech, a candidate who has appeared for the GATE exam needs to GATE COAP Counselling.
- Centralized Counselling for M.tech (CCMT)- To get an offer from institutions like NITs, GFTI’s, and other important government institutions, Students have to apply for the CCMT Counselling process.
IIT Kanpur GATE Previous year Cut Off
Previous year cut-offs are a metric a candidate can introspect to have an idea about the present year cut-offs. The IIT Kanpur GATE cut-off varies branch-wise and it depends on multiple factors. It depends on the factors like total number of seats available in the institution, the number of students who applied for the college, the difficulty level in the GATE examination, and other important factors.
GATE 2022 Cutoff for IIT Kanpur
The GATE 2022 Cut-off for IIT Kanpur for different branches is stated in the below table. We’ve also provided information about the category-wise closing Rank.
Branch Name | Category | Closing Rank |
Aerospace Engineering | General | 4683 |
EWS | 853 | |
OBC | 2214 | |
SC | 1092 | |
ST | 744 | |
Mechanical Engineering | General | 3155 |
EWS | 592 | |
OBC | 1529 | |
SC | 914 | |
ST | 465 | |
Bio-Engineering | General | 7309 |
EWS | 1409 | |
OBC | 3262 | |
SC | 2071 | |
ST | 1213 | |
Chemical Engineering | General | 4649 |
OBC | 762 | |
SC | 2034 | |
ST | 1281 | |
Civil Engineering | General | 6297 |
EWS | 1078 | |
OBC | 2582 | |
SC | 1380 | |
ST | 430 | |
Computer Science Engineering | General | 237 |
EWS | 55 | |
OBC | 155 | |
SC | 94 | |
ST | 43 | |
Earth Science | General | 9614 |
EWS | 1714 | |
OBC | 4513 | |
SC | 2826 | |
ST | 1314 | |
Electrical Engineering | General | 1368 |
EWS | 287 | |
OBC | 696 | |
SC | 410 | |
ST | 269 | |
Physics | General | 6383 |
EWS | 1568 | |
OBC | 3781 | |
SC | 2446 | |
ST | 1383 | |
Statistics and Data Science | General | 1082 |
EWS | 246 | |
OBC | 833 | |
SC | 588 | |
ST | 378 | |
Materials Science and Engineering | General | 6535 |
EWS | 1226 | |
OBC | 3003 | |
SC | 1881 | |
ST | 1083 | |
Mathematics and scientific computing | General | 1143 |
EWS | 212 | |
OBC | 681 | |
SC | 646 | |
ST | 325 |
GATE 2020 Cut off for IIT Kanpur
The Cut off of GATE 2020 of IIT Kanpur for M.tech is given below.
Branch Name | Category | Closing Rank |
Aerospace Engineering | General | 750 |
EWS | 670 | |
OBC | 600 | |
SC | 495 | |
ST | 460 | |
Automation and Robotics | General | 750 |
EWS | 675 | |
OBC | 675 | |
SC | 500 | |
ST | 500 | |
Bio-Engineering | General | 750 |
EWS | 675 | |
OBC | 675 | |
SC | 490 | |
ST | 490 | |
Civil Engineering | General | 730 |
EWS | 680 | |
OBC | 680 | |
SC | 630 | |
ST | 630 | |
Computer Science Engineering | General | 775 |
EWS | 697 | |
OBC | 697 | |
SC | 516 | |
ST | 516 | |
Earth Science | General | 430 |
EWS | 330 | |
OBC | 330 | |
SC | 310 | |
ST | 269 | |
Electrical Engineering | General | 900 |
EWS | 835 | |
OBC | 813 | |
SC | 683 | |
ST | 594 | |
Engineering Physics | General | 660 |
EWS | 594 | |
OBC | 594 | |
SC | 396 | |
ST | 396 | |
Environmental Engineering | General | 690 |
EWS | 690 | |
OBC | 690 | |
SC | 690 | |
ST | 690 | |
Geoinformatics | General | 730 |
EWS | 671 | |
OBC | 671 | |
SC | 483 | |
ST | 483 | |
Mechanical Engineering | General | 750 |
EWS | 675 | |
OBC | 675 | |
SC | 558 | |
ST | 558 |
IIT Kanpur M.tech specializations through GATE 2024
IIT Kanpur offers a wide range of specialization through GATE score. These specializations are mentioned below-
- M.tech in Mechanical Engineering
- M.tech in Computer Science and Engineering
- M.tech in Aerospace Engineering
- M.tech in Bio-Engineering
- M.tech in Chemical Engineering
- M.tech in Photonics Science and Engineering
- M.tech in Materials and Engineering
- M.tech in Statistics and Data Science
- M.tech in Automation and Robotics
- M.tech in Industrial and Management Engineering
IIT Kanpur GATE 2024 Cut-off factors
The cut-off marks of IIT Kanpur GATE 2024 will depend on various factors –
- Difficulty of GATE 2024– The difficulty level of the GATE Exam becomes the deciding factor of the cut-off marks set up by IIT Kanpur for M.tech Admissions.
- Number of Applicants – The cut-off marks are greatly influenced by number of applications sitting for the examination.
- Number of Available Seats -The number of seats available also becomes a crucial factor in deciding the cut-offs.
- Past trends- Analysing the previous year’s cut is important . The previous year cut-off is given above.
Process of Selection in IIT Kanpur for M.tech Course
After the GATE scores are out, there is a definite process that is followed to get admission to IIT Kanpur. The process is summarised here-
- The candidates are invited to the written test and interview on the basis of their performance in GATE. A few candidates are given direct admission who have scored exceptionally high in CS/IT.
- The admission process for these candidates is solely based on their performance in test and interview
- After getting selected, candidates are called for document verification round.