GATE 2025 ME Expected Qualifying Cutoff Marks

GATE 2025 ME Expected Qualifying Cutoff Marks: IIT Roorkee will be publishing the official GATE 2025 cutoff for Mechanical Engineering after the announcement of the GATE 2025 result. However, you can still predict your qualifying cutoff marks by analyzing the cutoff pattern from the past few years. On this page, we have provided the GATE 2025 ME expected qualifying cutoff marks for all categpries (General, OBC/EWS, and SC/ST) for those of you who have taken the GATE 2025 exam this year and are eager to know about the minimum qualifying cutoff score. As per the year-wise cutoff analysis, the GATE Mechanical cutoff 2025 is expected to be somewhere around 28.6 for the General, 19 for the SC/ST, and 25.7 for the OBC/EWS categories. Since the year 2022, the GATE ME General qualifying cutoff has been consistently between 28 and 29 marks. 

The GATE Mechanical Engineering (ME) exam is one of the most attempted papers with around 60,000-70,000 students appearing for the test every year. In the year 2024, 11,922 out of 65,546 students qualified the GATE ME exam. This year, the total number of students appeared may go even higher. In that case, the cutoff score for each category may increase. The GATE ME qualifying cutoff 2025 will be determined based on multiple factors, such as the total number of examinees, the difficulty level of the paper, the number of seats available for this Mechanical Engineering in the GATE 2025 participating colleges, and so on. In this article, we have shared the GATE 2025 ME expected qualifying cutoff marks along with the cutoff marks pattern from 2021 through 2024.   

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GATE ME 2025 General Category Expected Qualifying Marks

The General category cutoff marks for GATE Mechanical Engineering have remained the same over the years. From 2022 to 2024, the ME qualifying cutoff has varied from 28.1 to 28.5 marks. However, in 2021, the GATE Mechanical Engineering cutoff score was 33, significantly higher than past three years. In 2025, the cutoff marks are expected to follow the current trend and remain around the same marks as last year. Check the GATE ME 2025 expected qualifying cutoff marks for General category from the table below. 

GATE ME 2025 SC/ST Category Expected Qualifying Marks

Over the past few years, the GATE ME SC/ST category qualifying marks have also remained between 18 and 19 marks. This year, the GATE 2025 Mechanical Engineering qualifying marks for the SC/ST/PwD category are expected to be the same as last year at 19. In the following table, we have provided the GATE ME 2025 expected qualifying cutoff marks along with the previous years' cutoff pattern for SC/ST category. 

GATE ME 2025 EWS/OBC Category Expected Qualifying Marks

For the past three years, the GATE ME cutoff scores for this category have been consistently same between 25 and 26 marks. This year, the GATE ME 2025 EWS/OBC category qualifying marks are expected to be the same as last year. Check the GATE 2025 ME expected qualifying cutoff marks and the cutoff marks from 2021 through 2024 in the table below.