What is a Good Score in GATE CSE 2025?

GATE CSE Good Score 2025 - The GATE CSE 2025 exam will be held on February 1, 2025, in two shifts for a total number of 100 marks. A 90+ mark is considered as an excellent score in the GATE CSE exam 2025 and with this score it is very likely you can get admission to your desired IIT and get PSU recruitment. A 75 or above out of 100 is also considered a good score in the GATE CSE 2025 exam. With 75+ marks in the CSE GATE 2025 exam , you have a high chance of securing admission into your desired specializations in IIT and NIT. In the previous year's GATE Computer Science and Engineering exam, the highest mark achieved by a student in GATE CSE was 90 out of 100, which corresponds to a score of 1000 after the normalization of marks. The expected qualifying GATE 2025 CSE cutoff is 28 for the General category, 25 for OBC/NCL/EWS, and 18 for SC/ST/PwD students. Those who secured the GATE 2025 cutoff will be eligible for MTech admissions 2025 in IITs, NITs, and other colleges through COAP and CCMT counselling. Check the good score for the GATE CSE 2025 exam, GATE CSE cutoff, AIR ranks, etc here.

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What is a Good Score in GATE CSE 2025?

“Good Score in GATE CSE 2025” signifies how much a student has to score in the GATE 2025 Computer Science Engineering exam to secure admission into one of the GATE 2025 participating institutions offering computer science engineering courses. Based on the previous years’ GATE CSE exam data, we have prepared a table where we have discussed the expected GATE 2025 CSE exceptional, good, average, and low scores -

Level	Good Score
Excellent score	90+
Good Score	75+
Average Score	65+
Low Score	>40

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GATE CSE Qualifying Cutoff 2025

GATE 2025 cutoff for CSE will be released along with the GATE result 2025 on March 19, 2025. You can check out the previous year's GATE CSE cutoff below.

Year	General	OBC-NCL/ EWS	SC/ST
GATE CSE 2025 (Expected)	28	25	18
GATE CSE 2024	27.6	24.8	18.4
GATE CSE 2023	32.5	29.2	21.6
GATE CSE 2022	25	22.5	16.6
GATE CSE 2021	26.10	23.6	17.3
GATE CSE 2020	28.6	25.4	19.3
GATE CSE 2019	29.2	26.7	19.5
GATE CSE 2018	25.0	22.1	16.4
GATE CSE 2017	25.3	22.7	16.6

GATE CSE Marks 2025 for All India Rank 1

GATE 2025 CSE Marks for AIR 1 will be announced along with the result. You can check the this year's and previous years highest marks from the table below.

Year	Year Wise GATE CSE Highest Marks
2025	To Be Updated
2024	90
2023	93.67
2022	81
2021	87.81
2020	91
2019	88.67
2018	83.30
2017	86.38
2016	85.93
2015	85.85

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Factors Determining GATE 2025 Good Score

There are multiple factors that affect the scores in the GATE exam. The following are the factors determining a good score in GATE 2025 exam.

• Number of students appearing for GATE 2025 - The higher the number of students appearing for the GATE 2025 exam, the higher competition students will face. This will have an impact on the score, thereby increasing it.
• Total number of seats in the GATE 2025 participating colleges - The total number of seats in the participating institutes influences the range of high scores in GATE exam since they are limited.
• Performance of the students who appeared in the exam- The cutoff score of the exam increases if the majority of the students appearing for the exam have performed well.
• Reservation- The reservation feature influences the cutoff scores in the institutes as the good scores for the unreserved categories are higher than the reserved categories.
• Difficulty level of the exam-  The difficulty level of the GATE exam plays a vital role in determining the cutoff of the institutes. If the question paper 2025 is easy, the good scores will be higher and vice versa.

Admission in CSE Programmes through GATE

Students who obtain scores within the GATE 2025 cutoff for CSE are eligible for admission across the GATE participating institutes 2025. The admission process comprises filling an application form of the institute and registering for COAP and CCMT in case of admission into IITs, NITs, and GFTIs. The institute will shortlist students on the basis of the scores obtained by the students in the GATE 2025 exam and intimation is displayed on the college/ CCMT or COAP portal. Several institutes also conduct additional written test and/ or interviews after shortlisting students on the basis of their GATE 2025 scores.

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GATE Previous Years’ CSE Cutoff for IITs

GATE CSE Cutoff for IITS of the past years are as follows:

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