How many candidates applied for GATE 2025? Previous years’ trends
Vagisha Kaushik | March 19, 2025 | 03:16 PM IST | 1 min read
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Last year, around 8.26 lakh candidates applied for the GATE exam; of which 6,53,292 appeared. The institute will announce the paper-wise and category-wise number of candidates who registered and appeared for the exam.
Notably, the GATE cut-off 2025 , which will be issued soon, will depend on various factors including the number of candidates who took the exam.
How many candidates applied for GATE 2025?
Students can check the details on the number of candidates who participated in the GATE exam in the previous years.
The number of candidates who registered and appeared for the GATE exam over the previous years is given below.
|
Year |
Total Number of Students that Applied |
Total Number of Students that Appeared |
|
2024 |
826,239 |
653,292 |
|
2023 |
670,000 |
517,000 |
|
2022 |
800,000 |
711,542 |
|
2021 |
1,000,000 |
850,000 |
How many students appeared for GATE? Paper-wise details
|
Paper |
Number of registered students |
Number of students who appeared |
|
AE |
6,931 |
5,255 |
|
AG |
2,777 |
2,362 |
|
AR |
11,450 |
9,080 |
|
BM |
2,345 |
1,860 |
|
BT |
21,210 |
17,078 |
|
CE |
1,08,136 |
85,869 |
|
CH |
16,930 |
13,937 |
|
CS |
1,52,652 |
1,23,967 |
|
CY |
35,382 |
26,825 |
|
DA |
52,493 |
39,210 |
|
EC |
78,157 |
63,092 |
|
ES |
8,847 |
6,445 |
|
ES |
8,847 |
6,445 |
|
EY |
3,336 |
2,359 |
|
GE |
3,238 |
2,491 |
|
GG1 |
7,154 |
5,574 |
|
GG2 |
1,037 |
822 |
|
IN |
12,451 |
9,900 |
|
MA |
17,617 |
13,425 |
|
ME |
83,114 |
65,546 |
|
MN |
8,515 |
7,046 |
|
MT |
3,858 |
3,111 |
|
NM |
517 |
361 |
|
PE |
2,146 |
1,770 |
|
PH |
26,475 |
20,258 |
|
PI |
4,915 |
3,725 |
|
ST |
2,663 |
1,694 |
|
TF |
1,765 |
1,422 |
|
XE |
14,941 |
11,261 |
|
XH |
15,555 |
10,073 |
|
XL |
44,904 |
36,275 |
|
Total |
8,26,239 |
6,53,292 |
Category-wise number of candidates who appeared for the exam last year is as follows:
|
Paper Code |
GEN |
GEN-EWS |
OBC-NCL |
SC |
ST |
|
AE |
2091 |
258 |
2018 |
729 |
159 |
|
AG |
571 |
237 |
908 |
412 |
234 |
|
AR |
4390 |
388 |
3111 |
922 |
269 |
|
BM |
820 |
61 |
727 |
205 |
47 |
|
BT |
8541 |
1121 |
5178 |
1805 |
433 |
|
CE |
22242 |
6487 |
33610 |
15514 |
8016 |
|
CH |
4741 |
1371 |
5219 |
1941 |
665 |
|
CS |
51263 |
11698 |
41538 |
15170 |
8016 |
|
CY |
10309 |
2714 |
9961 |
2901 |
940 |
|
DA |
17763 |
3915 |
11993 |
4405 |
2260 |
|
EC |
22515 |
5859 |
23573 |
8623 |
2522 |
|
EE |
16517 |
4272 |
23302 |
11052 |
4456 |
|
EY |
1111 |
201 |
659 |
272 |
116 |
|
ES |
1977 |
516 |
2311 |
1158 |
483 |
|
GE |
1007 |
150 |
840 |
366 |
128 |
|
GGB1 |
1871 |
484 |
2029 |
765 |
425 |
|
GGB2 |
187 |
119 |
309 |
129 |
78 |
|
IN |
3412 |
887 |
3724 |
1412 |
465 |
|
MA |
4884 |
1662 |
4980 |
1408 |
491 |
|
ME |
20969 |
4857 |
25172 |
10662 |
3886 |
|
MN |
1522 |
523 |
2983 |
1287 |
731 |
|
MT |
915 |
221 |
1131 |
550 |
294 |
|
NM |
117 |
19 |
148 |
61 |
16 |
|
PE |
624 |
169 |
613 |
284 |
80 |
|
PH |
8559 |
2052 |
7076 |
1970 |
601 |
|
PI |
1180 |
287 |
1262 |
736 |
260 |
|
ST |
755 |
191 |
532 |
162 |
54 |
|
TF |
469 |
114 |
587 |
215 |
37 |
|
XE |
3953 |
1086 |
4249 |
1511 |
462 |
|
XHC1 |
1514 |
241 |
666 |
231 |
69 |
|
XHC2 |
2070 |
314 |
994 |
412 |
110 |
|
XHC3 |
151 |
23 |
68 |
25 |
10 |
|
XHC4 |
156 |
52 |
68 |
49 |
15 |
|
XHC5 |
1972 |
219 |
888 |
265 |
71 |
|
XHC6 |
431 |
104 |
290 |
141 |
54 |
|
XL |
15519 |
3787 |
11868 |
4035 |
1066 |
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