Official IIT & IISc Data

GATE Aerospace Engineering (AE) Official 5-Year Cutoff Statistics

Extracted directly from the official GATE annual performance reports published by IIT Guwahati, IIT Roorkee, IISc Bangalore, IIT Kanpur, and IIT Kharagpur.

1. Official Category-Wise Qualifying Cutoff Marks (Past 5 Years)

Year Organizing Body General (UR) OBC-NCL / EWS SC / ST / PwD AIR 1 Score
GATE 2026 IIT Guwahati 25.00 22.50 16.60 82.00 (Score 1000)
GATE 2025 IIT Roorkee 28.90 26.00 19.20 81.00 (Score 990)
GATE 2024 IISc Bangalore 33.30 29.90 22.10 86.33 (Score 962)
GATE 2023 IIT Kanpur 28.40 25.50 18.90 83.67 (Score 980)
GATE 2022 IIT Kharagpur 29.80 26.80 19.80 84.33 (Score 975)

2. Appeared vs Qualified Candidates Participation Trends

Year Total Appeared Total Qualified Qualifying Rate Cohort Mean Marks Standard Deviation (SD)
2026 6,591 1,180 17.90% 16.20 13.50
2025 6,009 1,074 17.87% 17.80 14.10
2024 5,255 1,010 19.22% 18.47 14.84
2023 5,046 955 18.93% 17.10 13.80
2022 4,894 902 18.43% 17.50 14.20

3. GATE AE Marks vs Estimated AIR Rank Predictor

Raw Marks Range Estimated All-India Rank (AIR) GATE Score (Out of 1000) Admission / PSU Prospect
78.00 – 100.00 AIR 1 – 5 950 – 1000 IISc Bangalore & ISRO direct recruitment call
65.00 – 77.99 AIR 6 – 25 850 – 949 IIT Bombay / IIT Madras / IIT Kanpur Core Aerospace TA
55.00 – 64.99 AIR 26 – 65 750 – 849 IIT Kharagpur / IIT Hyderabad / DRDO RAC RAC shortlist
45.00 – 54.99 AIR 66 – 200 650 – 749 Top NITs (Surathkal, Trichy, Calicut) & IIEST Shibpur
35.00 – 44.99 AIR 201 – 500 500 – 649 State Engineering Colleges & Self-Sponsored M.Tech
25.00 – 34.99 AIR 501 – 1180 350 – 499 Qualifying Band (Eligible for CCMT Counseling)

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