Based on the recent trends, the minimum GATE cutoff required for NIT stays around 350-400. The maximum goes around 800-850. Here’s a list of a few NITs with GATE cutoffs.
Institute |
GATE cutoff |
NIT Mizoram |
381 |
NIT Manipur |
381 |
NIT Arunachal Pradesh |
354 |
NIT Durgapur |
569 |
NIT Kurukshetra |
574 |
NIT Rourkela |
648 |
NIT Goa |
604 |
NIT Calicut |
669 |
500-600 is considered to be a decent GATE score.
You can check the closing ranks (General category) of Computer Science and Engineering across the top NITs that offer this branch based on the 2020 reports down below:
NITs |
GATE Score |
NIT Trichy |
663 |
NIT Warangal |
721 |
NIT Calicut |
632 |
MNNIT Allahabad |
639 |
NIT Delhi |
511 |
NIT Bhopal |
496 |
NIT Durgapur |
472 |
NIT Jalandhar |
484 |
NIT Goa |
455 |
NIT Hamirpur |
480 |
NIT Andhra Pradesh |
402 |
NIT Silchar |
449 |
For a rank above 3000, it would be really difficult for you to get enrolled in one of the NITs. Try to secure a rank below 3000 to get admission into one of these institutes for the CSE department.