IISc Cut-offs for GATE DA: M.Tech and PhD, 2024–2026
IISc's M.Tech page names GATE DA, or any GATE paper, in the qualification line of 11 M.Tech programmes — some accept a paper only with a particular degree — with 191 seats between them, shared with candidates from other GATE papers, and 33 research departments had a GATE DA interview cut-off in 2026. For the 2026 M.Tech admissions, the score IISc says should have brought an interview or test call ranged from 630 to 950 (UR), depending on the programme. In 2026, UR offers to GATE DA candidates ran from 711 (Smart Mobility and Logistics Systems) to 1000 (Artificial Intelligence, whose own lowest UR offer was 832); offers to OBC-NCL, EWS, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and PwD candidates went lower, down to 377 (Scheduled Caste category, Smart Manufacturing). For PhD and M.Tech (Research), the 2026 interview-call cut-off ranged from 500 to 900 (UR) across departments.
Updated 23 September 2026 · Valid until 28 February 2027
| Programme | Department or centre | Seats | How IISc selects |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Kotak IISc AI ML Centre (KIAC) | 35 | 70% of GATE score + 30% written test |
| Bioengineering | Bioengineering | 11 | 70% of GATE score + 30% interview |
| Computational and Data Science (CP) | Computational and Data Sciences | 24 | 70% of GATE Score + 30% (written and Interview) |
| Electrical Engineering (EE) | Electrical Engineering | 24 | 70% of GATE score + 30% interview |
| Electronic Systems Engineering (ESE) | Electronic Systems Engineering | 25 | 70% of GATE score + 30% interview |
| Product Design, Development and Management (any GATE paper) | Design and Manufacturing | 18 | 70% weightage on CEED/GATE/CAT score + 30% performance in interview |
| Quantum Technology (QT) (any GATE paper) | Instrumentation and Applied Physics | 7 | 70% of GATE score + 30% interview |
| Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) | Robert Bosch Center for Cyber Physical Systems | 17 | 70% of GATE score + 30% interview |
| Signal Processing (SP) | Jointly conducted by Electrical Engineering & Electrical Communication Engineering | 11 | 100% GATE score, no interview |
| Smart Manufacturing(SM) (any GATE paper) | Design and Manufacturing | 11 | 70% of GATE score + 30% interview. (No written test) |
| Smart Mobility and Logistics Systems | Center for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation & Urban Planning | 8 | 70% GATE score + 30% interview |
| All 11 programmes above | — | 191 | Seats shared with candidates from other GATE papers |
Source: IISc's M.Tech/M.Des admission page (iisc.ac.in/admissions/m-tech-m-des/), as on 23 September 2026, for the 2026-27 admissions: discipline, department, intake and selection process as IISc lists them. A programme is listed when its qualification line names GATE DA or accepts any GATE paper. Several programmes accept a paper only with a particular degree, so read the programme's own qualification line before applying; IISc also states "Candidates can apply to a maximum of 3 disciplines from the M. Tech. and M. Des. programs."
M.Tech: the GATE DA score above which IISc says applicants should have been called for an interview or test
| Programme | 2026 UR | OBC | EWS | SC | ST | PwD | 2025 UR | 2024 UR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Systems Engineering | 950 | 855 | 855 | 630 | 630 | 950 | 680 | — |
| Quantum Technology | 850 | 800 | 750 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 800 | 800 |
| Artificial Intelligence | 820 | 755 | 755 | 550 | 470 | 650 | 796 | 765 |
| Electrical Engineering | 800 | 710 | 710 | 480 | 480 | 480 | 800 | 650 |
| Product Design Development and Management (M.Des) | 800 | 700 | 700 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 800 | 800 |
| Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 800 | 700 | 750 | 550 | 350 | 400 | 800 | — |
| Smart Manufacturing | 800 | 700 | 700 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 800 | 500 |
| Computational and Data Sciences | 780 | 690 | 725 | 500 | 425 | 690 | 800 | 735 |
| Bioengineering | 650 | 550 | 500 | 400 | 300 | 500 | 675 | 600 |
| Smart Mobility and Logistics Systems | 630 | 500 | 500 | 485 | 485 | 540 | 550 | — |
| Signal Processing | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 680 |
Source: IISc's "Cut Off Report for Course Programme M.Tech/M.Des" for the 2026-27, 2025-26 and 2024-25 admissions (https://www.iisc.ac.in/admissions/cut-off-report-and-gate-score-of-previous-years/), GATE scores out of 1000. IISc's 2026 M.Tech/M.Des report (dated 03-04-2026) opens: “Applicants who applied for M.Tech/ M.Des programmes, , and has secured a score higher than the cut-off indicated, and has not received a call letter on the applicant home page/ dashboard of admission portal for interview/ written test (as applicable), may send an e-mail to admission office at admission.acad@iisc.ac.in or ar.acad3@iisc.ac.in on or before 8th April 2026 [17:00hrs] along with the following documents: i) Application form, ii) GATE/ CEED/ CAT (as applicable) Scorecard.” The 2025 and 2024 reports print the same rule with deadlines of 4th April 2025 and 6th April 2024. A cut-off is the score that should have brought a call, not the score that brought a seat. Categories as IISc prints them: UR (printed 'GN' in some years), OBC-NCL, EWS, SC, ST and PwD (printed 'PH' in some years). IISc's reports also carry a KM (Kashmiri-Migrant) column and, in some years, a column labelled WQ that its admission pages do not define; neither is reproduced here, see the original report.
| Programme | 2026 UR | OBC | EWS | SC | ST | PwD | 2025 UR lowest | 2024 UR lowest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence | 832–1000 | 755–824 | 775–840 | 852 | 600 | — | 835 | 785 |
| Computational and Data Science | 843–952 | 727–850 | 803–816 | — | 466–510 | — | 850 | 850 |
| Signal Processing | 828–896 | — | 767 | 679–791 | — | 721 | 815 | 725 |
| Robotics and Autonomous Systems | 843 | 731–767 | — | 570 | — | 550 | 817 | — |
| Smart Mobility and Logistics Systems | 711–727 | 502–586 | 643 | 486–574 | — | — | 569 | — |
| Bioengineering | — | 659 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Electronic Systems Engineering | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1000 | — |
| Quantum Technology | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Smart Manufacturing | — | — | — | 377 | — | — | — | 611 |
Source: IISc's M.Tech/M.Des "Operated GATE Score" reports for 2026-27, 2025-26 and 2024-25 (https://www.iisc.ac.in/admissions/cut-off-report-and-gate-score-of-previous-years/). 2024 is printed pooled across COAP offer rounds 1 to 5; 2025 and 2026 are printed round by round and are pooled here the same way, the lowest score offered and the highest, across all rounds. A dash means IISc printed no offer for that category. Categories as IISc prints them: UR (printed 'GN' in some years), OBC-NCL, EWS, SC, ST and PwD (printed 'PH' in some years). IISc's reports also carry a KM (Kashmiri-Migrant) column and, in some years, a column labelled WQ that its admission pages do not define; neither is reproduced here, see the original report.
PhD and M.Tech (Research): the GATE DA score above which IISc says applicants should have been called for interview
| Department | 2026 UR | OBC | EWS | SC | ST | PwD | 2025 UR | 2024 UR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil Engineering | 900 | 800 | 800 | 750 | 700 | 800 | — | — |
| Cyber Physical Systems | 850 | 750 | 650 | 480 | 400 | 350 | — | — |
| Artificial Intelligence | 820 | 710 | 675 | 500 | 400 | 700 | — | — |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | 800 | 700 | 550 | 500 | 300 | 300 | — | — |
| High Energy Physics | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 800 | 600 | 803 |
| Nanoscience and Engineering | 800 | 700 | 700 | 600 | 500 | 600 | 800 | 700 |
| Physics | 800 | 750 | 750 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 800 | 800 |
| Climate Change | 750 | 650 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | — | — |
| Computer Science and Automation | 750 | 740 | 740 | 600 | 425 | 600 | 750 | 750 |
| Neuroscience | 750 | 650 | 650 | 425 | 360 | 360 | — | — |
| Molecular Biophysics | 720 | 550 | 575 | 500 | 100 | 550 | — | — |
| Ecological Sciences | 700 | 650 | 700 | 600 | 600 | 700 | — | — |
| Electrical Engineering | 700 | 630 | 630 | 420 | 420 | 420 | 700 | 600 |
| Mathematics | 685 | 580 | 680 | 400 | 300 | 500 | — | 850 |
| Computational and Data Science | 680 | 580 | 580 | 420 | 400 | 550 | 750 | 720 |
| Brain, Computation, and Data Science | 650 | 575 | 540 | 400 | 400 | 540 | — | — |
| Materials Research | 650 | 550 | 550 | 300 | 300 | 400 | — | — |
| Mathematical Sciences | 650 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 400 | 500 | 750 | 750 |
| Electrical Communication Engineering | 640 | 540 | 510 | 410 | 350 | 510 | 610 | 700 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 625 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 250 | 275 | — | — |
| Aerospace Engineering | 600 | 540 | 540 | 420 | 420 | 540 | — | — |
| Bioengineering | 600 | 550 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 550 | 500 | 500 |
| Chemical Engineering | 600 | 500 | 500 | 450 | 450 | 500 | 650 | 650 |
| Design and Manufacturing | 600 | 500 | 500 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 600 | 600 |
| Earth Sciences | 600 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 400 | 500 | 600 | — |
| Electronic Systems Engineering | 600 | 540 | 540 | 400 | 400 | 540 | 420 | 600 |
| Instrumentation and Applied Physics | 600 | 500 | 500 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 600 | 550 |
| Public Health | 600 | 550 | 550 | 500 | 500 | 500 | — | — |
| Water Research | 600 | 600 | 600 | 350 | 350 | 350 | 600 | 700 |
| Materials Engineering | 550 | 500 | 450 | 350 | 300 | 450 | 450 | 450 |
| Management Studies | 510 | 440 | 500 | 350 | 250 | 440 | — | — |
| Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | 500 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 450 | 550 | 750 |
| Solid State and Structural Chemistry | 500 | 400 | 400 | 350 | 300 | 400 | — | — |
| Centre for Sustainable Technologies | — | — | — | — | — | — | 550 | 600 |
| Developmental Biology and Genetics | — | — | — | — | — | — | 750 | 840 |
| Interdisciplinary Program - Energy | — | — | — | — | — | — | 600 | 600 |
| Molecular Biophysics Unit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 650 |
| Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems | — | — | — | — | — | — | 800 | 725 |
Source: IISc's "Cut Off Report for Research Programmes – PhD and M.Tech (Research)" for 2026-27, 2025-26 and 2024-25 (https://www.iisc.ac.in/admissions/cut-off-report-and-gate-score-of-previous-years/), GATE mode of entry only. IISc's 2026 research-programmes report (dated 21-04-2026) opens: “Applicants who applied for PhD/M.Tech (Res) programmes, and has secured a score higher than the cut-off indicated, and has not received a call letter on the applicant home page/ dashboard of admission portal for interview, may send an e-mail to admission office at admission.acad@iisc.ac.in or ar.acad3@iisc.ac.in on or before 30th April 2026 [1700hrs] along with the following documents: i. Application form, ii. NET JRF/ GATE etc. (as applicable) Rank/ Score card.” The 2025 and 2024 reports print the same rule with deadlines of 25 April 2025 and 25th April 2024. A cut-off is the score that should have brought a call, not the score that brought a seat. IISc's research-programmes page: “The selection is based on the performance in the interview (in some of the departments, an aptitude test/ preliminary interview will precede the interview/ final Interview).” and “Students with a B.E./B.Tech. degree and a GATE score who meet the basic qualification for eligibility for the relevant engineering departments are eligible to be considered both for the Ph.D. program as well as the M.Tech.(Research) program. The candidates may communicate this to the department at the time of interview.” and “The number of candidates called for interview will depend on the number of vacancies available in each department.” Categories as IISc prints them: UR (printed 'GN' in some years), OBC-NCL, EWS, SC, ST and PwD (printed 'PH' in some years). IISc's reports also carry a KM (Kashmiri-Migrant) column and, in some years, a column labelled WQ that its admission pages do not define; neither is reproduced here, see the original report.
About this resource
This is the GATE DA page of IAE Academy's IISc guide. It holds only IISc's numbers for GATE DA. What the routes are, what each pays and costs, and when to apply are in the overview at /resources/iisc-admissions-guide.
Three kinds of number appear here, and they mean different things. A call cut-off is the GATE score above which IISc says an applicant should have been called for an interview or test. An offer score is a score at which IISc made an M.Tech offer. The first table is not a number at all: it lists the M.Tech programmes whose qualification line names GATE DA or accepts any GATE paper, some only with a particular degree, with each one's seats, which candidates from other papers compete for too, and how it selects.
Nothing on this page predicts 2027. For research programmes IISc states that the number of candidates called for interview depends on the vacancies in each department. Of the 16 research departments with a UR cut-off in all three years here, 13 changed at least once and 3 printed the same figure each year; the three-year columns show which.
What's included
- ✓The IISc M.Tech programmes whose qualification line names GATE DA or any GATE paper, with seats and selection formula
- ✓M.Tech interview/test-call cut-offs for GATE DA, by programme and category, 2024 to 2026
- ✓The lowest and highest GATE DA scores at which M.Tech offers were made, 2024 to 2026
- ✓PhD and M.Tech (Research) interview-call cut-offs for GATE DA, by department and category, 2024 to 2026
How to use this resource
Start with the first table: it tells you which programmes you can apply to with GATE DA, and whether each one interviews.
Find your category column in the cut-off tables. The 2026 figure is the most recent; the 2025 and 2024 UR columns show how much it moves.
Use the offer table to see the scores at which seats were offered, not only called for interview.
Then read the overview for fees, scholarships and dates. The January 2027 PhD and M.Tech (Research) intake closes on 26 October 2026.
Frequently asked questions
What GATE DA score do I need for an IISc M.Tech?+
IISc does not publish one number. It publishes, programme by programme, the score above which applicants should have been called for an interview or test, and the range of scores at which offers were made. For 2026 the GATE DA call cut-offs ranged from 630 to 950 (UR), and UR offers ran from 711 (Smart Mobility and Logistics Systems) to 1000 (Artificial Intelligence, whose own lowest UR offer was 832); offers to OBC-NCL, EWS, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and PwD candidates went lower, down to 377 (Scheduled Caste category, Smart Manufacturing). The tables on this page give each listed programme, with IISc's UR, OBC, EWS, SC, ST and PwD figures for 2026 (its KM and WQ columns are not reproduced) and the UR figure for 2025 and 2024.
What GATE DA score gets an interview for a PhD at IISc?+
In the 2026 admissions, IISc's interview-call cut-off for GATE DA ranged from 500 to 900 (UR) across the 33 departments that listed the paper. IISc says selection is then on the interview, in some departments after an aptitude test or preliminary interview, and that a B.E./B.Tech. graduate with a GATE score who meets the basic eligibility for the relevant engineering department can be considered for both the PhD and the M.Tech (Research), and may say so at the interview; both sentences are quoted under the research table.
Which IISc M.Tech programmes take GATE DA without an interview?+
For 2026-27, those whose selection IISc states as 100% of the GATE score, with no interview or test: Signal Processing (SP). Artificial Intelligence (AI) selects on 70% of the GATE score and 30% written test, also with no interview. Every other programme listed adds an interview (for some, with a written test) worth 30%, as the first table shows. Check each programme's qualification line: some accept a paper only with a particular degree.
How does IISc make M.Tech offers to GATE DA candidates?+
Through COAP. IISc's M.Tech page states: “We will use the Common Offer Acceptance Portal (COAP) to make the offer for admission into the M.Tech. Programmes and M.Des. Programme through GATE qualification.” That is why its offer reports are organised by COAP round.
Is a cut-off the score I need to get admitted?+
No. A cut-off is the score above which IISc says an applicant should have been called for an interview or test. After the call, research programmes select on the interview, which in some departments follows an aptitude test or preliminary interview; most M.Tech programmes count the interview or test for 30% alongside 70% of the GATE score, and programmes that select on 100% of the GATE score have no such stage. The offer table shows the scores at which seats were offered. For research programmes IISc also states that the number of candidates called for interview depends on the vacancies in each department. Of the 16 research departments with a UR cut-off in all three years here, 13 changed at least once and 3 printed the same figure each year. A past cut-off is a guide, not a promise.
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