How Many Students Give GATE Exams:- GATE is one of the most competitive exams used to gauge the performance of Engineering graduates. Every year, lakhs of candidates attempt this exam, thus increasing the number of candidates who are taking the exam. The reasons why candidates appear for the GATE exams are multifold. Candidates who aspire to gain more knowledge in the specific fields of Engineering or other related fields and get into the relevant higher educational institutions for MS or M. Tech Courses opt to appear for the GATE exams. PSUs also recruit candidates based on their GATE scores. In this article, we discuss in detail how many students give GATE exams.
It is seen that almost ten lakhs of candidates appear for the exams, every year-on-year. For the year 2021, nearly 8.5 lakh candidates appeared for the GATE Exams. This is the rough estimate of the total number of candidates appearing for the board exams for the respective academic year. In some branches, the Engineering and Science candidates appear in large numbers, while in some others, the number of candidates is lesser. The most popular branches are Mechanical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computer Science & Information Technology, Electrical Engineering & Civil Engineering. Find out more about how many students appear for GATE exams in total and branch wise.
Number of Students Giving GATE Exams
Meanwhile, please check the details given in the table below for the list of branch wise number of candidates for the GATE exams through 2010 to 2021:
| Years | Number of Candidates For the GATE Exams |
| 2021 | 8,82,684 |
| 2020 | 8.58,023 |
| 2019 | 7,79,632 |
| 2018 | 7,81,854 |
| 2017 | 7,87,148 |
| 2016 | 8,18,850 |
| 2015 | 8,04,463 |
| 2014 | 8,89,156 |
| 2013 | 9,84,855 |
| 2012 | 6,86,614 |
| 2011 | 5,53,654 |
| 2010 | 4,02,723 |
Number of Students Who Appeared for the Respective Papers of GATE Exams 2021
Meanwhile, to get the number of students who appeared for the branch wise papers of GATE Exams 2021, check out this table below:
| Paper Codes/ Subjects | No. Of Candidates |
| ME: Mechanical Engineering | 120,594 |
| CE: Civil Engineering | 115,270 |
| CS: Computer Science & Information Technology | 101,922 |
| EE: Electrical Engineering | 87,559 |
| EC: Electronics Communication Engineering | 80,629 |
| XL: Life Sciences | 23,973 |
| CY: Chemistry | 23,465 |
| XE: Engineering Sciences | 22,219 |
| PH: Physics | 17,499 |
| IN: Instrumentation Engineering | 16,770 |
| CH: Chemical Engineering | 16,705 |
| BT: Biotechnology | 13,186 |
| MA: Mathematics | 11,635 |
| AR: Architecture and Planning | 10,857 |
| ES: Environmental Science & Engineering | 9,183 |
| AE: Aerospace Engineering | 4,914 |
| GG: Geology | 4,797 |
| MN: Mining Engineering | 3,918 |
| XH-C2: Humanities and Social Sciences(English) | 3,846 |
| MT: Metallurgical Engineering | 3,486 |
| XH-C1: Humanities and Social Sciences(Economics) | 2,307 |
| AG: Agricultural Engineering | 2,277 |
| PE: Petroleum Engineering | 2,153 |
| PI: Production and Industrial Engineering | 2,059 |
| EY: Ecology Evolution | 1,718 |
| BM: Biomedical Engineering | 1,684 |
| TF: Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | 1,643 |
| XH-C6: Humanities and Social Sciences(Sociology) | 1,255 |
| ST: Statistics | 1,199 |
| XH-C5: Humanities and Social Sciences(Psychology) | 1,141 |
| GG: Geophysics | 826 |
| XH-C4: Humanities and Social Sciences(Philosophy) | 538 |
| XH-C3: Humanities and Social Sciences(Linguistics) | 315 |
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