GATE 2026 Results: Top 20 engineering colleges

GATE 2026 results are scheduled to be announced on March 19, 2026, by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati. The results will be available on the official website, goaps.iitg.ac.in, and candidates can access their scores by logging in with their enrollment ID and password.

The GATE 2026 examination was conducted between February 7 and February 15, 2026, in two sessions each day. The results will display both the candidates' scores and their qualifying status. The scorecard will include the candidate's name, parent's name, GATE 2026 score, date of examination, candidate's category, All India Rank (AIR), and qualifying score.

Before the results are out, here is the list of the top 20 engineering colleges in India, as per the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings 2025:

1. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
3. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
4. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
5. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
6. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
7. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
8. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
9. National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
10. Indian Institute of Technology Indore
11. Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
12. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
13. Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad (ISM)
14. Vellore Institute of Technology
15. Indian Institute of Technology Patna
16. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
17. Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
18. National Institute of Technology Karnataka
19. Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
20. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Candidates are advised to carefully review the GATE 2026 results to understand their scores and other key details. The scorecard will only be available for download later after the results.