Alerts and Updates for GATE Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

GATE 2027 is organized by IIT Madras, with the official notification and brochure released 20 July 2026 on the portal gate2027.iitm.ac.in. The computer-based exam covers 30 papers, including Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM), held over six days: 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 February 2027.

GATE 2027 registration was postponed from an originally announced 14 August 2026 start; the GOAPS portal opened 27 August 2026, with the regular deadline 27 September 2026 and a late-fee window extending to 5 October 2026.

The official GATE 2027 NM syllabus, published by IIT Madras, is organized into five sections: Engineering Mathematics, Applied Mechanics and Structures, Fluid Mechanics and Marine Hydrodynamics, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, and Thermodynamics and Marine Engineering, covering ship stability, resistance and propulsion, and marine diesel engines and boilers.

Paper-specific exam dates and sessions (forenoon or afternoon) for NM within the six GATE 2027 test days have not yet been announced; IIT Madras is expected to confirm the schedule only with admit cards, tentatively in early January 2027.

GATE 2027 will be conducted by IIT Madras, but the official notification is still not out. As of July 11, 2026 reports point to a release in late July or August 2026, with the GOAPS application window expected to open around August 24, 2026 and close on September 29, 2026.

As per the tentative schedule circulating ahead of the notification, GATE 2027 is expected on February 6, 7, 13 and 14, 2027, as a three-hour computer-based test across 30 papers. The exact day and shift for Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM) comes only with the official IIT Madras brochure.

IIT Guwahati's official GATE 2026 cut-off table lists Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM) qualifying marks as 33.7 for General, 30.3 for OBC-NCL and EWS, and 22.4 for SC, ST and PwD, a much higher bar than the 25.2 General cut-off in Mechanical Engineering.

Until IIT Madras publishes the GATE 2027 syllabus, the official GATE 2026 NM syllabus is the working reference. It covers Engineering Mathematics, Applied Mechanics and Structures, Fluid Mechanics and Marine Hydrodynamics, Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, and Thermodynamics and Marine Engineering.

Admissions on the current GATE 2026 score are still running. CCMT completed Round 3 in late June 2026, and its schedule lists Special Round 1 seat allotment on July 22, 2026, Special Round 2 on July 27, 2026, and a national spot round allotment on August 5, 2026.