Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering(GATE) is an entrance examination for admission to Post Graduation/PhD courses in Engineering and Architecture across IITs and many other institutes in India. GATE is conducted jointly by Indian Institute of Technology(IITs) and Indian Institute of Sciences. IITs are considered to be the most prestigious institutions in India for technical education therefore students apply in large numbers for GATE to do Post Graduation Courses from IIT.

University of Delhi and many other top universitites and institutes in India also use GATE scores for admission to their PG courses in Engineering and Architecture. The students with bachelor’s degree in architecture, technology and engineering or Master’s degree in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer can apply for the master’s/doctoral degree they are eligible for. This time for the candidates applying for TextileEngineering & Fibre Science and Mining Engineering there will be an online examination while for others it will be normal paper based test.

Eligibility criteria:

Candidates with following qualifications are eligible for GATE:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/architecture/technology.
Master’s degree in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent
Qualifications equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by IE(I), AME by ICE)

Availability of Application forms for GATE 2010

GATE forms are available by cash payment from Designated Branches of the specified banks corresponding to the zone a candidate lives in. Forms can also be obtained directly from the Zonal GATE offices of IITs and IISB or by sending an application along with a demand draft to the corresponding zonal office requesting for the application form. Candidates also have the option to apply online through the GATE website . The cost of the offline form is Rs. 1000 and for the online application it is Rs. 800 for General and OBC students. For SC/ST/OBC Students the cost of the form/online application is half of that of General and OBC students

Important Dates:

Date of Online Entrance test:February 7, 2010
Date of Offline Entrance Test: February 14, 2010
Availability of application forms and online application: September 22, 2009
Last Date of issue of application forms by post: October 20, 2009
Last Date of availability of application forms through banks: October 28, 2009
Last Date of availability of application forms through GATE office counters: October 30, 2009
Last date for online submission of application form: October 28, 2009(By 6 pm)
Last date for Receipt of completed Online/Offline Application Form: November 03, 2009
Announcement of results: March 15, 2010

Pattern of Examination:

GATE Entrance test is of 3 hours consisting of 65 objective type questions carrying 100 marks. Every question has 4 choices. There is negative marking also for a wrong answer. GATE candidates needs to appear in one of the papers available according to the qualification and the degree/branch he/she want to pursue. For detailed pattern of the paper refer to the link: GATE Pattern.

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