OBJECTIVES OF GATE

·     Identify, at the National level, meritorious and motivated candidates for admission to Postgraduate Programmes in Engineering, Technology, Architecture, Science and Pharmacy.

·     Serve as a mandatory qualification for the MHRD scholarship/assistantship.

·     Serve as benchmark for normalization of the Undergraduate Engineering Education in the country.

ABOUT GATE

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all-India examination administered and conducted in eight zones across the country by the GATE Committee comprising faculty from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordinating Board - GATE, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India.

The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are 

Zone 1 - Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 
Zone 2 - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay 
Zone 3 - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 
Zone 4 - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 
Zone 5 - Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 
Zone 6 - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 
Zone 7 - Indian Institute of Technology Madras 
Zone 8 - Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

The overall coordination and responsibility lies with Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore designated as the Organizing Institute for GATE 2008.

Admission to post graduate programmes with MHRD and some other government scholarship/assistantship at engineering colleges/institutes in the country are open to those who qualify through GATE. GATE qualified candidates with Bachelor degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy or Master degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications are eligible for Master/Doctoral programmes in Engineering/ Technology/Architecture/Pharmacy as well as for Doctoral programmes in relevant branches of Science. To avail the scholarship, the candidate must additionally secure admission to such a postgraduate programme, as per the prevailing procedure of the admitting institution. GATE qualification, however, is not required for candidates with Master degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy who may be seeking scholarship/assistantship for relevant doctoral programmes.

Some institutions specify GATE as the mandatory qualification even for admission of self-financing students to postgraduate programmes. GATE qualified candidates in Engineering disciplines are also eligible for the award of Junior Research Fellowship in CSIR Laboratories. Some government organizations prescribe GATE qualification as a requirement for applying to the post of a Scientist/Engineer.

 

Important Dates :

 Notification for Sale of application forms

 

 September

 Last date for submission of Application Forms

 

 30 days from the notification

 Date of the examination

 

 2nd Sunday of Feb.

 Announcement of results

 

 15th  March