GATE (GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST IN ENGINEERING)

Registrations: September

Overview Dates Application Fee Registration Exam Pattern Eligibility Preparation Tips

GATE Overview

Applicants can visit the official website to get the GATE Notification which will be released in August. Every year, IIT Kharagpur conducts the GATE exam in February. It is a national-level exam and students who wish to take admission in postgraduate engineering colleges in India like IIITs, NITs, IITs, etc. The conducting authority will release detailed information like exam patterns and the GATE syllabus along with its official website only. There are two papers to be added one is Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture & the other is Geomatics Engineering.

GATE Exam Highlights

Events	Overview
Name of the exam	Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Conducting Institute of Exam	IIT Kharagpur
GATE exam exam information	To be announced soon
Purpose of GATE Exam	Qualifying exam for Ph. D/ M. Tech/ M.E and PSU Recruitment
Application/ Registration Mode	Through Online Mode
Mode of GATE Exam	Computer Based
Duration of the Exam	Three hours
Number of cities which conducting exam	195 cities excluding six international centers
Total number of subjects	29 including two new subjects
Total number of questions	65
Total marks of the exam	100
Validity of GATE score card	Three years
Total no of test takers	858890

GATE Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for the GATE exam are as follows:

Nationality Criteria:- Candidates should be under the citizen of India, and candidates from other countries of India can also go with the GATE exam if they have the given eligibility criteria.

Age Limit:-For the GATE exam, there are no age limit criteria to appear for the exam.

Academic Qualification:-Make sure aspirants should have completed their degree or to be in the final year of the Bachelor’s degree in Technology/ Engineering in any relevant science subject.

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GATE Important Dates

Events	Expected Dates
Notifications	August/September
Application form announcement	August
Last date for an application form.	September
Registration with late fees last date	October
The last date to edit the categories, paper, and exam city (with additional fees).	November
Admit Card announcement	January
GATE Exam	4th, 5th, 11th, 12th February 2023
Answer key declaration	February/ March 2024
Result declaration	March 2024
Scorecard	Last week of March
Starting Of counseling	In the month of April

GATE Registration

The authority can go with GATE application form in the month of August. GATE registration process shall be activated from this month only through Online mode. To do registration, candidates need to provide their academic details and they also need to upload their signature, photograph, and category certificate if they have one.

Application Form Correction:-

Aspirants will have to log in to GOAPS portal to make corrections to their application form. Only registered candidates can use this facility to correct their application forms. In this, candidates can make changes in their name, Date of Birth, Guardian’s mobile number, correspondence address, country of residence, Degree, and university information. Exam paper, gender, city, applicant personal details, the category will not be allowed to make corrections.

GATE Application Fee:

For Male General or OBC category candidates, the application fee will be Rupees 1500 before the given due date and Rupees 2000 during the extended period.
For ST/ SC/ PWD women category candidates the application fee will be Rs 750.
For students who are from Dubai and Singapore, the application fee will be the US $100.
For students from Addis Abada, Dhaka, Colombo, and Kathmandu the application fee will be $ 50.

GATE Exam Pattern

The duration of the exam is three hours.
There are 27 papers in the GATE exam
The total number of questions will be 65 where 10 questions from general aptitude and 55 questions from Engineering Maths and Core Subjects.
The total marks of the exam will be 100.
There are two sections available from different types of papers.
There is a negative marking for the wrong answer in MCQs.

GATE Exam Admit Card

Candidates can see their admit cards from the official website before the last date issued by the authorities. Make sure, aspirants must have to carry their GATE admit card along with their valid ID proof.

Steps to download the GATE admit card:-

Visit the official website of GATE
Enter the required details like enrollment number and password to login into the GATE exam
Click on the admit card and download the link
Download the admit card for the future reference

GATE Exam Paper Code

Paper Code of GATE Exam

Aerospace Engineering	AE
Architecture and Planning	AR
Biotechnology	BT
Civil Engineering	CE
Agricultural Engineering	AG
Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC
Chemical Engineering	CH
Computer Science and Information Technology	CS
Instrumentation Engineering	IN
Electrical Engineering	EE
Geology and Geophysics	GG
Chemistry	CY
Ecology and Evolution	EY
Metallurgical Engineering	MT
Mining Engineering	MN
Mechanical Engineering	ME
Physics	PE
Petroleum Engineering	PE
Production and Industrial Engineering	PI
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	TF
Biomedical Engineering	BM
Statistics	ST
Environmental Science and Engineering	ES
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	–
Humanities and Social Science	XH
Geomatics Engineering.	–

Paper codes for XL and XE papers GATE:-

XE Paper Sections	Code
Engineering Mathematics	A
Fluid Mechanics	B
Materials Science	C
Solid Mechanics	D
Termodynamics	E
Plymer Science and Engineering	F
Food Technology	G
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	H
XL Paper Sections
Chemistry	P
Bio Chemistry	Q
Botany	R
Microbiology	S
Zoology	T
Food Technology	U

Preparation Tips for GATE Exam

Every year more than 9 lacs aspirants sit in the exam to make their career bright. Students who wish to sit for the GATE exam must know the complete information about the exam such as Marking Scheme, Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Subjects, etc. Some preparation tips for the GATE exam are as follows:

If you want to opt for coaching classes to prepare for the GATE exam then don’t miss any online or offline classes.
Self-study plays a very important role so do self-study and make short notes for every subject.
If you don’t want to opt for coaching for the GATE exam then go with the official website and check the syllabus and do preparation for every subject on regular basis.
You can go with an online mock test to do better practice.
Students don’t need to forget to solve previous year’s question papers