GATE COACHING

About GATE

GATE Overview

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 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 GATE committee, which comprises of representatives from the administering institutes, is the sole authority for regulating the examination and declaring the results.

GATE is conducted through the constitution of eight zones. The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are:

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

The GATE Exam

Candidates will be required to appear in a single paper of three hours duration. The examination is generally held from 09:30 hours to 12:30 hours on 2nd Sunday of February every year. The list of papers for GATE is given mentioned in detail in GATE Brochure. The question papers will be in English only.Before applying for GATE, candidates must assure themselves that they have chosen the right paper, which qualifies them to become eligible to seek admission to the specific programme they are interested in. The criteria for postgraduate admission with Scholarship/ Assistantship are different in various Institutes/Universities. GATE Offices will not provide any information in this regard. For more details, the candidates are required to contact the Institutes/Universities to which they are interested in seeking admission.