Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is conducted by Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology.From  GATE Examinations for all the 22 papers will be conducted by an ONLINE Computer Based Test (CBT).It will be held during forenoon and afternoon sessions on alternate weekends (Saturday and Sunday) between February and  March . Examination for some of the papers in GATE  will be held in multiple sessions. To get admission for Master degree courses of Engineering in top Engineering Colleges in India required GATE Score.

GATE Exam details :-

Paper	Subject	No of questions	Time limit	Marks	Negative mark	Syllabus
Paper 1	Any subject	65	3 h	100	yes	GATE Syllabus

 

How GATE score is Calculated ?

There is a total of 65 questions and maximum marks one can score is 100, with 1 negative marks for each wrong answer  

After the evaluation of the answers, the raw marks obtained by a candidate will be converted to a normalized GATE Score.

From 2013, the GATE score is computed by a new formula.

The GATE Score of a candidate is computed from:
            
 S =    Sq  +  ( S_t  -  S_q )  (  M - M_q )  /  (  M_t  -  M_q  )  

where,

S = GATE Score (normalised) of a candidate,

M = Marks obtained by a candidate in a paper,

M_q = Qualifying marks for general category candidates in the paper,

M_t = Average Marks of top 0.1% or 10 (which ever is higher) of candidates in the paper,

S_t = GATE Score assigned to M_t (around 900), and

S_q = GATE Score assigned to M_q (around 300).

M_q is usually 25 marks (out of 100) or μ+σ, whichever is higher. Here μ is the mean of marks in a paper and σ is the standard deviation.

GATE score remains valid for up to two year from the date of issue.

 

Old formula:-

Till GATE 2012 the score was calculated using the formula: GATE score

     s = 10 {  a_g  +    s_g   [  m - a  /  s   ] }

Where

m = marks obtained by the candidate.

a = average of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper mentioned on this scorecard in GATE for that year

S = standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper mentioned on this scorecard in GATE for that year

a_g= global average of marks of all candidates who appeared across all papers and years

s_g= global standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared across all papers and years

 

Who writes it ?

• Bachelor degree holders in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture (4 years after 10+2) and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
• Master degree holders in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.

 

When do people start preparing for GATE test ?

Which College / university accepts GATE test ?

Almost all AICTE/UGC approved Engineering Colleges/Universities/ Deemed Universities/ IITs NITS etc accept Gate scores

 

When and where do people take it ?

Test centers: -

Online Examination Cities:

Examinations for all the 22 papers will be conducted by an ONLINE Computer Based Test (CBT)

Tentative list of the cities (zone-wise)

See also :-

 

GATE question patterns : Question Pattern of GATE

GATE Papers and Structure : Structure of GATE

GATE Registrations :-

ZONE	WEBSITE
IISc Bengaluru	gate.iisc.ernet.in
IIT Bombay	www.iitb.ac.in/gate
IIT Delhi	http://gate.iitd.ac.in
IIT Guwahati	www.iitg.ernet.in/gate
IIT Kanpur	www.iitk.ac.in/gate
IIT Kharagpur	gate.iitkgp.ac.in
IIT Madras	gate.iitm.ac.in
IIT Roorkee	www.iitr.ac.in/gate