GATE - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an all India examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology for Master degree courses of Engineering in top Engineering Colleges in India.
Eligibility for GATE 2012 Examination:-
* Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering/Technology/Architecture (4 years after 10+2) and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes. * Master's 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. * Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master's degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology or in the third or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master's degree programme and Dual Degree programme in Engineering/Technology. * Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by IE(I), AMICE(I) by the Institute of Civil Engineers (India)-ICE(I)) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.
GATE 2012 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 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
GATE Examination Structure
A candidate can apply for only ONE of the 21 papers. The choice of the appropriate paper is the responsibility of the candidate. The candidate is expected to appear in a paper appropriate to the discipline of his/her qualifying degree. The candidate is, however, free to choose any paper according to his/her admission plan, keeping in mind the eligibility criteria of the institutions in which he/she wishes to seek admission.
Requests for change of GATE Examination paper after the submission of Application Form will not be considered.
GATE Examination Type
The GATE examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours duration which contains 65 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. The question paper will consist of only objective questions. In all papers other than AE, AG, AR, GG, MN and TF, all the questions are of multiple choice type. In AE, AG, AR, GG, MN and TF papers, the question paper will consist of questions of multiple choice type and also some questions of numerical answer type. For multiple choice type questions, each question will have four choices for the answer. For numerical answer type questions, each question will have a number as the answer. Click here to view the pattern of question papers. The examination for the papers with codes AE, AG, AR, GG, MN and TF will be carried out ONLINE using computers where the candidates will be required to enter the answer for each question using mouse. For all other papers, the candidates will have to mark the correct choice on an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble against each question. There will be negative marking for each wrong answer, except for the numerical answer type questions.
Each GATE paper shall have a General Aptitude (GA) component carrying 15 marks.
GATE 2012 Important Dates/ Notification:- Commencement of Online Application submission:- Monday 12 September 2011(00:00 Hrs)
Last date for Submission of Online Application (website closure):- Monday 17 October 2011(23:00 Hrs)
Last date for the receipt of printed version of ONLINE Application at the respective zonal GATE Office:- Monday 24 October 2011 Zonal GATE website display of final list of registered candidates, choices of test paper and examination city:- Friday 09 December 2011
Availability of admit card on zonal GATE websites :- Monday 02 January 2012
GATE 2012 Online Examination for Papers:-
GATE 2012 Online Examination Papers AR, GG and TF:- Sunday 29 January 2012 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2012 Online Examination Papers AE, AG and MN Sunday:- 29 January 2012 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
GATE 2012 Offline Examination Papers BT, CE, CH, CS, ME, PH and PI:- Sunday 12 February 2012 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2012 Offline Examination Papers CY, EC, EE, IN, MA, MT, XE and XL:- Sunday 12 February 2012 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs) GATE 2012 Results :- Thursday 15 March 2012 (10:00 Hrs)
