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Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering: Applying To Various Institutes

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an annual exam administered jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India. GATE scores are used for admission to postgraduate programs in most public engineering colleges in India. The exam tests candidates' skills in various engineering and science subjects. It is usually taken by students in their final year of undergraduate engineering or postgraduate science programs. Scores remain valid for admission for two years after the exam. The most selective institutions for admission are the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technology, which typically admit students in the top 3 percentiles.

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Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering: Applying To Various Institutes

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an annual exam administered jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India. GATE scores are used for admission to postgraduate programs in most public engineering colleges in India. The exam tests candidates' skills in various engineering and science subjects. It is usually taken by students in their final year of undergraduate engineering or postgraduate science programs. Scores remain valid for admission for two years after the exam. The most selective institutions for admission are the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institutes of Technology, which typically admit students in the top 3 percentiles.

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Conducted by the Indian Institute of Science(IISc) and one of seven Indian Institutes of
Technology in rotation, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an annual
exam for admission to Graduate programs (Masters level and the Doctorate) in most
engineering institutes in India like Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, IITs and NITs,
Jadavpur University, IT-BHU as well as pharmacy institutes.[citation needed]. This examination
is coordinated by a committee, comprising of IISc and seven Indian Institutes of
Technology on behalf of the National Coordinating Board - GATE, Department of
Education, Government of India. The pattern and syllabus are usually based on a
candidate's background.

Minimum eligibility for appearing in this exam is usually good progress (typically
students in their final semster) towards a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (4 year
University Degree, similar to the US system) or a Master's degree in Science (3
(Bachelor's) + 2 (Masters, eg. M.Sc.), similar to the British system). The exam is usually
conducted on the second Sunday of February.

About GATE: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), is an all India


examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and
seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordination Board -
GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development
(MHRD), Government of India.

Admission to postgraduate programmes with MHRD and some other government


scholarships/ assistantships in engineering colleges/institutes is open to those who qualify
through GATE. GATE qualified candidates with Bachelor's degree in Engineering/
Technology or Master's degree in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/
Computer Applications are eligible for admission to Master/Doctoral programmes in
Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture as well as for Doctoral programmes in relevant
branches of Science with MHRD or other government scholarships/assistantships. To
avail the scholarship, the candidate must secure admission to such a postgraduate
programme, as per the prevailing procedure of the admitting institution. However,
candidates with Master's degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture may seek
admission to relevant PhD programmes with scholarship/assistantship without appearing
in the GATE examination. The overall coordination and responsibility of conducting
GATE 2010 lies with Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.

[edit] Applying to various institutes


GATE scores are only for application to graduate programs in Engineering disciplines in
India. Usually IISc application dates are within 4–5 days of announcement of results.
Most institutes do not specify their cut-offs for previous years. So there is a general
confusion in terms of selecting institutes and specializations. But in the recent years IIT
Kharagpur and Guwahati have been specifying last year cut-off mark list.

Typically the Indian Institute of Science is the most selective, very closely followed by
the IITs. In general IISc and the IITs only admit students scoring among the top 3
percentile on the GATE, to their post graduate programs.

[edit] GATE 2010


From 2009 onwards, IT and CS papers were merged and there will be no separate IT
paper. GATE 2010 will be conducted on Feb 14, 2010 by IIT - Guwahati.

From GATE 2010, the score will remain valid for two years. In GATE-2009, the validity
was reduced to only one year, however, it has been re-extended to two years from GATE-
2010 onwards. That is if a person has given GATE 2010 examination, the score will be
valid up to GATE 2012.

Applications will be sold from 22nd of September.

Last date for submission of Application was November 10, 2009.

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