Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) is conducted by one of the seven Indian Institutes of Technology in rotation, and is the yearly exam conducted for admission to M.Tech and MS programmes in most of the engineering institutes in India. GATE entrance test is often regarded as a benchmark examination for all those who are willing to pursue their masters in engineering or technology. Examination is conducted by a committee of institutes that includes Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordinating Board- GATE, Department of Education, and Government of India.

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 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

The examination for GATE is coordinated by a committee that encompasses Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and other seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordinating Board, GATE, Department of Education, and Government of India. Admission forms for the same are available in last week of September till late October at almost all SBI branches. Students can appear in the exam as it has diverse disciplines according to their M.Tech interests.

The examination pattern and GATE syllabus for the same is usually based on the student’s syllabus of Engineering or B.Tech degree. The minimum eligibility requirement for appearing in this exam is usually a B.Tech, BE, B.Arch or M.Sc and the exam is usually conducted on second Sunday of February. The stream or the discipline to choose is done at the time of filling up the form. Additionally, there are XE and XL papers which are general in nature. The current examination pattern of the GATE examination is-

Maximum marks- 150 (Objective Type Questions, 3 sections)
Group I- 20 question each carry one mark
Group II- 55 questions each carry two marks. Out of this, last 5 questions may be common data based questions.
Group III- 10 questions each carry two marks

Latest updates of Gate Entrance Test
Not only this, as per the latest buzz, the validity of GATE score card been reduced to one year. Also, it has been decided that the Pharmaceutical Sciences (PY) paper will be discontinued with effect from GATE 2010. Accompanying all this changes is one more that says, with effect from GATE 2009, Information Technology (IT) paper will be merged into Computer Science (CS) paper. There will be no separate GATE Paper for IT. The name and code of the merged paper will be Computer Science and Information Technology (CS).