GATE 2014

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), the 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 Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India is going online completely.

GATE is administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB)-GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. The GATE committee, with representatives from these eight institutes, is the sole authority for regulating the examination and declaring the results.

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

Zone1:  Indian Institute of Science Bengalore (Phone: 080 22932392, 080 23600902, FAX: 08023601227; Email: gate @ gate.iisc.ernet.in)

Zone 2: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Phone: 022 25767068, 022 25724054, FAX:022 25723706; Email: gateoffice @ iitb.ac.in)

Zone 3: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (Phone: 011 26591749, 011 26596137 FAX: 011 26581579; Email: gate @ admin.iitd.ernet.in)

Zone 4: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (Phone: 0361 2582751, FAX:0361 2582755; Email: gate @ iitg.ernet.in)

Zone 5: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (Phone: 0512 2597412, FAX: 0512 2590932; Email: gate @ iitk.ac.in)

Zone 6: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (Phone: 03222 282091, FAX: 03222 278243; mail: gate @ adm.iitkgp.ernet.in)

Zone 7: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Phone: 044 22578200, FAX: 044 22578204; Email: gate @ iitm.ac.in)

Zone 8: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (Phone: 01332 284531, FAX: 01332 285707; Email: gate @ iitr.ernet.in)

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, is the Organizing Institute for GATE 2014.

Nature of GATE 2014: All the 21 papers of GATE 2014 will be held as online Computer Based Test (CBT) where the candidates will be shown the questions in a random sequence on a computer screen. The candidates are required to either select the answer (for MCQ type) or enter the answer for numerical answer type question using a mouse on a virtual keyboard (keyboard of the computer will be disabled). Candidates will be provided with blank paper sheets for rough work and these have to be returned back after the examination. At the end of the 3-hour window, the computer will automatically close the screen from further actions.

Question Paper pattern:  The question paper for GATE 2014 will consist of questions of both multiple-choice type and numerical answer type. For multiple choice type questions, candidates have to choose the answer from the given choices. For numerical answer type questions, choices will not be given. Candidates have to enter a number as the answer using a virtual keypad.

Eligibility: The categories of candidates eligible to appear for GATE 2014 are given at the link ‘Eligibility’ at the ‘GATE’ link of http://gate.iitkgp.ac.in/  Description of eligible candidates, the period before which the Qualification has to be attained and the copies of certificates to be submitted in case the applicant has passed in the year 2013 or earlier and in case the applicant expects to complete in 2014 or later, is given at this link.

The eligible qualifications for appearing for GATE 2014 include one among the following. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Pharmacy (Post-Diploma/ Post B.Sc./4 years after 10+2); Bachelor's degree in Science (Post-Diploma/ 4 years after 10+2); Master’s degree in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent; Post-BSc Integrated Master’s degree programs in Engineering/ Technology (Four year programme); Integrated Master’s degree programs or Dual Degree programs in Engineering/ Technology (Five year programme); Integrated M.Sc. or Five year integrated B.S.-M.S. program; B.E/B.Tech/B.Arch. equivalent examinations, of Professional Societies, recognized by MHRD/ UPSC/ AICTE (e.g. AMIE by Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE by the Institute of Civil Engineers-India). Necessary supporting documents as specified must be sent along with the printed version of the online application by speed/ registered post to the respective Zonal Offices.

Certificate from Principal: Applicants, who have to submit a certificate from their college Principal, have to obtain a signature from their Principal along with the seal on the ‘Certificate from the Principal’ format that will be printed on the application PDF file which is generated after completion of the online application submission.

Candidates with backlogs: Candidates who have appeared in the final semester/ year exam in 2013, but with a backlog (arrears/failed subjects) in any of the papers in their qualifying degree should submit a copy of any one of the marks sheets of the final year or have to obtain a signature from their Principal along with the seal on the ‘Certificate from the Principal’ format that will be printed on the application PDF file which will be generated after completion of the online application submission

GATE Schedule: GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) Website will opens for enrolment, application filling, application submission on 2nd September 2013 (Monday). The last date for enrolment is 1st October 2013 (Tuesday).  After this date, only enrolled candidates will have the facility to fill the application. The last date for submission of Online Application through website is 3rd October 2013 (Thursday). The last date for the receipt of Print-out of the ONLINE Application along with all the supporting documents at the respective Zonal GATE Offices is 10th October 2013 (Thursday). The last date for request for change in the choice of city will be 20th November 2013 (Wednesday). Admit Card will be available on the GOAPS website for printing from 18th December, 2013 (Wednesday).

GATE 2014 Online Examination for the forenoon session will be from 9 am to 12 noon and that for the afternoon session from 2 pm to 5 pm on Saturdays and Sundays, between 1st February and 2nd March 2014.

Results will be announced on the Online Application Website at 10 am on 28th March 2014 (Friday).

Schedule of Examination: GATE 2014 examinations will be held during forenoon and afternoon sessions on alternate weekends (Saturday and Sunday) between 1st February 2014 and 2nd March 2014. Examination for some of the papers in GATE 2014 will be held in multiple sessions. Exact details on complete examination schedule will be notified at a later date.

Papers: For the GATE 2014 examination, a candidate can apply for only one of the 21 papers listed below (Code of the Paper in brackets). Aerospace Engineering (AE), Agricultural Engineering (AG), Architecture and Planning (AR), Biotechnology (BT), Civil Engineering (CE), Chemical Engineering (CH), Computer Science and Information Technology (CS), Chemistry (CY), Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC), Electrical Engineering (EE), Geology and Geophysics (GG), Instrumentation Engineering (IN), Mathematics (MA),  Mechanical Engineering (ME), Mining Engineering (MN), Metallurgical Engineering (MT), Physics (PH), Production and Industrial Engineering (PI), Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF), Engineering Sciences (XE) and Life Sciences (XL).

XE (Engineering Sciences) and XL (Life Sciences) papers are of general nature and will comprise of different sections.

XE Paper will have the following Sections (Code in brackets): Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory) (A), Fluid Mechanics (B), Materials Science (C), Solid Mechanics (D), Thermodynamics, Polymer Science and Engineering (F) and Food Technology (G).

XL Paper will have the following Sections (Code in brackets): Chemistry (Compulsory) (H), Biochemistry (I), Botany (J), Microbiology (K), Zoology (L), Food Technology (M).

The syllabus for each of the papers is given separately at the ‘GATE Papers and Structure link in the GATE website. Question Papers of 2012 and 2013 are available in the website.

Applicant will have to decide on the choice of the appropriate paper while submitting the application online. An applicant is permitted to appear in only one paper. He/she is expected to appear in a paper appropriate to the discipline of his/her qualifying degree. However, the candidate is, 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. The applicant should refer to the websites of institutes for more details regarding the admission criteria in any particular institute.

All the papers will contain few questions that test the General Aptitude (Language and Analytical Skills), apart from the core subject of the paper. A candidate appearing in the XE paper has to answer GA-General Aptitude (compulsory), Section A- Engineering Mathematics (compulsory) and any two of XE sections B to G.

A candidate appearing in the XL paper has to answer GA – General Aptitude (compulsory) section, Section H – Chemistry (compulsory) and any two of XL sections I to M.

The choice of two sections from B to G for XE and two sections from I to M for XL, can be made during the examination after viewing the questions. Only two optional sections can be answered at a time. A candidate wishing to change midway of the examination to another optional section must first choose to deselect one of the previously chosen optional sections (B to G or I to M).

Duration and Pattern of Question Papers: The GATE examination consists of a single paper of 3-hour duration that contains 65 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. In all the papers, there will be a total of 65 questions carrying 100 marks, out of which 10 questions carrying a total of 15 marks are in General Aptitude (GA).In the papers bearing the codes AE, AG, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, MN, MT, PI, TF and XE, the Engineering Mathematics will carry around 13% of the total marks, the General Aptitude section will carry 15% of the total marks and the remaining percentage of the total marks is devoted to the subject of the paper.In the papers bearing the codes AR, CY, GG, MA, PH and XL, the General Aptitude section will carry 15% of the total marks and the remaining 85% of the total marks is devoted to the subject of the paper. Each paper will have questions of two different types, multiple choice questions (MCQ) and numerical answer type questions. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) carrying 1 or 2 marks each will be there in all papers and sections. These questions are objective in nature, and each will have a choice of four answers, out of which the candidate has to mark the correct answer(s).Numerical Answer Questions of 1 or 2 marks each will be there in all papers and sections. For these questions the answer is a real number, to be entered by the candidate using the virtual keypad. No choices will be shown for this type of questions.

Examination Cities: The tentative list of the cities (zone-wise) in which GATE 2014 will be held is as follows.

IISc Bangalore, Bangalore 560 012: Alappuzha, Aluva, Ananthapur, Attingal, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bangalore, Bidar, Chengannur, Chitradurga, Davengere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Idukki, Kannur, Kanjirapally, Karwar, Kasaragod, Kolar, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Malappuram, Mangalore, Manipal, Muvattupuzha, Mysore, Nedumangad, Pala, Palakkad, Payyannur, Punalur, Raichur, Shimoga, Thrissur , Tumkur and Vadakara.

IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076: Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Anand, Aurangabad, Gandhinagar, Goa, Hyderabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Lonavala, Mahabubnagar, Mehsana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Sangli, Satara, Secunderabad, Solapur, Surat, Thane and Vadodara.

IIT Delhi, HauzKhas, New Delhi-110016: Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Delhi, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Indore, Jammu, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kota, Mathura, Rohtak-Hisar, Shimla, Sikar, Udaipur and Ujjain.

IIT Guwahati, Guwahati-781039: Agartala, Asansol, Dhanbad, Durgapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Shillong, Silchar, Siliguri and Tezpur.

IIT Kanpur, Kanpur-208016: Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gorakhpur, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Saugar (Sagar, MP), Sultanpur and Varanasi.

IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur-721302: Balasore, Berhampur (Orissa), Bhilai, Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur (CG), Cuttack, Eluru, Jamshedpur, Kakinada (AP), Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Srikakulam-Vizianagaram, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.

IIT Madras, Chennai-600036: Angamaly, Bapatla, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chittoor, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Ernakulam, Erode, Gudur, Guntur, Kadapa, Kanyakumari, Karimnagar, Karur, Khammam, Madurai, Nagercoil, Nalgonda, Namakkal, Nellore, Ongole, Puducherry (Pondicherry), Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vellore, Virudhunagar and Warangal.

IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667: Ambala, Amritsar, Bathinda, Chandigarh-Mohali-Rupnagar, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Haldwani-Bhimtal, Hamirpur (HP)-Una, Jalandhar-Phagwara, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana-Moga, Mandi-Bilaspur (HP), Meerut, Moradabad, Noida, Panchkula, Panipat, Pathankot, Patiala-Sangrur, Roorkee-Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Sirmaur, Solan, Sonepat and Yamunanagar.

Zone-wise List of Examination Cities for 3rd Choice will be the following.

IISc Bangalore,Bangalore - 560 012: Bangalore, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Hyderabad, Mangalore, Thiruvananthapuram.

IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076: Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nagpur.

IIT Delhi, HauzKhas, New Delhi – 110016: Delhi/NCR, Faridabad, Indore, Jaipur.

IIT Guwahati, Guwahati – 781039:  Delhi/NCR, Kolkata.

IIT Kanpur, Kanpur – 208016: Allahabad, Bhopal, Delhi/NCR, Kanpur, Lucknow.

IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur – 721302: Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam.

IIT Madras, Chennai – 600036: Chennai, Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Thiruvananthapuram.

IIT Roorkee, Roorkee – 247667: Chandigarh-Mohali-Rupnagar, Dehradun, Meerut, Jalandhar-Phagwara.

The Zonal Offices (one of the IITs or IISc.) dealing with a candidate’s application will be his/her point of contact for any enquiries regarding examination center and other matters

Choosing Examination City: Applicants can choose three examination cities in the order of preference to appear for the examination.  He/she will have to first choose a particular city, in a particular zone, as the first choice for appearing GATE 2014 examination. The second choice of examination city has to be chosen from the same zone as that of the first choice city. The third choice city may either be from the zone to which the first and second choice cities belong or from some other zone as specified in the Notification. The third choice will be considered only when an applicant cannot be accommodated either in first or second choice cities.

However, the GATE Committee reserves the right to add a new city or remove an existing city and allot a city that may not be any of the choices of a candidate.

Application Fee: Application fee will be as follows. The application fee for Women Candidates of any category will be Rs.750/-. For Male Candidates of General/OBC categories, it will be Rs 1500/- while it will be Rs.750/- for SC / ST / PD Category Candidates. It is Rs.1500/- for Other Candidates (General/OBC). The fee can be paid through Online Net-banking or using Challan at SBI or Syndicate bank. Additional charges will be applicable depending on the mode of payment. Details are given in the website.

Online Application: Applications will have to be submitted online through the GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS). Candidates will have the facility to register/enroll and fill the application online only, by accessing the zonal GATE websites of IISc and any of the seven IITs.

An online interface is provided for most of applicant’s interaction with the GATE office. The different stages related to online submission of applications, include Enrolment using ‘New User Register here’, Filling the online application form (which can be done only after enrolment), Uploading photograph and signature, Paying the application fee through net-banking or indicating the option for payment through bank challan (State Bank of India or Syndicate Bank) and paying the amount in bank etc.

Website of GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) will open at 00:01 hrs on 2nd September, 2013 (Monday) for enrolment, application filling and application submission. A candidate will have to enrol first to fill the application. Enrolment can be done till 1st October, 2013. The last time and date for Submission of Online Application through Website will be 23:59 Hrs on Thursday, 3rd October, 2013. The photograph and signature of the applicant will have to be uploaded during the online submission of application. Details related to the submission of application is given in the website at the link, ‘How to Apply’

Sending Printout: The application process becomes complete, only when the printout of the filled online application with the signature of candidate, a good quality photograph affixed in the appropriate place, along with necessary documents, if any is received by the respective Zonal GATE offices.

The last date for the receipt of Print-out of the online application along with all the supporting documents at the respective Zonal GATE Offices will be 10th October 2013 (Thursday).

Admit Card: Admit cards will have to be downloaded from the zonal GATE websites from 1st January 2014. The candidate has to bring the printed admit card to the test center along with at least one original and valid photo identification which can be one among Driving license, Passport, PAN Card, Voter ID, Aadhaar UID, College ID, Employee identification card, or a notarized affidavit with Photo, Signature, Date of Birth and Residential Address. The details of this ID proof have to be given while filling the online application. Photocopied or scanned copy of ID as well as expired ID will not be accepted.

Results: GATE 2014 results will be announced at 10 am on 28th March, 2014 (Friday) and will be available on the GATE Online Application Website.

GATE Scorecard : After the declaration of the results, a GATE Scorecard will be issued to all the candidates appeared in a paper whose marks are equal to or above the qualifying marks of SC/ST/PD candidates in that paper. GATE 2014 score is valid for 2 years from the date of announcement of the results. There is no provision for the issue of Additional GATE scorecard.

GATE and Financial Assistance: A valid GATE score is essential for obtaining financial assistance during Master’s programs and direct Doctoral programs in Engineering/Technology/Architecture, and Doctoral programs in relevant branches of Science in Institutes supported by the MHRD or other Government agencies. To avail the financial assistance (scholarship), the candidate must first secure admission to a program in these Institutes, by a procedure that could vary from institute to institute. Qualification in GATE is also a minimum requirement to apply for various fellowships awarded by many Government organizations. The management of the post-graduate scholarship/assistantship is also the responsibility of the admitting institution. Similarly, reservation of seats under different categories is as per the policies and norms prevailing at the admitting institution and Government of India rules.

GATE and Employment: Several public sector undertakings (PSUs) have, in the past, used GATE scores for screening for providing a salaried employment. They include Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, National Thermal Power Corporation, Power Grid India, etc. It is expected that such PSUs would use GATE Scores this year as well. However, GATE administration is not responsible for employment opportunities. Information Brochure of GATE 2014 can be downloaded from http://gate.iitkgp.ac.in/gate2014/gate2014_brochure.pdf