GATE 2020 News: GATE Notification 2020 has released. Candidates who are interested for the exam has to check the eligibility criteria and to fill the online application form. Registration starts on the 3rd September, 2019 and last date for submission of forms is September 24, 2019 for GATE Exam 2020. Check the application form,eligibility criteria in this site.
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GATE Notification 2020
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a National Level Entrance Test. It is being conducted for M. Tech./M.E./PhD Programmes in IITs, IISERs, IISc and other known Institutes of India. GATE 2020 will be conducted in February 1, 2, 8, 9, 2020. GATE score is important for the recruitment in government and private organisations. Latest updates are available in this website.
About GATE (Graduate AptitudeTest in Engineering)
GATE is basically an examination on the comprehensive understanding of the candidates in various UG (undergraduate) subjects in Engineering/Technology/ Architecture & PG (post-graduate) level subjects in Science. GATE 2020 Exam will be conducted for 25 subjects (also referred to as “papers”) and it would be distributed over 1st, 2nd, 8th & 9th of Feb 2020. The GATE exam centres are spread in different cities across India, as well as, in six cities outside India. The exam would be purely a CBT (Computer Based Test).
The GATE score would reflect the relative performance level of the student in a particular subject, which is quantified based on the several yrs of exam data. Note that the GATE 2020 marks score is valid for 3 YEARS from the date of announcement of the exam results.
Exam Dates for GATE 2020
| GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) Website Opens | Tuesday | 3rd September 2019 |
| Closing Date for Submission of (Online) Application (through Website) | Tuesday | 24th September 2019 |
| Extended Closing Date for Submission of (Online) Application (through Website) | Tuesday | 1st October 2019 |
| Last Date for Requesting Change of Examination City (an additional fee will be applicable) | Friday | 15th November 2019 |
| Admit Card will be available in the Online Application Portal (for printing) | Friday | 3rd January 2020 |
| GATE 2020 Examination Forenoon: 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM (Tentative) Afternoon: 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM (Tentative) | Saturday Sunday Saturday Sunday | 1st February 2020 2nd February 2020 8th February 2020 9th February 2020 |
| Announcement of the Results in the Online Application Portal | Monday | 16th March 2020 |
Exam Dates for Previous GATE 2019 Exam
| Events | Important Dates |
| GATE Application Form Starts from | August 31, 2018 |
| Last Date to Submit the Application Form | September 21, 2018 |
| Extended Date for Registration with Late fee | October 1, 2018 |
| GATE 2019 Mock Test | 3rd week of November, 2018 |
| Release of GATE Admit Card | January 4, 2019 |
| GATE Exam Date 2019 | February 2, 3, 9, 10 of 2019 |
| Release GATE 2019 Answer Key | 3rd week of February 2019 |
| Declaration of Results | March 16, 2019 |
Previous Exam Dates for GATE 2018:
| Events | Given Dates |
| Commencement of Online Application Form | 1st September 2017 |
| Application Form Submission last date | 5th October 2017 |
| Last Date to request for change in examination city | 17th November 2017 |
| Admit Card Available on | 5th January 2018 |
| Exam Date of GATE 2018 | 3rd, 4th February & 10th, 11th January 2018 |
| Answer Key Released On | few days after examination |
| Results announced | 17th March 2018 |
| Score Card downloading Begins | Last week of March 2018 to Last week of May 2018 |
| Counselling commence | second week in April 2018 |
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
It is important to check the GATE 2020 eligibility criteria before you fill the GATE application form is given below:
Age Limit: There is no age limit to attempt GATE examination.
Nationality: Candidate must be an Indian national. Besides that, candidates from Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, UAE and Singapore are also eligible for GATE.
Pass %: There is no min pass percentage criteria in the qualifying examination to apply for GATE 2020.
Educational Qualification: All the candidates must have passed their respective qualifying examinations or can be in the final year of the course except for few courses.
The list of eligible qualifying examinations are as follows:
How to Apply:
Scanned photograph and the signature has to be uploaded. Application fee has to through the online. For this whole process there is a period of one month.
Registration process:
Following are the steps to apply for the GATE 2020 Exam.
- Go to the official website appsgate.iitm.ac.in.
- Click on apply link for GATE 2020.
- Register yourself by providing your full name, valid email ID, mobile number, and password. After successful registration, candidates will be provided with an Enrollment ID. Log in using your enrollment ID and password.
- Enter your Personal Information.
- Give your postal address along with PIN code.
- Enter your Academic Details.
- Enter the name & address of your college along with PIN code.
- Enter the GATE subject (paper) you want to appear for and choice of examination cities.
- Upload scanned images of your Photograph, Signature, Eligibility Certificate and other documents in the necessary format and size.
- Next, Make payment of GATE application fees and hit on Submit your application
- Finally Take a hard copy of your GATE online application form for future usage.
Application Fee: For Female, SC/ST/PwD candidates application fee is 750/- and all other category candidates fee is 1500/- and for international candidates the fee should be US dollars 50.
Exam Pattern:
The GATE examination pattern for admission to M.E/ M.Tech – different sections, no of questions and maximum marks for each section are available in below table
| No.of Sections | No of Questions/ Max Marks |
| General Aptitude | 10/15 |
| Engineering Mathematics | 11/15 |
| Subject Specific Section | 44/70 |
| Total Marks | 65/100 |
Exam centers:
| Zone No. | Zonal GATE Office | Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns* |
| 1 | IIT Roorkee Roorkee – 247 667 Website: http://www.iitr.ac.in/gate/ | Ambala, Amritsar, Baddi (HP), Bathinda, Bhimtal, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Haldwani, Hamirpur (HP), Jalandhar, Khanna, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana, Meerut, Mohali, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA, Panipat, Pathankot, Patiala, Roorkee, Sangrur, Shimla-Solan, Sonepat, Una, Yamunanagar |
| 2 | IISc Bangalore Bengaluru – 560 012 Website: http://gate.iisc.ac.in/ | Ananthapuramu, Angamaly, Bagalkot, Ballari (Bellary), Belagavi (Belgaum), Bengaluru, Bidar, Davanagere, Hassan, Hubballi (Hubli), Hyderabad, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Kannur, Kasaragod, Kolar, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Malappuram, Mangaluru, Manipal, Mysuru (Mysore), Palakkad, Payyanur, Port Blair, Shivamogga (Shimoga), Thrissur, Tumakuru, Vatakara |
| 3 | IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110 016 Website: http://gate.iitd.ac.in/ | Ajmer, Alwar, Bahadurgarh-Rohtak, Bikaner, Faridabad, Greater NOIDA, Gurugram, Hisar, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kota, Mathura, New Delhi, Palwal, Samba, Sikar, Udaipur, Ujjain |
| 4 | IIT Bombay Powai, Mumbai – 400 076 Website: http://www.gate.iitb.ac.in/ | Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Anand, Aurangabad, Baramati, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Goa, Jalgaon, Kankavli, Kolhapur, Mehsana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Surat, Thane, Vadodara |
| 5 | IIT Guwahati Guwahati – 781 039 Website: http://www.gate.iitg.ac.in/ | Agartala, Asansol-Durgapur, Burdwan, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Jorhat, Kalyani, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Shillong, Silchar, Siliguri, Tezpur |
| 6 | IIT Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110 016 Website: http://gate.iitd.ac.in/ | Ajmer, Alwar, Bahadurgarh-Rohtak, Bikaner, Faridabad, Greater NOIDA, Gurugram, Hisar, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kota, Mathura, New Delhi, Palwal, Samba, Sikar, Udaipur, Ujjain |
| 7 | IIT Kanpur Kanpur – 208 016 Website: http://gate.iitk.ac.in/ | Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gorakhpur, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi |
| 8 | IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur – 721 302 Website: http://gate.iitkgp.ac.in/ | Balasore, Berhampur (Odisha), Bhilai, Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur (CG), Cuttack, Eluru, Hooghly, Jamshedpur, Kakinada (Surampalem), Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raipur, Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry), Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
| 9 | International GATE, IIT Guwahati | Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Dubai (UAE), Kathmandu (Nepal), Singapore |
Modification fields in GATE:
- Candidate name
- Parents name
- DOB
- Status from Gen to OBC and OBC to general.
- Corrections in category, gender and city of examination.
- Have you graduated from the above degree.
- Qualifying degree year.
GATE syllabus 2020
Check here for GATE syllabus 2020 – For all subjects.
GATE 2020 Help Line Numbers
| Zone | Contact Address | Phone Number | e-mail Id |
| 1 | Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560 012 | 080-22932392 080-23601227 | [email protected] |
| 2 | Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076 | 022-25767068 | [email protected] |
| 3 | Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016 | 011-26591749 011-26596137 | [email protected] |
| 4 | Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039 | 0361-2582751 0361-2582755 | [email protected] |
| 5 | Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016 | 0512-2597412 | [email protected] |
| 6 | Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721 302 | 03222-282091 03222-282095 | [email protected] |
| 7 | Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036 | 044-22578200 | [email protected] |
| 8 | Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee 247 667 | 01332-284531 | [email protected] |
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I just had my gate exam for XL life science. Is it compulsory for us to attain chemistry pass mark…
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