GATE 2012

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 Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

The GATE committee, which comprises of representatives from the administering institutes, is the sole authority for regulating the examination and declaring the results.

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

      Zone-1: Indian Institute of Science        Bengaluru 

      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 overall coordination and responsibility of conducting GATE 2012 lies with Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, designated as the Organizing Institute for GATE 2012 .

Admission to postgraduate programmes with MHRD and some other Government scholarships/assistantships in engineering colleges/institutes is open to those who qualify in GATE examination. GATE qualified candidates with Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology/Architecture or Master's degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications are eligible for admission to Master's degree 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 Doctoral programmes with scholarship/assistantship without appearing in the GATE examination.

GATE qualification is also a minimum requirement to apply for various fellowships awarded by many Government organizations.

Commencement of Online Application submission

Monday 12 Sept 2011

Last date for:

a) Submission of Online Application Form (website closure)

b) Receipt of printed version of ONLINE Application at 

     respective GATE Offices

Monday 17 Oct 2011

Monday 24 Oct 2011

Announcement of results Thursday 15 March 2012

For more details please visit: http://www.iitk.ac.in/gate/gate2012/pdffiles/brochure.pdf