Everything you always wanted to know about GATE Exam

Study in India: Designed with an aim to test the knowhow and capability of undergraduate scholars, GATE refers to Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. It is a computer-based test that is carried out at national level in various parts of the country.

In a country with 1.37 billion population, it is quite easy to understand the level of competitiveness lies in various facets of life. Be it education, job, healthcare and public services, people strive to get the best. But as there is a saying that if you’ve talent, nobody can stop you from growing ahead. This is absolutely true in case of GATE exam.

GATE is basically a national-level examination managed and conducted in eight zones across the country by the GATE Committee which is comprised of faculty members from IISc, Bangalore and other seven IIT’s on behalf of the National Coordinating Board, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development.

Over the past years, the committee has allowed international students to appear for GATE exam. These countries are Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, and United Arab Emirates.
 

# Exam format

The exam is made up of 65 multiple choice and numerical questions that need to attended in 3-hour time duration. GATE Score remains valid for a period of 3 years.

 

# Why GATE exam?

The best thing about this exam is that it allows students to seek admission in different renowned PG programs in world-class institutions like IITs and IISc such as -

• ME (Master of Engineering)
• MTech (Master of Technology)
• Doctor of Philosophy

Apart from this, aspirants can also get direct interview calls for admired PSU jobs in India whose starting salary is often as high as 15 L.

GATE score can also be utilized in the following programs -

1. Admission in reputed foreign universities with good scholarships such as

• Aachen university (Germany) - best known for mechanical and automobile engineering
• Technical University of Munich (Germany)
• National University of Singapore
• Nanyang Technical University (Singapore)

1. Fellowship programs in IIMs (equivalent to PhD) with stipend varying from Rs. 35,000 to 40,000 per month along with a single assistance of Rs. 1,00,000 to 2,00,000 specialization in

• Behavioral Sciences
• Economics
• Finance and Control
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing
• Human Resource Management
• Operations Management
• Public Policy and Management
• Strategic Management

Admission to NITIE, Mumbai –whose courses in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Management, Project Management are at par with global standards. In 2018, the average salary of graduates from this prestigious institute was around 20L.

 

# GATE Exam Eligibility

The eligibility criteria for the GATE exam is given below -

• Bachelor’s degree students in Final Year of Engineering / Technology / Architecture (4-year program after 10+2) programs
• Master’s degree students Final Year in any branch of Science / Mathematics / Statistics / Computer Applications or equivalent

Pre-final year students are not qualified to appear in GATE exam. There is no age boundary for students eligible to appear in GATE exam.

Exam Fees

# GATE Questions                                                         

The exam questions are primarily sourced from the wide-ranging topics related to engineering. They can be classified as follows-

• Engineering mathematics questions constituting 13-15 marks
• General aptitude questions with a value of 15 marks
• Core questions carrying 70-72 marks

General aptitude questions (general for all streams) test analytic skills in verbal ability and numerical capability.

 

# GATE Exam Test Scores

GATE Exam score is typically released the 3rd week of March (nearly 40 days from the exam date). The GATE scorecard is made up of the following -

• GATE Score (on a scale of 1000)
• Marks (out of 100)
• Qualifying marks for General, OBC and SC/ST/PwD categories.
• All India Rank
• Number of candidates appeared in the paper
  
   

# Financial Support

In a bid to promote post graduate programs in the country, GATE students are provided a Scholarship/ Assistance ship, where the students are paid INR 11,800 per month by the MHRD so as to give financial support to the candidates during their program.