GATE – 2022 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering – 2022)

Latest update : 

Honorable Supreme Court to day on 03 February, 2022, has dismissed the petition for extension of exam  dates of GATE-2022.

Now, exam will be held on pre scheduled date(s) i.e. 4th, 5th. 6th,12th & 13 February, 2022.

For detailed exam schedule , log on : Exam Schedule GATE-2022

For Mock test of last year. go on link : Mock Test GATE-2021

List of Participating Institutes in CCMT-2022

1 201 Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar
2 202 Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
3 203 Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal
4 204 Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology,Allahabad
5 205 National Institute of Technology Agartala
6 206 National Institute of Technology Calicut
7 207 National Institute of Technology Delhi
8 208 National Institute of Technology Durgapur
9 209 National Institute of Technology Goa
10 210 National Institute of Technology Hamirpur
11 211 National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal
12 212 National Institute of Technology Meghalaya
13 213 National Institute of Technology Nagaland
14 214 National Institute of Technology Patna
15 215 National Institute of Technology Puducherry
16 216 National Institute of Technology, Raipur
17 217 National Institute of Technology Sikkim
18 218 National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh
19 219 National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur
20 220 National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
21 221 National Institute of Technology Manipur
22 222 National Institute of Technology Rourkela
23 223 National Institute of Technology Silchar
24 224 National Institute of Technology Srinagar
25 225 National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
26 226 National Institute of Technology, Warangal
27 227 SardarVallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat
28 228 Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
29 229 National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand
30 230 National Institute of Technology Mizoram
31 231 National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh
32 301 ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and
Management Gwalior
33 302 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
34 303 Indian Institute of Information Technology Design & Manufacturing
Kancheepuram
35 304 PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology,
Design & Manufacturing Jabalpur
36 308 Indian Institute of Information Technology Vadodara
37 309 International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar
38 310 Indian Institute of Information Technology Lucknow
39 311 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune
40 317 Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing,
Kurnool
41 402 National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology Ranchi
42 403 SantLongowal Institute of Engg. & Tech. Longowal
43 404 School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada
44 405 Indian Institute of Engineering Science and
Technology, Shibpur
45 406 Central University of Rajasthan City: N.H.-8, Bandarsindri, Kishangarh
46 407 Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) Chandigarh
47 408 National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Aurangabad
48 413 School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal
49 416 Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
50 417 University of Hyderabad
51 418 Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar

For CCMT : Link yet to be given.

Introduction 

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering or GATE is a national-level entrance examination mandatory for admission and/or financial assistance to the Post-graduate programs and direct Doctoral programs of the top Engineering/Technology/Architecture institutes in the country including the NITs, IITs and IISc. GATE is conducted jointly by the IITs (Seven IITs at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) and IISc, Bangalore every year on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB)-GATE. The GATE score remains valid for 3 years and is currently being considered by many Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and other government organizations for their recruitment procedure as well. Almost a million students appear for GATE every year. This year the exam is being conducted by IIT Kharagpur.

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List of Contents

1. GATE Important Dates
2. Date of Examination.
3. Medium of Examination
4. Mode of Examination
5. GATE Eligibility Criteria
6. GATE Exam Pattern
7. How to Apply?
8. GATE Admit Card
9. GATE Answer Key
10. GATE Results
11. GATE Score Card
12. GATE Counselling
13. Important Links

GATE 2022 Important Dates 

GATE 2022 Exam Date

GATE examination will be held on the following dates:

Medium of Examination

GATE exam 2022 will be conducted in ENGLISH only. 

Mode of Examination

GATE exam 2022 shall be a Computer-Based Test (CBT) and thus shall be conducted online.

Conducting Institution

GATE 2022shall be conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi i.e. IIT-Delhi.

GATE 2022 Eligibility Criteria

Nationality

Candidates from either of the following countries can apply for the GATE Examination:

• India or
• Nepal or
• Bangladesh or
• Sri-Lanka or
• Singapore or
• Ethiopia or
• The United Arab Emirates.

Education Qualifications

The candidate must have completed his/her graduation (bachelor’s degree) or passed an equivalent qualifying examination from a recognized college or university. Candidates with the following degrees or in the final year of these can apply for GATE 2020:

• B.E/B.Tech./B.Pharm
• B.Arch.
• B.Sc. (Research)/B.S.
• M.Sc./M.A./MCA or equivalent
• Integrated M.E./M.Tech (post B.Sc.)
• Integrated M.E./M.Tech/Dual Degree Program (B.Tech + M.Tech) (post Diploma or 10+2)
• Integrated M.Sc/B.S./M.S.
• Professional Society Examinations (equivalent to B.E/B.Tech/B.Arch) eg. AMIE.
• Pharm. D. (after 10+2)
• M.B.B.S.

Note: The candidates who have enrolled for certification equivalent to B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. with Professional Society Institutions (IE, ICE, IETE, AeSI, IIChemE, IIM, IIE, etc) after May 31, 2013 but meets other eligibility criteria, are also eligible to apply for GATE 2020. However, the eligibility of such candidates is subjected to further orders of the court.

GATE 2022 Age Limit

There is no age limit for appearing in GATE exam.

GATE 2022 Exam Pattern 

The duration of GATE 2022 will be 3 hours or 180 minutes.

The paper shall have both multiple choice questions (MCQ) and numerical answer type (NAT) questions.

There shall be 65 questions from 3 areas in the paper:

• Engineering Mathematics (15%),
• General Aptitude (15%)
• Engineering Discipline (70%).

There are 25 different papers available in GATE, out of which a candidate can sit for only one during any one session. General Aptitude is common across all papers.

While there is no negative marking for the NATs, 1/3^rd and 2/3^rd marks will be deducted for wrong answers for the 1 mark and 2 marks MCQs respectively.

Candidates are not allowed to carry any physical calculator with them. There will be a virtual calculator that they can use during the exam. 

How to Apply?

• GATE application forms are available on the official GATE portal.
• The last date to apply for the examination shall  yet to be notified.
• Candidate has to enter the ID No. of any one of the following: Passport, PAN Card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-UID, College ID, Employee ID and Driving License.

1. The link to apply:http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/ 
2. A page will appear where in Enrollment ID/Email Address and GOAPS password (selected during registration) are to be entered.
3. A new page will appear in which the following information is to be filled in:(i) Personal information (name, parents’ name, date of birth, personal mobile number, parents’ mobile number, etc.)[Name of candidate must be as recorded as in the Degree/Provisional certificate issued by the Head of the Department/Institute where he/she is studying.](ii) Address of communication including PIN.(iii) Eligibility Degree Details.(iv) College Name and address with PIN code.(v) Subject of GATE paper(vi) Choice of exam cities(vii) Documents to be uploaded
   • Degree/course completion certificate/professional certificate in scanned PDF format. [Degree Certificate/Provisional Certificate/Certificate from the Head of the Department or Institute (as mentioned in Appendix A of the Information Bulletin)].
   • Caste or Disability certificate (scanned PDF format) in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD candidates; Size: 10-300KB.
   • Dyslexic certificate in scanned PDF format (if applicable).
   • Photograph – JPG/JPEG; Maximum 480×640 Pixels, high quality.
   • Signature – JPG/JPEG – Maximum 160×560 Pixels, Minimum 80×280 Pixels, good quality.
4. Details of valid ID (same ID to be produced during exam).
5. Net-banking/debit card/credit card details for fee payment.
6. After filling up all above information and uploading of documents, submission button is to be clicked which will direct the candidate to the payment page. After completion, the status of the application form can be checked and understood as per the following: Received, Under scrutiny, Accepted, Defect status, Status after rectification, Rejected with valid reasons, Admit Card ready for download etc.
7. If rectification might be required, needful is to be done before submission.

Note: For other details regarding GATE 2020 application please refer to the Information Bulletin.

• GATE 2022 Application Fee

The application fee for the GATE 2022 shall be as follows:

Candidates can make the payment online (Net banking/credit card/debit card). The application fee is same for all the International candidates, irrespective of category.

Examination Cities

• A zone wise tentative list of cities have been given in Table 4.3 of Official Bulletin .
• Candidate can choose 3 Cities from the list of examination cities given in Table 4.3 of Official Bulletin.
• 1st and 2nd choices must be from the same GATE zone and 3rd choice can be from any listed cities.

Note : Due to any operational constraints, the GATE Committee reserves the right to add a new city or remove an existing city, and consequent of it, can allot a city that may not be from any of the choices selected by the candidate. Changes/updates can be viewed on the official website.

Admit Card

GATE admit card will be available after filling up of the application form and status of application will appear Admit card ready for download. The admit cards can be downloaded from the official website.

Candidates must bring a print out of the admit card during the examination.

Syllabus

For detailed syllabus go onplease visit the following link : Syllabus

GATE 2022 Answer Key

The answer key for GATE is made available on the official website just a few days after the exam every year. The answer key for GATE 2022 will be released  after the exam.

Answer keys released and available at : Answer key ( Link will be given later on)

Results

GATE results 2022 will be declared on( Yet to be notified) on the official website.

Candidates can check their result on following link: ( Yet to be notified)

GATE 2022 Score Card

The candidates can download their score card from the official website between April and May 2022.

The scorecard remains valid for 3 years from the day of the declaration of the results.

If any candidate misses to download their score card on time, they can access the same with a fee of 500 rupees from the official site. until (date to be notified).

GATE 2022 Counselling

The counselling for various institutes shall begin in ( dates to be notified later on) . The process is separate for each IIT and thus the candidates need to apply separately to each. In NITs, there is central counselling for admission to their post-graduate programs.

Important Links

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