GATE 2011 Application Online, Offline - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering - GATE 2011

Date of Online Examination: 30-01-2011 (Sunday)

Date of Offline Examination: 13-02-2011 (Sunday)

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 Bangalore
      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 2011 lies with Indian Institute of Technology Madras, designated as the Organising Institute for GATE 2011 .

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.

Sale of Application Form / Online Application commences on 21-09-2010

IMPORTANT DATES

Commencement of sale of Application Form and Information Brochure	Tuesday	September 21, 2010
Commencement of Online Application Form submission	Tuesday	September 21, 2010 (09:00 Hrs onwards)
Last date for issue of Information Brochure and Application Form at Bank Counters	Wednesday	October 27, 2010
Last date for issue of Information Brochure and Application Form at zonal GATE office counters	Friday	October 29, 2010
Last date for Submission of Online Application Form (website closure)	Wednesday	October 27, 2010  (18:00 Hrs)
Last date for the Receipt of completed Offline/Online Application Form at the respective zonal GATE Office	Tuesday	November 02, 2010
Website display of final list of registered candidates, choices of test paper and examination city	Friday	December 10, 2010
Date for reporting any discrepancy in the choice of examination cities or in the choice of GATE paper	Friday	December 31, 2010
Date for reporting the non-receipt of admit cards for ONLINE examination papers	Thursday	January 20, 2011
Last date for reporting the non-receipt of admit cards for OFFLINE examination papers	Monday	January 31, 2011
GATE 2011 Online Examination Papers: GG and TF	Sunday	January 30, 2011 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2011 Online Examination Papers: AE and MN	Sunday	January 30, 2011 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
GATE 2011 Offline Examination Papers: AR, BT, CE, CH, CS, ME, PH and PI	Sunday	February 13, 2011 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2011 Offline Examination Papers: AG, CY, EC, EE, IN, MA, MT, XE and XL	Sunday	February 13, 2011 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
Announcement of results	Tuesday	March 15, 2011  (10:00 Hrs)

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