Activity	Day	Date
Closing Date of REGULAR online registration/ application process (Without Late Fee)	Thursday	05.10.2023
GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) Opens (https://goaps.iisc.ac.in/)	--	31.08.2023
Closing Date of EXTENDED online registration/ application process (With Late Fee)	Friday	13.10.2023
Modifications in GATE 2024 Application	Tuesday to Saturday	07.11.2023 to 11.11.2023
Availability of GATE Admit cards for download	Wednesday	03.01.2024
GATE 2024 Examinations	Saturday & Sunday	03, 04 and 10, 11 February 2024
Candidate's response available in Application portal	Friday	16.02.2024
Answer keys available on Application portal	Wednesday	21.02.2024
Submission of challenges by candidates on Answer Keys	Thursday to Sunday	22.02.2024 to 25.02.2024
Announcement of Results for GATE 2024	Saturday	16.03.2024
Availability of Score Card for download by candidates	Saturday	23.03.2024

Before filing an application, candidates are advised to ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria for GATE 2024.

Candidates who are currently studying in the 3rd or higher years of any undergraduate degree program or who have completed any government approved degree program in Engineering/ Technology/ Science/ Architecture/ Humanities are eligible to appear for GATE 2024.

Some Professional Societies/Institutions, which conduct examination in various fields of engineering, are given below.

• The Institution of Engineers (India) (IE)
• The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
• The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
• The Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI)
• The Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, including Polymer and Environmental Group (IIChE)
• The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)
• The Indian Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIIE)

Candidates who possess certification from any such professional societies must ensure that those examinations are approved by MoE/AICTE/UGC/ UPSC as being equivalent to B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Arch./ B.Planning, etc.

Candidates who have obtained/are pursuing their qualifying degree from countries other than India: Candidates must be currently in the 3rd or higher years or must have completed their Bachelor’s degree (of at least three years duration) in Engineering / Technology / Science / Architecture / Humanities.

Any candidate fulfilling the above-mentioned criteria is eligible to appear for GATE 2024.

More details of eligibility criteria are given below.

Note:

• Candidates pursuing any higher degree or in possession of a degree higher than that mentioned in the table below, will be allowed to appear for GATE 2024.
• Candidates with B.Sc./B.A./B.Com. degrees (3-year program) desirous of seeking admission to Masters programs in IITs and IISc may refer to JAM 2024.

Degree / Program	Qualifying Degree / Examination	Description of Eligible Candidates
B.E. / B.Tech. / B.Pharm.	Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology (4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after B.Sc. / Diploma in Engineering / Technology)	Currently in the 3rd year or higher or already completed
B.Arch.	Bachelor’s degree of Architecture (5-year course) / Naval Architecture (4-year course) / Planning (4-year course)	Currently in the 3rd year or higher or already completed
B.Sc. (Research) / B.S.	Bachelor’s degree in Science (Post-Diploma / 4 years after 10+2)	Currently in the 3rd year or higher or already completed
Pharm.D. (after 10+2)	6 years degree program, consisting of internship or residency training, during third year onwards	Currently in the 3rd/ 4th/ 5th/ 6th year or already completed
M.B.B.S. / B.D.S. / B.V.Sc.	Degree holders of M.B.B.S. / B.D.S. / B.V.Sc. and those who are in the 5th/ 6th/ 7th semester or higher semester of such programme.	5th / 6th / 7th or higher semester or already completed
M.Sc. / M.A. / MCA or equivalent	Master’s degree in any branch of Arts / Science / Mathematics / Statistics / Computer Applications or equivalent	Currently in the first year or higher or already Completed
Int. M.E. / M.Tech. (Post-B.Sc.)	Post-B.Sc. Integrated Master’s degree programs in Engineering / Technology (4-year program)	Currently in the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year or already completed
Int. M.E. / M.Tech. / M.Pharm or Dual Degree (after Diploma or 10+2)	Integrated Master’s degree program or Dual Degree program in Engineering / Technology (5-year program)	Currently in the 3rd/ 4th/ 5th year or already completed
B.Sc. / B.A. / B.Com.	Bachelor degree in any branch of Science / Arts / Commerce (3 year program)	Currently in the 3rd year or already completed
Int. M.Sc. / Int. B.S. / M.S.	Integrated M.Sc. or 5-year integrated B.S.-M.S. program	Currently in the 3rd year or higher or already completed
Professional Society Examinations* (equivalent to B.E. / B.Tech. / B.Arch.)	B.E. / B.Tech. / B.Arch. equivalent examinations of Professional Societies, recognized by MoE / UPSC / AICTE (e.g. AMIE by Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE by the Institute of Civil Engineers-India and so on)	Completed Section A or equivalent of such professional courses
B.Sc. (Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry)	4-years program	Currently in the 3rd/ 4th year or already completed

*Students enrolled with the professional bodies and institutions as per MHRD OM (No. 11-15/2011-AR (TS.II)) with permanent recognition upto 31st May 2013, stand recognized. See circular No. 13/56/PC/ODL-Mode/AICTE/2020, Dated 23rd November 2020 for more details.

Data Required for Filling the Online Application Form in GATE 2024

• Personal information (name, date of birth, personal mobile number, parents’ name, parents’ mobile number, etc.).
  • The name of the candidate in the application form must be exactly the same as that in the valid photo ID, which the candidate MUST produce in original while appearing for GATE-2024 examination at the centre.
  • GATE 2024 scorecard will be issued as per the name entered in the application form.
  • Prefixes/titles such as Mr / Shri / Dr / Mrs / Smt / Prof / Capt / Maj / Lt / Col / Er / Ar, etc. MUST NOT be used.
• Address for communication (including PIN code).
• Eligibility degree details.
• GATE paper(s) and their codes in which the candidate wishes to appear.
• THREE choices of GATE examination cities (from the same zone).
• Net-banking /debit card / credit card / UPI / wallet details for fee payment.

Documents required for filling the ONLINE APPLICATION FORM in GATE 2024

• High quality image of candidate’s photograph conforming to the requirements specified in the Information Brochure.
• High quality image of candidate’s signature conforming to the requirements specified in the Information Brochure.
• Scanned copy of Category (SC/ST) certificate in pdf format (if applicable).
• Scanned copy of PwD Certificate in pdf format (if applicable).
• Scanned copy of Certificate of Dyslexia in pdf format (if applicable).
• Scanned copy of valid photo Identity document: Aadhar-UID (preferable)/ Passport/ PAN Card/ Voter ID/ Driving License.
• The photo ID must have Name, Date of birth of the candidate and unique photo ID number. This photo ID must be carried in original to the examination hall for verification.

NOTE: Ensure that the uploaded documents are readable and clear. Uploading unreadable documents may lead to delays in processing the application and may lead to rejection of candidature.

Category	Regular Period (30th Aug. to 5th Oct. 2023) (Rs.)	During the Extended Period (6th Oct. to 13th Oct. 2023) (Rs.)
Female/SC/ST/PwD* candidates (per test paper)	900/-	1400/-
All other candidates including foreign nationals (per test paper)	1800/-	2300/-

*PwD means Persons with Benchmark Disability.

Note: The above Application fees are for a single test paper. Candidates opting for two papers would have to pay twice the above mentioned fees.

Candidates are advised to ensure that E-COM transaction facility is enabled for their credit/debit cards before proceeding with fee payment.

Charges for changes/modification in GATE 2024 Application (applicable from 4th to 11th November 2023)

No.	Description of Changes / Modifications	Fee Charges (per paper) (Rs.)
1.	Change in Name	500/-
2.	Change in Date of Birth	500/-
3.	Change in choice of examination cities	500/-
4.	Change of existing paper	500/-
5.	Add a second paper (from given combinations with respect to the primary paper)	500/- plus application fee for the additional paper
6.	Change of gender to female	500/-
7.	Change of gender from female to any other gender	500/- + 900/- = 1400/- (For All other candidates)
8.	Change of category to SC/ST	500/-
9.	Change of category from SC/ST to any other	500/- (For female candidates or PwD candidates) 500/- + 900/- = 1400/- (For All other candidates)
10.	Change from Non-PwD/Dyslexic to PwD/Dyslexic	--
11.	Change from PwD/Dyslexic to Non-PwD/Dyslexic	500/- (For female candidates or PwD candidates) 500/- + 900/- = 1400/- (For All other candidates)
12.	Any other change in category (not mentioned above)	500/-
13.	Details of Parents/Guardian/Correspondence Address	500/-
14.	College Name and Location, Roll No., Registration No.	500/-

There will be NO REFUND of any fee, other than for multiple transactions.

Zone No.	Zonal GATE Office	Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns*
Zone-1	IISc Bengaluru Bengaluru - 560 012 Website: http://gate.iisc.ac.in	Andhra Pradesh: Ananthapuramu, Kurnool Kerala: Angamaly, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Payyanur, Thrissur, Vatakara, Wayanad Karnataka: Bagalkot, Ballari (Bellary), Belagavi (Belgaum), Bengaluru North, Bengaluru South, Bidar, Chikkballapur, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere, Hassan, Hubballi (Hubli)/Dharwad, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Mandya , Mangaluru, Manipal-Udupi, Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Tumakuru Telangana: Hyderabad, Medak, Nalgonda Andaman and Nicobar: Port Blair
Zone-2	IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076 Website: https://gate.iitb.ac.in	Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Anand, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Vapi Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Baramati, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi-Mumbai-Thane, Panvel-Raigad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangamner-Loni-Shirdi, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Vasai-Palghar, Wardha, Yavatmal Goa: Goa
Zone-3	IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016 Website: http://gate.iitd.ac.in	Haryana: Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu-Samba, Srinagar Ladakh: Leh Madhya Pradesh: Indore, Ujjain New Delhi: New Delhi Rajasthan: Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur Uttar Pradesh: Greater NOIDA, Mathura
Zone-4	IIT Guwahati Guwahati - 781 039 Website: http://iitg.ac.in/gate-jam	Arunachal Pradesh: Itanagar Assam: Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur Bihar: Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea Jharkhand: Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad Manipur: Imphal Meghalaya: Shillong Mizoram: Aizawl Nagaland: Dimapur, Kohima Sikkim: Gangtok Tripura: Agartala West Bengal: Asansol, Durgapur, Burdwan, Kalyani, Siliguri
Zone-5	IIT Kanpur Kanpur - 208 016 Website: http://gate.iitk.ac.in	Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi , Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi
Zone-6	IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur - 721 302 Website: http://gate.iitkgp.ac.in	Andhra Pradesh: Eluru, Kakinada-Surampalem, Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry), Srikakulam, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram Chhattisgarh: Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur Jharkhand: Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi Odisha: Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Kakatpur (Puri), Rourkela, Sambalpur West Bengal: Bankura, Berhampur-Murshidabad, Hooghly, Howrah, Kharagpur-Midnapur, Kolaghat, Kolkata, Suri (Birbhum)
Zone-7	IIT Madras Chennai - 600 036 Website: http://gate.iitm.ac.in	Andhra Pradesh: Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Nellore, Ongole, Tirupati Kerala: Alappuzha, Aluva-Ernakulam, Attingal, Chengannur, Kanjirapally, Kollam, Kothamangalam , Kottayam, Muvattupuzha, Thiruvananthapuram Pondicherry: Puducherry Tamilnadu: Chennai South, Chennai West, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Kanyakumari-Nagercoil, Madurai, Namakkal, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar Telangana: Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Kothagudem, Nizamabad, Suryapet, Warangal
Zone-8	IIT Roorkee Roorkee – 247 667 Website: https://gate.iitr.ac.in	Haryana: Ambala, Kurukshetra Himachal Pradesh: Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla-Solan Punjab: Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali-Chandigarh, Patiala, Pathankot Uttar Pradesh: Ghaziabad, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA, Saharanpur Uttarakhand: Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee

This is a tentative list of examination cities. Any changes will be updated on the website.

Choice of Examination City: A candidate can choose THREE cities from the list given above. All the three choices must be from the same GATE 2024 zone. GATE 2024 reserves the right to add a new city or remove an existing one, and allot a city that may not be from any of the choices selected by the candidate.

Withdrawal of International Centres: GATE 2024 will be conducted only in centres within India. It will NOT be conducted in centres outside India. Foreign nationals and Indian citizens residing abroad may appear for GATE 2024, by paying the full application fee (Rs. 1800 per test paper), but they must choose examination cities within India. They must make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation to appear for the exam at an assigned centre within India.

Day; Date	Time (IST)	Test Papers
Saturday; 3rd February, 2024	9:30 am to 12:30 pm (Forenoon Session – FN)	TBA
	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm (Afternoon Session – AN)	TBA
Sunday; 4th February, 2024	9:30 am to 12:30 pm (Forenoon Session – FN)	TBA
	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm (Afternoon Session – AN)	TBA
Saturday; 10th February, 2024	9:30 am to 12:30 pm (Forenoon Session – FN)	TBA
	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm (Afternoon Session – AN)	TBA
Sunday; 11th February, 2024	9:30 am to 12:30 pm (Forenoon Session – FN)	TBA
	2:30 pm to 5:30 pm (Afternoon Session – AN)	TBA

TBA: To be announced.

GATE 2024 will be conducted for 30 test papers. The following table shows the list of papers with codes. Please click the Paper/Code to download the syllabus.

A candidate is allowed to appear either in ONE or UP TO TWO test papers. Please see the page Two-Paper Combination for more details.

GATE Test Paper	Code	GATE Test Paper	Code
Aerospace Engineering	AE	Geology & Geophysics	GG
Agricultural Engineering	AG	Instrumentation Engineering	IN
Architecture and Planning	AR	Mathematics	MA
Biomedical Engineering	BM	Mechanical Engineering	ME
Biotechnology	BT	Mining Engineering	MN
Civil Engineering	CE	Metallurgical Engineering	MT
Chemical Engineering	CH	Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering	NM
Computer Science & Information Technology	CS	Petroleum Engineering	PE
Chemistry	CY	Physics	PH
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (NEW)	DA	Production & Industrial Engineering	PI
Electronics & Communication Engineering	EC	Statistics	ST
Electrical Engineering	EE	Textile Engineering & Fibre Science	TF
Environmental Science & Engineering	ES	Engineering Sciences	XE
Ecology and Evolution	EY	Humanities & Social Sciences	XH
Geomatics Engineering	GE	Life Sciences	XL

The test papers will be in English. Each GATE 2024 paper is for a total of 100 marks, General Aptitude (GA) is common for all papers (15 marks), and the rest of the paper covers the respective test paper syllabus (85 marks). Click here for detailed pattern of the question papers.

XE Paper Sections	Code	XH Paper Sections	Code	XL Paper Sections	Code
Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory) (15 marks)	A	Reasoning and Comprehension (Compulsory) (25 marks)	B1	Chemistry (Compulsory) (25 marks)	P
Any TWO optional Sections		Any ONE optional Section		Any TWO optional Sections
(2x35 = 70 marks)		(60 marks)		(2x30 = 60 marks)
Fluid Mechanics	B	Economics	C1	Biochemistry	Q
Materials Science	C	English	C2	Botany	R
Solid Mechanics	D	Linguistics	C3	Microbiology	S
Thermodynamics	E	Philosophy	C4	Zoology	T
Polymer Science and Engineering	F	Psychology	C5	Food Technology	U
Food Technology	G	Sociology	C6
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	H

Particulars	Details
Examination Mode	The test papers will be in English. Computer Based Test (CBT) [will be conducted at select centers in select cities].
Duration	3 Hours*
Number of Subjects (Papers)	30
Sections	General Aptitude (GA) + Candidate's Selected Subjects
Type of Questions	Candidate’s Selected Subject(s) (a) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) (b) Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or (c) Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions
Questions for testing these abilities	(a) Recall (b) Comprehension (c) Application (d) Analysis & Synthesis
Distribution of Marks in all Papers EXCEPT papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL	General Aptitude: 15 marks Engineering Mathematics**: 13 marks Subject Questions: 72 marks Total: 100 marks (**XE includes Engineering Mathematics section XE-A of 15 marks)
Distribution of Marks in papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL	General Aptitude: 15 marks Subject Questions: 85 marks Total: 100 marks
Marking Scheme	Questions carry 1 mark or 2 marks
Negative Marking	For a wrong answer chosen in an MCQ, there will be negative marking. For a 1-mark MCQ, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. For a 2-mark MCQ, 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. There is no negative marking for wrong answer(s) to MSQ or NAT questions. There is no partial marking in MSQ.

Paper Code	General Aptitude (GA) Marks	Compulsory Section	Subject Marks	Total Marks	Total Time* (Minutes)
AE, AG, BM, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, ES, IN, ME, MN, MT, NM, PE, PI, TF; Subject marks in these papers include questions on Engineering Mathematics (13 marks), which are paper-specific.	15	--	85	100	180
CY, DA, EY, MA, PH, ST	15	--	85	100	180
AR [Part A is Common and Compulsory for all; Part B1 or Part B2 can be selected during Exam. B1: Architecture or B2: Planning]	15	60	25	100	180
GE [Part A is Common and Compulsory for all; Part B1 or B2 can be selected during the Exam. B1 - Surveying and Mapping or B2 -Image Processing and Analysis.]	15	55	30	100	180
GG [Part A is Common and Compulsory for all; Part B can either be Geology (B1) or Geophysics (B2) -- which must be chosen at the time of Application.]	15	25	60	100	180
XE [Section A (Engineering Mathematics) is Common and Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any TWO additional Sections during the Exam]	15	15	2 x 35	100	180
XH [Section B1 (Reasoning and Comprehension) is Common and Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any ONE additional Section at the time of Application]	15	25	60	100	180
XL [Section P (Chemistry) is Common and Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any TWO additional Sections during the Exam]	15	25	2 x 30	100	180

*PwD candidates with benchmark disability greater than 40% are eligible for compensatory time of one hour. PwD candidates with less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing are eligible for compensatory time subject to production of a certificate as stated in Appendix-I of the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.