GATE 2024
(Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)
Organising Institute
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
+ Important Dates
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 |
+ Eligibility Criteria
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 |
+ Required Documents
+ Application Fees
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/- |
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/- |
+ Examination Cities
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 |
+ Examination Schedule (tentative)
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 |
+ GATE 2024 Test Papers & Syllabus
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 |
+ Question Papers Pattern
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 |
Zones | Contact Address | Phone Number | E-mail ID |
Zone-1 | GATE Office Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru 560 012 |
080-22932644 080-22933333 |
helpdesk.gate@iisc.ac.in |
Zone-2 | GATE Office Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Powai, Mumbai 400 076 |
022-25767068 022-25767022 |
gateoffice@iitb.ac.in |
Zone-3 | GATE Office Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016 |
011-26591749 | gate@admin.iitd.ac.in |
Zone-4 | GATE Office Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati 781 039 |
0361-2582751 0361-2582755 |
gate@iitg.ac.in |
Zone-5 | GATE Office Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kanpur 208 016 |
0512-2596962 0512-2596963 |
gate@iitk.ac.in |
Zone-6 | GATE Office Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur 721 302 |
03222-282091 03222-282095 |
gateonline@adm.iitkgp.ac.in |
Zone-7 | GATE Office Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai 600 036 |
044-22578200 | gate@iitm.ac.in |
Zone-8 | GATE Office Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Roorkee 247 667 |
01332-284531 | gate@iitr.ac.in |