GATE Exam 2022: Eligibility, Cut-off, Syllabus, Registration Process, Important Dates, Exam Pattern

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a national examination conducted jointly by Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee on behalf of National Coordination Board (NCB)-GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. GATE examination is a Computer Based Test (CBT).

Candidates have the choice of opting the center of their choice. There are about 27 different streams Papers prepared and about 8 lakh candidates appearing for the exam from all over India. In the GATE Exam 2021, about 8 lakh candidates appeared, out of which only about 1.2 lakhs qualified, i.e., 17.8% of the total candidates. The GATE exam is extremely important for those candidates who have a dream of seeking Masters Degree in Government organizations or getting into PSUs or even for studying abroad.

Eligibility Criteria for GATE Exam

In order to register/apply for the GATE Exam, you need to meet certain criteria. The eligibility criteria consists of academic qualifications, age limit, nationality, etc. You must check these details before starting the registration process.

Academic Qualification – The candidate must be the Final Year of Engineering. The 3rd Year Students are also made eligible from GATE 2021. So, any 3rd or higher Year student can apply for the exam. Other than these, any candidate who has completed their Engineering degree, can also register.
Age limit – There is no age limit to giving the examination.
Nationality – Any Candidate who is a resident of India can apply. Students belonging to countries except India can also apply but have to meet certain conditions and criteria.

A Candidate can appear in any ONE or upto TWO PAPERS of the GATE examination. Even when the Candidate is appearing for TWO papers, he/she must fill only ONE Application Form.

Cut-off/Qualifying Marks for the GATE Exam

The Cut-off is decided every year depending on the difficulty level of the paper. But, usually, we find the cut-off to be ranging from 23-26 out of 100 every year. Any candidate who crosses the Cut-off qualifies for the examination.

Check here, for the Cut-off of GATE Exam 2021.

Exam Pattern for the GATE Exam

The GATE Exam is an Online conducted examination (Computer Based). All the required details regarding the Exam pattern is displayed below in a tabular form.

PARTICULAR	DETAILS
Examination Mode	Computer Based Test (CBT)
Duration	3 Hours
Number of Subjects (Papers)	27
Sections	General Aptitude (GA) + Candidate's Selected Subjects
Types of Questions	1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) 2. Remaining types: a. Multiple Selective Questions and/or b. Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions
Question for testing these abilities	Recall Comprehension Application Analysis and Synthesis
Number of Questions	10 (GA) + 55 (Subject) = 65 (Questions)
Distribution of Marks in all Papers Except papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH, and XL	General Aptitude: 15 Marks + Engineering Mathematics: 13 Marks + Subject Questions: 72 Marks = Total: 100 Marks
Marking Scheme	All Questions will be of 1 mark and 2 marks

Syllabus

There is a total of about 27 subjects for which Gate Exam is conducted. The following are the subjects with their Subject Code.

GATE Paper	Code	GATE Paper	Code
Aerospace Engineering	AE	Intrumental Engineering	IN
Agricultural Engineering	AG	Mathematics	MA
Architecture and Planning	AR	Mechanical Engineering	ME
Bio-medical Engineering	BM	Mining Engineering	MN
Biotechnology	BT	Metallurgical Engineering	MT
Civil Engineering	CE	Petroleum Engineering	PE
Chemical Engineering	CH	Physics	PH
Computer Science and Information Technology	CS	Production and Industrial Engineering	PI
Chemistry	CY	Statistics	ST
Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	Textile Engineering anf Fibre Science	TF
Electrical Engineering	EE	Engineering Science	XE*
Environmental Science & Engineering	ES	Humanities & Social Science	XH**
Ecology and Evolution	EY	Life Science	XL***
Geology and Geophysics	GG

For each of the above Subject, we have Syllabus to study in detail. GATE Exam is conducted based on these syllabus provided by the Organizers every year.

The link to the Syllabus is given below.

Registration Process

Registration for GATE Exam id done ONLINE (through GOAPS website, https://appsgate.iitb.ac.in) by paying a registration amount. The Candidate needs to upload his/her Photo, Signature, Category Certificate (SC/ST/PwD) or Dyslexic certificate, wherever applicable, during the Registration process.

The Candidate must enter a VALID Photo Identity Number specified in any of the following IDs: Adhaar-UID, Passport, PAN Card, Voter ID, College ID, Employee ID, Driving License.

GATE Application Fee for the year 2020 is as follows:

For Examination Centres in India	Regular Period	Extended Period (Late Fee)
Female Candidates (per paper)	₹ 750	₹ 1250
SC / ST / PwD* category candidates (per paper)	₹ 750	₹ 1250
All other candidates	₹ 1500	₹ 2000
For Examination Centres outside India (All Candidates)
Addis, Ababa, Colombo, Dhaka and Kathmandu	US$ 50	US$ 70
Dubai and Singapore (per paper)	US$ 100	US$ 120

NOTE : It is best if you register for GATE during the Regular period as their is no Late Fee charged. After the deadline for Regular Period, you are charged for late submission of application.

Important Links related to GATE 2021:

1. Qualifying Marks details – Click Here

2. Toppers – Click Here

3. Results – Click Here