GATE 2021 will be conducted by the IIT Bombay. The exams is conducted every year by either of the IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Roorkee) or Indian Institute for Science, Bangalore (IISC Bangalore) for admission to postgraduate engineering and science courses. GATE, the online national level examination, is a gateway to get admission to Master of Engineering (ME), Master in Technology (M. Tech), and direct PhD admissions to IITs, NITs, and IIITs. Candidates can read the article below to know details like exam dates, syllabus, pattern, preparation strategy for GATE 2021.
Dates of examination: Friday 5th,
Saturday 6th, Sunday 7th,
Friday 12th, Saturday 13th and
Sunday 14th February, 2021. There are two sessions
(forenoon and afternoon) each day.
Fully Computer Based Test (CBT).
- Two NEW subject papers are introduced:
ES
(Environmental Science and Engineering)
- XH (Humanities and Social Sciences) in Economics
/ English / Linguistics / Philosophy / Psychology / Sociology.
Total number
of subject papers: 27
- Syllabi of all subject papers have been revised for GATE
2021.
- All Test Papers of GATE 2021 will be entirely
objective type.
The pattern of questions will include some Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), while the remaining questions may include Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions. - ONE or TWO subject papers allowed. TWO
Paper combinations have to be chosen from the given list of combinations
of papers. Final allotment of TWO papers will still be subject to
availability of infrastructure and dates.
- Eligibility criteria is relaxed. A Candidate who
is currently studying in th 3rd or higher years of any
undergraduate degree program OR has already completed any Government
approved degree program in Engineering / Technology / Architecture /
Science / Commerce / Arts is eligible to appear for GATE-2021 examination.
- There is NO age limit to appear for GATE 2021 examination.
- Applications will be accepted ONLINE only
through GATE-2021 website link GOAPS. Even if a candidate
is appearing for TWO Papers, the candidate should fill ONLY
ONE application form.
- GATE-2021 score card will remain valid for THREE years
from the date of announcement of results.
- Depending on COVID-19 situation, the schedule of the
GATE 2021 examination may change.
- Due to COVID-19 related international travel restrictions,
examinations at the International Centres may be dropped, if situation is
not conductive by end of November 2020.
- Details available at the official website: https://gate.iitb.ac.in
- Organising Institute: Indian Institute of
Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay).
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Activity |
Day |
Date |
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GATE
Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) Website Opens |
Monday |
14th September
2020 |
|
Closing
Date of REGULAR online registration / application portal |
Wednesday |
30th September
2020 |
|
Extended closing date of REGULAR online registration / application
portal |
Wednesday |
7th October 2020 |
|
Last and Final Extended closing date of REGULAR online registration /
application portal |
Thursday |
8th October 2020 |
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End of EXTENDED period for online registration / application |
Monday |
12th October 2020 |
|
EXTENDED Closing date of Registration for GATE 2021 (with additional
fee) |
Wednesday |
14th October 2020 |
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Last date of intimation to Registered Candidates after Scrutiny |
Wednesday |
21st October 2020 |
|
Re-opening of GOAPS Portal for Successfully Registered Candidates to
change Category / City / Exam paper |
Wednesday |
28th October 2020 |
|
Last Date for change of Category, City & Exam Paper |
Friday |
13th November 2020 |
|
Availability of Admit Card on the Online Application Portal |
Friday |
8th January 2021 |
|
GATE 2021 Examination |
Friday |
5th February 2021 |
|
Announcement of results in the Online Application Portal |
Monday |
22nd March 2021 |
Note : Environmental Science and Engineering (ES)
and Humanities and Social Sciences (XH) are two new papers introduced in
GATE-2021.
Maximum TWO papers in GATE 2021
A candidate may appear either in ONE or TWO subject papers. For
candidates who choose TWO papers, the combination must be from the approved
list of combinations and subject to the availability of infrastructure and
date.
|
Code of the First Paper (Primary) |
Codes of Papers allowed as the Second Paper |
|
AE |
XE |
|
AG |
ES |
|
AR |
CE |
|
BM |
BT / XL |
|
BT |
BM / XL |
|
CE |
AR / ES |
|
CH |
CY / PE / XE |
|
CS |
MA |
|
CY |
CH / XL |
|
EC |
IN / PH |
|
EE |
IN |
|
ES |
AG / CE |
|
EY |
XL |
|
GG |
MN / PE / PH |
|
IN |
EC / EE / PH |
|
MA |
CS / PH / ST |
|
ME |
XE |
|
MN |
GG / XE |
|
MT |
PH / XE |
|
PE |
CH / GG / XE |
|
PH |
EC / GG / IN / MA /
MT / ST |
|
PI |
XE |
|
ST |
MA / PH |
|
TF |
XE |
|
XE |
AE / CH / ME / MN /
MT / PE / PI / TF |
|
XH |
---- |
|
XL |
BM / BT / CY / EY |
Note : Candidates opting to appear in TWO subject papers
must have primary choice of paper, which will be their default choice and the
second choice of paper, which has to be chosen from the allowed combinations.
GATE 2021 does NOT take any responsibility of wrong choices of either primary
(first) or second paper as well as both papers by candidate. For change of
paper, the candidate has to request for change by paying appropriate fee.
|
The following candidates are eligible to appear in GATE 2021
examination |
|
A candidate who is currently studying in
the 3rd or higher years of any undergraduate degree program
OR has already completed any government approved degree program in
Engineering / Technology / Architecture / Science / Commerce / Arts. |
Disclaimer:
GATE
is NOT an admission ensuring examination. Qualifying in GATE examination does
NOT guarantee admission / scholarship.
Admission to any institute is fully dependent on the admitting institute's
criteria for educational qualification. Similarly, GATE qualification does not
assure a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) job, as it depends on the recruitment
procedure of the concerned PSU.
GATE committee is NOT liable for any legal obligations related to admission
/ job.
Syllabus can be had from https://gate.iitb.ac.in/syllabi.php
for each of the discipline of engineering
The following data will be required while filling the
form at GOAPS:
Personal information (name, date of birth, personal
mobile number, parents' name, parents' mobile number, etc.). Please note that
the name of the candidate in the application form must exactly be the same as
that in the valid photo ID, which the candidate MUST produce in original while
appearing for GATE-2021 examination at the centre.
GATE 2021 scorecard will be issued as per the name
entered in the application form.
Prefix/title such as Mr/Shri/Dr/Mrs/Smt/Prof/Capt, etc.
MUST NOT be used before name.
Address for Communication (including PIN code)
Eligibility degree details
College name and address with PIN code
GATE paper(s) (subject)
Four Choices of GATE examination cities
High quality image of candidate's photograph conforming
to the requirements specified
Good quality image of candidate's signature conforming to
the requirements specified
Scanned copy of Category (SC/ST) certificate (if
applicable) in pdf format
Scanned copy of PwD Certificate (if applicable) in pdf
format
Scanned copy of Certificate of Dyslexia (if applicable)
in pdf format
Scanned copy of the valid photo Identity Document
(ID)(The same ID, in original, MUST be carried to the examination hall)
Net-banking/debit card/credit card/UPI details for fee
payment
Details of Application Fee for GATE-2021 (Per Subject
Paper)
|
|
Regular Period |
During the Extended Period |
|
Female candidates (per paper) |
750 |
1250 |
|
SC / ST / PwD* category candidates (per paper) |
750 |
1250 |
|
All other candidates (per paper) |
1500 |
2000 |
Note : The application fee mentioned above DOES NOT INCLUDE service charges,
processing fees and any other charges that the banks may levy.
*PwD means Persons with Disability.
GATE 2021 - Tentative List of Examination Cities
|
Zone No. |
Zonal GATE Office |
Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns |
|
Zone-1 |
Chairperson, GATE, |
Ananthapuramu (AP), Angamaly (KL), Bagalkot (KA),
Belagavi (Belgaum) (KA), Ballari (Bellary) (KA), Bengaluru South (KA),
Bengaluru North (KA), Bidar (KA), Chikkamagaluru (KA), Davanagere (KA),
Hasaan (KA), Hubballi (Hubli) (KA), Hyderabad (TS), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga)
(KA), Kannur (KL), Kasaragod (KL), Kolar (KA), Kozhikode (KL), Kurnool (AP),
Malappuram (KL), Mangaluru (KA), Manipal (KA), Mysuru (Mysore) (KA), Palakkad
(KL), Payyanur (KL), Port Blair (AN), Shivamogga (Shimoga)(KA), Thrissur
(KL), Tumakuru (KA), Vatakara (KL) - (30 Cities). |
|
Zone-2 |
Chairperson, GATE, |
Ahmedabad (GJ), Ahmednagar (MH), Amravati (MH), Anand
(GJ), Aurangabad (MH), Baramati (MH), Bhavnagar (GJ), Bhuj (GJ), Chandrapur
(MH), Gandhinagar (GJ), Goa (GA), Jalgaon (MH), Kolhapur (MH), Mehsana (GJ),
Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Thane (MH), Nagpur (MH), Nanded (MH), Nashik (MH), Pune
(MH), Raigad (MH), Rajkot (GJ), Ratnagiri (MH), Sangli (MH), Satara (MH),
Solapur (MH), Surat (GJ), Vadodara (GJ) - (27 Cities). |
|
Zone-3 |
Chairperson, GATE, |
Ajmer (RJ), Alwar (RJ), Bikaner (RJ), Faridabad (HR),
Greater NOIDA (UP), Gurugram (HR), Hisar (HR), Indore (MP), Jaipur (RJ),
Jammu-Samba (JK), Jodhpur (RJ), Kota (RJ), Mathura (UP), New Delhi (DL),
Rohtak (HR), Sikar (RJ), Sonepat (HR), Srinagar (JK), Udaipur (RJ), Ujjain
(MP) - (20 Cities). |
|
Zone-4 |
Chairperson, GATE, |
Agartala (TR), Aizawl (MZ), Asansol-Durgapur (WB),
Bokaro Steel City (JH), Burdwan (WB), Dhanbad (JH), Dibrugarh (AS),
Dimapur-Kohima (NL), Gangtok (SK), Guwahati (AS), Imphal (MN), Itanagar (AR),
Jorhat (AS), Kalyani (WB), Muzaffarpur (BR), Patna (BR), Purnea (BR),
Shillong (ML), Silchar (AS), Siliguri (WB), Tezpur (AS) - (21 Cities). |
|
Zone-5 |
Chairperson, GATE, |
Agra (UP), Aligarh (UP), Allahabad (UP), Bareilly (UP),
Bhopal (MP), Gorakhpur (UP), Gwalior (MP), Jabalpur (MP), Jhansi (UP), Kanpur
(UP), Lucknow (UP), Varanasi (UP) - (12 Cities). |
|
Zone-6 |
Chairperson, GATE, |
Balasore (OR), Berhampur (Odisha) (OR), Bhilai (CH),
Bhubaneswar (OR), Bilaspur (CG) (CH), Cuttack (OR), Dhenkanal (OR), Eluru
(AP), Hooghly (WB), Jamshedpur (JH), Kakinada (AP), Kharagpur (WB), Kolkata
(WB), Raipur (CH), Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry) (AP), Ranchi (JH),
Rourkela (OR), Sambalpur (OR), Srikakulam (AP), Tadepalligudem (AP),
Vijayawada (AP), Visakhapatnam (AP), Vizianagaram (AP) - (23 Cities). |
|
Zone-7 |
Chairperson, GATE, |
Alappuzha (KL), Aluva-Ernakulam (KL), Attingal (KL),
Chengannur (KL), Chennai South (TN), Chennai West (TN), Chirala (AP),
Chittoor (AP), Coimbatore (TN), Cuddalore (TN), Dindigul (TN), Gudur (AP),
Guntur (AP), Idukki (KL), Kadapa (AP), Kanjirapally (KL),
Kanyakumari-Nagercoil (TN), Karimnagar (TS), Khammam (TS), Kodad (TS), Kollam
(KL), Kothamangalam (KL), Kottayam (KL), Madurai (TN), Muvattupuzha (KL),
Namakkal (TN), Nellore (AP), Ongole (AP), Puducherry (PY), Salem (TN),
Thanjavur (TN), Thiruvananthapuram (KL), Thoothukudi (TN), Tiruchirapalli
(TN), Tirunelveli (TN), Tirupati (AP), Vellore (TN), Villupuram (TN),
Virudhunagar (TN), Warangal (TS) - (40 Cities). |
|
Zone-8 |
Chairperson, GATE, |
Ambala (HR), Amritsar (PB), Bathinda (PB), Dehradun
(UK), Ghaziabad (UP), Haldwani (UK), Hamirpur-Una (HP), Jalandhar (PB),
Karnal (HR), Kurukshetra (HR), Ludhiana (PB), Meerut (UP), Mohali-Chandigarh
(PB), Moradabad (UP), Muzaffarnagar (UP), NOIDA (UP), Panipat (HR), Pathankot
(PB), Patiala-Sangrur (PB), Roorkee (UK), Shimla-Solan (HP), Yamunanagar (HR)
- (22 Cities). |
|
Zone-2 |
GATE International* |
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dhaka
[Bangladesh], Dubai [UAE], Kathmandu [Nepal], Singapore (6
International Cities). |
Note: Words in (round bracket) denote states in India and
those in [square bracket] denote foreign countires of International cities.
*IMPORTANT - GATE International to continue only IF the travel and other
infrastructural issues normalize by November 2020 from the present COVID-19
pandemic situation, else GATE-2021 International Centres will be "CANCELLED".
This is a tentative list of examination cities, and any
change will be updated on the website.
Choice of Examination City: The candidate can choose FOUR cities
from the list of examination cities given in the above table. The first, second
and third choices must be from the same GATE zone and fourth choice can be from
any GATE zone.
If a candidate chooses a particular city (in a particular
zone) as the first choice, then he/she will be able to choose the city of
second and third choice ONLY from that particular zone. However, the fourth
choice can be from any one of the listed cities in india(i.e., no restriction
on the zone for the fourth choice city). Note that, because of the operational
constraints, the GATE Committee 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.
Previous year question papers can be had from https://gate.iitb.ac.in/prev_qp.php
Frequently asked questions can be viewed in https://gate.iitb.ac.in/faq.php
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