Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

What is GATE?

GATE - Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an examination which is conducted for Master of Engineering (ME), Masters in Technology (MTech) and direct PhD admissions to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and other institutes/universities across India. It also opens the gateway to booming public sector organisations (PSUs) and in the field of research. Some of the PSUs and research organizations which use GATE score for providing jobs include ONGC.

GATE is an All-India examination administered and conducted in eight zones across the country by the GATE Committee comprising of faculty members from IISc, Bangalore and other seven IIT’s on behalf of the National Coordinating Board, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development.

GATE 2022 Examination is organising by IIT, Kharagpur and the exam will be conducted on February 5-6 and February 12-13.

GATE 2022: What’s New

• Two new subjects – Geomatics Engineering (GE) and Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM). The total number of subjects in GATE 2022 has increased to 29.

• In another newly introduced change, students applying for GATE 2022 can also opt for two different papers from the prescribed set of combinations.

• Eligibility criteria to appear for GATE-2022 is relaxed from the minimum 10+2+4 (ongoing) to minimum 10+2+3 (ongoing), enabling even those in the third year of their undergraduate studies to appear for the examination, thus providing an additional opportunity to candidates to improve their performance to secure better career options.

• All test papers of GATE 2022 will be entirely objective type. Pattern of questions may include (i) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), (ii) Multiple Select Questions (MSQ), and/or (iii) Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.

Combination of Two Papers Allowed to Appear in GATE 2022

(Subject to availability of infrastructure and schedule)

Code of The First(Primary) Paper	Codes of Papers Allowed as The Second Paper
AE	NM, XE
AG	ES, GE, XE, XL
AR	CE
BM	BT, EC, IN, XL
BT	BM, XL
CE	AE, AR, ES, GE, NM
CH	PE , XE
CS	EC, GE, MA, ST
CY	XL
EC	IN, PH, EE, CS, GE
EE	EC, IN
ES	AG, CE, GE
EY	XL
GE	CE, GG, ES, MN
GG	GE, MN, PE, PH
IN	EC, EE, PH
MA	CS, GE, PH, ST
ME	AE, CH, NM, PI, XE
MN	GE, GG, XE
MT	PH, XE
NM	AE, CE, XE
PE	CH, GG, XE
PH	EC, GE, GG, IN, MA, MT, ST, XE
PI	ME, MT, XE
ST	MA, PH
TF	XE
XE	AE, AG, CH, ME, MN, MT, PE, PI, TF, NM
XH	ST
XL	BM, BT, CY, EY

GATE Exam Organizing Institutes

The exam is jointly conducted by IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee and Indian Institute for Science, Bangalore (IISC Bangalore), on rotational basis. The following table shows the organizing institutes in various years:

Year	Organizing Institute
2022	IIT Kharagpur
2021	IIT Bombay
2020	IIT Delhi
2019	IIT Madras
2018	IIT Guwahati
2017	IIT Roorkee
2016	IISc Bangalore
2015	IIT Kanpur
2014	IIT Kharagpur
2013	IIT Bombay
2012	IIT Delhi
2022	IIT Madras
2011	IIT Guwahati
2010	IIT Roorkee
2009	IISc Bangalore
2008	IIT Kanpur
2007	IIT Kharagpur
2006	IIT Kharagpur
2005	IIT Bombay
2004	IIT Delhi
2003	IIT Madras
2002	IISc Banglore
2001	IIT Kanpur
2000	IIT Kharagpur
1999	IIT Bombay
1998	IIT Delhi
1997	IIT Madras
1996	IISc Banglore
1995	IIT Kanpur

Now while filling GATE form, candidates can apply for two subject papers from the prescribed set of combinations out of the 29 papers listed in the table given below. Candidates are expected to appear in a paper appropriate to the discipline of their qualifying degree. However, candidates are free to choose any paper according to their admission plan, keeping in mind the eligibility criteria of the institutions in which they wish to seek admission.

PAPER	CODE
Aerospace Engineering	AE
Agricultural Engineering	AG
Architecture and Planning	AR
Biotechnology	BT
Bio - medical Engineering	BM
Civil Engineering	CE
Chemical Engineering	CH
Computer Science & Information Technology	CS
Chemistry	CY
Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC
Electrical Engineering	EE
Engineering Sciences	XE
Petroleum Engineering	PE
Geomatics Engineering	GE
Geology and Geophysics	GG
Instrumentation Engineering	IN
Life Sciences	XL
Mathematics	MA
Mechanical Engineering	ME
Mining Engineering	MT
Metallurgical Engineering	NM
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering	PH
Physics	PI
Production and Industrial Engineering	EY
Textile Engineering & Fibre Science	TF
Ecology and Evolution	EY
Statistics	ST
Envirnomental Science and Engineering	ES
Humanities and Social Sciences	XH

With a successful attempt in GATE an aspirant can choose the most suitable option from wide range of roads to travel to his final career destination :

• Students can pursue M.Tech/M.S/ M.E/Ph.D from IISc Bangalore, IITs, NITs, IIITs and other reputed institutes.

• Students can pursue Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering (PGDIE), Post Graduate Diploma in Manufacturing Management(PGDMM), Post Graduate Diploma in Project Management(PGDPM) from NITIE Mumbai.

• Several reputed Maharatna and Navratna PSUs and research organizations recruit on basis of GATE Score. i.e. IOCL, NTPC, BHEL, PGCIL, BARC, CSIR etc.

• Teaching: Professor, Asst. Professor at IITs, NITs and other reputed educational institutes.

• Junior Research Fellow: ISRO, DRDO, BARC, CSIR, IITs etc.

• Senior Research Fellow: ISRO, DRDO, BARC, CSIR, IITs etc.

• Junior/Senior Research Associates

• Scientists “C” grade jobs.

• Lucrative opportunities in research & development after post-graduation.

• Multinational firms shortlist candidates on the basis of GATE score.

• Some international universities offers M.S or Ph.D programs on the basis of GATE Score