GATE 2017 admit card released

The exam will take place on February 4, 5, 11 and 12

Competitive examination conducted jointly by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT — Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), on behalf of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) will be held on February 4, 5, 11 and 12, 2017. The admit card for the annual exam is available on the official website appsgate.iitr.ac.in, since January 5, 2017.

From 1984, GATE is conducted for the candidates seeking admission for postgraduate (Masters) degrees or Doctorate level at all IITs, NITs and IISc. Over the past few years, GATE is often also the sole deciding factor for recruitment of engineering graduates into the government organisations and National/State Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). The annual exam, this year, is being organised by IIT Roorkee. 

Dates to remember:
 

GATE 2017 online examination	February 4 – 5 and February 11 – 12
Availability of admit card	January 5
Announcement of results	March 27

How to download the admit card
 

Candidates can download the GATE 2017admit card by:
 

1. Log on to the official website www.gate.iitr.ernet.in 

2. Click on the link Candidate login for downloading admit card

3. Or log on to appsgate.iitr.ac.in directly

4. Enter the enrollment ID sent during registration or the email address used during registration

5. Enter your GATE online application processing system (GOAPS) password

6. Enter Captcha 

7. Click on submit button

8. Save the admit card/hall ticket 

9. Take a printout 

Exam scheme 

The exam consists of two sections with a total of 65 questions for 100 marks for three hours. In general, the questions for the exam are from three different areas namely general aptitude for 15 marks, engineering mathematics (roughly for 10-13 marks) and the rest of the marks will be from the core engineering area of the candidate.

The questions will be of multiple choice questions (MCQs) and numerical fill in the blanks type. The MCQs will have negative markings for wrong answers, the fill in the blanks type questions do not have any negative marking scheme. 

It is important to note that no candidate will be allowed to leave the exam hall before the complete exam duration of 3-hours.

Total marks and time:

Paper code	General aptitude (GA) marks	Subject marks	Total marks	Total time
AE: Aerospace Engineering AG: Agricultural Engineering AR: Architecture and Planning BT: Biotechnology CE: Civil Engineering CH: Chemical Engineering CS: Computer Science and Information Technology CY: Chemistry EC: Electronics and Communications EE: Electrical Engineering EY: Ecology and Evolution GG: Geology and Geophysics IN: Instrumentation Engineering  MA: Mathematics ME: Mechanical Engineering MN: Mining Engineering MT: Metallurgical Engineering PE: Petroleum Engineering PH: Physics PI: Production and Industrial Engineering TF: Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	15	85	100	3-hours
XE (A-H): Engineering Sciences (Section A + any two sections)	15	15 + 2 x 35	100	3-hours
XL (P-U): Life Sciences (Section P + any two sections)	15	25 + 2 x 30	100	3-hours

New in GATE 2017

In 2017, the examination will also be conducted in six other countries namely Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates (UAE). The candidates this year will also be not allowed to use calculators for the exam, similar to GATE 2016. However, a virtual calculator will be available for the candidates’ use of the test interface.

GATE examination  

Touted as the second most competitive exam in the country in terms of a number of candidates after IIT-JEE entrance test, GATE sees around 10 lakh candidates appear for the exam every year. The entrance exam is focused on testing the technical competence of a candidate, aptitude for science, understanding of a subject and eligibility for higher learning. 

The GATE 2017 score is valid for three years from the date of publishing of result. The score can be used for both postgraduate admission and PSU recruitment.

The recruitment process will begin in early January where the candidate needs to apply to the various public sector companies individually and provide their registration number allotted in his/her hall ticket.

Over the past few years, foreign universities like the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technical University (NTU) have also started accepting GATE score as a standardised entry test for postgraduate admissions. Certain universities in Germany like RWTH Aachen and TU Munich have made GATE score mandatory for Indian nationals to be considered for admission to post graduate courses.