GATE 2014 - Online Applications, Registrations, Test Dates, Results

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all India examination that primarily tests the comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in Engineering and Technology. GATE is conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven IIT's (IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee) on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. The GATE Score of a candidate reflects the relative performance level of a candidate. The score is used for admissions to various post-graduate programmes (e.g. M.E., M.Tech, direct Ph.D.) in Indian higher education institutes with financial assistance provided by MHRD and other Government agencies. The score may also be used by Public sector units for employment screening purposes.

Before it you can also check the following Links:

• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2014
• GATE Entrance Exam 2014

Eligibility:

The following categories of candidates are eligible to appear in GATE:

1. Bachelor degree holders in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture (4 years after 10+2)/post Bsc/post diploma.
2. Master of Computer application and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
3. Master degree holders in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final year . pre-final year students are not eligible

Examination

The examination is of three hour duration with patterns and syllabus varying from paper to paper. The exam is conducted in - online mode.

Online Examination

A computer based test (CBT) where the candidate will use a computer mouse to choose a correct answer or enter a numerical answer via a virtual keypad. Online exam is conducted usually in late January.
GATE Paper Codes AR, CE, GG, MA, MT, PH, TF, AE, AG, BT, CH, CY, MN, XE and XL from GATE 2014,all papers will be online. Exam is spread in the month of February (Saturdays and Sundays, forenoon and afternoon.).

Toughness of GATE Exam

GATE Papers, for long, have been known to test the Engineering basics in a smart way. Complaints of "lengthy" problems have been rare. But the task of mastering an entire course of Engineering (30 plus subjects) for a three hour test, itself gives the test a certain level of toughness. In GATE 2012, only 14% of all candidates qualified.

Qualifying Marks

The rules for qualifying scores have varied from year to year. In general the qualifying score is the average of marks scored by all individual candidates with negative marks counted as zero. If this average is less than 25, then 25 is considered the qualifying mark.

Important Dates:

• Registrations for Online Applications on the GATE Website Begins: September 2
• Last Date to Register for the GATE: October 3
• Last date for the receipt of printed version of ONLINE Application at the respective zonal GATE Office: October 10
• Tentative Examination Dates for GATE 2014: Alternate Weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) between Feburary 1st, 2014 and March 2nd, 2014

Application Fee for GATE:

    Rs. 1500/- for General/OBC Male Candidates
    Rs. 750/- for Women Candidates and SC/ST/PD
    Fee can be paid onlline or via a challan through SBI or Syndicate Bank. Fee, once paid, not refundable.

Changes in GATE 2014:

• All the 21 papers will be conducted online.
• Till last year, exams for the popular streams - Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical, Production & Industrial and Instrumentation - were conducted using the pen-paper test. 
• This year onwards, these streams will join the remanining 15 in the Computer Based Test.
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• Gate Exam which was Offline for some papers has gone completely online with computer based tests for all 21 streams under Gate.
• Female candidates require to pay some amount for application; a change introduced due to many raising complaints as large portion of female candidates who registered did not appear for the exam in 2013
• Application fees get increased from INR 1200 to INR 1500 for male candidates and INR 750 for female candidates.
• Some numerical question wouldn't have options,the candidate has to enter the numerical value through virtual keyboard.

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