What is GATE ?

GATE- Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an examination which opens the gateway to booming public organisations and in the field of research . 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 is a national level entrance exam (All-India exam) for engineering which is administered in 8 zones (with approximately 200 exam centres) across the nation on account of the National Coordination Board, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Department of Higher Education, and Government of India (GOI).
Every year the IIT/IISc, Bangalore conducts GATE exam to test the aptitude of candidates applied for undergraduate subjects of Engineering, Technology or Architecture, and PG subjects of Science in an online mode. For GATE 2020, aspirants can apply for only one of the 25 papers available as options to get admission in IITs, NITs and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) in India. A new paper in GATE 2020 which is Biomedical has been added this year.