GATE 2015

GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST IN ENGINEERING

Organizing Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Admission to Postgraduate Courses (Masters and Doctoral) in the country, with MHRD and other Government Scholarships/ Assistantships in
Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Science, is open to those who qualify in GATE.
Validity of GATE 2015 score will be for a period of 3 (THREE) YEARS ONLY from the date of announcement of results. For all the
papers, GATE 2015 examination will be conducted in only ONLINE mode. For some of the papers the examination will be conducted in
multiple sessions. For details, please visit GATE 2015 website.
Eligibility: Candidates in the following categories ONLY are eligible to appear for GATE: (a) Bachelor’s degree holders in Engineering/
Technology/Architecture (4 years after 10+2/Post-Diploma) and those who are in the final year of such programs, (b) Candidates in the final
year of the Four-year Bachelor’s degree program in Science (B.S.). (c) Master’s degree holders in any branch of
Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final year of such programs, (d) Candidates in the
second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master’s degree program (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology, (e) Candidates in the
fourth or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master’s degree program or Dual Degree program in Engineering/Technology, (f) Candidates in
the final year of Five-year integrated M.Sc. or Five year integrated B.Sc./M.Sc. program and (g) Candidates with qualifications obtained through
examinations conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by IE(I), AMICE(I) by the Institute of Civil Engineers
(India)-ICE(I)) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.
Candidates have to apply only ONLINE. The application fee is 1500 for General/OBC male candidates, 750 for female candidates and 750
for the SC/ST/PwD category candidates. The application fee can be paid either online or through e-challan via State Bank of India or Axis Bank
(additional bank charges may apply). The application fee is non refundable.

Application Process
Submission of Online Application Forms may be made by accessing the website of the zonal GATE office of the examination city where the
candidate wishes to appear. For details on filling up of online application form and the application process, please refer to the websites of IISc or
any of the IITs as listed below.

Zonal GATE Office Tentative List of Examination Cities*

Chairperson, GATE, IISc Bangalore,
Bengaluru - 560 012
Website: gate.iisc.ernet.in
Chairperson, GATE, IIT Bombay,
Powai, Mumbai - 400 076
Website: www.gate.iitb.ac.in
Chairperson, GATE, IIT Delhi,
Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016
Website: gate.iitd.ac.in
Chairperson, GATE, IIT Guwahati
Guwahati – 781039
Website: www.iitg.ernet.in/gate
Chairperson, GATE, IIT Kanpur
Kanpur – 208016
Website: www.iitk.ac.in/gate
Chairperson, GATE, IIT Kharagpur
Kharagpur – 721302
Website: gate.iitkgp.ac.in
Chairperson, GATE, IIT Madras
Chennai – 600036
Website: gate.iitm.ac.in
Chairperson, GATE, IIT Roorkee
Roorkee – 247667
Website: www.iitr.ac.in/gate
* List of cities may change. Please consult corresponding zonal GATE office websites for complete list of cities.
Alappuzha, Aluva, Ananthapur, Attingal, Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar,
Chengannur, Davengere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Idukki, Kannur, Kanjirapally, Kasaragod,
Kolar, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Malappuram, Mangalore,
Manipal, Muvattupuzha, Mysore, Nedumangad, Pala, Palakkad, Payyannur, Port Blair, Punalur,
Shimoga, Thrissur, Tumkur and Vadakara
Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Anand, Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Goa,
Hyderabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Lonawala, Mehsana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi
Mumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Secunderabad, Solapur, Surat, Thane and
Vadodara
Ajmer, Alwar, Bahadurgarh, Bikaner, New Delhi, Delhi-NCR, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar-Rohtak,
Indore, Jammu, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kota, Mathura, Palwal, Sikar, Udaipur-Chittorgarh and
Ujjain
Agartala, Asansol,Dhanbad, Durgapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna,
Silchar, Siliguri, Shillong and Tezpur
Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi
Balasore, Berhampur (Odisha), Bhilai, Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur (CG), Cuttack, Eluru,
Hooghly, Jamshedpur, Kakinada, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela,
Sambalpur, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam
Angamaly , Bapatla, Chennai North, Chennai South, Chittoor, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul,
Ernakulam, Erode, Gudur, Guntur, Kadapa, Kanyakumari, Karimnagar, Karur, Khammam,
Madurai, Nagercoil, Nalgonda, Namakkal, Nellore, Ongole, Puducherry (Pondicherry), Salem,
Thanjavur, Thiruchengode, Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli,
Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar and Warangal
Ambala, Amritsar, Bathinda, Chandigarh-Mohali-Fatehgarh Sahib, Dehradun, Ghaziabad,
Haldwani-Bhimtal, Hamirpur (HP)-Una, Jalandhar-Phagwara, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana-Moga,
Meerut, Moradabad, Noida, Panchkula, Panipat, Pathankot, Patiala-Sangrur, Roorkee-
Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Sirmaur, Solan-Shimla, Sonepat and Yamunanagar

IMPORTANT DATES
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Commencement of ONLINE Application Monday 1 Sept 2014
Last date for submission of
 ONLINE Application (website closure) including the upload of supporting documents
Wednesday 1st Oct. 2014
(Photograph, proof of eligibility and category certificate for SC/ST/PwD) at respective
zonal GATE Offices

Dates of Examination
Between 31 January 2015 and 14th February 2015 (On Saturdays and Sundays)
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The exact schedule will be given on the GATE 2015 website