GATE

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article uses bare URLs for citations, which may be threatened by link rot. Please
consider adding full citations so that the article remains verifiable. Several templates and
the Reflinks tool are available to assist in formatting. (Reflinks documentation) (July 2014)
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Acronym
GATE
Computer-based standardized
Type
test
Conducted jointly by IISc and 7
IITs on behalf of the National
Co-ordination Board GATE,
Developer /
Department of Higher Education,
administrator
Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Government of
India.[1]
Undergraduate level knowledge
Knowledge/skill(s)
of the chosen engineering or
tested
science discipline.
Post-graduate engineering
admissions,[1] screening for
Purpose
entry-level engineering jobs,[2]
etc.
Year started
1984[citation needed]
Duration
3 hours[3]
Marks (unscaled) out of 100, in
0.33 point increments.
Score/grade range
Score (scaled) out of 1000, in 1
point increments.
Score/grade
2 years (till GATE 2014); 3 years
validity
(GATE 2015 onward).
Once every year (usually in
Offered
February).
Country(ies) /
Over 660 centres all over India.[4]
region(s)
Language(s)
English
Annual no. of test
889,156 in 2014[5]
takers
Prerequisites /
Final year student or graduate of
eligibility criteria Bachelor's degree (or equivalent)
in engineering/ architecture or
Master's degree (or equivalent)

in science, computer
applications, etc.[6]
750 (US$12) for female,
SC, ST and physically
challenged candidates.[7]
1500 (US$24) for all other

Fee

candidates.
Various Indian engineering
colleges offering post-graduate
Scores/grades used
education,[1] several public sector
by
Indian companies recruiting
engineers,[2] etc.
16.84 % in 2014[8]
Qualification rate
gate.iitk.ac.in/GATE2015/ (for
GATE 2015)
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
science. GATE is conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and the seven
Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and
Roorkee) on behalf of the National Coordination Board GATE, Department of Higher
Education, Ministry of Human Resources 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 programs (e.g. Master of Engineering, Master of
Technology, Doctor of Philosophy) in Indian higher education institutes, with financial assistance
provided by MHRD and other government agencies. Recently, GATE scores are also being used
by several Indian public sector undertakings (i.e., government-owned companies) for recruiting
graduate engineers in entry-level positions. It is one of the most competitive examinations in
India.
Website

Contents

1 Financial assistance in post-graduate programs

2 Eligibility to take GATE

3 GATE disciplines and structure

4 Result and test score

o 4.1 Normalized GATE Score (new procedure)
o 4.2 Old formula

5 Qualifying marks

6 Statistics
o 6.1 2012
o 6.2 2013
o 6.3 2014

7 Difficulty level of GATE

8 Admission to post-graduate programs

o 8.1 CSIR's JRF - GATE fellowship

9 Recruitment through GATE

o 9.1 Latest list of companies (GATE 2015)

10 Changes in recent years

11 Year and Organizing Institute

12 See also

13 References

14 External links

Financial assistance in post-graduate programs

A valid GATE score is essential for obtaining financial assistance during Masters programs and
direct Doctoral programs in Engineering/Technology/Architecture, and Doctoral programs in
relevant branches of Science in Institutes supported by the Ministry of Human Resources
Development (MHRD) or other Government agencies. As per the directives of MHRD, the
following procedure is to be adopted for admission to the post-graduate programs (Masters and
Doctoral) with MHRD scholarship/assistant-ship: Depending upon the norms adopted by a
specific institute or department of the Institute, a candidate may be admitted directly into a
course based on his/her performance in GATE only or based on his/her performance in GATE
and an admission test / interview conducted by the department to which he/she has applied
and/or the candidates academic record. If the candidate is to be selected through test/interview
for post-graduate programs, the minimum of 70% weightage is given to the performance in
GATE and the remaining 30% weight age can be given to the candidates performance in
test/interview and/or academic record. The admitting institutes can, however, prescribe a
minimum passing percentage of marks in the test/interview. Some colleges/institutes specify
GATE qualification as the mandatory requirement even for admission without MHRD
scholarship/assistant-ship.
To avail the financial assistance (scholarship), the candidate must first secure admission to a
program in these Institutes, by a procedure that could vary from institute to institute.
Qualification in GATE is also a minimum requirement to apply for various fellowships awarded
by many Government organizations. The criteria for postgraduate admission with
scholarship/assistant-ship could be different for different institutions.[1]
In December 2014, the University Grants Commission and Ministry of Human Resources
Development announced that the scholarship for GATE-qualified postgraduate students is
increased by 55%, from
8000 (US$130) per month to
12400 (US$190) per month.[9][10]

Eligibility to take GATE

The following are eligible to take GATE:[6]
Bachelors degree holders in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture (4 years after 10+2/
Post-B.Sc./ Post-Diploma) and those who are in the final year of such programs.

Masters degree holders in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer

Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final year of such programs.
Candidates in the second or higher year of Four-year integrated Masters degree
programs (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/ Technology.
Candidates in the fourth or higher year of Five-year integrated Masters degree programs
or Dual Degree programs in Engineering/Technology.
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.

GATE disciplines and structure

At present, GATE is conducted in the following 22 disciplines. A candidate can select any one of
these.[3]
GATE Paper
Code
GATE Paper
Code
Aerospace Engineering
AE Geology and Geophysics
GG
Agricultural Engineering
AG Instrumentation Engineering
IN
Architecture and Planning
AR Mathematics
MA
Biotechnology
BT Mechanical Engineering
ME
Civil Engineering
CE Mining Engineering
MN
Chemical Engineering
CH Metallurgical Engineering
MT
Computer Science and Information
CS Physics
PH
Technology
Production and Industrial
Chemistry
CY
PI
Engineering
Textile Engineering and Fiber
Electronics and Communication Engineering EC
TF
Science
Electrical Engineering
EE Engineering Sciences
XE*
Ecology and Evolution
EY Life Sciences
XL**
*
**
Engineering Sciences (XE) Paper Sections
Life Sciences (XL) Paper Sections
Code
Code
(A and any 2 of B to G)
(H and any 2 of I to M)
Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory)
A
Chemistry (Compulsory)
H
Fluid Mechanics
B
Biochemistry
I
Materials Science
C
Botany
J
Solid Mechanics
D
Microbiology
K
Thermodynamics
E
Zoology
L
Polymer Science and Engineering
F
Food Technology
M
Food Technology
G
General aptitude questions
Each subject's test contains 10 questions that test the "general aptitude" (language and analytic
skills), apart from the core subject of the discipline.[3]
Duration and examination type

The examination is of 3 hours duration, and contains a total of 65 questions worth a maximum of
100 marks. From 2014 onward, the examination for all the papers is carried out in an online
Computer Based Test (CBT) mode where the candidates are shown the questions in a random
sequence on a computer screen. The questions consist of both multiple choice questions (four
answer options out of which the correct one has to be chosen) and numerical answer type
questions (answer is a real number, to be entered via an on-screen keypad and computer mouse).
[3]
Candidates are provided with blank paper sheets for rough work and these have to be returned
after the examination. At the end of the 3-hour window, the computer automatically closes the
screen from further actions.[3]

Result and test score

GATE results are usually declared about one month after the examinations are over. The results
show the total marks scored by a candidate, the GATE score, the all-India rank and the cut off
marks for various categories in the candidate's paper. The score is valid for 3 years from the date
of announcement of the results. The score cards are issued only to qualified candidates.

Normalized GATE Score (new procedure)

Calculation of "normalized marks" for subjects held in multiple sessions (CE, CS, EC, EE
and ME):

Graph showing the linear relationship between "actual marks" and "normalized marks"
of a candidate, in a multiple-session subject (CE, EE, ME, EE or CE) of GATE.
Mgt = average marks of top 0.1 % candidates in all sessions of that subject.
Mgq = mean + standard deviation, of marks of all candidates in all sessions of that subject.
Mti = average marks of top 0.1 % candidates in the ith session of that subject.
Miq = mean + standard deviation, of marks of all candidates in the ith session of that subject.
In 2014, examination for CE, CS, EC, EE and ME subjects is being held in multiple sessions.
Hence, for these subjects, a suitable normalization is applied to take into account any variation in

the difficulty levels of the question sets across different sessions. The normalization is done
based on the fundamental assumption that "in all multi-session GATE papers, the distribution of
abilities of candidates is the same across all the sessions". According to the GATE committee,
this assumption is justified since "the number of candidates appearing in multi-session subjects
in GATE 2014 is large and the procedure of allocation of session to candidates is random.
Further it is also ensured that for the same multi-session subject, the number of candidates
allotted in each session is of the same order of magnitude."
Based on the above, and considering various normalization methods, the committee arrived at
the following formula for calculating the normalized marks, for CE, CS, EC, EE and ME
subjects:
Normalized mark (Mij) of jth candidate in ith session, is given by
g
Mij = Mgt - Mgq/ Mti - Miq ( Mij - Miq ) + M q
where,
Mij is the actual marks obtained by the jth candidate in the ith session,
Mgt is the average marks of the top 0.1 % candidates in all sessions of that subject,
Mgq is the sum of mean and standard deviation of marks of all candidates in all sessions of
that subject,
Mti is the average of marks of top 0.1 % candidates in the ith session of that subject,
Miq is the sum of mean and standard deviation of marks of all candidates in the ith session
of that subject.
After evaluation of the answers, normalized marks based on the above formula will be calculated
using the raw (actual) marks obtained by a candidate in the CE, CS, EC, EE or ME subject. The
"score" will be calculated using these normalized marks. For all other subjects (whose tests are
conducted in a single session), the actual marks obtained by the candidates will be used in
calculating the score.
Calculation of GATE Score for all subjects (both single-session and multiple-session):

Graph showing the linear relationship between marks and score in GATE.
Mq = Qualifying marks for general category candidates.
Mt = Average marks of top 0.1 % candidates (for subjects with 10000 or more appeared

candidates) or top 10 candidates (for subjects with less than 10000 appeared candidates).
Sq = 350.
St = 900.
Note: In case of multiple-session subjects (EC, CS, ME, EE and CE), "marks" considered are the
"normalized marks".
From GATE 2014 onward (and year 2014-15 of the 2-year validity period of GATE 2013 score),
a candidate's GATE score is computed by the following new formula.[11]
where,
S = Score (normalized) of a candidate,
M = Marks obtained by a candidate ("normalized marks" in case of multiple-session
subjects CE, CS, EC, EE and ME),
Mq = Qualifying marks for general category candidates in that subject (usually 25 or +
, whichever is higher),
= Average (i.e. arithmetic mean) of marks of all candidates in that subject,
= Standard deviation of marks of all candidates in that subject,
Mt = Average marks of top 0.1 % candidates (for subjects with 10000 or more appeared
candidates) or top 10 candidates (for subjects with less than 10000 appeared candidates),
St = 900 = Score assigned to Mt,
Sq = 350 = Score assigned to Mq.
Percentile:
A candidate's percentile denotes the percentage of candidates scoring lower than that particular
candidate. It is calculated as:
Percentile = ( 1 - All India rank/ No. of candidates in that subject ) x 100%

Old formula
Till GATE 2012 (and year 2013-14 of the 2-year validity period of GATE 2013 score), the score
was calculated using the formula:[12]
GATE score =
where,
m = Marks obtained by the candidate,
a = Average of marks of all candidates who appeared in that subject, in that year, with
marks less than zero converted to zero,
S = Standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared in that subject, in that
year, with marks less than zero converted to zero,
ag = Global average of marks of all candidates who appeared across all subjects in current
and past 3 years (i.e. 2010 to 2013 for GATE 2013), with marks less than zero converted
to zero,
sg = Global standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared across all subjects
in current and past 3 years (i.e. 2010 to 2013 for GATE 2013), with marks less than zero
converted to zero.

Qualifying marks

The rules for qualifying marks have varied from year to year. The qualifying marks (out of 100)
are different for different subjects as well as categories.
Category
Qualifying mark (out of 100)
General (GN)
25 or + , whichever is higher.
Other backward classes (OBC)
90% of general category's qualifying mark.
Scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes 2/3 (i.e., 66.67%) of general category's qualifying
(ST)
mark.
Here is the average (i.e., arithmetic mean) of marks of all candidates in the subject (with
negative marks converted to zero) and is the standard deviation of all marks in that subject.
Usually, the general category's qualifying mark is in the 25 to 50 range.
The Government of India implemented reservations for other backward classes (non-creamy
layer) in college admissions and public sector job recruitment in the year 2008. Before that, all
OBC candidates were included in the "general" category. There was no separate OBC category
then.

Statistics
The total number of candidates appearing in GATE (across all subjects) increased till 2013. In
2014, it decreased slightly.
Total number of candidates appearing in GATE
Year

Number of candidates appearing

2014

889,156

2013

984,855

2012

686,614

2011

553,000

2010

414,000

2009

230,000

2008

180,000

Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008

Total number of candidates appearing

889,156
984,855
686,614
Approximately 553,000 *
Approximately 414,000 *
Approximately 230,000 *
Approximately 170,000 to 180,000 *

Reference(s)
[13]
[14]
[15]

[16]
[16][17]

Precise figures unavailable right now.

The following line chart shows the variation of the number of candidates appeared in the top 5
subjects, since GATE 2010:
Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)
Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Electrical Engineering (EE)
Civil Engineering (CE)
All other subjects

Computer
Electronics
Science
Mechanica
and
and
Electrical
Civil
l
Other
Reference(
Year Communicati Informatio
Engineerin Engineerin
Total
Engineerin
s
s)
on
n
g
g
g
Engineering Technolog
y
About
2010 104291
107086
59338
52246
19406
41400
0
About
2011 137853
136027
81175
72680
29347
55300
0
686,61 [15]
2012 176944
156780
112320
110125
36156
94289
4
11889 984,85 [14]
2013 256135
224160
165814
152381
67472
3
5
889,15 [13]
2014 216367
155190
185578
141799
90872
99350
6

2012
[show]GATE 2012 statistics

2013
[show]GATE 2013 statistics

2014
[show]GATE 2014 statistics

Difficulty level of GATE

GATE, for long, has 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. Each year,
only around 15% of all appearing candidates qualify.

Admission to post-graduate programs

Unlike undergraduate admissions in India, candidates must apply individually to each institute
after the institute has published its M.Tech. notification (usually in the month of March). There is
no separate counselling held.
Some institutions specify GATE qualification as mandatory even for admission of self-financing
students to postgraduate programs. GATE qualified candidates are also eligible for the award of
Junior Research Fellowship in CSIR Laboratories and CSIR sponsored projects. Top rank
holders in some GATE papers are entitled to apply for Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship
awarded by CSIR. Some government organizations prescribe GATE qualification as a
requirement for applying to the post of a Scientist/Engineer.
In recent years, various academicians have recognized GATE as being one of the toughest exams
in its category. Some non-Indian universities like the National University of Singapore, Nanyang
Technological University in Singapore and some technical universities in Germany also identify
GATE score as a parameter for judging the quality of the candidates for admission into their
Masters and Ph.D. programs.
Some management institutes like NITIE, Mumbai offer admission to Post Graduate Diploma in
Industrial Engineering on the basis of GATE score.
Most Indian institutes do not specify cut-off marks for previous years. So there is a general
confusion in terms of selecting institutes and specializations. But in the recent years IIT
Kharagpur and IIT Guwahati have been specifying last year cut-off mark list. Indian Institute of
Technology Delhi has a very detailed website on Post Graduate (PG) activities and admissions
where students can find the relevant information on cut-off marks etc. Typically the Indian
Institute of Science and Indian Institutes of Technology are the most selective followed by
National Institutes of Technology and others. Also there are some state universities in India,
whose standards and facilities are very much comparable to top IITs and NITs. Some of them are
Bengal Engineering and Science University (recently converted to IIEST), Jadavpur University,
Delhi Technological University, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT),
Andhra University College of Engineering, Osmania University and PEC University of
Technology, Chandigarh etc. Even within the top institutes, the selection criteria varies widely
across departments and programs depending on expertise areas. The Directorate of Technical
Education of Maharashtra state has also started conducting CAP round from the year 2013 for
GATE and non-GATE candidates in all institutes in Maharashtra that offer M.E./M.Tech.
programs.

CSIR's JRF - GATE fellowship

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) introduced the Junior Research
Fellowship (JRF) - GATE scheme in 2002 to allow GATE-qualified engineering graduates and
GPAT-qualified pharmaceutical graduates to pursue research through suitable Ph.D. programs at
CSIR laboratories.[31]
Stipend and tenure:
The fellowship amount is
25000 (US$390) per month plus HRA (house rent allowance). In
addition, contingency grant of

20000 (US$310) per annum (calculated on pro-rata basis for

fraction of a year) is also provided. On completion of 2 years as JRF - GATE, the fellowship may
be upgraded to SRF (Senior Research Fellowship) - GATE and stipend may be increased to

28000 (US$440) per month in the subsequent years, on the basis of assessment of CSIR JRFNET guidelines.[9][10]
The total duration of the fellowship is 5 years, within which the candidate is expected to
complete the Ph.D. degree.[31]

Recruitment through GATE

Public sector undertakings (PSUs) in India, for long, have had troubles conducting their
recruitment processes with more than 100,000 students giving the exams for less than 1000 jobs
(a selection rate of less than 1%). After sensing the exponential rise in the number of engineering
graduates in India who wish to get a PSU job, the PSUs have decided that a GATE score shall be
the primary criteria for initial shortlisting. This change was the primary cause for the rapid
increase in applicants for GATE 2012.
Indian Oil Corporation was the first PSU which successfully tested out this system and was
followed two years later by National Thermal Power Corporation, Bharat Heavy Electricals,
Bharat Electronics & PowerGrid Corporation of India.
Usually these companies release their recruitment notifications right after GATE notification,
indicating that candidates have to take GATE to be considered for a job in their organizations.

Latest list of companies (GATE 2015)

As of now, the following public sector undertakings have signed Memorandums of
Understanding (MoUs) with the GATE 2015 organizing committee, for using GATE 2015 score
as a screening tool for recruiting engineers at entry level positions.
[The numbers of posts mentioned are the total numbers. Of these, usually around half are
reserved for candidates of scheduled castes (SCs), scheduled tribes (STs) and other backward
classes (OBCs), as per norms of the Government of India.]
Comp
Tota
Electroni uter
l
cs and science Mecha Electri
Instrume Chemi
S.
Civil
num
Compa communi and nical
cal
ntation
cal
Referen
N
engine
Other ber
ny
cation inform engine engine
engineeri engine
ce(s)
o.
ering
of
engineeri ation ering ering
ng
ering
post
ng
technol
s
ogy
Bharat
Petroleu
m
[32][33]
1.
Corpora
tion
Ltd.
Hindust
an
Petroleu
[34]
2. m
Corpora
tion
Ltd.

Metallur
gical
engineer
ing,
Mining
engineer
ing,
Geology
and
Geophys
ics

Indian
Oil
3. Corpora
tion
Ltd.

Nationa
l
Hydroel
ectric
4.
Power
Corpora
tion
Ltd.
Power
Grid
Corpora
5.
tion of
India
Ltd.
Mazago
6. n Dock Ltd.

(87
posts)

Gujarat
State
Electrici
7. ty
Corpora
tion
Ltd.

8. ONGC -

Total
number
of posts

(25
(9
posts) posts)

(20
(20
posts) posts)

> 45

> 116

(5
posts)

>5

[35][36]

87

[38][39]

34

Metallur
gical
engineer
ing (2
posts),
50
Environ
mental
engineer
ing (3
posts)
Engineer
ing,
Earth
science
>5

[37]

>
171

[40]

[41]

[citation
needed]

In the above table, ">" is the "greater than" sign. The exact number of posts in each discipline
can not be known, as some companies have not revealed the numbers of posts.
The syllabus for the GATE exam and its preparation remains the same, irrespective of whether
one is applying for a job at a PSU or seeking admission for post graduation in engineering.[42]

Changes in recent years

Year

Changes

2009

2010

2011

2012

Reference(s)

The Information Technology and Computer Science tests were

merged into a single Computer Science and Information Technology
test (code "CS").
The GATE score was valid only for one year but later the GATE
committee made it valid for two years in 2010.
Pharmacy was no longer a GATE subject, with the Graduate
Pharmacy Aptitude Test (conducted by the All India Council for
Technical Education) as the replacement.
The Biotechnology section of the Engineering Sciences GATE paper
had been removed and a separate Biotechnology test (code "BT") was
started.
An additional section of General Aptitude was introduced in GATE.
Ten questions carrying 15 marks makes up this section of GATE.
Based on a trouble-free pilot project in 2010, four of the GATE
papers in GATE 2011 were run using computer based online mode.
The four online papers for 2011 were Aerospace Engineering (code
"AE"), Geology and Geophysics (code "GG"), Mining Engineering
(code "MN") and Textile Engineering and Fiber Science (code "TF").
GATE was held in morning (9:00 to 12:00) session for some papers
and afternoon (14:00 to 17:00) session for others. Also, the computer
based tests was held on a different date.
Only final year students and passed-out candidates were declared
eligible to take GATE. Pre-final year B.E./B.Tech. students, which
were eligible till 2011, were no longer eligible.
The application process was made completely online. Candidates
could view their responses of the ORS and also GATE Office
released official solutions for GATE papers.
The admit card was made downloadable from the application
website. Sending admit cards by post was discontinued.
The exam mode was changed from paper-based to "online" (i.e.
computer-based) for 2 additional subjects: Agricultural Engineering
(code "AG") and Architecture and Planning (code "AR").
The use of pencils to darken the bubbles in the answer sheet was
discontinued. Candidates could use only black ink ball point pens for

[43]

darkening of the bubbles in the answer sheet.

2013

Female candidates were exempted from paying the application fee.

Candidates were required to upload scanned copy of photograph and

signature. Print-out of the completed application form was to be
mailed to the institute by post.
The Application fee was increased from
1000 to
1200.

The GATE score formula was changed. Scores calculated using the
old formula were effective during the year 2013-14. Scores
calculated using the new formula were effective during the year
2014-15.

A new test of Ecology and Evolution (code "EY") was introduced.

Examinations for all the 22 subjects was conducted by an online

Computer-Based Test (CBT). The online examination contained
some questions for which numerical answers must be keyed in by the
candidate using the "virtual" (i.e. on-screen) keypad. Rest of the
questions were of Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) type.
Female candidates were required to pay some fee for application, a
change introduced due to many raising complaints about a large
portion of female candidates who registered but did not appear for
[46]
the exam in 2013.
Application fee was increased from
1200 to
1500 for

2014

general category, OBC male/other candidates, and

2015

[44][45]

750 for all

female candidates and SC, ST male/other candidates.

Examinations were held during forenoon and afternoon sessions on
alternate weekends (Saturday and Sunday) between 1 February 2014
and 2 March 2014. Examination for the subjects ME, EE, EC, and
CS was held in multiple sessions.
The entire application process is made online. All required
documents have to be scanned and uploaded on the online
application system. Candidates no longer have to send anything by
post.
GATE score's validity is increased from 2 years to 3 years.

[47][48][49]

Printed (i.e. hard-copy) score cards are no longer sent to candidates.

Only a digital (i.e. soft-copy) score card can be downloaded by
qualified candidates from the official GATE website.

Year and Organizing Institute

Each year's GATE is organised by any one of 8 institutes: IISc and 7 IITs. The overall coordination and responsibility of conducting GATE lies with this institute, which is designated as
the Organizing Institute (OI) for GATE of that year. GATE coaching institutes often make

speculations regarding the topics to focus upon depending upon the institute that is the OI of that
year.
Year
Organizing Institute
GATE 2015
IIT Kanpur
GATE 2014
IIT Kharagpur
GATE 2013
IIT Bombay
GATE 2012
IIT Delhi
GATE 2011
IIT Madras
GATE 2010
IIT Guwahati
GATE 2009
IIT Roorkee
GATE 2008
IISc Bangalore
GATE 2007
IIT Kanpur
GATE 2006
IIT Kharagpur
GATE 2005
IIT Bombay
GATE 2004
IIT Delhi
GATE 2003
IIT Madras
GATE 2002
IISc Bangalore
GATE 2001
IIT Kanpur
GATE 2000
IIT Kharagpur
GATE 1999
IIT Bombay
GATE 1998
IIT Delhi
GATE 1997
IIT Madras
GATE 1996
IISc Bangalore
GATE 1995
IIT Kanpur
GATE 1994
IIT Kharagpur
GATE 1993
IIT Bombay
GATE 1992
IIT Delhi
GATE 1991
IIT Madras
GATE 1990
IISc Bangalore
GATE 1989
IIT Kanpur
GATE 1988
IIT Kharagpur
GATE 1987
IIT Bombay
GATE 1986
IIT Delhi
GATE 1985
IIT Madras
GATE 1984
IISc Bangalore