GATE or the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is a national level exam conducted to test the comprehensive understanding of undergraduate subjects in science and engineering for admission to a Master’s Program. Some public sector companies also consider GATE for the selection of candidates for various jobs. Candidates can get admission to M.Tech programs offered by IITs and NITs or research programs with their GATE scores.
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The test administering authority issued the GATE 2023 information bulletin and exam schedule on July 28, 2022. According to the official announcement, the GATE 2023 test will take February 4, 5, 11, and 12, 2023. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur will host the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2023. Registration for the GATE 2023 application form online will begin on August 30, 2022. The GATE 2023 examination schedule has been published on the official website – gate.iitk.ac.in.
IIT Kanpur has created the GATE 2023 official website, which includes information on the GATE syllabus 2023 and the exam schedule. IIT Guwahati, Bombay, Kharagpur, Madras, Delhi, Roorkee, Kanpur, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore will jointly conduct the GATE 2023 test.
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a national-level online examination for Master of Engineering (ME), Masters in Technology (MTech), and direct PhD admissions to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and other institutes/universities throughout India.
The exam is jointly administered on a rotational basis by IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISC Bangalore) for the National Coordination Board (NCB – GATE), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD), Government of India.
GATE 2023 is the most critical test for applicants seeking admission to postgraduate programs at IITs, NITs, IIITs, and other prestigious schools throughout the country. Candidates can review GATE test highlights in the table below:
| Particulars | Details |
| GATE Full Form | Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering |
| Organizing Body Name | IIT Kanpur |
| Exam Level | All India Level |
| Application Mode | Online |
| Mode of exam | Computer-based Test (Online) |
| Exam Frequency | Once a year |
| Exam Duration | 3 hours (180 minutes) |
| Number of Subject Papers | 29 |
| Number of Questions | 10 (GA) + 55 (subject)= 65 |
| Question Type | MCQ, MSQ, NAT |
| Applications Per Year | More than 9 Lakhs (Expected) |
| Number of Exam Centers | To be notified |
| Official Website | gate.iitkgp.ac.in |
Candidates seeking admission to M.Tech. and other postgraduate degrees in India through GATE 2023 can view the exam schedule below:
| GATE 2023 Events | GATE 2023 Dates | Salient Features |
| Upcoming Events | ||
| Availability of response sheet | 15-Feb-23 | The response sheet will include answers that applicants marked throughout the exam. Students can compute their predicted score by matching their response sheet with the answer key. |
| Availability of provisional answer keys | 21-Feb-23 | Candidates must offer valid proof in response to each objection. If the authority approves the objection, the money will be reimbursed to the candidate (s). |
| Challenge Answer Keys | 22 to 25-Feb-2023 | Candidates have the right to object to the provisional answer key. Every objection submitted by a candidate will incur a cost. |
| Result announcement | 16-Mar-23 | Download the GATE scorecard from the GATE website. |
| Scorecard availability | 21-Mar-23 | The scorecard includes the grades and positions obtained by candidates in the test. It is a required document for the admissions process. |
| GATE 2023 official brochure release date | 28-Jul-22 | GATE 2023 Exam will be held at IIT Kanpur. |
| Application form availability | 30-Aug-22 | Only online registrations will be accepted. The registration cost remains unchanged. |
| Last date to fill out the application form | 30-Sep-22. | Candidates must finish their registrations before the deadline, or they will be unable to take the exam. |
| The last date to register with a late fee | 07-Oct-22. | In addition to the application cost, candidates might register for the GATE 2023 by paying Rs 500. |
| Application form correction window | 4 to 11-Nov-2022 | Candidates can update their information and modify their image/signature. There will be an extra charge. |
| Admit card download | 03-Jan-22 | Download the admission card from the GATE website. It is a necessary document that will be required till the admissions process is completed. |
| Miscellaneous Activities | 3 and 11-Feb-2023 | Candidates may visit the test center at their discretion. |
| Exam date | February 4, 5, 11 and 12, 2023. | The test is administered in the morning and afternoon. |
| Start date for GATE 2023 registration through GOAPS | First week of September 2022 | |
IIT Kapur will issue the application on August 30. Eligible applicants had to go to the official website to fill out the GATE 2023 Application Form via the GOAPS portal. Students can register for the test by following the following processes:
The GATE admissions procedure begins with completing the application form and ends with seat assignment following counselling. Candidates can learn more about the GATE 2023 Admissions Process by clicking on the links below:
GATE 2023 curriculum and information booklet have been announced by IIT Kanpur. The syllabus has not been altered. The test syllabus changes depending on the paper chosen by the applicants. On the other hand, the curriculum for the General Aptitude (GA) segment will be identical for all 29 exams. The General Aptitude portion will be weighted at 15%, with the core topics receiving 85% of the points.
IIT Kanpur has announced the GATE curriculum 2023 for all papers and an information booklet. The GATE 2023 syllabus is divided into three sections: General Aptitude, Engineering Mathematics, and a subject-specific paper that applicants select when filling out the GATE 2023 application form. GATE Syllabus may be downloaded for all courses, including CSE, ECE, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Civil Engineering.
The key to exam success is knowledge of the whole GATE course. Candidates seeking admission to MTech and MSc programs through GATE 2023 should thoroughly review the syllabus. In addition to the coursework, candidates must be familiar with the GATE test format. While the GATE curriculum will provide candidates with an overview of the relevant topics, the exam pattern will assist them in understanding the kind of questions and the marking scheme in the GATE question paper.
General Aptitude (GA) is the same part for all GATE examinations and accounts for 15% of the GATE question paper weightage. The questions in the general aptitude part are designed to assess the aspirant’s verbal and numerical abilities.
The following topics are included in the GATE Syllabus:
Students preparing for the test can review all of the GATE Paper Pattern information, such as the type of questions and the marking scheme, in the table below:
| Particulars | Details |
| Examination Mode | Computer Based Test (CBT) |
| Duration | 3 hours (180 minutes) |
| Number of Subjects (Papers) | 29 |
| Sections | General Aptitude (GA) |
| Candidate’s Selected Subject | |
| Type of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) |
| Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or | |
| Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions | |
| Questions for testing these abilities | Recall |
| Comprehension | |
| Application | |
| Analysis & Synthesis | |
| Number of Questions | 10 (GA) + 55 (subject) = 65 Questions |
| Distribution of Marks in all Papers except papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL | General Aptitude: 15 Marks |
| Engineering Mathematics: 13 Marks | |
| Subject Questions: 72 Marks | |
| Total: 100 Marks | |
| Distribution of Marks in papers AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH and XL | General Aptitude: 15 Marks |
| Subject Questions: 85 Marks | |
| Total: 100 Marks | |
| Marking Scheme | Questions carry 1 mark and 2 marks |
| Negative Marking | There will be negative marking for selecting the incorrect answer in an MCQ. An erroneous response will result in a 1/3 mark deduction for a 1-mark MCQ. Similarly, for a 2-mark MCQ, an incorrect response will result in a 2/3 mark deduction. |
On January 3, 2023, IIT Kanpur will release the GATE admission card. Candidates can only get their admit card from the official page after successfully registering. Students may obtain their GATE 2023 Admit Card by following these simple instructions:
The GATE 2023 answer key will be made available by the administrators a few days just after the exam. Aspirants can calculate their expected scores using the GATE answer sheet and answer key before the GATE result for 2023 is revealed.
On February 21, IIT Kharagpur published the GATE 2022 solution key. On February 15, candidates’ response papers were made public. Students could file complaints to the answer key from February 22 until February 25, 2022. Students can calculate their predicted exam score using the response sheet and answer key before the results are announced. The final solution key will be made available simultaneously with the GATE results.
The GATE question papers will be available on the official website of IIT Kanpur. Students will not be required to check the official website to get the question papers. Various coaching institutes have provided memory-based questions for several courses. Students can verify these questions by clicking on the link provided below. All applicants should know that memory-based questions may differ from those in the official GATE 2023 Question Papers.
The GATE 2023 results will be announced following the GATE 2023 test. The GATE Conducting Authority will publish the results on its official website. The GATE 2023 official scorecard will be made available three or four days after the final result of the GATE 2023 Examination is announced. Candidates who took the exam can see their results on the portal. The GATE 2023 results will be available on March 16, 2023. Candidates who pass the GATE 2023 Exam will only be able to obtain the score card, which will be effective for three years from the date of the GATE 2023 result announcement.
Checking the GATE 2023 Result
The GATE 2023 cutoff will be notified by the exam administering authorities shortly after the results are released. The cutoff/qualifying marks are the minimum marks required by candidates to participate in the counselling and seat allocation procedure. Students can see past year’s GATE cutoffs below:
GATE 2021 deadline
IIT Delhi hosted GATE 2021 for 25 exams, featuring Statistics as a new addition. Take a look at the GATE cutoff 2021, which IIT Bombay issued following the announcement of the results.
| Paper Code | Highest Score | Highest Marks (out of 100) | Avg. Marks (out of 100) | Cut-off Marks (out of 100) |
| AE | 1000 | 84 | 15.4 | 26.3 |
| AG | 1000 | 61.33 | 11.93 | 25 |
| AR | 1000 | 79.67 | 28.95 | 40.9 |
| BM | 1000 | 64 | 15.43 | 25 |
| BT | 1000 | 75.33 | 18 | 30 |
| CE* | 1000 | 95.56 | 15.3 | 29.2 |
| CH | 1000 | 89.67 | 19.4 | 35.1 |
| CS* | 1000 | 87.81 | 14 | 26.1 |
| CY | 996 | 91.33 | 20.9 | 36.2 |
| EC | 1000 | 82 | 12.63 | 25 |
| EE | 974 | 85.33 | 17.26 | 30.3 |
| ES | 966 | 88 | 23.9 | 39.6 |
| EY | 1000 | 78 | 23.5 | 35.7 |
| GG (Geology) | 945 | 72.67 | 25.6 | 38.9 |
| GG (Geophysics) | 1000 | 68.67 | 28.85 | 44.8 |
| IN | 933 | 79 | 20.94 | 36 |
| MA | 1000 | 68.33 | 19.2 | 29 |
| ME* | 979 | 93.22 | 16.6 | 33 |
| MN | 1000 | 77.67 | 16.8 | 31 |
| MT | 923 | 87.67 | 28.7 | 48.5 |
| PE | 947 | 88.67 | 31.2 | 51.4 |
| PH | 1000 | 69.67 | 22 | 32.8 |
| PI | 939 | 83.67 | 19.4 | 35.7 |
| ST | 1000 | 51.67 | 11.3 | 25 |
| TF | 945 | 79.67 | 24.5 | 41.8 |
| XE | 1000 | 90.33 | 22 | 37 |
| XH-C1 (Economics) | 1000 | 62.67 | 17.8 | 29.4 |
| XH-C2 (English) | 986 | 77.67 | 27 | 41.7 |
| “XH-C3 (Linguistics) | 1000 | 65.67 | 21.76 | 35.3 |
| XH-C4 (Philosophy) | 1000 | 71 | 23.4 | 37.9 |
| XH-C5 (Psychology) | 1000 | 77.33 | 32.6 | 48.5 |
| XH-C6 (Sociology) | 1000 | 66 | 21.18 | 34.3 |
| XL | 983 | 74.33 | 23.9 | 36 |
COAP will provide admissions counselling for MTech courses at IITs, while CCMT will conduct admissions counselling for MTech programs offered by NITs, IIITs, GFTIs, and CFTIs. Eligible applicants must attend the GATE 2023 counselling as planned. Registration, choice filling, selection locking, seat assignment, document verification, and so on are all part of the counselling process. Candidates who complete these steps will be admitted to an institute.
Applicants can seek admission or financial aid for admission to Master’s and doctorate programs in Engineering, Architecture, and related fields of Science through GATE. GATE qualification is required for admission to courses provided by MHRD-supported institutes and other government entities. IITs, IISc, NITs, IIITs, Government-Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs), and other Indian universities are among these institutions. GATE scores are also utilised for job recruiting by Public Sector Units (PSUs).
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