What is GATE?

GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST IN ENGINEERING GATE 2006

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an All-India Examination conducted by the seven Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, on behalf of the National Coordinating Board - GATE, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India.

OBJECTIVES OF GATE

Identify, at the National level, meritorious and motivated candidates for admission to Postgraduate Programmes in Engineering, Technology, Architecture, Science and Pharmacy. Serve as a mandatory qualification for the MHRD scholarship/assistantship. Serve as benchmark of normalization of the Undergraduate Engineering Education in the country.