Organising Institute: IIT Kharagpur GATE EXAMINATION
ELIGIBILITY
GATE is a national examination jointly conducted by IISc Bangalore and seven IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Roorkee) under the aegis of Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. GATE examination is a Computer Based Test.
A candidate who is currently studying in 3rd or higher year of any undergraduate degree program OR has already completed any government approved degree program in Engineering / Technology / Architecture / Science / Commerce / Arts.
Qualifying in GATE examination is required for admission to Postgraduate Programs (Master’s and Doctoral) with Ministry of Education (MoE) and other Government Scholarships/Assistantships, subject to fulfilling the admission criteria of the admitting institutes.
GATE 2022 Examination will be conducted in selected cities and towns in India.
The GATE score is also used by some PSUs for their recruitment and by several other universities for their admission in India. GATE 2022 score will remain valid for THREE YEARS from the date of announcement of results.
Disclaimer: GATE is NOT an admission ensuring examination. Qualifying in GATE examination does NOT guarantee admission / scholarship. Admission to any institute is fully dependent on the admitting institute’s criteria for educational qualification. Similarly, GATE qualification does not assure a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) job. GATE committee is NOT liable for any legal obligations related to admission / job.
GATE 2022 PAPERS Aerospace Engineering (AE)
Electrical Engineering (EE)
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (NM) *
Agricultural Engineering (AG)
Environmental Science and Engineering (ES) Petroleum Engineering (PE)
Architecture and Planning (AR)
Ecology and Evolution (EY)
Physics (PH)
Biomedical Engineering (BM)
Geology and Geophysics (GG)
Production & Industrial Engineering (PI)
Biotechnology (BT)
Geomatics Engineering (GE) *
Statistics (ST)
Civil Engineering (CE)
Instrumentation Engineering (IN)
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF)
Chemical Engineering (CH)
Mathematics (MA)
Engineering Sciences (XE)
Computer Science & Information Technology (CS) Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Humanities and Social Sciences (XH)
Chemistry (CY)
Life Sciences (XL)
Metallurgical Engineering (MT)
Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC) Mining Engineering (MN)
* These are new the papers introduced in GATE 2022. A candidate may appear either in ONE or TWO subject papers. For candidates who choose TWO papers, the combination must be from the approved list of combinations and subject to the availability of infrastructure and date.
APPLICATION FEE Gender / Category
(PER SUBJECT)
Regular Period (₹)
Female / SC / ST / PwD candidates All other candidates
Extended Period (with late fee) (₹)
750/-
1250/-
1500/-
2000/-
EXAMINATION DATES 5th February 2022
12th February 2022
6th February 2022
13th February 2022
Dates mentioned are liable to change because of COVID-19 situation
ONLINE APPLICATION & TIMELINE For details and updates visit
https://gate.iitkgp.ac.in
Opening date of Online Registration
Monday, 30th August 2021
Closing date of REGULAR Online Registration
Friday, 24th September 2021
End of EXTENDED period for Online Registration (with late fee)
Friday, 1st October 2021
Announcement of Results
Thursday, 17th March, 2022