Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

Gate is the best gateway for the elite undergraduates to pursue specialised post graduation in premier institutes like IIT,NIT both in india as well as uproad.further this exam adds feather to job prospects in PSUs(Public Sector Units) like ONGC,BELL,SAIL.
GATE Conducted by the Indian Institute of Science(IISc) and one of seven Indian Institutes of Technology in rotation, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an annual exam for admission to Graduate programs (Masters level and the Doctorate) in most engineering institutes in India like Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore IITs and NITs, Jadavpur University, IT-BHU as well as pharmacy institutes.[citation needed]. This examination is coordinated by a committee, comprising of IISc and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordinating Board - GATE, Department of Education, Government of India. The pattern and syllabus are usually based on a candidate's background.

Minimum eligibility for appearing in this exam is usually good progress (typically students in their final semster) towards a Bachelor's degree in Engineering (4 year University Degree, similar to the US system) or a Master's degree in Science (3 (Bachelor's) + 2 (Masters, eg. M.Sc.), similar to the British system). The exam is usually conducted on the second Sunday of February.

PSU's like BARC, NPCIL, HAL etc. give importance to GATE scores for various job positions in their organizations. Also National Institute of Industrial Engineering(NITIE) Mumbai, India, one of the best institutes in Asia for Supply Chain Management and Operations management, admits students to its flagship Industrial Engineering course through GATE. GATE seats are fixed in every institute. Pharma graduate (post-graduate in India) schools have also got their fixed GATE seats. A student is also eligible for a monthly scholarship of Rs. 8000. The examination also tests the takers' perseverance and patience.

Zone 2 - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Zone 3 - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Zone 4 - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Zone 5 - Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Zone 6 - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Zone 7 - Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Zone 8 - Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Date of the Examination 12th February 2012 (For offline)
Date of the Examination  29th January 2012 (For online)

Announcement of results 15th March 2012

The GATE score, awarded in the range of 0 to 1000 reflects the candidate’s academic ability and will be based on his/her performance in GATE 2010and the performances of all candidates who appeared in GATE in the last four years 2007-2010. Candidates with the same GATE score from different GATE papers and/or years can be considered to have the same performance level.

m : marks obtained by the candidate.

a: average of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper mentioned on this scorecard in GATE 2010

s: standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper mentioned on this scorecard in GATE 2010

ag: average (global) of marks of all candidates who appeared across all papers and years 2007-2010

The maximum score can be 1000.

GATE Percentile Score

The percentile score of a candidate indicates the percentage of candidates who appeared in the same paper and scored less marks than him/her. It is calculated as follows: If N is the total number of candidates appearing in a paper, then the percentile score P is given as,

P = (number of candidates who have scored less marks than the candidate / N) x 100 ..

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