GATE 2016: Application Form, Exam Pattern, Eligibility

raduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2016) is an National level test conducted for testing the aptitude and core subject knowledge of the candidates in the subjects of Engineering, Architecture and PG subjects of Applied sciences etc. The candidates studying in the final year or passed engineering or Master of Science courses are eligible to sit in the GATE 2016 examination conducted by the joint committee of IIT’s and IISc. The GATE scores is used for admission to PG programmes in the field of Engineering (i.e. M.E/M.Tech and direct PhD) in IIT’s, IISc and various other government and private institution located across the country. The GATE score is also used by various private and Public sector companies for screening candidates for employment purposes.

Overview of GATE 2016

The GATE 2016 exam is conducted for admission to Post graduate engineering courses, whereas JEE Main 2016 is an entrance exam for UG engineering courses. The GATE 2016 will jointly administered by the IISc and seven IIT’s namely Mumbai, Delhi, Kanpur, Roorkee, Madras, Kharagpur, Guwahati. The GATE organizing institute will be responsible for end to end process and making coordination among the other administering institutes. The candidates who qualify the GATE exam and pursue the Masters programs and direct doctoral programs in Engineering, Technology, Architecture and doctoral programs will be given financial assistance by MHRD, government of India. Here in this article we will discuss complete details regarding GATE 2016, application procedure for the GATE exam, GATE exam Pattern, Eligibility criteria and process of selection.
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Important Dates

*Deadline for application of GATE 2016 is extended to 23:59 hours of 8 October, 2015.
All below given dates are actual and prescribed by the conducting authority.

• Start of Online Application: September 1, 2015
• Last Date for form Submission Date: October 8, 2015
• Last Date for Request of Change in City: 20th November, 2015
• Defected Application: 16th November, 2015
• Availability of Admit Card: 17th December, 2015
• Gate Online exam date: 30th January to 7th February
• Declaration of Result: 19th March, 2016.

GATE 2016 Defective Application

The candidates are informed that the IISC Banglore has declared the list of defective application forms from October 13 to October 28, candidates can check their application ID and rectify it if it is mentioned in the list.
Candidates are informed that the correction period for the the defects in application Form has been announced, candidates can make corrections upto 16th November, 2015.
Click Here – For correction in Application form
Candidates can make changes in application form like change of city, gender exam paper, category, PWD status,  can be made at http://appsgate.iisc.ernet.in upto 5 p.m. on 20/11/1015. After that no changes will be allowed.

GATE Eligibility Criteria

The candidates appearing for the GATE 2016 exam must fulfill the eligibility criteria before appearing for the exam, the details of the eligibility criteria has been mentioned below:

• The candidate should have complete B.E/B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Pharm from a recognized university.
• The candidates should have completed master’s degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer or equivalent.
• The candidate having Bachelor’s degree in science (B.Sc research/B.S post diploma or 4 years after 12^th) are also eligible to apply.
• The candidates should have completed integrated M.Sc or five year integrated B.S. – M.S program.
• The candidates who have passed the above listed qualifying examination, they have to submit their degree certificate or provisional certificate of the completion of the course.
• The candidates should have completed integrated M.E/M.Tech after B.Sc are also eligible to apply for GATE 2016.
• All the candidates studying in the final year of the qualifying examination are also eligible to apply for GATE 2016, provided that they have to submit the certificate from the Principal of the college or university.

Qualifying Degree	Qualifying Degree/Examination (Descriptive)	Description of Eligible candidates	Year of Qualification cannot be later than
B.E./B.Tech./B.Pharm.	Bachelor’s degree holders in Engineering/ Technology  (4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after B.Sc/ Diploma in Engineering/Technology) and those who are in the final year of such programs.	Currently in the final year or already completed	2016
B. Arch.	Bachelor’s degree holders of Architecture (Five years course)	Currently in the final year or already completed	2016
B.Sc. (Research)/ B.S.	Bachelor’s degree in Science(Post-Diploma/4 years after 10+2)	Currently in the 4th year or already completed	2016
M. Sc./M.A./MCA or equivalent	Master’s degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics / Statistics / Computer Applications or equivalent	Currently in the final year or already completed	2016
Int. M.E/M.Tech(Post-B.Sc.)	Post-BSc Integrated Master’s degree programs in Engineering / Technology (Four year program)	Currently in the 2nd/3rd/4th year or already completed	2018
Int. M.E./ M.Tech or Dual Degree(after Diploma or 10+2)	Integrated Master’s degree program or Dual Degree program in Engineering / Technology (Five year program)	Currently in the 4th/5th year or already completed	2017
Int. M.Sc/Int. B.S.-M.S.	Integrated M.Sc. or Five year integrated B.S.-M.S. program	Currently in the final year or already completed	2016
Professional Society Examinations (equivalent to B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch.)	B.E./B.Tech./B.Arch. equivalent examinations, of Professional Societies, recognized by MHRD/UPSC/AICTE (e.g., AMIE by Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE by the Institute of Civil Engineers-India)	Completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses	NA

GATE 2016 Application Form

The application for the GATE registration 2016 will be done through online mode only, the candidate have to fill the application forms by accessing the zonal GATE websites of IISc or any of the other seven IIT’s. The candidates have to upload their signatures, photographs, category certificate, and all other necessary certificate like degree certificate must be uploaded as mentioned in the GATE 2016 notification.
The candidates are also informed that the GATE application form will be available from 1st September 2015, as soon as we will get any update regarding GATE exam 2016 we will update all the information in this website.

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How to Apply?

Here we have discussed complete application procedure of the GATE 2016 examination. Candidates are advised to read all the points carefully for successfully filling the application form.
The candidates have to apply online through an online interface known as GATE online application processing system (GOAPS). The GOAPS interface will used throughout the GATE exam 2016 and will help students in the following:

1. Applying for the examination online.
2. Uploading Photographs, signature and other necessary documents
3. Application fees payment through net banking, credit/debit card, e-challan.
4. Checking the status of application
5. Contact to the zonal GATE offices for any queries.
6. Checking Admit card and scorecard of the candidates.

The candidates have to access the GOAPS website from the website of the GATE zonal offices and also from GATE 2016 organizing institute.

GATE Exam Pattern

The candidates, who are appearing in the GATE exam 2016, must check the GATE exam pattern to know about the no. questions, marking schemes, important section in the GATE 2015 question paper. Here we have discussed complete pattern of the GATE exam 2016. The candidate may appear only one paper out of the given list.
The question paper will comprises of total of 65 questions, for the total of 100 marks, out of 65 questions 55 question are based on the core subjects and engineering mathematics carrying 85 marks and the rest 10 questions will be from general aptitude which is a compulsory section (XE or XL as mentioned in table given below) carrying 15 marks.
The GATE question paper will comprises of two types of question as mentioned below:

1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

The multiple choice questions will carry 1 or 2 marks, these questions will have 4 alternatives for every question, and the candidates will have to answer only one correct response.

2. Numerical Answer Questions

They will carry 1 or 2 marks in each section of the question papers, the answer of these question will have to be entered by the candidate by using the virtual keypad.
There will no choices available for these questions.
List of GATE 2016 papers and corresponding codes:

S.N.	Papers	Code	S.N.	Papers	Code
1	Aerospace Engineering	AE	13	Instrumentation Engineering	IN
2	Agricultural Engineering	AG	14	Mathematics	MA
3	Architecture and Planning	AR	15	Mechanical Engineering	ME
4	Biotechnology	BT	16	Mining Engineering	MN
5	Civil Engineering	CE	17	Metallurgical Engineering	MT
6	Chemical Engineering	CH	18	Petroleum Engineering	PE
7	Computer Science and Information Technology	CS	19	Physics	PH
8	Chemistry	CY	20	Production and Industrial Engineering	PI
9	Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	21	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	TF
10	Electrical Engineering	EE	22	Engineering Sciences	XE*
11	Ecology and Evolution	EY	23	Life Sciences	XL**
12	Geology and Geophysics	GG

XE Paper Sections	Code	XL Paper Sections	Code
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

GATE Exam 2016 Key Features

• The GATE 2016 will be held online through a Computer Based Test (CBT), there will be 22 papers in the GATE 2016 examinations, and the candidate has to apply for one paper out of 22 as per the subjects in qualifying examinations.
• The entire process of GATE 2016 will be online, i.e. starting from the filling of application form online, uploading of all necessary certificates and documents, download of admit card and final conduction of examination through CBT.
• The candidates have to submit the application fees through online mode, by using different channels of fee payment as per the convenience of the students; these include Net Banking, Debit/Credit card, and e-Challan.
• GATE 2016 examinations will be held from 30th January 21st February 2016, during forenoon and afternoon session on Saturday and Sundays of the alternative weekends. The complete examination schedule will be notified to the candidates as soon as any official information will be available.
• The GATE admit card and result will be announced in the GATE 2016 official website, candidate must note that no hard copy of admit card and score card will be send to the candidates.

Zonal GATE Office	Tentative List of Examination Cities
IISc Bangalore Bangalore – 560 012 Website: gate.iisc.ernet.in	Alappuzha, Aluva, Anantapur, Attingal, Bagalkot, Bangalore, Bellary, Belgaum, Bidar, Chengannur, Davengere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Idukki, Kannur, Kanjirappally, Kasaragod, Kolar, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Malappuram, Mangalore, Manipal, Muvattupuzha, Mysore, Nedumangad, Pala, Palakkad, Payyanur, Port Blair, Punalur, Shimoga, Thrissur, Tumkur and Vadakara
IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai – 400 076 Website: www.gate.iitb.ac.in	Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Anand, Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Goa, Hyderabad, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mehsana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Secunderabad, Solapur, Surat, Thane and Vadodara
IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016 Website: www.gate.iitd.ac.in	Ajmer, Alwar, Bahadurgarh, Bikaner, New Delhi, Delhi-NCR, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Hisar-Rohtak, Indore, Jammu, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kota, Mathura, Palwal, Sikar, Udaipur-Chittorgarh and Ujjain
IIT Guwahati Guwahati – 781039 Website:www.iitg.ernet.in/gate	Agartala, Asansol-Durgapur, Dhanbad, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Silchar, Siliguri, Shillong and Tezpur
IIT Kanpur Kanpur – 208016 Website: www.iitk.ac.in/gate	Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi
IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur – 721302 Website: gate.iitkgp.ac.in	Balasore, Berhampur (Odisha), Bhilai, Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur (CG), Cuttack, Eluru, Hooghly, Jamshedpur, Kakinada, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram
IIT Madras Chennai – 600036 Website: gate.iitm.ac.in	Angamaly , Bapatla, Chennai, Chittoor, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Ernakulam, Erode, Gudur, Guntur, Kadapa, Kanyakumari, Karimnagar, Karur, Khammam, Madurai, Nagercoil, Nalgonda, Namakkal, Nellore, Ongole, Puducherry (Pondicherry), Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchengode, Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar and Warangal
IIT Roorkee Roorkee – 247667 Website: www.iitr.ac.in/gate	Ambala, Amritsar, Bathinda, Chandigarh-Mohali-Fatehgarh Sahib, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Haldwani-Bhimtal, Hamirpur (HP)-Una, Jalandhar-Phagwara, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana-Moga, Meerut, Moradabad, Noida, Panchkula, Panipat, Pathankot, Patiala-Sangrur, Roorkee-Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Sirmaur, Solan-Shimla, Sonepat and Yamunanagar

GATE Admit Card

The candidates who have applied for the GATE 2016 exam, can check their GATE admit card 2016 from the official website of GATE 2016. The admit card for the GATE 2016 examinations will be released online on 17th December, 2016. The candidates have to login to the GOAPS by using their enrollment ID and email address.
The GATE admit card will contain the details like student roll no., name, date, centre of examination and examination schedule along with other necessary instructions for the candidates appearing in the GATE 2016 exam.
The candidates have to bring the GATE Admit card along with the valid Photo ID proof to enter in the examination hall.

GATE Result

The GATE result 2016 will be announced in the official website of GATE 2016, candidates can check their result on 12th March, 2016. The candidates must note that the exact result declaration date hasn’t been declared by the official yet, so we will update the article as soon as any official information will be available.

GATE Score Card

The Scorecard for the GATE 2016 examination can be downloaded after some days of the declaration of the result. The candidates can download the GATE scorecard by accessing the zonal websites from where they have applied for the GATE exam, the scorecard can be downloaded by entering the enrollment Id and password of the candidates.