New Delhi: The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) will be held on February 1, 2, 8 and 9 and about 8.6 lakh candidates will be taking the exams.
IIT Delhi, which will conduct GATE 2020 has announced the examination schedule on Wednesday. It is as follows:
Feb 1 (9.30 am to 12.30 pm): IN, ME1, MT, PE, PH
Feb 1 (2.30 pm to 5.30 pm): CY, ME2, PI
Feb 2 (9.30 am to 12.30 pm): AR, BM, BT, CH, MA, MN, ST, XE, XL
Feb 2 (2.30 pm to 5.30 pm): AE, AG, EC, GG
Feb 8 (9.30 am to 12.30 pm): EE, EY, TF
Feb 8 (2.30 pm to 5.30 pm): CS
Feb 9 (9.30 am to 12.30 pm): CE1
Feb 9 (14.30 pm to 5.30 pm): CE2
Qualifying in GATE is a mandatory requirement for seeking admission and or financial assistance to master’s programmes and direct doctoral programmes in engineering, technology, architecture.
GATE scores are also evaluated for admission to doctoral programmes in relevant branches of Science, in the institutions supported by the HRD Ministry and other Government agencies.
Even in some colleges and institutions, which admit students without the HRD Ministry scholarship or assistantship, the GATE qualification is mandatory. Many Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have been using the GATE score in their recruitment process.