Updated on Jun 24, 2016 13:45 IST

GATE 2017 Eligibility and Exam Centers

GATE 2017 eligibility criteria was declared recently along with GATE exam dates.  The exam will be held on February 4, 5, 11 and 12, in 2017. However, the final schedule will be displayed on the official website of the institute and GATE 2017 by June 25. IIT Roorkee will be the organizing institute of the exam.

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The basic eligibility criteria to appear for GATE 2017 too have been released. The detailed one will be declared shortly.  Take a look at the basic requirement to appear for GATE 2017 below:

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GATE 2017 Eligibility Criteria:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology (4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after diploma in Engineering /Technology) and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Architecture (Five year course) and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
  • Bachelor’s degree of four year programme in Science (B.Sc) and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
  • Master’s degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications or equivalent  and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
  • Four year integrated Master’s degree(Post B.Sc) in Engineering/Technology and those in the second or higher year of such programmes.
  • Five year integrated Master’s degree or dual degree in Engineering/Technology  and those in the fourth or higher year of such programmes.
  • Five year integrated M.Sc or Five year integrated B.Sc/M.Sc degree and those in the final year of such programmes.
  • Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognised by UPSC/AICTE as equivalent to B.E/B.Tech. Those who have completed section of A of AIME or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.  
  • GATE candidates from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka and UAE should have completed Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Master’s degree in Science in a relevant subject or are in the final year of the program. 

The detailed subject wise eligibility criteria for GATE 2017 will be released soon.

GATE 2017 Preparation: 12 Months Study Plan

M.Tech Entrance Examinations in India

GATE 2017 Exam Centers:

Zonal GATE Office

Tentative List of Examination Cities*  

Chairman,

GATE, IISc Bangalore,

Bengaluru - 560 012

Website: gate.iisc.ernet.in

Ananthapur, Bagalkot, Bengaluru, Bellary, Belgaum, Bidar, Davengere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Hyderabad, Kannur, Kasargod, Kolar, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Malappuram, Mangalore, Manipal, Mysore, Palakkad, Payyannur, Port Blair, Shimoga, Thrissur, Tumkur and Vadakara

Chairman, GATE, IIT Bombay 

Powai, Mumbai - 400 076

Website: www.gate.iitb.ac.in

Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Anand, Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Goa, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mehsana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Surat, Thane and Vadodara

Chairman, GATE, IIT Delhi, 

Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016

Website: gate.iitd.ac.in

Ajmer, Alwar, Bahadurgarh, Bikaner, New Delhi, Faridabad, Greater NOIDA, Gurgaon, Hisar,Indore, Jammu, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kota, Mathura, Palwal, Rohtak, Sikar, Udaipur and Ujjain

Chairman, GATE, IIT Guwahati

Guwahati – 781039

Website:www.iitg.ernet.in/gate

Agartala, Asansol, Dhanbad, Durgapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Silchar, Siliguri, Shillong and Tezpur

Chairman, GATE, IIT Kanpur

Kanpur – 208016

Website: gate.iitk.ac.in 

Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi

Chairman, GATE, IIT Kharagpur 

Kharagpur – 721302

Website: gate.iitkgp.ac.in

Balasore, Berhampur (Odisha), Bhilai, Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur (CG), Cuttack, Eluru, Hooghly, Jamshedpur, Kakinada (Surampalem), Kharagpur/Haldia/Bishnupur, Kolkata, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram

Chairman, GATE, IIT Madras 

Chennai – 600036

Website: gate.iitm.ac.in

Alappuzha, Aluva, Angamaly, Attingal, Bapatla, Chennai, Chengannur, Chittoor, Coimbatore,  Cuddalore, Dindigul, Ernakulam, Erode, Gudur, Guntur, Idukki, Kadapa, Kanjirapally, Kanyakumari, Karimnagar, Karur,  Khammam, Kollam, Kothamangalam,  Kottayam,  Madurai, Muvattupuzha, Nagercoil, Nalgonda, Namakkal, Nedumangad, Nellore, Ongole, Pala, Puducherry (Pondicherry), Punalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchengode, Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar and Warangal

Chairman,

GATE, IIT Roorkee 

Roorkee – 247667

Website: www.gate.iitr.ernet.in

Ambala, Amritsar, Baddi, Bathinda, Bhimtal, Dehradun, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ghaziabad, Haldwani, Hamirpur (HP), Jalandhar, Khanna, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana, Malout, Meerut, Mohali, Moradabad, NOIDA, Panipat, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Roorkee, Ropar, Sangrur, Shimla, Solan, Sonepat, Una and Yamunanagar

For International Centers, contact shall be Chairman, GATE, IIT

Roorkee 

Roorkee – 247667

Website: www.gate.iitr.ernet.in

Abu Dhabi/Dubai (UAE), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Kathmandu (Nepal), Singapore

o  GATE candidates from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka and UAE should have completed Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Master’s degree in Science in a relevant subject or are in the final year of the program.

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