About GATE 2009

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all-India examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordinating Board - GATE, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. Admission to postgraduate programmes with MHRD and some other government scholarship/assistantship at engineering colleges/institutes in the country are open to those who qualify through GATE.

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GATE 2009 Important Dates

Sale of information brochure and offline application forms starts	September 22, 2008
Online application form submission starts	September 22, 2008
Last date of issue of Information Brochure and Application forms - by post from GATE Offices - at bank counters - at GATE office counters	- October 17, 2008 - October 24, 2008 - October 29, 2008
Last date for Online application form submission (Website Closure)	October 29, 2008
Last date for receipt of completed Online/Offline Application Form at respective zonal GATE Office	October 29, 2008
Examination Date	February 08, 2009 (Sunday)
Announcement of results	March 15, 2009

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GATE 2009 Registration Procedure

Candidates can submit Application forms either offline or online. Click here for details of both.

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GATE 2009 Eligibility

Following categories of candidates are eligible to appear in GATE:

• Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/Pharmacy (4 years after 10+2) and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
  
  
• Master's degree holders in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
  
  
• Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master's degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology or in the third or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master's degree programme and Dual Degree programme in Engineering/Technology.
  
  
• Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by IE(I), AME by ICE(I)) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.
  

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Paper Structure

The GATE examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours duration, which contains 60 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. The question paper will consist of only multiple choice objective questions. Each question will have four choices for the answer. Only one choice will be correct. Candidates have to mark the correct choice on an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble against each question. There will be negative marking for wrong answers, as given in question paper pattern.

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GATE Test Cities

IIT Madras Zone : Bapatla, Chennai, Chidambaram, Coimbatore, Cuddapah, Dindigul, Ernakulam, Guntur, Kannur, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Madurai, Manchiryal, Nagercoil, Nellore, Ongole, Palakkad, Puducherry (Pondicherry), Salem, Tenali, Thanjavur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Warangal

IIT Roorkee Zone : Agra, Aligarh, Amritsar, Bathinda, Bareilly, Bijnor, Dehradun, Ghaziabad, Gwalior, Hamirpur (HP), Haridwar, Hissar, Kota, Kurukshetra, Mathura, Meerut, Noida, Pantnagar, Rohtak, Roorkee, Shimla, Yamunanagar

IISc Bangalore Zone : Ananthapur, Bagalkot, Bangalore, Davangere, Hassan , Hyderabad, Kurnool , Mahabubnagar, Mysore, Surathkal

IIT Kharagpur Zone : Balasore, Berhampur (Orissa), Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur, Cuttack, Eluru, Jamshedpur, Kakinada (AP), Kharagpur , Kolkata, Kothagudem, Machilipatnam, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi , Rourkela, Sambalpur, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam

IIT Bombay Zone : Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Gulbarga, Hubli, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nasik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Sangli, Satara, Shegaon, Solapur, Thane, Wardha, Goa

IIT Guwahati Zone : Agartala, Asansol, Bhagalpur, Dhanbad, Durgapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Itanagar, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Silchar, Siliguri

IIT Kanpur Zone : Allahabad, Bhopal, Gorakhpur, Indore, Jabalpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Sagar, Sultanpur, Ujjain, Varanasi

IIT Delhi Zone : Ahmedabad, Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Chandigarh, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Jaipur, Jalandhar, Jammu, Jodhpur, Ludhiana, New Delhi, Patiala, Rajkot, Sikar, Surat, Udaipur, Vadodara

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Score Card

The GATE 2009 scorecard will consist of actual marks obtained by the candidate, the GATE Score, Percentile Score and All India Rank (AIR). Scorecard will be sent only to the qualified candidates. No information will be sent to candidates who are not qualified.

GATE scorecard is valid for ONE YEAR ONLY.

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Contact Details

Contact details	Telephone & Fax	E-mail
Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012	Phone: 080-2293 2392 Fax:  080-2360 1227	gate@gate.iisc.ernet.in
Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai,  Mumbai 400 076	Phone: 022-2576 7068 Fax:  022-2572 3706	gateoffice@iitb.ac.in
Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016	Phone: 011-2659 1749 Fax:  011-2658 1579	gate@admin.iitd.ernet.in
Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,  Guwahati 781 039	Phone: 0361-258 2751 Fax:  0361-258 2755	gate@iitg.ernet.in
Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208 016	Phone: 0512-259 7412 Fax:  0512-259 0932	gate@iitk.ac.in
Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721 302	Phone: 03222-282091 Fax:  03222-278243	gate@adm.iitkgp.ernet.in
Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036	Phone: 044-2257 8200 Fax:  044-2257 8204	gate@iitm.ac.in
Chairman, GATE Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee,  Roorkee 247 667	Phone: 01332-284531 Fax: 01332-285707	gate@iitr.ernet.in