GATE Exam 2023

When we talk about the toughest exams in India, one can not miss the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, popularly known as the GATE Exam amongst millennials. The craze of this exam is such that many science & tech enthusiasts who take gap years, leave their existing jobs to hit a high score on the test. The GATE exam is used for admissions to PG and PhD courses offered by the best engineering institutes in India- IITs. The Government of India also uses GATE as a requirement for PSU candidates. Here is everything you need to know about the GATE exam 2023, important dates, eligibility, syllabus, exam pattern and more!

What is GATE Exam?

GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) is an online national level examination for Master of Engineering (ME), Master of Technology (MTech), and direct Ph.D. admissions to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and other institutes/universities throughout India. On behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB – GATE), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD), Government of India, the exam is jointly conducted IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, and Indian Institute for Science, Bangalore, on a rotating basis (IISC Bangalore).

GATE Exam Important Dates 2023

The official GATE 2023 exam dates are listed in the table below:

Event	Dates
GATE Registration 2023	30 August 2022
Last Date to Register for GATE 2023	7 October 2022
Application Form available	8-14 November 2022
GATE Exam 2023 Application Deadline	30 September 2022
GATE 2023 Exam Dates	4,5,11,12 February 2023
GATE 2023 Answer Key release	21 February 2023

About GATE 2022 Exam

The GATE exam is jointly conducted by IITs and IISc on account of the National Coordination Board. As per the GATE exam 2023 notification, IIT Kharagpur is likely to conduct this national-level entrance test. In the exam, there are a total of 27 subjects from which students can choose one that suits their academic background. The test would be an online exam spanning a duration of 3 hours. Based on the performance of candidates, a score is awarded which is valid for up to 3 years. Tabulated below are the highlights of GATE 2023-

GATE Full Form	Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Organizing Body	IIT Kharagpur
Exam Level	All India Level
Mode of Application	Online
Mode of exam	Computer-based Test (Online)
Exam Frequency	Once a year
Exam Duration	3 hours (180 minutes)
Number of Subjects	29
Number of Questions	10 (GA) + 55 (subject)= 65
Question Type	MCQ, MSQ, NAT
Number of Exam Centers	206 in India and 6 abroad

GATE 2023 Latest Updates

Here are the latest updates for GATE Exam 2023 :

• For the year 2023, the GATE exam will be conducted by IIT Kharagpur
• Two new subjects have been added- Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering and Geomatics Engineering
• Since many students are taking their GAT Exam from their hometown, NCB-GATE has proposed setting more number of GATE Centres
• They have also mentioned that the benefits given to students in 2022 will continue for 2023 as well
• GATE Mock papers are available for CS, EE, EC, IN, etc
• GATE syllabus for all 25 exams have been revised

GATE 2023 Registration Process

Here’s how you can register for GATE 2023 exam:

• Login into GOAPS website.
• Apply for the GATE exam by adding all the essential details.
• Upload all the documents like Photograph, signature, ID proof, Category certificate, degree certificate in the appropriate and prescribed size.
• Thoroughly check and submit your form then pay the online fee through the prescribed methods.

Important: Your GATE application will be submitted only after the final payment which can be made through debit card /credit card/ net banking.

Documents Required for GATE Exam 2023

To get enrolled for the examination, students need to upload their necessary documents along with the online application form. Here are some essential documents required for the GATE exam 2023- 

• Photograph, Signature, category certificate (SC/ST/PwD) 
• The students falling under the PwD category must present the complete set of documents necessary for the online application
• ID Proof- voter ID, Passport, PAN Card, College ID, Employee ID, or Driving License 
• Candidates have to submit the Degree/ Marksheet/ certificate/ provisional certificate/ professional certificate/ course completion certificate/  membership certificate that has been given by the institution if they have completed their degree program in the year 2019
• If the students are in the final year and will be completing their program in the coming months of 2023, they have to submit the certificate from the principal/ head of the institution. Along with a marksheet of the latest semester with the university’s stamp 

GATE 2023 Application Fees

Here are the GATE exam fees for different categories:

Category	Exam Fees	Late Fees
Male (General, OBC and Others)	Rs. 1,700	Rs. 2,200
SC/ST/PwD	Rs. 850	Rs. 1,350
Female Candidates	Rs. 850	Rs. 1,350

GATE 2023 Exam Centers

• There are eight zones in the GATE 2023 Exam Centers. IISc Bangalore and seven other IITs serve as eight zonal GATE offices, overseeing operations in these exam cities.
• This year, IIT Kharagpur has cancelled three exam cities: Sonepat, Panipat, and Idukki, whereas Leh (Ladakh) has been added as a new test city.
• The GATE test will be held in over 200 locations across India.

Cities	Number of GATE Exam Cities
IISc Banglore	30 cities
IIT Bombay	30 cities
IIT Delhi	19 cities
IIT Guwahati	21 cities
IIT Kanpur	14 cities
IIT Kharagpur	26 cities
IIT Madras	40 cities
IIT Roorkee	22 cities

GATE Exam Eligibility Criteria

There are certain prerequisites the candidates have to meet before appearing in the GATE exam. If any discrepancy is found in the essential requirements, the official authorities hold the power to cancel the candidature of the applicants. Following are some of them: 

• Formal schooling of 10+2
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture or Technology
• Master’s degree in any branch of science /mathematics/ computer application/ statistics or their equivalent
• New relaxation in terms of minimum eligibility has been introduced this year which means that not only students pursuing 10+2+4 ongoing courses can apply but those who are a part of 10+2+3 ongoing courses can also apply in their 3rd year.

GATE Eligibility Criteria for Candidates other than Indian Nationals:

Candidates belonging to other nationalities can also appear for the GATE exam, provided that they have alignment with the below-mentioned requisites-

• Must have completed or been in the final/ pre-final year of the UG course in Engineering or Technology
• Must have completed or been in the final/ pre-final year of the PG course in any relevant science subject (s)

GATE 2023 Admit Card

The following are the dates for the GATE 2023 admit card:

Event	Date
GATE Exam 2023 Admit Card Release	9 January 2023
GATE Exam 2023 Result Declaration	16 March 2023

How to Download

Following these easy processes, students may obtain their GATE 2023, Admit Card:

• Visit the official website at gate.iitkgp.ac.in for further information.
• Click Submit after entering your GATE Enrollment ID and Password.
• To obtain a copy of the GATE Admit Card, go to the website provided.
• Take a colored printout of the paper after downloading it.
• If there are any differences, make a note of them.

GATE Exam Papers

GATE exam comprises of 27 subjects and from this year onwards students are allowed to choose ONLY ONE subject for the paper in ONE SESSION. If you are planning to appear for the GATE exam, here are the subjects along with their paper codes.

Geology and Geophysics (GG)	Life Sciences
Ecology and Evolution	Engineering Sciences
Electrical Engineering	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science
Electronics and Communication Engineering	Statistics
Chemistry	Production and Industrial Engineering
Computer Science and Information Technology  (CS)	Physics
Chemical Engineering (CH)	Petroleum Engineering
Civil Engineering (CE)	Metallurgical Engineering
Biotechnology (BT)	Mining Engineering
Biomedical Engineering  (BM)	Mechanical Engineering
Architecture and Planning (AR)	Mathematics
Agricultural Engineering (AG)	Instrumentatin Engineering
Aerospace Engineering (AE)	Environmental Science and Engineering (ES)
and Humanities and Social Sciences (XS)	–

GATE Exam Pattern & Marking Scheme

The GATE exam comprises of 65 questions carrying a total of 100 marks that are to be done in a span of 3 hours. Questions can further be bifurcated into two categories – MCQ and Numerical types. MCQs come with four options whereas Numerical questions are to be solved by the candidates. There is no negative marking for numerical answer type questions and the students will enter the answer using the virtual keyboard.

Mode of Exam	Online
Question Types	-Multiple Choice Questions -Numerical Based Questions -Multiple Select Questions
Total Questions	65
Marks per Correct Question	1 mark / 2 marks
Total Marks	100
Total Time of the Exam	180 Minutes
Division of Marks	-General Aptitude: 15% of total marks -Engineering Mathematics: 13% of total marks Subject -Discipline opted for by candidate: 72% of total marks

The table given below can elaborate the exam pattern for GATE exam 2023:

Sections	Question Numbers	1 Mark Question	2 Mark Question
General Aptitude	10	5	5
Technical + Engineering Mathematics	55	25	30

Marking Scheme

Paper Code	General Aptitude (GA) Marks	Subject Marks	Total Marks	Total Time (Min)
AE, AG, BM, BT, CE, CH, CS, CY, EC, EE, ES, EY, IN, MA, ME, MN, MT, NM, PE, PH, PI, TF, ST	15	85	100	180
AR [Part A + Part B1 (Architecture) OR Part B2 (Planning)]	15	60 + 25	100	180
GE [Part A + Part B (Section 1 OR Section 2)]	15	55 + 30	100	180
GG [Part A + Part B (Section 1 Geology OR Section 2 Geophysics)]	15	25 + 60	100	180
XE (Section A + Any TWO Sections)	15	15 + (2 x 35)	100	180
XH (Section B1 +Any ONE Section)	15	25 + 60	100	180
XL (Section P+Any TWO Sections)	15	25 + (2 x 30)	100	180

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GATE 2023 Syllabus

The syllabus of the GATE exam is designed by professionals who have intense knowledge & experience in their respective fields. A different syllabus is prescribed for each subject and applicants are advised to prepare accordingly. Given below are important topics of 10 choicest subject choices of GATE aspirants:

Civil Engineering 

Continuity and Differentiability	Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
Evaluations of definite and indefinite integrals	Stokes, Gauss and Green’s Theorems
Discrete Random Variables

Biotechnology 

Engineering Mathematics	Solution of Linear and Non-Linear algebraic Equations
Microbial Classification and Diversity	Cell Signalling and Signal Transduction
Mendelian inheritance

Instrumentation Engineering

Mean Value Theorem	Analytic Functions
Kirchoff’s Laws	Frequency and Impulse Response
Characteristics and Application of Diode

Mechanical Engineering

Free-body Diagrams and Equilibrium	Elastics Constants
Strain Gauges and Rosettes	Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams
Thermodynamics and Fluid Dynamics

Metallurgical Engineering 

Ladle metallurgical operations Principles and process for the extraction of non-ferrous metals
Surface Treatment Dislocation interactions and reactions
Griffith Theory

Textile Engineering and Fibre Science 

Roller and apron drafting principles  Combining Efficiency
Yarn clearers and tensioners  Primary and secondary motions of the loom
Principles of winding processes and machines

Food Technology

Chlorophylls Morphology of Bacteria
Microbial Growth High-pressure homogenization
Mass transfer operations

Biochemistry

Generations and utilization Characterization of biomolecules by electrophoresis
Cell structures and organelles DNA replication
Transport of minerals and solutes

Statistics

Directional Derivatives Simple and linear Regression
Archimedean Property Finite-dimensional Vectors
Probability Inequalities

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How to Prepare for GATE 2023?

GATE is considered one of the toughest competitive exams for MTech and PhD programmes offered by the top engineering institutes in India. Here are some tips and tricks on how to prepare for GATE 2023 exam.

• Make a Study Strategy: It is important to have a good study plan before you start your preparation. So, study the exam pattern, syllabus and question papers to make a personalised study plan to get amazing scores in the GATE exam.
• Section-wise Weightage: Knowing the weightage of every section is the best way to crack a competitive exam. Try to focus on the topics which have the most weightage and can help you get into your dream college. 
• Use Limited Reference Books & Make Notes: Try to focus on limited yet quality reference books for the subjects and make detailed notes for the topics so that you can use them for revision later on.
• Revision & Mock Test: Revision is an extremely important step in process of how to prepare for GATE 2023! It is important to revise your concepts, numerical and MCQ questions on a daily basis so that you are prepared thoroughly.   

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GATE Exam Recommended Books

Candidates can use the table below to find subject-specific GATE 2023 books for better preparation:

Paper Name	Recommended Books
GATE ME	SS Rattan’s Strength of Materials, RS Khurmi’s Theory of Machines, and SS Bhavikatti’s Engineering Mechanics
GATE CS	Cormen’s Algorithms, Galvin’s Operating System, and Ullman’s Theory of Computation
GATE EE	Val Valken Burg’s Network Analysis, Oppenheim Wisky’s Signals & Systems, and UA Bakshi’s Power Electronics
GATE EC	Millman and Halkias’ Electronic Devices Circuits, Mano’s Digital Logic and Computer Design, and B Ram’s Microprocessors
GATE CE	K Subramanya’s Engineering Hydrology and C.S.Reddy’s Basic Structural Analysis
GATE CH	Binay K. Dutta’s Heat Transfer, Christie J. Geankoplis’ Mass Transport Phenomena, and Gopala Rao M’s Chemical Technology
GATE BM	G.S Sawhney’s Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering and R.S Khandpur’s Biomedical Instrumentation

GATE Mock Test

All candidates can access the GATE mock test on the official website through their login details. Here is the link for the mock tests – Click here!

GMAT Exam 2023: Score Calculation

To calculate the score of the GATE Exam 2023, students will need a formula prescribed by the official authorities. For the papers having one session candidates will obtain actual marks as their GATE score whereas, for the papers with multiple sessions, normalized marks will be allocated to the students along with the raw marks obtained by students in the exam. Here is the formula is given on the official site which would provide you with the appropriate exam score-

• M= Total marks obtained (either normalize marks or actual marks)
• Mq= Qualifying marks of the category which candidates belong to
• Mt= Mean of marks of top 10 or top 0.1% (in multi-session papers all sessions will be included)
• Sq= 350, scores assigned to Mq 
• St= 900, score assigned to Mt

GATE 2023 Accepting Top Colleges & Cut-Off

The qualifying cutoff for all institutions may change from year to year, although it has been noticed that the rank necessary for admissions in each college generally remains the same. In the table below, several instances of institute-accepted rankings are listed:

Institute	GATE Rank Cut-Off
IISc Banglore	Rank < 100; in some of the courses rank ≤ 600
IIT Bombay	Rank < 100; in some of the courses rank ≤ 600
IIT Delhi	Rank < 100; in some of the courses rank ≤ 300
IIT Kanpur	Rank < 100; in some of the courses rank ≤ 300
IIT Kharagpur	Rank ≤ 600
IIT Madras	Rank < 100; in some of the courses rank ≤ 300
IIT Hyderabad	Rank ≤ 1500
IIT Roorkee	Rank ≤ 1000
IIT Guwahati	Rank ≤ 1000
IIT BHU	Rank ≤ 1000
NITs	Rank ≤ 1500
IIT Patna	Rank ≤ 1500
GFTIs (National and State-level)	Rank ≤ 2500

GATE 2023 Counseling

For M.Tech admissions, IIT Kharagpur will not have any counseling sessions. Candidates seeking admission to IITs, NITs, and other prominent universities would be required to engage in separate counseling procedures.

• For admissions into NITs candidates need to register for GATE CCMT Counseling. Usually, the counseling process starts in the month of April.
• For admissions into IITs, candidates need to register for GATE COAP Counseling. Aspirants must apply to particular institutes where they wish to be admitted before registering for the Common Offer Acceptance Port

GATE 2023 PSU Recruitment & Cut-Off

• Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are businesses that are owned by the Indian government’s central government, one of its states/territories, or both.
• Every year, these firms hire applicants through the GATE test.
• Candidates who have been shortlisted and have a valid GATE score are invited to participate in selection phases such as a personal interview (PI) or a group discussion (GD).

GATE PSU Previous Cutoffs

GATE Cutoff for BHEL Recruitment
Discipline	UR	OBC	SC	ST
Mechanical	79.31	75.18	61.33	53.84
Electrical	69.98	66.04	53.99	50.59
Electronics	68.68	65.32	56.46	49.13
Metallurgy	65	57.67	56.67	48.67
GATE Cutoff for NTPC Recruitment
Discipline	UR	OBC	SC	ST
Electrical	66.69	61.11	50.93	49.28
Mechanical	76.31	68.69	55.83	49.72
Electronics	63.74	55.85	47.47	47.1
Instrumentation	63.33	55	43	46.67
Civil	73.12	70.34	64.84	57.56
IT	65.93	55.76	50.71	37.71
GATE Cutoff for GAIL Recruitment
Discipline	UR	OBC	SC	ST
Chemical	68.4	64	60.75	53
Mechanical	82.58	80.37	–	73.72
Electrical	77.95	74.54	66.24	61.82
Instrumentation	75.37	70.50	–	56.23
Business Information System	70.41	64.29	61.82	–
Telecom/Telemetry	76.22	70.39	66.34	58.73
GATE Cutoff for HPCL Recruitment
Discipline	UR	OBC	SC	ST
Mechanical	75.14	70.69	58.34	50.85
Civil	66.97	62.26	54.91	54.26
Electrical	67.35	65.23	53.55	51.61
Instrumentation	61.33	57.33	44.67	35.33
E &TC	63.18	62.88	53.35	47.83
Chemical	54	51.67	44.33	41

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