GATE 2010 Entrance Exam Dates and Application Form

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2010 Entrance Examination date has been announced on their official website. GATE offers online exams on February 7th, 2010 at 9:30 to 12.30 a.m. GATE application forms is available from 22nd Sep, 09 – 7th Nov, 09. The official website provides all info about GATE 2010 examination date, time and application form. The candidates can see full info about GATE 2010 at www.gate.iitb.ac.in.

An all-India examination, GATE is administered and conducted in 8 zones across the country jointly by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and 7 Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordinating Board - GATE, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), and Government of India.

2010 Gate Important Dates:

GATE Exam Date:

• Date of Online Entrance test (IF PAper): February 7, 2010 (09.30 hrs to12.30 hrs)
• Date Of Online Entrance test (MN Papers): February 7, 2010 (14.30 hrs to17.30 hrs)
• Date of Offline Entrance Test: February 14, 2010 (09.30 hrs to 12.30 hrs)

Application Date:

• Availability of application forms and online application: September 22, 2009
• Last Date of availability of application forms through GATE office counters: October 30, 2009
• Last Date of issue of application forms by post: October 20, 2009
• Last Date of availability of application forms through banks: October 28, 2009
• Last date for online submission of application form: October 28, 2009(By 6 pm)
• Last date for Receipt of completed Online/Offline Application Form: November 03, 2009

GATE 2010 Exam Result Date:

Announcement of results: March 15, 2010

Application forms for GATE 2010:

• GATE forms are available by cash payment from Designated Branches of the specified banks corresponding to the zone a candidate lives in.
• Forms can also be obtained directly from the Zonal GATE offices of IITs and IISB or by sending an application along with a demand draft to the corresponding zonal office requesting for the application form.

Get GATE 2010 Application form from GATE Official Website Here.

Candidates also have the option to apply online through the GATE website.

Application Fee:

The cost of the offline form is Rs. 1000 and for the online application it is Rs. 800 for General and OBC students. For SC/ST/OBC Students, the cost of the form/online application is half of that of General and OBC students.

Eligibility for GATE Exam:

The following categories of candidates are eligible to appear in GATE:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/architecture/technology.
• Master’s degree in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent
• Qualifications equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by IE(I), AME by ICE(I))

Pattern of Examination:

• GATE Entrance test is of 3 hours consisting of 65 objective type questions carrying 100 marks. Every question has 4 choices. There is negative marking also for a wrong answer.
• GATE candidate needs to appear in one of the papers available according to the qualification and the degree/branch he/she want to pursue.

Contact Addresses:

The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are:

Zone-1
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560 012
Phone: 080-2293 2392
Fax: 080-2360 1227
email: gate(at)gate.iisc.ernet.in

Zone-2
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076
Phone: 022-2576 7068
Fax: 022-2572 3706
email: gateoffice(at)iitb.ac.in

Zone-3
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016
Phone: 011-2659 1749
Fax: 011-2658 1579
email: gate(at)admin.iitd.ernet.in

Zone-4
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati - 781 039
Phone: 0361-258 2751
Fax: 0361-258 2755
email: gate(at)iitg.ernet.in

Zone-5
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur - 208 016
Phone: 0512-259 7412
Fax: 0512-259 0932
email: gate(at)iitk.ac.in

Zone-6
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Kharagpur - 721 302
Phone: 03222-282091
Fax: 03222-278243
email: gate(at)adm.iitkgp.ernet.in

Zone-7
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036
Phone: 044-2257 8200
Fax: 044-2257 8204
email: gate(at)iitm.ac.in

Zone-8
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee - 247 667
Phone: 01332-284531
Fax: 01332-285707
email: gate(at)iitr.ernet.in

Source: gate.iitb.ac.in