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Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a national examination conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and the seven Indian Institutes of Technology (at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB)-GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.

Online applications for JRF/NET are invited twice a year on all India basis through Press Notification of Joint CSIR-UGC NET for JRF and LS/AP.

Qualifying in GATE is a mandatory requirement for seeking admission and/or financial assistance to:

(i) Master's programs and direct Doctoral programs in Engineering/Technology/Architecture and

(ii) Doctoral programs in relevant branches of Arts and Science, in the institutions supported by the MoE and other Government agencies. Even in some colleges and institutions, which admit students without MoE scholarship/assistantship, the GATE qualification is mandatory. Further, many Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have been using the GATE score in their recruitment process.

The Organising Institute for GATE 2022 is Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP).

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A candidate can apply for ONE or TWO papers (from the given set of combinations as per Table) of the 29 papers listed in the GATE INFORMATION BROCHURE or GATE website.

The choice of the appropriate paper is the responsibility of the candidate. Some guidelines in this respect are suggested below:

• The candidates are expected to appear in paper(s) [up to two as per the given set of combinations in Table] appropriate to the discipline of their qualifying degree.

• The candidates are, however, free to choose any other paper according to their admission plan, keeping in mind the eligibility criteria of the institutions in which they wish to seek admission.