A GATEway to new horizons

Updated on: Sunday, October 24, 2010

The all India examination conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) on behalf of the National Coordination Board, GATE, will be conducted on 30-01-2011 (online) and 13-02-2011 (offline).

Admission to postgraduate programmes with MHRD and some other government scholarships/ assistantships in engineering colleges/institutes is open to those who qualify in the GATE examination. GATE-qualified candidates with a Bachelor’s degree in engineering/ technology/architecture or a Master’s degree in any branch of science/mathematics/statistics/ computer applications are eligible for admission to Master’s degree programmes in engineering/technology/ architecture and for doctoral programmes in the relevant branches of science with MHRD or other government scholarships/ assistantships. To avail of the scholarship, you must secure admission to such a postgraduate programme, as per the prevailing procedure of the admitting institution. However, candidates with a Master’s degree in engineering/technology/ architecture may seek admission to relevant doctoral programmes with scholarship/assistantship without appearing in the GATE examination.

Eligibility
1) Bachelor’s degree holders in engineering/technology/architecture and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.
2) 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.
3) 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 the five-year integrated Master’s degree programme and dual degree programme in engineering/technology.
4) Candidates qualified through exams conducted by professional societies recognised by the UPSC/AICTE etc, by the Institute of Civil Engineers as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed section A or the equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.

Application
Candidates can submit their application forms in two different modes: online and offline. The last date of submission for online application forms is October 27, 2010 and completed offline application forms is November 02, 2010.
For more log on to http://gate.iitm. ac.in/gate2011 and http://gate.iitm. ac.in/gate2011/pdffiles/brochure.pdf

A GATEway to new horizons

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