GATE 2023 application form has been released on 30th August 2022 in online mode. GATE stands for Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. It is one of the top national level examinations in the field of Engineering and Technology. After clearing the GATE exam 2023, a student can get admission to higher studies or financial assistance for Masters and Doctoral programs. This examination will be conducted by any one of the IITs or IISc. Those candidates looking to appear for the GATE 2023 exam may go through this post to know all the important details about this test.

Latest: GATE 2023 application form is now available. 

GATE 2023 is all set to release on 30th August 2022.

GATE 2023 exam will be conducted by IIT Kanpur.

GATE 2023 Highlights

GATE 2023 Schedule

The official schedule of GATE 2023 is given in the following table.

GATE 2023 List of Subjects

GATE 2023 examination will be conducted for the following 29 subjects.

GATE Eligibility Criteria 2023

Candidates looking to apply for GATE 2023 must meet the following eligibility criteria.

Nationality 

• Indian nationals are eligible to apply.
• International candidates belonging to Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Ethiopia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) will also be  eligible

Educational Qualification

• Candidates who are currently studying in the 3rd or higher years of any UG degree program in the relevant field OR has already completed any government-approved degree program in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Science/ Commerce/ Arts are also eligible.

Age Limit

• There is no upper age limit.

Eligibility Criteria for International Students 

• International students who are currently living in countries such as Nepal, Bangladesh, Shri Lanka, Singapore, Ethiopia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) can also apply for GATE 2023.
• Please note that all international students must have completed or pursuing final year studies or pre-final year of their bachelor’s degree program in engineering and technology or equivalent.

GATE 2023 Application Form 

GATE 2023 application process will take place through the GOAPS (GATE Online Application Processing System).The complete process of GATE application form submission is explained below.

• • In order to apply, you need to visit the official website of GATE 2023 application form submission. Offline application form submission is not allowed.
  • To begin the application form submission, you need to register as a “New User”.
  • Once registered, you can log into GOAPS using the GOAPS Enrollment ID and GOAPS Password generated during registration.
  • After logging in, you will have to fill out the complete application form.
  • Then, in the application form, you will have to provide the following details.

• Personal Details – Name, Date of Birth, Phone Number, Father’s Name, Email Address, Gender, Nationality, etc. 

• Educational Qualification – name of university/college, university/ college location or college roll number, etc.

• • In the next step, you will have to upload scanned images of your photograph and signature.

• Finally, you need to pay the application fee as per your category. You should also take a printout of the application form submitted along with a receipt for future needs.

GATE Application Fee 2023

The application fee of GATE 2023 per subject paper is as follows.

Mode of Payment – Candidates can pay the application fee online using methods such as a credit card/ debit card/ Internet banking/ e-wallet.

Admit Card

• Once the process of application form submission gets over, candidates will be able to download the admit card.
• The admit card will release online through the official website of the IIT/ IISc conducting the GATE 2023 examination.
• To download the admit card, candidates will have to enter the GOAPS Id and password generated during registration.
• Through admit cards, candidates will get informed about the examination center venue and exam date.
• All candidates need to carry a hard copy of the admit card along with one photo Id proof at the time of the exam.

GATE 2023 Exam Pattern

The pattern of the GATE 2023 examination is given below.

• Mode of Examination – Online (Computer Based Test)
• Type of questions – Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ), Multiple-Select Questions (MSQ), and Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions
• Number of questions – 65 questions (10 GA + 55 subject related questions)
• Duration of examination – 3 hours
• Number of subjects (papers) – 29
• Maximum Marks – 100 marks
• Marking Pattern –  Some questions will carry 1 mark and a few questions will carry 2 marks
• Negative Marking – For 1 mark questions, 1/3 mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer. For 2 marks questions, 2/3 marks will be deducted for an incorrect answer.

GATE 2023 Syllabus

The syllabus of GATE 2023 depends upon the subjects have selected at the time of filling the application form. Here, we are providing the syllabus of GATE General Aptitude (GA) section that is common for all candidates.

• Verbal Aptitude – Basic English grammar: tenses, articles, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, verb-noun agreement, and other parts of speech Basic vocabulary: words, idioms, and phrases in context Reading and comprehension Narrative sequencing
• Analytical Aptitude – Logic: deduction and induction, Analogy, Numerical relations and reasoning
• Quantitative Aptitude – Data interpretation: data graphs (bar graphs, pie charts, and other graphs representing the data), 2- and 3-dimensional plots, maps, and tables Numerical computation and estimation: ratios, percentages, powers, exponents and logarithms, permutations and combinations, and series Mensuration and geometry Elementary statistics and probability
• Spatial Aptitude – Transformation of shapes: translation, rotation, scaling, mirroring, assembling, and grouping  Paper folding, cutting, and patterns in 2 and 3 dimensions

GATE 2023 Result 

• Before the result declaration, authorities will upload the answer keys and GATE 2023 response sheet.
• To check the result, candidates will have to provide their roll numbers and date of birth.
• The result will carry information about the subject-wise and total marks secured by applicants.
• Those who will secure more than GATE Cut Off 2023 marks will be declared successful.

Frequently Asked Questions 

Question – 1: In which cities the GATE 2023 examination will be conducted? 

Answer: The Tentative List of Zone-Wise exam center cities are given below.

• IISc Bangalore – 30 Cities – Ananthapuramu (AP), Angamaly (KL), Bagalkot (KA), Ballari (Bellary KA), Belagavi (Belgaum KA), Bengaluru North (KA), Bengaluru South (KA), Bidar (KA), Chikkamagaluru (KA), Davanagere (KA), Hassan (KA), Hubballi (Hubli KA), Hyderabad (TS), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga KA), Kannur (KL), Kasaragod (KL), Kolar (KA), Kozhikode (KL), Kurnool (AP), Malappuram (KL), Mangaluru (KA), Manipal (KA), Mysuru (Mysore KA), Palakkad (KL), Payyanur (KL), Port Blair (AN), Shivamogga (Shimoga KA), Thrissur (KL), Tumakuru (KA), Vatakara (KL)
• IIT Bombay – 30 Cities – Ahmedabad (GJ), Ahmednagar (MH), Akola (MH), Amravati (MH), Anand (GJ), Aurangabad (MH), Baramati (MH), Bhavnagar (GJ), Bhuj (GJ), Dhule (MH), Gandhinagar (GJ), Goa (GA), Jalgaon (MH), Kolhapur (MH), Mehsana (GJ), Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Thane (MH), Nagpur (MH), Nanded (MH), Nashik (MH), Pune (MH), Panvel-Raigad (MH), Rajkot (GJ), Ratnagiri (MH), Sangamner-Loni-Shirdi (MH), Sangli (MH), Satara (MH), Solapur (MH), Surat (GJ), Vadodara (GJ), Vasai-Palghar (MH)
• IIT Delhi – 19 Cities – Ajmer (RJ), Alwar (RJ), Bikaner (RJ), Faridabad (HR), Greater NOIDA (UP), Gurugram (HR), Hisar (HR), Indore (MP), Jaipur (RJ), Jammu-Samba (JK), Jodhpur (RJ), Kota (RJ), Mathura (UP), New Delhi (DL), Sikar (RJ), Sonepat (HR), Srinagar (JK), Udaipur (RJ), Ujjain (MP)
• IIT Guwahati – 21 Cities – Agartala (TR), Aizawl (MZ), Asansol-Durgapur (WB), Bokaro Steel City (JH), Burdwan (WB), Dhanbad (JH), Dibrugarh (AS), Dimapur-Kohima (NL), Gangtok (SK), Guwahati (AS), Imphal (MN), Itanagar (AR), Jorhat (AS), Kalyani (WB), Muzaffarpur (BR), Patna (BR), Purnea (BR), Shillong (ML), Silchar (AS), Siliguri (WB), Tezpur (AS).
• IIT Kanpur – 14 Cities – Agra (UP), Aligarh (UP), Allahabad (UP), Bareilly (UP), Bhopal (MP), Gorakhpur (UP), Gwalior (MP), Jabalpur (MP), Jhansi (UP), Kanpur (UP), Lucknow (UP), Sagar (MP), Satna (MP), Varanasi (UP).
• IIT Kharagpur – 26 Cities – Baharampur-Murshidabad (WB), Balasore (OD), Berhampur (OD), Bhilai (CH), Bhubaneswar (OD), Bilaspur (CH), Cuttack (OD), Dhenkanal (OD), Eluru (AP), Hazaribag (JH), Hooghly (WB), Jamshedpur (JH), Kakinada (AP), Kharagpur (WB), Kolkata (WB), Machilipatnam (AP), Raipur (CH), Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry AP), Ranchi(JH), Rourkela (OD), Sambalpur (OD), Srikakulam (AP), Tadepalligudem (AP), Vijayawada (AP), Visakhapatnam (AP), Vizianagaram (AP)
• IIT Madras – 40 Cities – Alappuzha (KL), Aluva-Ernakulam (KL), Attingal (KL), Chengannur (KL), Chennai South (TN), Chennai West (TN), Chirala (AP), Chittoor (AP), Coimbatore (TN), Cuddalore (TN), Dindigul (TN), Gudur (AP), Guntur (AP), Idukki (KL), Kadapa (AP), Kanjirapally (KL), Kanyakumari-Nagercoil (TN), Karimnagar (TS), Khammam (TS), Kodad (TS), Kollam (KL), Kothamangalam (KL), Kottayam (KL), Madurai (TN), Muvattupuzha (KL), Namakkal (TN), Nellore (AP), Ongole (AP), Puducherry (PY), Salem (TN), Thanjavur (TN), Thiruvananthapuram (KL), Thoothukudi (TN), Tiruchirapalli (TN), Tirunelveli (TN), Tirupati (AP), Vellore (TN), Villupuram (TN), Virudhunagar (TN), Warangal (TS)
• IIT Roorkee – 22 Cities – Ambala (HR), Amritsar (PB), Bathinda (PB), Dehradun (UK), Ghaziabad (UP), Haldwani (UK), Hamirpur-Una (HP), Jalandhar (PB), Karnal (HR), Kurukshetra (HR), Ludhiana (PB), Meerut (UP), Mohali-Chandigarh (PB), Moradabad (UP), Muzaffarnagar (UP), NOIDA (UP), Panipat (HR), Pathankot (PB), Patiala-Sangrur (PB), Roorkee (UK), Shimla-Solan (HP), Yamunanagar (HR)

Question – 2: Is there an age limit to appear for the GATE 2023 examination  

Answer: No, there is no age limit to appear for the GATE 2023 examination.

Question – 3: Can I use one email ID to fill out multiple GATE 2023 application forms?

Answer: No, you can use one email ID to fill in only one application form.

Question – 4:  Will I get a job after clearing the GATE 2023 examination?

Answer: There are many government and private departments that offer jobs to GATE qualified candidates. However, you need to apply separately for the same.