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I am Confused regarding selecting in between GATE and CAT for which should I prepare?


Abhijeet Sinha 24th Feb, 2020
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Rahul Student Expert 24th Feb, 2020
Hello aspirant,

GATE and CAT are both at two different ends. Through GATE you can do your M.Tech, Phd or research in which ever domain you are interested in IIT's or NIT's.While, through CAT you do MBA in the prestigious IIM's or Business schools of India.

So, GATE is completely technical based study whereas CAT is about business administration.

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https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/gate
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24th Feb, 2020
I Know and I am very much interested in CAT but it requires 10th and 12th percentage and it's not good enough in my case so then I think I should go for GATE that's why I am confused..
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Anantika Kushwaha 24th Feb, 2020
Hello Aspirant,

In order to choose between CAT and GATE you'll have to go through your interests and abilities once again. One can prepare for both, however it's quite tough. Go through the courses provided by both and maybe from that you can decide what is it that you're willing to do.
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dhameerbhatia31_7970609 Student Expert 24th Feb, 2020

It totally depends on your personal interest, you have to decide it that, in which field you have more interest whether you wan to go for M.tech or or you want to go for the Management. If you give GATE exam you will do M.Tech. If you have interest in technical field then you must go for M.Tech. After doing M.Tech you can go for research of can apply for different jobs.


And if you have interest in Business field then you must go for MBA i.e you must give CAT and various other management exams. After that if you apply for job you will get a good handsome salary. Another opportunity for MBA students is that, if the students wants to go abroad then they can give the exam GRE.


The in depth conclusion is: Both these exams are highly competitive and toughest entrance exams for Indian colleges. But then, GATE lets you to qualify for best colleges in India which imparts technical knowledge in engineering domain, like IITs. Whereas, CAT lets you to qualify for the hallowed B schools of India like IIMs.

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