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Qualification required for GATE exam ?


Adarsh 25th May, 2019
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Saptarshi Mazumdar 25th May, 2019

Candidates should have completed their Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture or Master’s degree (M.Sc) in any relevant science subject or must be in the final year of the programme. Students appearing in final year exam or passed MCA, BS/ B.Sc (with Research), Integrated ME/ M. Tech, Integrated M. SC/ MS can also appear for GATE. Every student should have the necessary document or certificate from the Principal of the college.


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Uddeshya Gupta 25th May, 2019

Hello,

The basic academic qualification that is required for appearing in gate examination is-:

Candidate must have completed his/her bachelor's degree or master's degree in science field or he/she could be in the final year 

There is no pass percentage in the qualifying degree 

There is also no age limit 

 Further more the candidate must be a citizen of India and if he/she belongs to Nepal,UAE,Bangladesh or sri lanka he/she is allowed to sit in the examination 

For more eligibility criteria you can refer to this link 

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-eligibility-criteria

you can ask if you have more queries 

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Abhishek Ranjan Student Expert 25th May, 2019

Hi Adarsh,

You can apply for GATE after completing your B tech course. For complete details about the GATE exam you can go through the below of career 360.

            https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-eligibility-criteria

Abhijit Kundu 25th May, 2019

Hi Adarsh,

GATE Eligibility Criteria 2019 mandates a candidate to hold a Bachelor’s Degree from a recognized university/ institute in order to apply for the exam. Registration window for this session closed on October 1, 2019.

There is no minimum or maximum age limit prescribed to appear for the examination.

There is no limit on number of attempts to appear or apply for GATE exam. However, the eligibility for M.Tech admission through GATE score may vary as per the participating institute. 

You can find the eligibility criteria in detail here:

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/gate-eligibility-criteria

All the best!

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