GATE exam is a gateway for admission to the various postgraduate engineering programmes offered by the IITs, NITs, IIITs and other CFTIs as well as high pay PSU jobs. Many other institutes apart from the IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs also consider GATE score for offering admission to the candidates.

The following students are eligible to take GATE : Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering / Technology / Architecture (4 years after 10+2/ Post-B.Sc./ Post-Diploma) and those who are in the final year of such programs.