GATE 2017 Eligibility & Exam Centers
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2026 ( GATE )
Exam On - 7 Feb '26
GATE 2017 Eligibility and Exam Centers
GATE 2017 eligibility criteria was declared recently along with GATE exam dates. The exam will be held on February 4, 5, 11 and 12, in 2017. However, the final schedule will be displayed on the official website of the institute and GATE 2017 by June 25. IIT Roorkee will be the organizing institute of the exam.
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The basic eligibility criteria to appear for GATE 2017 too have been released. The detailed one will be declared shortly. Take a look at the basic requirement to appear for GATE 2017 below:
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GATE 2017 Eligibility Criteria:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology (4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after diploma in Engineering /Technology) and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
- Bachelor’s degree in Architecture (Five year course) and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
- Bachelor’s degree of four year programme in Science (B.Sc) and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
- Master’s degree in any branch of Science/Mathematics/Statistics/Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
- Four year integrated Master’s degree(Post B.Sc) in Engineering/Technology and those in the second or higher year of such programmes.
- Five year integrated Master’s degree or dual degree in Engineering/Technology and those in the fourth or higher year of such programmes.
- Five year integrated M.Sc or Five year integrated B.Sc/M.Sc degree and those in the final year of such programmes.
- Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognised by UPSC/AICTE as equivalent to B.E/B.Tech. Those who have completed section of A of AIME or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.
- GATE candidates from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka and UAE should have completed Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Master’s degree in Science in a relevant subject or are in the final year of the program.
The detailed subject wise eligibility criteria for GATE 2017 will be released soon.
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GATE 2017 Exam Centers:
| Zonal GATE Office |
Tentative List of Examination Cities* |
| Chairman, GATE, IISc Bangalore, Bengaluru - 560 012 Website: gate.iisc.ernet.in |
Ananthapur, Bagalkot, Bengaluru, Bellary, Belgaum, Bidar, Davengere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Hubli, Hyderabad, Kannur, Kasargod, Kolar, Kozhikode, Kurnool, Malappuram, Mangalore, Manipal, Mysore, Palakkad, Payyannur, Port Blair, Shimoga, Thrissur, Tumkur and Vadakara |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Bombay Powai, Mumbai - 400 076 Website: www.gate.iitb.ac.in |
Ahmedabad, Ahmednagar, Amravati, Anand, Aurangabad, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Goa, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mehsana, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Rajkot, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Surat, Thane and Vadodara |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi – 110016 Website: gate.iitd.ac.in |
Ajmer, Alwar, Bahadurgarh, Bikaner, New Delhi, Faridabad, Greater NOIDA, Gurgaon, Hisar,Indore, Jammu, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Karnal, Kota, Mathura, Palwal, Rohtak, Sikar, Udaipur and Ujjain |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Guwahati Guwahati – 781039 Website:www.iitg.ernet.in/gate |
Agartala, Asansol, Dhanbad, Durgapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Imphal, Jorhat, Kalyani, Patna, Silchar, Siliguri, Shillong and Tezpur |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Kanpur Kanpur – 208016 Website: gate.iitk.ac.in |
Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur – 721302 Website: gate.iitkgp.ac.in |
Balasore, Berhampur (Odisha), Bhilai, Bhimavaram, Bhubaneswar, Bilaspur (CG), Cuttack, Eluru, Hooghly, Jamshedpur, Kakinada (Surampalem), Kharagpur/Haldia/Bishnupur, Kolkata, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Ranchi, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Vizianagaram |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Madras Chennai – 600036 Website: gate.iitm.ac.in |
Alappuzha, Aluva, Angamaly, Attingal, Bapatla, Chennai, Chengannur, Chittoor, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Ernakulam, Erode, Gudur, Guntur, Idukki, Kadapa, Kanjirapally, Kanyakumari, Karimnagar, Karur, Khammam, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Madurai, Muvattupuzha, Nagercoil, Nalgonda, Namakkal, Nedumangad, Nellore, Ongole, Pala, Puducherry (Pondicherry), Punalur, Salem, Thanjavur, Thiruchengode, Thiruvannamalai, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Tirupati, Tuticorin, Vellore, Villupuram, Virudhunagar and Warangal |
| Chairman, GATE, IIT Roorkee Roorkee – 247667 Website: www.gate.iitr.ernet.in |
Ambala, Amritsar, Baddi, Bathinda, Bhimtal, Dehradun, Fatehgarh Sahib, Ghaziabad, Haldwani, Hamirpur (HP), Jalandhar, Khanna, Kurukshetra, Ludhiana, Malout, Meerut, Mohali, Moradabad, NOIDA, Panipat, Pathankot, Patiala, Phagwara, Roorkee, Ropar, Sangrur, Shimla, Solan, Sonepat, Una and Yamunanagar |
| For International Centers, contact shall be Chairman, GATE, IIT Roorkee Roorkee – 247667 Website: www.gate.iitr.ernet.in |
Abu Dhabi/Dubai (UAE), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Colombo (Sri Lanka), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Kathmandu (Nepal), Singapore |
o GATE candidates from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka and UAE should have completed Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Master’s degree in Science in a relevant subject or are in the final year of the program.
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