GATE 2020 Registration: Official website (appsgate.iitd.ac.in) collapses

Today i.e on September 24, the official website for GATE 2020 registrations: https://appsgate.iitd.ac.in/ has faced huge traffic causing its collapse.

GATE 2020 application forms were made available by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on August 31, 2019, before the scheduled date. As per the GATE 2020 exam schedule released by the institute, forms were supposed to be available from September 3 and the last date for the same is September 24.

Due to the last date (as per the earlier released schedule) of filling the GATE 2020 Application Form, the official website witnessed huge traffic that made the website down. The heavy traffic on the website forced the exam conducting authority to extend the last date by two days. Now, the last date to fill the GATE 2020 application form is September 26, 2019.

GATE or Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering is an exam conducted for admission to postgraduate and doctorate level courses in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and other institutes/universities across India. GATE 2020 will be held on February 1, 2, 8 and 9 next year.

GATE is an online national level examination conducted for Master of Engineering (ME), Masters in Technology (MTech) and direct Ph.D. admissions. Through GATE, candidates can seek admission to the Master's programs and doctoral programs in Engineering, Architecture and relevant branches of Science in the institutes including IITs, IISc, NITs, IIITs, Government-Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs) and other universities in India. GATE scores are also used by Public Sector Units (PSUs) for job recruitments.

GATE 2020 Exam Dates

GATE 2020 exam dates have been announced by IIT Delhi on July 9. Take a look at GATE exam calendar below: