GATE

Yes, any candidate who meets the GATE 2026 eligibility will be able to appear for the exam. The criteria include the following -

• Any undergraduate student in 3rd year or higher years of any government approved programme in any of the following disciplines, such as engineering/technology/architecture/science/commerce/arts/humanities are eligible for the GATE. 
• Apart from that, the candidate must hold Indian citizenship.
• There is no age-limit or pass percentage to appear for the examination.
• Candidates from Nepal, Bangladesh, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates can apply for GATE 2026.

Candidates can find the GATE 2026 application form link on the official website of GATE 2026. For now, the link for GATE 2026 registration form is not activated yet. Candidates can also find the registration link here updated on our Shiksha page. 

The GATE 2026 registration link will remain active for a specific period of time. Therefore, aspirants are advised to fill out their application form as soon as possible. 

Candidates can select their GATE exam centres at the time of filling out the GATE 2026 application form. The GATE application form 2026 is now available. Candidates meeting the eligibility criteria must go through the eligibility conditions and apply before the due date. Candidates can select upto three cities (from the same zone) from the list provided by the authorities. The list of the GATE 2026 can be checked zone-wise, which is as follows -

• Zone 1  - IISc Bengaluru
• Zone 2 - IIT Bombay
• Zone 3 - IIT Delhi
• Zone 4 -IIT Guwahati
• Zone 5 - IIT Kanpur
• Zone 6 - IIT Kharagpur
• Zone 7 - IIT Madras
• Zone 8 - IIT Roorkee

Candidates from Nepal, Bangladesh, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates can apply for GATE 2026. However, candidates need to go through the GATE eligibility criteria carefully before applying. 

No a GATE score is optional. TS PGECET can be also used to secure admission to M.Tech at Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research, Hyderabad. The candidates should have requirements of graduation. Both the two entrance tests are enough to apply.

Class 12 marks do not impact  into IIT admissions. But if you get 70 and above then there are more chances to be highlighted after GATE.  

Gate is given for Masters admission especially M.Tech . 

Gate score between 400 and 800 is required to get admission in IIT or NITs.

IIT Guwahati has announced the GATE 2026 dates on the official website. The GATE exam dates will help candidates to prepare and plan their revision. The GATE exam will be held on different dates in two sessions. The GATE M.Tech datescan be checked below -

The GATE 2026 dates are now available. Registrations started on August 28. The GATE dates will include registration, admit card, exam dates, and result dates. Candidates are advised to keep checking the official website of GATE 2026 for the updates. The GATE 2026 exam dates are as follows -

The most registered and appeared GATE paper codes are as follows -

• Computer Science (CS)
• Civil Engineering (CE)
• Mechanical Engineering (ME)
• Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC)
• Electrical Engineering (EE)

New GATE subjects/papers like Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA) are also growing in popularity.

Here is a brief stats of GATE 2025 registered and appeared applicants of the above subjects -

A total of 936019 candidates had registered in GATE 2025, out of which 747319 candidates had appeared in the examination.