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Organisation : Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Exam Name : Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2022
Applicable For : Candidate who is currently studying in the 3rd or higher years of any undergraduate degree
Exam Date : Saturday 5th, Sunday 6th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th February, 2022
Website : https://gate.iitkgp.ac.in/index.html

IITKGP GATE Exam

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an examination that primarily tests the comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in engineering and science for admission into the Masters Program and Recruitment by some Public Sector Companies.

GATE 2022 is conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and six other Indian Institutes of Technology at Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Chennai, Roorkee & Indian Institute of Science at Bengaluru on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.

Eligibility Criteria

1. A candidate who is currently studying in the 3rd or higher years of any undergraduate degree program OR has already completed any government approved degree program in Engineering / Technology / Architecture / Science / Commerce / Arts is eligible to appear for GATE 2022 examination.

2. There is NO age limit to appear for GATE 2022 examination.

How To Apply?

Applications will be accepted ONLINE only through GATE 2022 website (https://gate.iitkgp.ac.in). Even if a candidate is appearing for TWO papers, the candidate should fill ONLY ONE application form.

Application Fee

The fee per subject paper is given below, for two papers the amount of fee is twice that for a single paper.

For Examination Centres in India	Regular Period (30th Aug to 24th Sept 2021)	During the Extended Period (25th Sept to 1st Oct 2021)
Female candidates (per paper)	750	1250
SC / ST / PwD* category candidates (per paper)	750	1250
All other candidates (per paper)	1500	2000

Fee Charges for changes / modifications (One-Time Only) in GATE 2022 Application (from 1st to 12th November 2021)

No.	Description of Changes / Modifications	Fee Charges
(i)	Change in Name	500
(ii)	Change in Date of Birth	500
(iii)	Change in choice of examination cities	500
(iv)	Change of existing paper	500
(v)	Add a second paper (from given combinations with respect to the primary paper)	500 plus suitable amount per paper for the candidate’s category
(vi)	Change of gender to female	500
(vii)	Change of gender from female to any other gender	500 + 750 = 1250
(viii)	Change of category to SC/ST	500
(xi)	Change of category from SC/ST to any other	500 + 750 = 1250
(x)	Change from Non-PwD/Dyslexic to PwD/Dyslexic	500
(xi)	Change from PwD/Dyslexic to Non-PwD/Dyslexic	500 + 750 = 1250
(xii)	Any other change in category (not mentioned above)	500
(xiii)	Details of Parents/Guardian/Correspondence Address	500
(xiv)	College Name and Location, Roll No., Registration No.	500

Exam Details

Dates of examination: Saturday 5th, Sunday 6th, Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th February, 2022. There are two sessions (forenoon and afternoon) each day.

Two NEW subject papers are introduced:
i. Geomatics Engineering (GE)
ii. Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NM)

** Fully Computer Based Test (CBT).
** Total number of subject papers: 29.
** All Test Papers of GATE 2022 examinations will be entirely of objective type.
** The pattern of questions will include some Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), while the remaining questions may include
** Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) and/or Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.
** ONE or TWO subject papers allowed. TWO Paper combinations have to be chosen from the given list of combinations of papers.
** Final allotment of TWO papers will still be subject to availability of infrastructure and dates.

Important Dates