Eligibility to write the GATE 2015 Exam:
An aspiring candidate should satisfy any one of
the following criteria to write the gate exam.
A 4-year graduate degree in Technology,
Engineering or Architecture with 10+2 pattern of education or Post-Diploma or
Post-B.Sc., and those who are doing their final year in these courses are
eligible to write the gate exam.
A master’s degree in any branch of Mathematics,
Science, Computer Applications, or Statistics or equivalent degree and those
who are doing their final year in these courses are eligible to writ the gate
exam.
Applicants in the second or higher year of a
4-year integrated Postgraduate degree programs in Technology or Engineering and
those who are doing their final year in these courses are eligible to write the gate exam..
Applicants in the 4th or higher year of 5year integrated
Postgraduate degree programs or double Degree programs in Technology or
Engineering and those who are doing their final year in these courses are
eligible to write the gate exam.
Applicants with qualifications acquired through
exams conducted by certified societies accepted by AICTE or UPSC as equivalent
to B.Tech or B.E are eligible to writ the gate exam.
Financial Support
A legitimate gate exam mark is necessary for
getting financial support during Postgraduate programs and straight Doctoral
programs in Technology, Engineering or Architecture, and Doctoral programs in
pertinent disciplines of Science in institutions approved by the Human
Resources Development ministry of India or other Government recognized
organizations.
According to the directives of the Ministry of
Human Resources Development of India, the following system is to be adopted for
getting admission to the Doctoral and Master’s degree programs with the
assistance-ship or scholarship of the Ministry of Human Resources Development
of India.
According to the standards adopted by a
particular institution or department of the institution, an applicant may be
admitted unswervingly into a course derived from his or her performance in the
gate exam only.
The applicant may be admitted derived from his
or her performance in the gate exam and an admission exam or interview carried
out by the faculty to which he or she has applied and, or the educational
record of the candidate. In this case, the least amount of 70 percent weightage
is to be offered to the performance in the gate exam and the balance weightage
of 30 percent is to be given to the candidate’s performance in examination or
interview and, or educational record of the candidate.
