GATE: How To Apply

GATE Online Application Process

Note: This is method for GATE 2008, For 2009 page will be updated as soon as information is updated by GATE organiser committee. Follow following steps for filling online application:

Make payment (Demand Draft only)
In order to fill in the online application, payment of application fee has to made apriori. The payments are made through Demand Draft only.

Application fee: Rs. 900/- for GENERAL category and Rs. 400/- for SC/ST category.

The application fee is not refundable.

Demand drafts (Rs. 900 for GENERAL category and Rs. 400 for SC/ST category) should be made in favour of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on any nationalized bank payable at Bangalore.

Fill in the online application form
Register on the IISC registration site(now closed). Email Id will be required for this. Fill in the form online along with Draft details. Submit the form. After submission generate PDF version of the form (PDF generator available through GATE site). Take a print out of the form.

Signature & Photograph
On the PRINTED application form mentioned in step-2, PASTE a recent good quality non-attested photo of yourself in the space provided. Sign in the space provided for specimen signature and the declaration at the bottom of the application form. The signature should be identical in both the places and it should be candidate signature only.

Sign in full using only black ball point pen in the box provided. Since the signature is proof of your identity, it must be genuine and in full; initials are not sufficient. Signature in CAPITAL LETTERS is not permitted. The form must be signed only by you and not by any other person. The signature will be scanned and put on the Admit Card as well as the Scorecard. If the candidate’s signature on the answer script, at the time of the examination, does not match the signature on the Admit Card, the candidate will be disqualified.

Post
Place the Demand Draft, printed online application form and if applicable, the SC/ST and/or Disability certificates in an envelope and send it to THE CHAIRMAN, GATE, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE - 560012 by SPEED/ REGISTERED POST only.

GATE Offline Application Process

Application fee: Rs. 1000/- for GENERAL category and Rs. 500/- for SC/ST category.

The application fee is not refundable.

Information Brochures and Application Forms are obtainable on payment of cash from the designated Bank Branches corresponding to each zone. Candidates can also obtain Information Brochures and Application Forms by Post from/or personally at the GATE offices. For this purpose a Demand Draft is to be sent for the amount as above to the Chairman, GATE of the corresponding zonal GATE office, along with a request letter and two self-addressed slips.

The application packet contains the Information Brochure, Basic Data Sheet (BDS) cum Application form, Acknowledgement Card and the Envelope for enclosing the documents. CHECK that the application number is identical in all the above mentioned documents in the application packet. If there is any discrepancy, report to the Chairman, GATE of the corresponding zonal GATE office.

Fill in the Acknowledgement Card and the Envelope. Place the BDS cum Application Form, bank pay-in-slip/receipt of payment, Acknowledgement card and if applicable, the SC/ST and /or Disability certificates in the provided Envelope and send it to the respective zonal GATE office depending on the first choice of the examination city where the candidate wishes to appear. The envelope with enclosures may be handed over personally to the respective zonal GATE office or be sent by SPEED/ REGISTERED POST only.