Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an examination which is conducted for Master of Engineering (ME), Master of Technology (MTech) and direct PhD admissions to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and other institutes/universities across India. It also opens the gateway to booming Public Sector Undertaking Companies (PSUs) and in the field of research. Some of the PSUs and research organizations which use GATE scores for providing jobs include ONGC, NTPC, GAIL, HPCL, PGCIL, BHEL, BSNL, NHPC, BARC, DRDO, etc.

GATE is an All-India examination administered and conducted in eight zones across the country by the GATE Committee comprising faculty members from IISc, Bangalore and other seven IIT’s on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.

With a successful attempt in GATE an aspirant can choose the most suitable option from wide range of roads to travel to his final career destination:

• Students can pursue M.Tech/M.S/ M.E/Ph.D from IISc Bangalore, IITs, NITs, IIITs and other reputed institutes.
• Students can pursue Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Engineering (PGDIE), Post Graduate Diploma in Manufacturing Management (PGDMM), Post Graduate Diploma in Project Management (PGDPM) from NITIE Mumbai.
• Several reputed Maharatna and Navratna PSUs and research organizations recruit on basis of GATE Score. i.e. IOCL, NTPC, BHEL, PGCIL, BARC, CSIR etc.
• Teaching: Professor, Asst. Professor at IITs, NITs and other reputed educational institutes.
• Junior Research Fellow: ISRO, DRDO, BARC, CSIR, IITs etc.
• Senior Research Fellow: ISRO, DRDO, BARC, CSIR, IITs etc.
• Junior/Senior Research Associates.
• Scientists “C” grade jobs.
• Lucrative opportunities in research & development after post-graduation.
• Multinational firms shortlist candidates on the basis of GATE score.
• Some international universities offers M.S or Ph.D programs on the basis of GATE Score.