The GATE is held every year on the second Sunday of February, across the country in over 100 cities. At present nearly 60,000 students write GATE every year. Candidates can choose a single paper of 3 hours duration to appear in GATE from the discipline papers shown in the following Table.

Papers XE and XL are general in nature and comprise of the following sections: 
Candidates appearing in XE or XL papers are required to answer

Three Sections, one compulsory as indicated below: 

ENGINEERING SCIENCES(XE)	CODE	LIFE SCIENCES(XL)	CODE
Engg. Maths (Compulsory)	A	Chemistry (Compulsory)	H
Computational Science	B	Biochemistry	I
Electrical Sciences	C	Biotechnology	J
Fluid Mechanics	D	Botany	K
Materials Science	E	Microbiology	L
Solid Mechanics	F	Zoology	M
Thermodynamics	G

GATE Results

The GATE result will be announced on March 15, 2007 at 10000 hrs. at GATE offices of IITs/ IISc.  

GATE Score Card

1. Every qualified candidate will receive an original GATE Scorecard valid for two years . Additional Scorecards (up to a maximum of two) will be issued only once on request and on payment of Rs 300 per card. Such requests should reach the Organizing Chairman, GATE 2007, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur , Kanpur 208016 before August 31, 2007 together with a bank draft in favour of Chairman GATE, IIT Kanpur, payable at Kanpur . These cards will be labelled as Additional Scorecard -1 and Additional Scorecard - 2 at the top. However, if the candidate changes his/her admitting institution by using the additional scorecard(s), he/she is required to clarify the matters related to his/her admission and Scholarship/Assistantship with the new institution where subsequent admission change is sought.

2. Scorecard will be sent only to the qualified candidates. No information will be sent to candidates who are not qualified

3. The GATE Scorecard is a valuable document

4. The Scorecard cannot be treated as a proof of date of birth, category and disability status

5. The Scorecard will indicate GATE Score and Rank of the Qualified Candidates

i.  GATE Score

The GATE SCORE of a candidate is a statistical performance index in the range 0 to 1000. It reflects the ability of a candidate, irrespective of the paper or year in which he/she has qualified. Candidates with same GATE SCORE from different disciplines and/or years can be considered to be of equal ability.

GATE Score:   where,

m = marks obtained by the candidate.

a = average of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper mentioned on this scorecard, in the 
Gate 2007.

s = standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared in the paper mentioned on this scorecard, in GATE 2007.

= global average of marks of all candidates who appeared across all papers and years (2004-2007)

= global standard deviation of marks of all candidates who appeared across all papers and years (2004-2007)

 

• GATE Score Range	Ability Level
  800 to 1000	Outstanding
  675 to 800	Excellent
  550 to 675	Very good
  425 to 550	Good
  300 to 425	Above average
  100 to 300	Average
  Below 100	Below average

  
  

• The evaluation of the ORS is carried out by a computerized process using scanning machines, with utmost care. Requests for revaluation of the answer script and re-totaling of marks will not be entertained.

• The GATE result and particulars of the qualified candidates will be made available to interested organizations (educational institutions, R and D laboratories, industries etc.) in India and abroad based on written request by the organization and on payment. Details can be obtained from GATE Chairmen of IITs / IISc.