Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an all India examination administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technology on behalf of the National Coordination Board - GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

The GATE committee, which comprises of representatives from the administering institutes, is the sole authority for regulating the examination and declaring the results.

GATE is conducted through the constitution of eight zones. The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are:

  Zone-1: Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
  Zone-2: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  Zone-3: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
  Zone-4: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
  Zone-5: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  Zone-6: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  Zone-7: Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  Zone-8: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

The following categories of candidates are eligible to appear in GATE :

Bachelor degree holders in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture (4 years after 12th) and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.

Master degree holders in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final or pre-final year of such programmes.

Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/ Technology or in the third or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master degree programme and Dual Degree programme in Engineering/ Technology.

Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognised by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by IE(I), AMICE(I) by the Institute of Civil Engineers (India)-ICE(I)) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.

PGECET

Post-graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (PGECET) for admission into M.E./M.Tech./M.Pharm./M.Arch./M.Plg. Courses in the University and Affiliated Engineering Colleges in Andhra Pradesh.

Applications are invited for appearing at the Post-graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (PGECET) for admission into M.E. /M.Tech./M.Pharm./M.Arch/M.Planning(Full Time) in University and Affiliated Engineering Colleges in A.P. to be conducted by Osmania University .

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

Candidates satisfying the following requirements will be eligible to appear for the PGECET.

i) The candidate should be of Indian Nationality.

ii) The candidate should satisfy Local/Non-Local status requirement as laid down in A.P. Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission) order of 1974 as subsequently amended.

iii) The candidate should have passed or appeared for the final year of B.E./B.Tech/AMIE/B.Pharmacy/B.Arch./B.Planning or equivalent examination for seeking admission into post-graduate courses and its specialization.

iv) Eligibility requirement is as per each programme/course offered and details are given in information booklet which is available along with application form or in website: www.osmania.ac.in.