GATE 2013 Dates and Whats New in GATE 2013?

GATE 2013 Important Dates to Remember

GATE 2013 Online Applicant Interface (website) Opens	Saturday	1 September 2012 (00:00 Hrs)
Last date for Submission of GATE 2013 Online Application (website closure)	Sunday	30 September 2012 (23:00 Hrs)
Last date for the receipt of printed version of GATE 2013 ONLINE Application at the respective zonal GATE Office	Monday	8 October 2012
Last date for request of change of city	Tuesday	20 November 2012
Availability of GATE 2013 admit card on Online Application Interface	Wednesday	5 December, 2012
GATE 2013 Online Examination for Papers: AR, CE, GG, MA, MT, PH and TF	Sunday	20 January 2013 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2013 Online Examination for Papers: AE, AG, BT, CH, CY, MN, XE and XL	Sunday	20 January 2013 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
GATE 2013 Offline Examination for Papers: CS, ME and PI	Sunday	10 February 2013 (09:00 Hrs to 12:00 Hrs)
GATE 2013 Offline Examination for Papers: EC, EE and IN	Sunday	10 February 2013 (14:00 Hrs to 17:00 Hrs)
Announcement of results on Online Applicant Interface	Friday	15 March 2013 (10:00 Hrs)

Whats New in GATE 2013?

1. 15 subject papers will be conducted by an ONLINE computer based test: AE, AG, AR, BT, CE, CH, CY, GG, MA, MN, MT, PH, TF, XE, and XL.
2. Female candidates  are exempted from paying the application fee.
3. All candidate related information and grievance redressal will be available in a single GATE Online Applicant Interface.
4. In addition to sending recent photograph of applicant with signed application, soft copies of photograph and signature must be uploaded during online application.
5. A new formula will be used for calculating the GATE 2013 score.
6. Biometric information (Photograph and fingerprint) may be captured on the day of the examination for randomly selected candidates.