GATE 2012 Notification,Eligibility, Examination Structure, Examination Schedule

GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST IN ENGINEERING shortly called as GATE and this year gate notification is released and the exam dates of GATE 2012 are Date of Online Examination: 29-01-2012(Sunday),Date of Offline Examination: 12-02-2012 (Sunday). The Examination Schedule of GATE 2012 is :

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,Government of India.
Eligibility for GATE
The following categories of candidates ONLY are eligible to appear for GATE:
a) Bachelor’s degree holders in Engineering/Technology/ Architecture (4 years after 10+2) and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
b) Master’s degree holders in any branch of Science/Mathematics/ Statistics/Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
c) Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master’s degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology.
d) Candidates in the fourth or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master’s degree programme or Dual Degree programme in Engineering/Technology.
e) Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by Institute of Engineers (India); AMICE by Institute of Civil Engineers (India)) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.
The websites of Different IIT's are:
IISc Bengaluru
gate.iisc.ernet.in
IIT Bombay
www.iitb.ac.in/gate
IIT Delhi
http://gate.iitd.ac.in/GATE
IIT Guwahati
www.iitg.ernet.in/gate
IIT Kanpur
www.iitk.ac.in/gate
IIT Kharagpur
gate.iitkgp.ac.in
IIT Madras
gate.iitm.ac.in
IIT Roorkee
www.iitr.ac.in/gate

Commencement of Online Application submission
Monday-12 Sept 2011

Announcement of results
Thursday
15 March 2012

This year Pre-final year students are not eligible to write GATE 2012.