GATE 2019 Admit Card to be released today at 4 pm, check steps to download

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Madras will release the GATE 2019 Admit Card today at 4 pm. This year, the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) will take place between February 2 and February 10, 2019. GATE 2019 will be held in two shifts each day - morning and afternoon. While the first round of examination will be held between 9 am to 12 pm, the second round is scheduled to take place between 2 pm and 5 pm. The results will be announced on March 16, 2019.

"Candidates will be able to download GATE 2019 Admit Card from 4/1/2019 evening (around 4:00 pm)," reads the official update released this morning. Close to 10 lakh candidates take the exam every year, which is a gateway to higher level engineering courses and PSU jobs. GATE 2019 result will be declared in March.

Here are the steps to download your GATE 2019 Admit Card:

Step 1: Visit the official website of GATE - gate.iitm.ac.in

Step 2: Click on the link - Admit Card under the Quick Links box

Step 3: Enter your Enrollment ID / Email Address and Password to login to your account

Step 4: Enter the Captcha

Step 5: Click on submit

Step 6: GATE 2019 Admit Card will appear on your screen

Step 7: Download and take a print out of your admit card for future reference

For the GATE exam, calculators, mobile phones, wristwatches, and other electronic devices are not allowed. The exam will be for the 3-hour duration and will comprise 65 questions, each carrying 1 or 2 marks, totaling 100 marks. There will be negative marking for wrong questions in multiple choice questions. However, there will be no negative marking for wrong answers in numerical answer type questions.

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) tests the comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in engineering and science. GATE is conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven Indian Institutes of Technologies at Roorkee, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Chennai (Madras) and Mumbai (Bombay) on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), and Government of India. The GATE score of a candidate reflects the relative performance level of a candidate.