GATE 2021 Exam Dates Announced | Third year students are now allowed !
On July 25, 2020, IIT Bombay (GATE 2021 exam organizing institute) released following information:
- Dates for the GATE-2021 examination: Due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation, they have spread out the date over a longer duration as 5th to 7th and 12th to 14th February 2021.
- In order to provide an additional opportunity to applicants and improve their performance to secure better career options, eligibility criteria to appear for GATE 2021 is relaxed from the minimum 10+2+4 (ongoing) to minimum 10+2+3 (ongoing). Thus enabling third year students to appear for the GATE examination.
- Till GATE 2020 applicant could write only one subject paper but from GATE 2021 the candidate can now opt for up to two subject papers (from a prescribed set of combinations) that the exam calendar would permit.
- Two new subject papers are introduced: ES (Environmental Science and Engineering) and XH (Humanities and Social Sciences), making the total number of subject papers to 27.
Above information was shared on Director, IIT Bombay Facebook page. Link
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