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New Delhi, November 27: Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi - the conducting body of GATE has released the branch wise exam schedule of GATE 2020. The examination will be conducted on February 1, 2, 8 and 9 over 8 sessions. This year a total of 8,58,030 students have registered for GATE for total 25 Papers including the newly added paper of Biomedical Engineering. GATE 2020 will be conducted over 4 days with 2 sessions each day. The forenoon session will be held from 09:30 AM– 12:30 PM and the exams in the afternoon session will be conducted from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM. The paper wise schedule of GATE 2020 is given below:
GATE 2020 Exam Schedule
Session Code | Exam Date | Time | Paper Code |
S1 | February 1, 2020 (Saturday) | 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM (Forenoon Session) | IN, ME1, MT, PE, PH |
S2 | February 1, 2020 (Saturday) | 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM (Afternoon Session) | CY, ME2, PI |
S3 | February 2, 2020 (Sunday) | 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM (Forenoon Session) | AR, BM, BT, CH, MA, MN, ST, XE, XL |
S4 | February 2, 2020 (Sunday) | 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM (Afternoon Session) | AE, AG, EC, GG |
S5 | February 8, 2020 (Saturday) | 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM (Forenoon Session) | EE, EY, TF |
S6 | February 8, 2020 (Saturday) | 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM (Afternoon Session) | CS |
S7 | February 9, 2020 (Sunday) | 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM (Forenoon Session) | CE1 |
S8 | February 9, 2020 (Sunday) | 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM (Afternoon Session) | CE2 |
GATE 2020 Paper Codes
Paper | Code | Paper | Code |
Architecture and Planning | AR | Geology and Geophysics | GG |
Biotechnology | BT | Mathematics | MA |
Aerospace Engineering | AE | Physics | PE |
Agricultural Engineering | AG | Engineering Sciences | XE* |
Chemical Engineering | CH | Life Sciences | XL** |
Civil Engineering | CE | Instrumentation Engineering | IN |
Computer Science and Information Technology | CS | Mining Engineering | MN |
Electronics and Communication Engineering | EC | Mechanical Engineering | ME |
Electrical Engineering | EE | Textile Engineering and Fiber Science | TF |
Chemistry | CY | Production and Industrial Engineering | PI |
Ecology and Evolution | EY | Petroleum Engineering | PE |
Statistics | ST | Metallurgical Engineering | MT |
All the papers will be held in a single session except Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering that will be conducted over 2 sessions indicating that the most number of candidates registered for these 2 papers. The day and time of examination of the candidate will be present in the GATE admit card which will be available for download from January 3.
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