GATE 2027 Countdown

The GATE countdown shows the time left until the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, a national exam run each year by one of the IITs or IISc for postgraduate admissions and public sector recruitment in engineering, science and some humanities subjects.

GATE is spread over several days, with each subject's paper on one of them. This countdown runs to the first exam day at 9:30 am IST and lists all six dates, so you can find yours. With a score that stays valid for three years, many candidates use the countdown to plan a second attempt as well.

Each GATE paper lasts three hours, with 65 questions worth 100 marks, including 15 marks of General Aptitude common to all papers. Questions are multiple choice, multiple select or numerical answer; only wrong multiple-choice answers lose marks.

A GATE score stays valid for three years. It's used for M.Tech and direct PhD admissions at IITs, NITs and other institutes, and many public sector companies recruit through it.