What You Need To Know About GATE & ESE Examination

The GATE Exam Date and ESE 2020 Notification are already out. Tensions are soaring high for both parents and students alike. Especially those, who are set to give the examinations for the first time in their life. This article attempts to put all your doubts to rest by providing with basic information, features, similarities as well as differences between GATE and ESE Examination. Study hard, work smart and you’re bound to hit it right on target, passing both examinations with flying colours! For guidance, counseling and academic coaching approach IES Academy - the best GATE & ESE coaching institute in India.

GATE is conducted jointly by the IISc (Indian Institute of Science) and the seven IITs (Indian Institutes of Technologies) at on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) and the Government of India.

GATE examination is held for 24 disciplines:

• Aerospace Engineering
• Agricultural Engineering
• Architecture and Planning
• Biomedical
• Biotechnology
• Civil Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Computer Science and Information Technology
• Chemistry
• Electronics and Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Environmental Science and Engineering
• Ecology and Evolution
• Geology and Geophysics
• Instrumentation Engineering
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Petrol Engineering
• Physics
• Production and Industrial Engineering
• Textile Engineering and Fiber Science
• Engineering Sciences
• Life Sciences
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Statistics

The GATE Exam syllabus is not very different than what is taught at university levels when it comes to the subject matter. GATE checks Aptitude, Reasoning, English and Engineering Mathematics other than subjects of respective technical discipline. Questions asked are either Multiple Choice Question or Numerical Answer Type. There are four options from which one selects the right answer. Negative marketing is done only for the MCQ type and not the NAT type questions. Candidates who have successfully passed GATE examination can also apply for various other posts in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) based on their scores. Many organisations like BHEL, NTPC, BPCL, HPCL, etc., use GATE scores to select candidates.

Conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), the ESE Exam is appeared for by more candidates than GATE. The exam is conducted for only four core engineering branches namely Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering. The ESE syllabus and pattern, however, is wider in scope than GATE syllabus and therefore requires time and efforts for extra level preparation. Apart from the technical subjects of the respective branches, Paper-1 of ESE contains 10 subjects to check General knowledge that an engineering graduate must possess. The main difference lies in the fact that ESE Examination has somewhat a lengthy princess in the form of a Prelims followed by Mains Exam. Questions at the Mains stage are subjective and each question has subparts. Here writing skills, presentation skills, planning for answers before writing them in a time-bound manner matter the most. If you aspire to be a gazetted officer or a high grade professional in Indian Railways Service, Indian Defense Services, Indian Naval Armament Services and Indian Telecommunication Services, Indian Ordnance Factories Services, and the Central Water Engineering and Central Power Engineering Service, then IES is the right choice for you. It is one of the most coveted exams in the country and attracts lakhs of aspirants every year.

If you have gone through the documents of Gate Exam Date Notification and ESE 2020 Notification, you will find that both ESE and GATE do not demand candidates to have a bachelor’s degree in the same discipline in which they have applied for the examination. Speaking about the level of competition, the ratio can be considered as the number of candidates giving the exam vs the number of vacancies available. For IES, the ratio comes to 300:1 whereas for GATE it is 10:1. For customized batches, preparation strategy, problem-solving tactics and quality academic sessions join the best ESE & GATE training centre IES Academy. Contact us for more details.

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