# Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering — Electrical Engineering (GATE EE) — Shishya exam context

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## Exam pattern
- Category: ENGINEERING · national
- Questions: 65 · Total marks: 100 · Marks per question: not stated
- Marking scheme: not stated — On our records +1 per question over 65 scored questions does not add up to the paper's 100 marks — different papers or sections of GATE EE score differently. Do not derive a per-question mark from the figures above; take the scheme from the conducting body's notice.
- Duration: 180 minutes
- Negative marking: −0.33 per wrong answer (stored-pattern figure — read the marking-scheme line before relying on it)
- Languages offered: EN
- Pattern source (EE paper): GATE 2027 Question Paper Pattern (IIT Madras) — https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/question_paper_pattern (read 2026-09-27)
- Official syllabus: https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/static/doc/GATE2027_Syllabus/EE_GATE2027_Syllabus.pdf

## Eligibility & vacancies
- Education: In the third or higher year of any undergraduate degree, or holding a government-approved degree in engineering, technology, architecture, science, commerce, arts or humanities.
- Note: Score valid for 3 years (GATE 2027 site). EE syllabus: https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/static/doc/GATE2027_Syllabus/EE_GATE2027_Syllabus.pdf
- Official portal: https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/ (IIT Madras — Organising Institute, GATE 2027, for the National Coordination Board – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education)

## Key dates — every tracker row from 120 days back to 365 days ahead (OFFICIAL = conducting body's notice linked · REPORTED = announced, secondary source cited · expected = estimate from previous cycles, NOT announced; an estimate whose date has passed is not listed here)
- 2026-09-02 — GATE 2027 online application (GOAPS) opened — OFFICIAL, notice: https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/important_dates
- 2026-09-27 — GATE 2027 regular registration closes (without late fee) — OFFICIAL, notice: https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/important_dates — today
- 2026-10-05 — GATE 2027 extended registration closes (with late fee) — OFFICIAL, notice: https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/important_dates — in 8 days
- 2026-10-14 — GATE 2027 application rectification window (14–21 Oct 2026) — OFFICIAL, notice: https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/important_dates — in 17 days
- 2027-01-04 — GATE 2027 exam city allotment notification — OFFICIAL, notice: https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/important_dates — in 99 days
- 2027-02-06 — GATE 2027 exams on 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21 Feb 2027 — the EE paper's own date is not announced yet — OFFICIAL, notice: https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/important_dates — in 132 days
- 2027-03-19 — GATE 2027 results announced — OFFICIAL, notice: https://gate2027.iitm.ac.in/important_dates — in 173 days
- Data updated: latest tracker row added 2026-09-26 · this file generated 2026-09-27 (IST)
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