GATE Application Form 2016 is now made available by Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to be filled by interested and eligible candidates. It is available on GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) on www.appsgate.issc.ernet.in as well as Entrance Corner till 1 October 2015. Candidates have to fill this application form to appear in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering Examination 2016. The process of GATE 2016 Application Form comprises of several steps:
Fee for Application Form
Without application fee, the form would not be accepted by the GATE officials. Payment of application fee can be made in online or offline mode. For online payment – debit or credit card or net-banking. For offline payment – make payment via e-challan. In online mode, additional charges would be levied on the candidate. Tariff of GATE Online Application Form 2016 is as follows:
Candidates have to register on GOAPS using name, date of birth, category, and gender to fill the application form. Once a candidate has registered, he can login his account and fill the details, upload scanned image of photo and signature, and submit the GATE Application Form 2016.GOAPS is candidate friendly and very supportive. It uses easy interface so that even a novice candidate can easily fill the form. Signature and photo specifications are mentioned below:
Signature Specifications
- Downloading official brochure and reading it.
- Reading eligibility criteria and ensuring that you are eligible.
- Filling the online GATE Application Form 2016.
- Uploading the documents, signature, and photograph.
- Paying application fee and downloading application form in PDF form.
Fee for Application Form
Without application fee, the form would not be accepted by the GATE officials. Payment of application fee can be made in online or offline mode. For online payment – debit or credit card or net-banking. For offline payment – make payment via e-challan. In online mode, additional charges would be levied on the candidate. Tariff of GATE Online Application Form 2016 is as follows:
- Fee for women candidate of any category – Rs.750
- Fee for SC/ST/PwD category candidates – Rs.750
- All other candidates – Rs.1500
Candidates have to register on GOAPS using name, date of birth, category, and gender to fill the application form. Once a candidate has registered, he can login his account and fill the details, upload scanned image of photo and signature, and submit the GATE Application Form 2016.GOAPS is candidate friendly and very supportive. It uses easy interface so that even a novice candidate can easily fill the form. Signature and photo specifications are mentioned below:
Signature Specifications
- Draw a rectangular box of size 2 cm × 7 cm (Height x Width) on an A4 white paper.
- Mark your signature with black or dark blue ink pen within this box.
- Scan the image using a professional scanner in JPG format.
- Maximum pixel resolution for the image is 160 × 560.
- Minimum pixel resolution for the image is 80 × 280.
- Photo must be taken after 1 August 2015.
- Background of the photo must be light or white color.
- Face of the candidate must occupy at least 50% of area.
- Size of the image must be 3.5 cm × 4.5 cm (Width x Height).
- Maximum pixel resolution for JPEG: 480 × 640 (0.3 Mega pixel).
- Minimum pixel resolution for JPEG: 240 × 320.