GATE 2020 Applications Decline: IIT Delhi completed the GATE 2020 application process for the postgraduate level engineering entrance exams for admission to IITs on 5th October 2019. As per the details shared by the institute, a total of total 8.58 lakhs GATE 2020 applications have been received this year. The total number of GATE 2020 applications received this year has declined drastically as compared to its 2019 number. In 2019, total 9.27 lakhs students had applied for GATE which is 68,970 more than his year.
GATE 2020 Applications – Lowest Since 2017
The data shared by IIT Delhi has also suggested that the decline in GATE 2020 application has been pretty smart this year, with the total number of applications declining by nearly 70 thousand. The decline in GATE 2020 application is highest since 2017. The year-wise number of GATE 2020 applications received is provided in the table below:
| Exam Year | No of GATE 2020 Applications |
| GATE 2017 | 9.22 lakh |
| GATE 2018 | 9.92 lakh |
| GATE 2019 | 9.27 lakh |
| GATE 2020 | 8.58 lakh |
GATE 2020 - Zone-wise Registration / Applications
Apart from releasing the overall data for GATE 2020 applications received, IIT Delhi has also released the zone-wise break-up of the applications received for the PG entrance test. According to the zone-wise data, maximum GATE 2020 applications have been received from IIT Bombay followed Bangalore and Delhi. The zone-wise break-up of GATE 2020 applications is provided in the table below:
| IIT Zone | No of Registration |
| IIT Bombay | 1,73,965 |
| IISc Bangalore | 1,31,287 |
| IIT Delhi | 1,30,522 |
| IIT Madras | 1,18,951 |
| IIT Kharagpur | 1,14,794 |
| IIT Kanpur | 73,618 |
| IIT Roorkee | 62,340 |
| IIT Guwahati | 52,553 |
| Total | 8,58,030 |
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IIT M.Tech Fee hike to be blamed?
Many experts have attributed the fall in the number of GATE 2020 applications to the recently announced 900% hike in the M.Tech course fees at IITs. Soon, IITs will adopt a uniform fee structure for the M.Tech programmes offered by IITs, which will lead to hike of around 900% for certain courses at certain institutes. However, GATE 2020 organizing committee chairman BR Chahar has denied IIT M.Tech Course Fee hike to be the primary reason for decline in GATE 2020 applications. He said that there are several reasons for the decline in number of applicants. He further added that GATE 2020 exam is very competitive in nature as many PSUs shortlist and select students for entry-level roles based on their GATE exam score.
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