As a GATE aspirant, you always are keen to get admission into the best college for pursuing your Master of Engineering (M.E) or Master of Technology (M.Tech) and give a gear to your career. The IISc, the IITs, the NITs and more such reputed universities of India always spring up in your mind while you were preparing for GATE examination.
But, did you know that, there are some decent foreign universities as well which accept GATE score to admit applicants for different courses. While there is a certain selection criteria of the universities across the world which accept GRE scores for intake of students in their PG or doctoral engineering programmes, two countries- Singapore and Germany have some institutes which are in fact, known to accept GATE score for admission to their PG engineering programmes.  GATE score has crossed the boundaries and now you can even apply in the following international universities with it.
The best part is that they even stand at some good spots in the World University Rankings.
These are the foreign universities which accept the gate score as a part of their admission :
 

  1. National University of Singapore

QS World ranking: 12
Eligibility: Good GPA/percentage in Bachelors degree and above 90 percentile in GATE.
Official website: https://www.nus.edu.sg/
Tuition Fee: 10000~17220 SGD (Singapore dollars) which is approximately 3 to5 Lakh INR per year
 

  1. Nanyang Technological University

QS World Ranking: 13
NTU accepts GATE scores in the following schools:

  • School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
  • School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • School of Computer Engineering
  • School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • School of Materials Science and Engineering
  • School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Eligibility: Good GPA/percentage in Bachelors degree and above 90 percentile in GATE.
Official website: https://www.ntu.edu.sg/Pages/home.aspx
Tuition Fee: 10000~17220 SGD (Singapore dollars) which is approximately 3 to 5 Lakh INR per year.
 

  1. TU Munich

QS World University Ranking: 60
Given below are the faculties for where GATE qualifiers can apply:-

  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Faculty of Civil Engineering and Surveying
  • Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Eligibility Criteria: They should also hold a good CGPA in Bachelor’s degree
Official Website: https://www.tum.de/
Tuition Fee: 500 Euros per semester which is approximately 35,000 to 40,000 INR per semester
 

  1. RWTH Aachen

QS World ranking: 145
Given below are the faculties for which the university accepts the GATE Score.

  • Applied Geophysics
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Engineering,
  • Media Informatics
  • Metallurgical Engineering
  • Physics
  • Software Systems Engineering

Eligibility Criteria: Should also hold a good CGPA in Bachelor’s degree.
Official Website: https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/~a/root/?lidx=1
Tuition Fees: 240 Euros per semester which is approximately 17,000 – 18,000 INR per semester.
 

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