GATE is administered and conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB)-GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. The GATE committee, which comprises of representatives from these administering institutes, is the sole authority for regulating the examination and declaring the results.
GATE is conducted through the collaboration of eight zones. The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are:
- Zone - 1 : Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
- Zone - 2 : Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
- Zone - 3 : Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
- Zone - 4 : Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
- Zone - 5 : Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- Zone - 6 : Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
- Zone - 7 : Indian Institute of Technology Madras
- Zone - 8 : Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee