GATE Introduction

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Syllabus of GATE

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GATE Paper Pattern

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GATE EXAM CITIES

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GATE Introduction

When we say about the "GATE" (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) is one of the most prestigious national-level exam that assesses candidates for comprehensive understanding in various undergraduate-level subjects in Architecture, Arts, Commerce, Engineering, Humanities, Science, Technology.

As we knows that GATE is a national-level examination that primarily tests the comprehensive understanding of various undergraduate subjects in Architecture/ Arts/ Commerce/ Engineering/ Humanities/ Science/ Technology. GATE 2025 will be a computer-based test (CBT) and which is being organized by IITR (Indian Institutes of Technology Roorkee). And when we say about the GATE examination, It will be conducted by IISc Bengaluru and seven IITs (IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee), on behalf of the National Coordination Board - GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (GoI).

When we say about the Papers, GATE 2025 will have a total of 30 test papers comprising full papers and sectional papers. And here candidates have the option to appear for one or two test papers from the allowed two-paper combinations(Explain ine below article). And the GATE score obtained by the candidates will remain valid for a period of THREE years from the date of announcement of results.

IIT Roorkee is the Organising Institute for GATE 2025. As we already explains that "GATE 2025 is being conducted by IISc Bengaluru and seven IITs comprising IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee" on behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.

And the candidates who has qualify in GATE can seek admission with possible financial assistance to Master’s programs and direct Doctoral programs in Architecture/ Arts/ Commerce/ Engineering/ Humanities/ Science/ Technology; and Doctoral programs in relevant branches of Engineering, Science, and Humanities, in Institutions supported by Ministry of Education (MoE) and other Government agencies. And on of the other feature for GATE is that GATE score is also used by some colleges and Institutions for admission to postgraduate programs without MoE scholarship. Several Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have also been using GATE score for recruitment.

GATE PAPERS

GATE Year Wise Paper Download from (2019 to 2024)

GATE Paper	Code	GATE Paper	Code
Aerospace Engineering	AE	Instrumentation Engineering	IN
Agricultural Engineering	AG	Mathematics	MA
Architecture and Planning	AR	Mechanical Engineering	ME
Biomedical Engineering	BM	Mining Engineering	MN
Biotechnology	BT	Metallurgical Engineering	MT
Civil Engineering	CE-1	Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering	NM
Civil Engineering	CE-2	Petroleum Engineering	PE
Chemical Engineering	CH	Physics	PH
Computer Science & Information Technology	CS-1	Production and Industrial Engineering	PI
Computer Science & Information Technology	CS-2	Statistics	ST
Chemistry	CY	Textile Engineering and Fibre Science	TF
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence	DA	Engineering Sciences	XE
Electronics & Communication Engineering	EC	Humanities & Social Sciences - Economics	XH-C1
Electrical Engineering	EE	Humanities & Social Sciences - English	XH-C2
Environmental Science & Engineering	ES	Humanities & Social Sciences - Linguistics	XH-C3
Ecology and Evolution	EY	Humanities & Social Sciences - Philosophy	XH-C4
Geomatics Engineering	GE	Humanities & Social Sciences - Psychology	XH-C5
Geology & Geophysics - Geology	GG-1	Humanities & Social Sciences - Sociology	XH-C6
Geology and Geophysics - Geophysics	GG-2	Life Sciences	XL

GATE SYLLABUS

GATE 2025 SYLLABUS

When we say about the GATE test papers. GATE 2025 will be mainly conducted for below 30 test papers. And below table shows the list of papers with different codes. You can click on Paper/code to download the syllabus.

And a candidate is allowed to appear in eithe rof "1" or "2" test papers. And we have also added "Two Paper Combination" for more details.

GATE Test Paper	Code	GATE Test Paper	Code
Aerospace Engineering	AE	Geology & Geophysics	GG
Agricultural Engineering	AG	Instrumentation Engineering	IN
Architecture and Planning	AR	Mathematics	MA
Biomedical Engineering	BM	Mechanical Engineering	ME
Biotechnology	BT	Mining Engineering	MN
Civil Engineering	CE	Metallurgical Engineering	MT
Chemical Engineering	CH	Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering	NM
Computer Science & Information Technology	CS	Petroleum Engineering	PE
Chemistry	CY	Physics	PH
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence	DA	Production & Industrial Engineering	PI
Electronics & Communication Engineering	EC	Statistics	ST
Electrical Engineering	EE	Textile Engineering & Fibre Science	TF
Environmental Science & Engineering	ES	Engineering Sciences	XE
Ecology and Evolution	EY	Humanities & Social Sciences	XH
Geomatics Engineering	GE	Life Sciences	XL

Test papers will be in English. And each GATE paper is of 100 marks and GA (General Aptitude) is common for all papers which is of 15 marks. And rest of the paper covers the respective test paper syllabus (85 marks).

XE Paper Sections	Code	XH Paper Sections	Code	XL Paper Sections	Cods
Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory) (15 marks)	A	Reasoning and Comprehension (Compulsory) (25 marks)	B1	Chemistry (Compulsory) (25 marks)	P
Any TWO optional Sections		Any ONE optional Section		Any TWO optional Sections
(2x35 = 70 marks)		(60 marks)		(2x30 = 60 marks)
Fluid Mechanics	B	Economics	C1	Biochemistry	Q
Materials Science	C	English	C2	Botany	R
Solid Mechanics	D	Linguistics	C3	Microbiology	S
Thermodynamics	E	Philosophy	C4	Zoology	T
Polymer Science and Engineering	F	Psychology	C5	Food Technology	U
Food Technology	G	Sociology	C6
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	H

Candidates must familiarize themselves with the paper code as it is required both during application and examination.

Note:-Well Each of candidate will fill only one application. And If they wish to appear in second paper from the above two paper combination, they can add respective paper in their original application. And in case of multiple application, only one will be accepted and remaining application will be rejected without any refund for paid free.

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GATE EXAM FEES

Application Fees & Details

Below is detail for last exam held in:-(Year 2025)

Category	Regular Period (28th Aug to 26th Sept 2024)	During the Extended Period (27th Sept to 11th Oct 2024)
Female/SC/ST/PwD* candidates (per test paper)	₹ 900	₹1400
All other candidates including foreign nationals (per test paper)	₹ 1800	₹ 2300

Note:-The above Application fees are for a single test paper. Candidates opting for two papers would have to pay twice the above mentioned fees. Here PwD means Persons with Benchmark Disability.

Well for any rectification Candidates can login to GOAPS (goaps.iitr.ac.in). Last Year date for rectification is up to 20th November, 2024.

PwD candidates are also allowed to make rectifications/changes/modifications in GOAPS (https://goaps.iitr.ac.in/login). And last year date is up to 22nd November, 2024.

And below are the Charges for modification/ changes in GATE 2025 Application is indicated below.

S.No.	Description of Changes / Modifications	Fee Charges (per paper)
1.	Change in Name	₹ 500
2.	Change in Date of Birth	₹ 500
3.	Change in choice of examination cities	₹ 500
4.	Change of existing paper	₹ 500
5.	Add a second paper (from given combinations with respect to the primary paper)	₹ 500 plus application fee for the additional paper
6.	Change of gender to female	₹ 500
7.	Change of gender from female to any other gender	₹ 500 + 900 = 1400(For all other candidates)
8.	Change of category to SC/ST	₹ 500
9.	Change of category from SC/ST to any other	₹ 500(For female candidates or PwD candidates) 500 + 900 = 1400(For all other candidates)
10.	Change from Non-PwD/Dyslexic to PwD/Dyslexic	₹ 500
11.	Change from PwD/Dyslexic to Non-PwD/Dyslexic	₹ 500(For female candidates or PwD candidates) 500 + 900 = 1400(For all other candidates)
12.	Any other change in category (not mentioned above)	₹ 500
13.	Details of Parents/Guardian/Correspondence Address	₹ NIL
14.	College Name and Location, Roll No., Registration No.	₹ NIL

Note:-There will be no refund of any fee, other than for multiple transactions.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Note:-* Always be ensure that the uploaded documents are clear and readable. And uploading unreadable documents may lead to delays in processing of your application and may lead to rejection of candidature.

GATE Question Paper Pattern

Question Paper Pattern

Below table will helps you to get the complete paper pattern with all details on questions paper, section, questiontype and duration details. Here we have define all marks details and subject pattern.

Particulars	Details
Mode of Examination	GATE test papers will be in English. And test is computer based and will be conducted at selected centers in selected cities.
Duration	3 Hours*
Number of Subjects(Papers)	30
Section	GA (General Aptitude) + Candidate Selected Subjects
Type of Questions	Candidate Select Subjects(s) (i)Multiple Choice Questions(MCQ) (ii)Multiple Select Questions(MSQ) and/or (iii)Numerical Answer Type( NAT) Questions
Questions for testing these abilities	(i)Recall (ii)Comprehension (iii)Application (iv)Analysis & Synthesis
Distribution of Marks in all Papers EXCEPT papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL	General Aptitude: 15 marks Engineering Mathematics: 13 marks Subject Questions: 72 marks Total: 100 marks (XE includes Engineering Mathematics section XE-A of 15 marks)
Distribution of Marks in papers AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XH and XL	General Aptitude: 15 marks Subject Questions: 85 marks Total: 100 marks
Marking Scheme	Questions carry 1 mark or 2 marks
Negative Marking	For a wrong answer chosen in an MCQ, there will be negative marking. For a 1-mark MCQ, 1/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. For a 2-mark MCQ, 2/3 mark will be deducted for a wrong answer. There is no negative marking for wrong answer(s) to MSQ or NAT questions. There is no partial marking in MSQ.

Below table will helps you to get the complete marks details and subject pattern.

Paper Code	General Aptitude (GA) Marks	Compulsory Section	Subject Marks	Total Marks	*Total Time (Minutes)**
AE, AG, BM, BT, CE, CH, CS, EC, EE, ES, IN, ME, MN, MT, NM, PE, PI, TF; Subject marks in these papers include questions on Engineering Mathematics (13 marks), which are paper-specific.	15	--	85	100	180
CY, DA, EY, MA, PH, ST	15	--	85	100	180
AR [Part A is Common and Compulsory for all; Part B1 or Part B2 can be selected during Exam. B1: Architecture or B2: Planning]	15	60	25	100	180
GE [Part A is Common and Compulsory for all; Part B1 or B2 can be selected during the Exam. B1 - Surveying and Mapping or B2 -Image Processing and Analysis.]	15	55	30	100	180
GG [Part A is Common and Compulsory for all; Part B can either be Geology (B1) or Geophysics (B2) -- which must be chosen at the time of Application.]	15	25	60	100	180
XE [Section A (Engineering Mathematics) is Common and Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any TWO additional Sections during the Exam]	15	15	2x35	100	180
XH [Section B1 (Reasoning and Comprehension) is Common and Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any ONE additional Section at the time of Application]	15	25	60	100	180
XL [Section P (Chemistry) is Common and Compulsory for all; Applicants must select any TWO additional Sections during the Exam]	15	25	2x30	100	180

Note:-*PwD candidate with some benchmark disability which is greater than 40% are eligible for compensatory time of one hour. PwD candidates with less than 40% disability and having difficulty in writing are eligible for compensatory time subject to production of a certificate which is stated by "Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment".

GATE EXAM CITIES

Exam Paper Center

Well there are no international centres for GATE 2025 examination. Desirous foreign or Indian nationals who are interested in appearing for the GATE 2025 examination will have to travel to India to appear for the test.

+ ZONE-1: IISc BENGALURU

GATE Office,
IISc Bengaluru
Bengaluru – 560 012

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns
Andaman and Nicobar: Port Blair
Andhra Pradesh: Ananthapuramu, Kurnool
Karnataka: Bagalkot, Ballari, Belagavi, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru South, Bidar, Chikkamagaluru, Chikkballapur, Davanagere, Hassan, Hubballi/ Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Kolar, Mandya, Mangaluru, Manipal-Udupi, Mysuru, Puttur, Shivamogga, Tumakuru
Kerala: Angamaly, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Payyanur, Thrissur, Vatakara, Wayanad Telangana: Hyderabad, Medak, Nalgonda

+ ZONE-2: IIT BOMBAY

GATE Office,
IIT Bombay, Powai,
Mumbai – 400 076

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns
Goa: Goa
Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Anand, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Vapi
Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Baramati, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai-Thane, Panvel-Raigad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangamner-Loni-Shirdi, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Vasai-Palghar, Wardha, Yavatmal

+ ZONE-3: IIT DELHI

GATE Office,
IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi – 110 016

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns
Haryana: Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar
Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu-Samba, Srinagar
Ladakh: Leh
Madhya Pradesh: Indore, Ujjain
New Delhi: New Delhi
Rajasthan: Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Dausa, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur
Uttar Pradesh: Greater NOIDA, Mathura

+ ZONE-4: IIT GUWAHATI

GATE Office,
IIT Guwahati,
Guwahati – 781 039

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns
Arunachal Pradesh: Itanagar
Assam: Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur
Bihar: Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea
Jharkhand: Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad
Manipur: Imphal
Meghalaya: Shillong
Mizoram: Aizawl
Nagaland: Dimapur-Kohima
Sikkim: Gangtok
Tripura: Agartala
West Bengal: Asansol-Durgapur, Burdwan, Kalyani, Siliguri

+ ZONE-5: IIT KANPUR

GATE Office,
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur – 208 016

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns
Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna
Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi

+ ZONE-6: IIT KHARAGPUR

GATE Office,
IIT Kharagpur,
Kharagpur – 721 302

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns
Andhra Pradesh: Eluru, Kakinada-Surampalem, Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry), Srikakulam, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram
Chhattisgarh: Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur
Jharkhand: Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi
Odisha: Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Kakatpur (Puri), Rourkela, Sambalpur
West Bengal: Bankura, Berhampur-Murshidabad, Hooghly, Howrah, Kharagpur-Midnapur, Kolaghat, Kolkata, Suri (Birbhum)

+ ZONE-7: IIT MADRAS

GATE Office,
IIT Madras,
Chennai – 600 036

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns
Andhra Pradesh: Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Nandyala, Nellore, Ongole, Tirupati
Kerala: Alappuzha, Aluva-Ernakulam, Attingal, Chengannur, Kanjirapally, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Muvattupuzha, Thiruvananthapuram
Pondicherry: Puducherry
Tamilnadu: Chennai South, Chennai West, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Kanyakumari-Nagercoil, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Namakkal, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar
Telangana: Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Kothagudem, Nizamabad, Suryapet, Warangal

+ ZONE-8: IIT ROORKEE

GATE Office,
IIT Roorkee,
Roorkee – 247 667

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns
Haryana: Ambala, Kurukshetra
Himachal Pradesh: Baddi, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Palampur, Shimla-Solan, Una
Punjab: Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali-Chandigarh, Patiala, Pathankot
Uttarakhand: Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee
Uttar Pradesh: Ghaziabad, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA, Saharanpur

Eligibility Criteria

GATE 2025 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Before filling an application we advice every candidates to ensure that they meet the eligibility criteria for Gate 2025.

Candidates who are currently studying in 3rd or higher years of any undergraduate degree program or who have completed and government approved degree program in Arts/ Architecture/ Commerce /Engineering/ Humanities/ Science/ Technology are eligible to appear for Gate 2025.

Some professional Societies/Institutions which conduct examination in various fields of engineering are basically given below.

The Institution of Engineers (India) (IE)
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE)
The Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI)
The Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, including Polymer and Environmental Group (IIChE)
The Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)
The Indian Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIIE)

Candidates who possess certification from any such professional societies must ensure that those examinations are approved by MoE/AICTE/UGC/ UPSC as being equivalent to B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Arch./ B.Planning, etc.

Candidates who have obtained/are duing their qualifying degree from countries other than India: Candidates must be currently in the 3rd or higher years or have completed their Bachelor degree in field of Arts / Architecture / Commerce / Engineering / Humanities / Science / Technology.

Any of candidate fulfilling the above mentioned criteria is eligible to appear for Gate 2025.

Below are some more eligibility criteria to take exam.

Some Other Important aspects:-

(1)Any candidate who is pursuing any higher degree or in possession of a degree higher than that mentioned in below table are allowed for appear for Gate 2025.

(2)Any of the candidate with B.Sc./B.A./B.Com degrees (3-year program) desirous of seeking admission to Masters programs in IITs and IISc.

Degree / Program	Qualifying Degree / Examination	Description of Eligible Candidates

B.E. / B.Tech. / B. Pharm.	Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology (4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after B.Sc. / Diploma in Engineering / Technology)	Currently in the 3rd year or higher or already completed
B. Arch.	Bachelor’s degree of Architecture (5-year course) / Naval Architecture (4-year course) / Planning (4-year course)	Currently in the 3rd year or higher or already completed
B.Sc. (Research) / B.S.	Bachelor’s degree in Science (Post-Diploma / 4 years after 10+2)	Currently in the 3rd year or higher or already completed
Pharm. D.(after 10+2)	6 years degree program, consisting of internship or residency training, during third year onwards	Currently in the 3rd/ 4th/ 5th/ 6th year or already completed
M.B.B.S. / B.D.S. / B.V.Sc.	Degree holders of M.B.B.S. / B.D.S. / B.V.Sc and those who are in the 5th/ 6th/ 7th semester or higher semester of such programme.	5th/ 6th/ 7th or higher semester or already completed
M. Sc. / M.A. / MCA or equivalent	Master’s degree in any branch of Arts / Science / Mathematics / Statistics / Computer Applications or equivalent	Currently in the first year or higher or already Completed
Int. M.E. / M.Tech.(Post-B.Sc.)	Post-B.Sc Integrated Master’s degree programs in Engineering / Technology (4-year program)	Currently in the 1st/ 2nd/ 3rd/ 4th year or already completed
Int. M.E. / M.Tech. / M.Pharm or Dual Degree (after Diploma or 10+2)	Integrated Master’s degree program or Dual Degree program in Engineering / Technology (5-year program)	Currently in the 3rd/ 4th/ 5th year or already completed
B.Sc. / B.A. / B.Com.	Bachelor degree in any branch of Science / Arts / Commerce (3 year program)	Currently in the 3rd year or already completed
Int. M.Sc. / Int. B.S. / M.S.	Integrated M.Sc. or 5-year integrated B.S.- M.S. program	Currently in the 3rd year or higher or already completed
Professional Society Examinations* (equivalent to B.E. / B.Tech. / B.Arch.)	B.E. / B.Tech. / B.Arch. equivalent examinations of Professional Societies, recognized by MoE / UPSC / AICTE (e.g. AMIE by Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE by the Institute of Civil Engineers-India and so on)	Completed Section A or equivalent of such professional courses
B.Sc. (Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry)	4-years program	Currently in the 3rd/ 4th year or already completed

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