GATE

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2025

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2025

Mode of ExamOffline
LevelPG
Level of ExamNational Level

The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, will administer the GATE 2025 exam, covering 30 different disciplines. The official notification is expected to be released in August 2024. Eligible applicants include those who have completed their graduation or are in their third or final year in science, technology, arts, commerce, or humanities. These individuals will be able to apply for the GATE 2025 registration form.

Admission will be provided to the qualified candidates in various NITsIITsGFTIsIISc and other renowned institutions. Using the GATE scores, candidates will also get recruitment in various PSUs for a junior engineer. In this article, we have provided complete details related to GATE 2025.

As per the usual schedule, the exam will be conducted in February  and the admit cards will be released in January.

The information in this brochure is mainly categorized into Pre-Examination (Eligibility, Application Submission, Examination Centres, etc.), Examination (Pattern, Marks/Score, etc.) and Post-Examination (Answers, Contests, Results, Scorecard, etc.) sections.

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is basically an examination on the comprehensive understanding of the candidates in various undergraduate subjects in Engineering/Technology/Architecture and post-graduate level subjects in Science. GATE 2025 will be conducted for 23 subjects (also referred to as “papers”) .The GATE examination centres are spread in different cities across India, as well as, at six cities abroad. It would purely be a Computer Based Test (CBT).

The GATE score would reflect the relative performance level of the candidate in a particular subject, which is quantified based on the several years of examination data. Note that the GATE 2025 score is valid for THREE YEARS from the date of announcement of the results.

Scholarship/Assistantship for Post-graduate Programs

To avail the financial assistance (scholarship/assistantship), the candidate must first secure the admission to a program in one of the central government supported institutes, by a procedure that could vary from institute to institute. Depending upon the norms adopted by a specific institute or department of the institute, a candidate may be admitted directly into a course based on his/her performance in GATE only; or based on his/her performance in GATE and an admission test/interview conducted by the department to which he/she has applied and/or the candidate’s academic record. In the test/interview-based selection procedure, as per the MHRD guidelines, a minimum of 70% weightage will be given to the performance in GATE and the remaining will be given to the candidate’s performance in test/interview and/or academic record. However, the admitting institutes could prescribe a minimum passing marks in the test/interview.

Candidates are advised to seek the complete details of the admission procedures and the availability of MHRD scholarship/assistantship from the corresponding admitting institutions. The criteria for postgraduate admission with scholarship/assistantship could be different for different institutions. The management of the post-graduate scholarship/assistantship is also the responsibility of the admitting institution. Similarly, reservation of the seats for different categories will be as per the policies and norms of the admitting institution and the Government of India rules.

The admitting institute may also specify the number of candidates who will be provided financial assistance (scholarship) if admission is secured. Qualification in GATE is also a minimum requirement to apply for various fellowships awarded by many Government organizations.

GATE 2025 Important Dates

 

Activity   Date
Online Application Process Opens (https://gate.iitkgp.ac.in )   August 2024, Tentative
Closing Date of REGULAR online registration/ application process   October 2024, Tentative
Closing Date of EXTENDED online registration/ application process   October 2024, Tentative
Last date for Rectification of Applications found Defective in Scrutiny   November 2024, Tentative
Last Date for change of Category, Paper and Examination City (an additional fee will be applicable)   November 2024, Tentative
Admit Card will be available for download   January 2025, Tentative
GATE 2023 Examination
 
  February 2025, Tentative
Announcement of the Results in the Online Application Portal   March 2025, Tentative


GATE 2025 Admit Card

GATE Hall Ticket/Admit Card is made available for download few days before the entrance exam. Only the candidates who have successfully submitted their application can get admit cards 

The Admit Card can be downloaded online by entering enrollment id/email address and password. No candidate is provided admit cards through email or post.

GATE 2025 Exam Pattern

Check below the complete exam pattern of GATE 2025:

  • Exam Mode and Date: GATE 2025 exam will be conducted in February 2025 through Online CBT mode.
  • Number and Type of Questions: There will be total of 65 questions in all the papers. Questions will be of multiple choice and numerical type.
  • Total Marks: The exam will be of total 100 marks.
  • Time Duration: Total time duration to complete the paper will be of 3 hours.
  • Sections: The question paper will contain a total of 3 sections – General Aptitude, Engineering Mathematics and Subject Specification Section.
  • Marking Scheme: For MCQs and NATs, various questions will be of 1 or 2 marks. In MCQs of 1 mark, 1/3 marks will be deducted for wrong responses. For MCQs of 2 mark, 2/3 marks will be deducted for incorrect answers. There will be no negative marking for numerical type questions.

In the table given below, candidates can go through the questions and marks distribution for various sections of the paper:

Sections Number of Questions and Marks per part Number of questions Maximum Marks
General Aptitude (GA) 5 questions of 1 mark each and 5 questions of 2 mark each 10 15
Question Papers other than GG, XE and XL 25 questions of 1 mark each and 30 questions of 2 mark each 55 85
Question Paper GG (Geology and Geophysics) PART A (Compulsory Section) PART B 55 85
25 questions of 1 mark each

Section I (Geology) and Section II (Geophysics) (Attempt Any 1 question):

 

30 questions of 2 mark each

XE Paper (Engineering Sciences)

General Aptitude

 

(15 marks)

Section A Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory): Sections B to H: (Attempt Any Two) 55 85
7 questions of 1 mark each and 4 questions of 2 marks each 9 questions of 1 mark each and 13 questions of 2 marks each
XL Paper (Life Sciences)

General Aptitude

 

(15 marks)

Section P Chemistry (Compulsory Section): Sections Q to U: (Attempt Any 2) 55 85
5 questions of 1 mark each and 10 questions of 2 marks each 10 questions of 1 mark each and 10 questions of 2 marks each

Note: 1. Call for admissions to M.Tech./Ph.D. will be advertised separately by the respective institutions and GATE committee is not responsible for the admission process.

2. GATE zonal offices will not entertain any enquiry about admission, reservation of seats and/or award of scholarship/assistantship.

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GATE 2023 Cut Off

Looking back to the previous cut off trends of GATE, below we have provided the expected GATE cut off marks for various streams:

Streams General ST/SC/PH OBC
Petroleum Engineering 39.8 26.5 35.8
Computer Science 25 16.60 22.50
Mechanical Engineering 28.4 18.9 25.5
Chemical Engineering 37.8 25.1 34
Civil Engineering 26.6 17.7 23.9
Electronics and Communication 25 16.6 22.5

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Eligibility Criteria for GATE 2025 (No age limit)

 

Qualifying Degree

Qualifying Degree / Examination

Description of Eligible Candidates

Year of Qualification

B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Pharm.

Bachelor’s degree holders in Engineering/ Technology (4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after B.Sc./ Diploma in Engineering/ Technology)

Currently in the final year or already completed

2025

B. Arch.

Bachelor’s degree holders of Architecture (5 years course)

Currently in the final year or already completed

2025

B.Sc. (Research)/ B.S.

Bachelor’s degree in Science (Post-Diploma/ 4 years after 10+2)

Currently in the 4th year or already completed

2025

M. Sc./ M.A./MCA or equivalent

Master’s degree in any branch of Science/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications or equivalent

Currently in the final year or already completed

2025

Int. M.E./ M.Tech. (Post-B.Sc.)

Post-BSc Integrated Master’s degree programs in Engineering/ Technology (4 years program)

Currently in the 2nd/ 3rd/4th year or already completed

2022

Int. M.E./ M.Tech. or Dual Degree(after Diploma or 10+2)

Integrated Master’s degree program or Dual Degree program in Engineering/ Technology (5 years program)

Currently in the 4th/5th year or already completed

2025

Int. M.Sc./ Int. B.S.-M.S.

Integrated M.Sc. or 5 years integrated B.S.-M.S. program

Currently in the final year or already completed

2025

Professional Society Examinations (equivalent to B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Arch.)

B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Arch. equivalent examinations of Professional Societies, recognized by MHRD/ UPSC/ AICTE (e.g., AMIE by Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE by the Institute of Civil Engineers-India)

Completed Section A or equivalent of such professional courses

NA

 

Candidates who have obtained/are pursuing their qualifying degree from countries other than India: i) must have completed or are in the final year of their Bachelor’s degree (duration: at least 4 years) in Engineering/Technology or; ii) must have completed or are in the final year of their Post Graduate (Master’s) degree (duration: at least 2 years) in any relevant subjects in science.

Note: If a candidate is pursuing any higher degree or has already obtained a degree higher than that mentioned in the above table, the candidate should select the minimum required qualifying degree while filling the application form.

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Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering

  • VLSI Design Tool Technology

  • Integrated Electronics & Circuits

  • Micro Electronics

  • Microwave Engineering

  • Communication Engg

  • Telecommunication Technology & Management

  • Optoelectronics & Optical Communication

  • Nanotechnology

  • Digital Signal Processing

  • Control & Automation

Electrical Engineering

  • Power Electronics

  • Machines & Drives

  • Power Systems

  • Control & Automation

  • Digital Signal Processing

  • Instrumentation Technology

Mechanical Engineering

  • Design of Mechanical Equipment or Machine Design

  • Thermal Engineering

  • Manufacturing Science & Engineering

  • Production Engineering

  • Industrial Engineering

  • Material Science & management

Civil Engineering

  • Structural Engineering

  • Geotechnical Engineering

  • Construction Engineering &Management

  • Transportation Engineering

  • Environmental Engineering

  • Earthquake Engineering

  • Water Resources Engineering

  • Rock Engineering & Underground Structure

Computer Science and Engineering & Information Technology

  • Computer Science

  • Information Technology

  • Information Security

  • Software Engineering

  • Distributed Computing

  • Image Processing

  • Computer Systems and Hardware

  • Database and Information Systems

  • Programming languages

  • Computer Networks and Distributed Systems

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Advanced Computing

Types of Questions

GATE 2025 Exam consists of Multiple Choice Questions and Numerical Type Questions in all papers & sections. Multiple Choice Questions will contain 4 options, of which only one is correct. For Numerical Type Questions a numerical value as the answer should be entered using mouse and virtual keyboard on the monitor. The following are type of Questions:

a. Recall: These are based on facts, principles, formulae or laws of the discipline. The candidate is expected to be able to obtain the answer either from his/her memory directly or at most from a one-line computation.

b. Comprehension: These questions will test the candidate's understanding of the basics of his/her field, by requiring him/her to draw simple conclusions from fundamental ideas.

c. Application: In these questions, the candidate is expected to apply his/her knowledge either through computation or by logical reasoning.

d. Analysis and Synthesis: These can be linked questions, where the answer to the first question of the pair is required in order to answer its successor. Or these can be common data questions, in which two questions share the same data but can be solved independently of one another.

e. Common Data Questions: Multiple questions may be linked to a common data problem, passage and the like. Two or three questions can be formed from the given common data problem. Each question is independent and its solution obtainable from the above problem data/passage directly. (Answer of the previous question is not required to solve the next question). Each question under this group will carry two marks.

f. Linked Answer Questions: These questions are of problem solving type. A problem statement is followed by two questions based on the problem statement. The two questions are designed such that the solution to the second question depends upon the answer to the first one. In other words, the first answer is an intermediate step in working out the second answer. Each question in such linked answer questions will carry two marks.

How to prepare for GATE 2025?

GATE examination consists only of multiple and numerical answer type questions, hence only correct answer fetches marks.

Practice previous year question papers and analyze the weak topics and concentrate more on those topics. Candidates must try to solve the papers in a given time limit to obtain an idea as to how many questions are solved within the allotted time.

Impart equal emphasis on both theory and numerical problems. 

Browse through the GATE syllabus for topics allotted more weightage and prepare them.

Group Study is an effective way to brush up knowledge about technical topics with fellow partners and also helps to explore new techniques and methods to better understand the topics.

Do not make wild guess as there is negative marking associated with the questions. 

Prepare the list of important definitions, equations, derivations, theorems, laws in every subject.

Pay more attention while attempting linked and common data questions.

GATE 2025 Exam Pattern

 

Section

Question

No.

No. of

Questions

Marks Per

Question

Total

Marks

General Aptitude

1 to 5

5

1

5

Technical

+

Engineering

Mathematics

1 to 25

25

1

25

26 to 55

30

2

60

Total Questions : 65

Total Marks : 100

Total Duration : 3 hours

Technical Section :

 70 marks

General Aptitude: 15 marks

Engineering Mathematics :

15 marks

25 marks to 40 marks will allotted to Numeric Answer Type Questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

These questions are objective in nature and each question will have choice of four answers, out of which the candidate has to mark the correct answer. Each question carries 1 or 2 marks questions in all the sections.

Numerical Answer Questions

There will be no choices available for these types of questions. A Numeric Answer question carries 1 or 2 marks questions in all sections. The answer for these questions is a real number to be entered by using mouse and virtual keypad displayed on the monitor. No negative marking for these questions.

 

Negative Marking

Questions Type

Marks

Negative Marking

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

1 mark

0.33

2 marks

0.66

Numerical Answer Questions

1 mark

Nil

2 marks

Nil

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Application Start Date :

30th August 2024

Application End Date :

7th October 2024

Exam Date :

4th February 2025

Result Date :

16th March 2025

Conducted By :

IIT-Kharagpur

Official Website : https://gate.iitkgp.ac.in/