Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2025
Important Dates
- Registration Start Date: 24-08-2024
- Registration Last Date: 26-09-2024
- Admit Card Issue Date: 02.01.2025
- GATE 2025 Exam Date: 01, 02 and 15, 16 February 2025
Application Fee
- SC/ ST/ PwD/ Female Category: Rs.900/-
- All Other Category: Rs.1800/-
- Payment can be made online by using net banking / debit card / credit card / wallet / UPI / etc.
GATE 2025 Schedule (Tentative)
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| Application Starting Date | 24th August 2024 |
| Closing date of regular online registration/ applications | 26th September 2024 |
| End of extended period for online registration/ application (with late fee) | 07th October 2024 |
| Last date for change of Category, Paper and Exam City, adding a new test paper, and change of personal details (additional fee applicable per change) | 06th November 2024 |
| Admit Cards available for download | 02nd January 2025 |
| GATE 2025 Examinations | 01, 02 and 15, 16 February 2025 |
| Candidate’s response available in Application portal | To be updated soon… |
| Answer keys available on Application portal | To be updated soon… |
| Submission of challenges by candidates on Answer Keys | To be updated soon… |
| Announcement of Results for GATE 2025 | 19th March 2025 |
| Score Cards available for free download | 28th March 2025 to 31st May 2025 |
| Score Cards available for download by paying a fee of Rs. 500 per test paper | 01st June 2025 to 31st December 2025 |
Eligibility Criteria for GATE 2025
A candidate who is currently studying in the 3rd or higher years of any undergraduate degree
program OR who has already completed any government approved degree program in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Science/ Commerce/ Arts/ Humanities is eligible for appearing in the GATE 2025 exam.
Some Professional Societies/ Institutions, which conduct examination in various fields of engineering, are 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)
However, the candidates who possess certification from any of the professional societies must ensure that those examinations are approved by MoE/ AICTE/ UGC/ UPSC as equivalent to B.E./ B.Tech./ B.Arch./ B.Planning, etc.
Candidates who are pursuing their qualifying degree from countries other than India must be currently in the 3rd or higher years/ completed their Bachelor’s degree (duration: at least 3 years) in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Science/ Commerce/ Arts/ Humanities. Details of eligibility criteria are given in Table 3. If a candidate is pursuing any higher degree or has already obtained a degree higher than that mentioned in the Table 3, the candidate will be allowed to appear for GATE 2025 examination.
Note :
- If a candidate is pursuing any higher degree or has already obtained a degree higher than that mentioned in the Table 3, the candidate will be allowed to appear for GATE 2025 examination.
- The candidates with B.Sc./ B.A./ B.Com. degrees desirous to seek admission for masters programs in IITs may refer to JAM 2025 Examination organised by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.
GATE 2025 Papers
GATE 2025 will be conducted for 30 subjects (papers). The list of papers and paper codes for GATE 2025. A candidate is allowed to appear in ANY ONE or UP TO TWO papers of the GATE examination. However, note that the combination of TWO papers in which a candidate can appear MUST be from the pre-defined list as given below. Also note that for a paper conducted in multiple sessions, a candidate will be mapped to appear for the examination in one of the sessions ONLY.
List of GATE 2025 Papers and Corresponding Codes
| 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 | Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | NM |
| Chemical Engineering | CH | Petroleum Engineering | PE |
| Computer Science and Information Technology | CS | Physics | PH |
| Chemistry | CY | Production and Industrial Engineering | PI |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | EC | Statistics | ST |
| Electrical Engineering | EE | Textile Engineering and Fibre Science | TF |
| Environmental Science & Engineering | ES | Engineering Sciences | XE* |
| Ecology and Evolution | EY | Humanities & Social Sciences | XH** |
| Geomatics Engineering | GE | Life Sciences | XL*** |
| Geology and Geophysics | GG | Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (New) | DA |
