GATE Syllabus 2025: Download Latest Subject-Wise Detailed Syllabus, Important Topics

Updated By Falak Khan on 15 Oct, 2024 15:55

IIT Roorkee has released the GATE 2025 syllabus PDF for all 30 papers. There have been no changes in the GATE syllabus 2025. Access the GATE syllabus 2025 PDF from this page.

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GATE Syllabus 2025

GATE syllabus 2025 PDF has been released by IIT Roorkee on its official website at gate2025.iitr.ac.in. The syllabus of GATE 2025 is available for all 30 papers. You can access the subject-wise GATE syllabus 2025 PDF from this page. The syllabus for GATE includes all the topics that students need to study for the upcoming examination. You must refer to the official GATE exam syllabus only for the preparation. The GATE 2025 exam will be held on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025. To succeed in the GATE 2025, grasp the entire GATE exam syllabus. GATE is a postgraduate engineering exam that is administered on a nationwide basis. To pass the entrance exam, focus on learning the all topics included in the GATE syllabus 2025. 

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GATE Syllabus 2025 (Paper-Wise)

The GATE exam syllabus 2025 includes 3 core sections Engineering Mathematics, General Aptitude, and Core Engineering topics. The GATE 2025 Syllabus must be well understood by students so that they can become familiar with the key subjects and prepare a study plan. The GATE 2025 question paper will comprise 65 questions worth 100 marks, with 15 marks reserved for general aptitude questions. The GATE 2025 paper codes AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH, and XL will have 15 marks for general aptitude and 85 for the specific subject. All other paper codes, except AR, CY, EY, GG, MA, PH, XH, and XL, will have 15 marks for general aptitude, 13 for engineering mathematics, and 72 for the core specialized topic. 

GATE syllabus 2025 for all the 30 papers have been given below. 

GATE Paper

GATE Section-Wise Syllabus

Aerospace Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Flight Mechanics

Section 3: Space Dynamic

Section 4: Aerodynamics

Section 5: Structures

Section 6: Propulsion

Agricultural Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Farm Machinery

Section 3: Farm Power

Section 4: Soil and Water Conservation Engineering

Section 5: Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Section 6: Agricultural Process Engineering

Section 7: Dairy and Food Engineering

Architecture and Planning 

  • Part A: Common

Section 1: Architecture, Planning and Design

Section 2: Construction and Management

Section 3: Environmental Planning and Design

Section 4: Urban Design, landscape and Conservation

Section 5: Planning process

Section 6: Housing

Section 7: Services and Infrastructure

  • Part B1: Architecture

Section B1.1: History and Contemporary Architecture

Section B1.2: Building Construction and Structural Systems

Section B1.3: Building Services and Sustainability

  • Part B2: Planning

Section B2.1: Regional and Settlement Planning

Section B2.2: Planning Techniques and Management

Section B2.3: Infrastructure Planning

Biomedical Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Electrical Circuits

Signals and Systems

Analog and Digital Electronics

Measurements and Control Systems

Sensors and Bioinstrumentation

Human Anatomy and Physiology

Medical Imaging Systems

Biomechanics

Biomaterials

Biotechnology

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: General Biology

Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Section 4: Fundamentals of Biological Engineering

Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

Section 6: Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology

Section 7: Recombinant DNA Technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology

Civil Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Structural Engineering

Section 3: Geotechnical Engineering

Section 4: Water Resources Engineering

Section 5: Environmental Engineering

Section 6: Transportation Engineering

Section 7: Geomatics Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Process Calculations and Thermodynamics

Section 3: Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations

Section 4: Heat Transfer

Section 5: Mass Transfer

Section 6: Chemical Reaction Engineering

Section 7: Instrumentation and Process Control

Section 8: Plant Design and Economics

Section 9: Chemical Technology

Computer Science and Information Technology

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Digital Logic

Section 3: Computer Organization and Architecture

Section 4: Programming and Data Structures

Section 5: Algorithms

Section 6: Theory of Computation

Section 7: Compiler Design

Section 8: Operating System

Section 9: Databases

Section 10: Computer Networks

Chemistry

Section 1: Physical Chemistry

Section 2: Inorganic Chemistry

Section 3: Organic Chemistry

Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Probability and Statistics

Linear Algebra

Calculus and Optimization

Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms

Database Management and Warehousing

Machine Learning

AI

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Networks, Signals and Systems

Section 3: Electronic Devices

Section 4: Analog Circuits

Section 5: Digital Circuits

Section 6: Control Systems

Section 7: Communications

Section 8: Electromagnetics

Electrical Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Electric circuits

Section 3: Electromagnetic Fields

Section 4: Signals and Systems

Section 5: Electrical Machines

Section 6: Power Systems

Section 7: Control Systems

Section 8: Electrical and Electronic Measurements

Section 9: Analog and Digital Electronics

Section 10: Power Electronics

Environmental Science and Engineering

Section 1: Mathematics Foundation

Section 2: Environmental Chemistry

Section 3: Environmental Microbiology

Section 4: Water Resources and Environmental Hydraulics

Section 5: Water & Wastewater Treatment and Management

Section 6: Air and Noise Pollution

Section 7: Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

Section 8: Global and Regional Environmental Issues

Section 9: Environmental Management and Sustainable Development

Ecology and Evolution

Section 1: Ecology

Section 2: Evolution

Section 3: Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology

Section 4: Behavioural Ecology

Section 5: Applied Ecology & Evolution

Geomatics Engineering

  • Part-A (Common)

Engineering Mathematics

Remote Sensing

GNSS

GIS

  • Part-B1: Surveying and Mapping

Maps

Land Surveying

Aerial Photogrammetry

  • Part-B2: Image Processing and Analysis

Data Quantization and Processing:

Digital Image Processing

Radiometric and Geometric Corrections:

Image Enhancement

Image Transformation

Image Segmentation and Classification

Geology and Geophysics

  • Part-A: Common Section

Earth and planetary system

Weathering and soil formation; landforms created by river, wind, glacier, ocean and volcanoes. Basic structural geology

Crystallography

Petrology of common igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

Geological time scale; Geochronology and absolute time. Stratigraphic principles; major stratigraphic divisions of India.

Mineral, coal and petroleum resources of India.

Introduction to remote sensing. 

Engineering properties of rocks and soils. Elements of hydrogeology

Principles and applications of gravity, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, seismic and radiometric methods of prospecting for oil, mineral and ground water; introductory well logging.

  • Part-B (B1): Geology

Geomorphology

Structural Geology

Crystallography and Mineralogy:

Geochemistry

Igneous Petrology

Sedimentology:

Metamorphic Petrology

Paleobiology

Stratigraphy

Resource Geology

Global Tectonics

Applied Geology

Hydrogeology

Basic Principles of Remote Sensing

  • Part-B (B2): Geophysics

Solid-Earth Geophysics:

Geodesy

Earthquake Seismology

Potential and Time Varying Fields:

Gravity Methods

Magnetic Methods

Electrical Methods

Electromagnetic Methods

Seismic Methods

Reservoir geophysics

Geophysical Signal Processing

Geophysical Well Logging:

Radioactive Methods

Geophysical Inversion:

Instrumentation Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Electricity and Magnetism

Section 3: Electrical Circuits and Machines

Section 4: Signals and Systems

Section 5: Control Systems

Section 6: Analog Electronics

Section 7: Digital Electronics

Section 8: Measurements

Section 9: Sensors and Industrial Instrumentation

Section 10: Communication and Optical Instrumentation

Mathematics

Calculus

Linear Algebra

Real Analysis

Complex Analysis

Ordinary Differential Equations

Algebra

Functional Analysis

Numerical Analysis

Partial Differential Equations:

Topology

Linear Programming

Mechanical Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Applied Mechanics and Design

Section 3: Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences

Section 4: Materials, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering

Mining Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Mining Geology, Mine Development and Surveying

Section 3: Geomechanics and Ground Control

Section 4: Mining Methods and Machinery

Section 5: Surface Environment, Mine Ventilation and Underground Hazards

Section 6: Mineral Economics, Mine Planning, Systems Engineering

Metallurgical Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Metallurgical Thermodynamics 

Section 3: Transport Phenomena and Rate Processes

Section 4: Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

Section 5: Physical Metallurgy

Section 6: Mechanical Metallurgy

Section 7: Manufacturing Processes

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: Applied Mechanics and Structures

Section 3: Fluid Mechanics and Marine Hydrodynamics

Section 4: Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering

Section 5: Thermodynamics and Marine Engineering

Petroleum Engineering

Linear Algebra:

Calculus

Differential Equations

Complex Variables

Probability and Statistics

Numerical Methods

Petroleum Exploration

Oil and Gas Well Drilling Technology

Reservoir Engineering

Petroleum Production Operations

Offshore Drilling and Production Practices

Petroleum Formation Evaluation

Oil and Gas Well Testing

Health Safety and Environment in Petroleum Industry

Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques

Latest Trends in Petroleum Engineering

Physics

Section 1: Mathematical Physics

Section 2: Classical Mechanics

Section 3: Electromagnetic Theory

Section 4: Quantum Mechanics

Section 5: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

Section 6: Atomic and Molecular Physics

Section 7: Solid State Physics

Section 8: Electronics

Section 9: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Production and Industrial Engineering

Section 1: Engineering Mathematics

Section 2: General Engineering

Section 3: Manufacturing Processes I

Section 4: Manufacturing Processes II

Section 5: Quality and Reliability

Section 6: Industrial Engineering

Section 7: Operations research and Operations management

Statistics

Calculus

Matrix Theory

Probability

Standard Discrete and Continuous Univariate Distributions

Stochastic Processes

Estimation

Testing of Hypotheses

Non-parametric Statistics

Multivariate Analysis

Regression Analysis

Textile Engineering and Fibre Science

  • ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

Linear Algebra

Calculus

Differential Equations

Probability and Statistics

Numerical Methods

  • TEXTILE ENGINEERING AND FIBRE SCIENCE

Section 1: Textile Fibres

Section 2: Yarn Manufacture, Yarn Structure and Properties

Section 3: Fabric Manufacture, Structure and Properties

Section 4: Textile Testing

Section 5: Chemical Processing

Engineering Sciences

A Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory for all XE students)

XE-B Fluid Mechanics

XE-C Materials Science

XE-D Solid Mechanics

XE-E Thermodynamics

XE-F Polymer Science and Engineering

XE-G Food Technology

XE-H Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

XH-B1 Reasoning and Comprehension (Compulsory for all XH students)

XH-C1 Economics

XH-C2 English

XH-C3 Linguistics

XH-C4 Philosophy

XH-C5 Psychology

XH-C6 Sociology

Life Sciences

XL-P Chemistry (Compulsory for all XL students)

XL-Q Biochemistry

XL-R Botany

XL-S Microbiology

XL-T Zoology

XL-U Food Technology

Related Questions

Q1- What is the GATE syllabus 2025 for Civil Engineering?

Ans- The GATE syllabus 2025 for Civil Engineering (CE) has seven sections: Engineering Mathematics, Structural Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Geomatics Engineering.

Q2- Does the syllabus for Engineering Mathematics and GATE Mathematics papers vary?

Ans- No, Engineering Mathematics is a section of the GATE 2025 exam and GATE Mathematics is a completely different paper. The GATE Engineering Mathematics includes topics like Algebra, Calculus, Complex Variables, Differential Equations, etc. The GATE Mathematics syllabus includes Linear Programming, Topology, Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Calculus, Linear Algebra, etc. Students must not get confused between the two. 

Q3- What topics are included in the GATE 2025 syllabus for Electrical Engineering?

Ans- GATE syllabus 2025 for Electrical Engineering (EE) Includes topics like Electric circuits, Engineering Mathematics, Signals and Systems, Electromagnetic Fields, Electrical Machines, Power Systems, Electrical and Electronic Measurements, Control Systems, Analog and Digital Electronics, and Power Electronics.

Q4- What is the GATE DA (Data Science and Artificial Intelligence) syllabus?

Ans- The GATE DA syllabus 2025  includes sections on Probability and Statistics, Calculus and Optimization, Programming, Linear Algebra, Data Structures and Algorithms, Machine Learning, Database Management and Warehousing, and Artificial Intelligence.

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IIT Roorkee has released the GATE 2025 syllabus PDFs for various subjects. The table below contains the detailed GATE exam syllabus 2025 PDF, which the students must refer to before they figure out how to prepare for GATE:

Sl. No.Name of the PaperPaper Code
1GATE Syllabus 2025 For Civil Engineering PDFCE
2GATE 2025 Agriculture Engineering Syllabus PDFAG
3GATE 2025 Biotechnology Syllabus PDFBT
4GATE 2025 Architecture & Planning Syllabus PDFAR
5GATE Syllabus 2025 PDF for Biomedical EngineeringBM
6GATE 2025 Electronics & Communication Engineering Syllabus PDFEC
7GATE 2025 Chemical Engineering Syllabus PDFCH
8GATE 2025 Computer Science & Information Technology Syllabus PDFCS
9GATE Chemistry Syllabus PDF 2025CY
10GATE 2025 Aerospace Engineering Syllabus PDFAE
11GATE 2025 Geomatics Engineering Syllabus PDFGE
12GATE 2025 Electrical Engineering Syllabus PDFEE
13GATE 2025 Environmental Science & Engineering Syllabus PDFES
14GATE 2025 Ecology & Evolution Syllabus PDFEY
15GATE 2025 Mining Engineering Syllabus PDFMN
16GATE 2025 Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Syllabus PDFDA
17GATE 2025 Instrumentation Engineering Syllabus PDFIN
18GATE 2025 Mathematics Syllabus PDFMA
19GATE 2025 Mechanical Engineering Syllabus PDFME
20GATE Geology & Geophysics Syllabus 2025 PDFGG
21GATE 2025 Metallurgical Engineering Syllabus PDFMT
22GATE 2025 Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering Syllabus PDFNM
23GATE 2025 Engineering Sciences Syllabus PDFXE
24GATE 2025 Physics Syllabus PDFPH
25GATE 2025 Production & Industrial Engineering Syllabus PDFPI
26GATE Statistics Syllabus 2025 PDFST
27GATE 2025 Textile Engineering & Fibre Science Syllabus PDFTF
28GATE 2025 Petroleum Engineering Syllabus PDFPE
29GATE 2025 Humanities & Social Sciences Syllabus PDFXH
30GATE Life Sciences Syllabus 2025 PDFXL

Related Questions 

Q1- How can I download the GATE 2025 syllabus?

Ans- To download the GATE syllabus 2025 visit the GATE website gate2025.iitr.ac.in and navigate to the "GATE PAPERS & SYLLABUS" section. Click the paper link to get the subject's syllabus. A GATE 205 syllabus PDF will appear; download and save it.

Q2- Has the GATE syllabus 2025 changed?

Ans- No, there have been no changes in the GATE 2025 syllabus compared to the previous year.

Q3- Is the General Aptitude section included in the GATE 2025 syllabus?

Ans- Yes, the General Aptitude section is included in all the GATE 2025 pacers syllabus. 

Q4- Which is the easiest topic in GATE 2025?

ANs- General Aptitude is by far the easiest topic in GATE 2025, requiring only basic aptitude, logical reasoning, and a small amount of English.

Q5- How many subjects are in the GATE exam pdf?

Ans- The GATE 2025 exam covers 30 distinct subjects. The GATE syllabus 2025 for each paper varies. General Aptidue is included in all papers. The Engineering Mathematics section will not be included in papers with the codes AR, CY, EY, GG, M.A. PH, or XL. And, for the rest of the papers, there is an Engineering Maths part.

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FAQs about GATE Syllabus

What is the GATE syllabus for Mechanical Engineering?

The GATE syllabus for Mechanical Engineering includes sections like Engineering Mathematics, Applied Mechanics and Design, Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, and Materials, Manufacturing, and Industrial Engineering. 

 

What are the two paper combinations in the GATE exam?

GATE conducting authorities allow students to appear for two papers in the GATE exam. Students can choose the two papers freely but only from the given paired combinations. This facility is called two paper combination facility. 

 

What is the GATE General Aptitude Syllabus 2025?

The GATE general aptitude syllabus is divided into four sections: verbal, quantitative, analytical, and spatial.

 

What is the GATE syllabus 2025?

The GATE 2025 syllabus includes three key sections: General Aptitude, Engineering Mathematics, and Chosen subject from the list. The GATE General Aptitude syllabus is centered on intermediate level general understanding and is designed to test applicants' aptitude. However, the syllabus for engineering mathematics and the core engineering specialization will be at the graduate level.

 

How is the division of the GATE syllabus made?

The GATE syllabus can be done into two categories- General Aptitude (GA) and Core Discipline. 15% of marks of the syllabus are dedicated to General Aptitude (GA) and 85% of marks weightage is for topics from Core Discipline. 

I am from the ECE department. Can you help me out with some of the best books for the Analog Circuit topic?

Some of the best books that can be referred to for preparing the topic Analog Circuit in Electronics and Communication Engineering are listed below.

  1. Analog Electronics, Electronics devices, and circuits – Donald A Neaman
  2. Electronic Devices and Circuit Theory by Robert L Boylestad & Nashelsky
  3. Microelectronics Circuits by Sedra & Smith
  4. Pulse and Digital Electronics by Millman and Taub

Are there any changes in the GATE Syllabus ?

The GATE Syllabus for all the existing subjects remains the same. However, the only change that has been introduced is the addition of the Data Science & Artificial Intelligence paper. 

Is the GATE syllabus released officially?

Yes, IIT Roorkee has released the revised GATE syllabus on its official website. 

Is it important to revise all chapters mentioned in GATE syllabus?

It is important to prepare full syllabus of GATE as every chapter will have questions in the entrance exam. 

Where can I download GATE syllabus PDF?

You can download the PDF of GATE syllabus through this page directly.

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