About GATE

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is an All-India examination administered and conducted in eight zones across the country by the GATE Committee comprising of Faculty members from IISc, Bangalore and other seven IIT’s on behalf of the National Coordinating Board, Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resources Development. The GATE score/rank is used for admissions to Post Graduate Programmes (ME, M.Tech, MS, direct PhD) in institutes like IIT and IIScetc with financial assistance offered by MHRD. PSUs too use the GATE scores for recruiting candidates for various prestigious jobs with attractive remuneration.

In GATE examination, candidates can apply for only one of the 24 papers listed in the table given below. Candidates are expected to appear in a paper appropriate to the discipline of their qualifying degree. However, candidates are free to choose any paper according to their admission plan, keeping in mind the eligibility criteria of the institutions in which they wish to seek admission. For more details regarding the admission criteria in any particular institute, candidates are advised to refer to the websites of that particular institute.

PAPER	CODE	PAPER	CODE
Aerospace Engineering	AE	Geology and Geophysics	GG
Agricultural Engineering	AG	Instrumentation Engineering	IN
Architecture and Planning	AR	Life Sciences	XL
Biotechnology	BT	Mathematics	MA
Civil Engineering	CE	Mechanical Engineering	ME
Chemical Engineering	CH	Mining Engineering	MN
Computer Science & Information Technology	CS	Metallurgical Engineering	MT
Chemistry	CY	Physics	PH
Electronics and Communication Engineering	EC	Production and Industrial Engineering	PI
Electrical Engineering	EE	Textile Engineering &Fibre Science	TF
Engineering Sciences	XE	Ecology and Evolution	EY
Petrolium Engineering	PE	Statistics	ST

GATE 2021 Syllabus Check Stream-wise Syllabus
(ME, CSE, IN, CE, EE, and ECE)

GATE is a highly competitive exam where lakhs of engineering students appear for the examination to qualify and secure admissions in M.Tech and Postgraduate programs.

IIT Bombay will be the organizing institute for the GATE 2021.

IIT Bombay will officially release the GATE 2021 syllabus along with brochure for the GATE 2021 exam.

GATE Syllabus for any engineering stream is a very exhaustive one, as it will cover around 10-14 subjects from the engineering streams. It requires a thorough understanding of GATE Syllabus for a effective preparation strategy.

Hence, all the engineering students before appearing for GATE 2021 exam should analyze the GATE syllabus and the GATE exam pattern before starting their GATE preparation.

GATE 2021 syllabus will help the candidates to know the important subjects and topics. All the questions in GATE exam will be based on the GATE syllabus defined and hence all GATE exam aspirants should be thorough with GATE syllabus and complete every topic thoroughly.GATE Eligibility

The eligibility to appear for GATE exam is as follows:

Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering/Technology/ Architecture (4 years after 10+2) and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering/Technology/Architecture (Post-B.Sc./Post-Diploma) and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
Master's degree holders in any branch of Science/Mathematics/ Statistics/Computer Applications or equivalent and those who are in the final year of such programmes.
Candidates in the second or higher year of the Four-year Integrated Master's degree programme (Post-B.Sc.) in Engineering/Technology.
Candidates in the fourth or higher year of Five-year Integrated Master's degree programme or Dual Degree programme in Engineering/Technology.
Candidates with qualifications obtained through examinations conducted by professional societies recognized by UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by Institute of Engineers (India); AMICE by Institute of Civil Engineers (India) as equivalent to B.E./B.Tech. Those who have completed section A or equivalent of such professional courses are also eligible.

GATE Exam Pattern

Section	Question No	No. of Questions	Marks Per Question	Total Marks
General Aptitude	1 to 5	5	1	5
Technical	1 to 25	25	1	25
Engineering	26 to 55	30	2	60
Total Question: 65		Total Marks: 100	Total Duration: 3hrs
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 (MCQ)

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 Question

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
Question Type	Marks	Negative Marking
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)	1 mark	0.33
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)	2 marks	0.66
Numerical Answer Question	1 mark	Nil
Numerical Answer Question	2 marks	Nil

Subject Specialization Priority

Civil Engineering

Structural Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Construction Engineering &Management
Transportation Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Earthquake Engineering
Water Resources Engineering
Rock Engineering & Underground Structure

Mechanical Engineering

Design of Mechanical Equipment or Machine Design
Thermal Engineering
Manufacturing Science & Engineering
Production Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Material Science & management

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

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