The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025 will take place on February 1, 2, 15, and February 16 this year. The GATE 2025 examination will be conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee.
The exam will take place in a computer-based test with a duration of 3 hours. According to the official notification, out of 30 subjects, candidates can appear for two test papers. The two papers must be selected from the combination already available on the official website.
This year, the GATE 2025 cut-off is expected to increase and candidates who will sit in the examination can check the previous year's cut-off scores to get an idea about the upcoming trends.
GATE 2025 Exam Schedule:
Gate Exam Date |
Gate Exam Time |
Gate Papers |
Saturday, 1st February 2025
|
9:30 am to 12:30 pm |
CS1, AG, MA |
2:30 pm to 5:30 pm |
CS2, NM, MT, TF, IN |
Sunday, 2nd February 2025
|
9:30 am to 12:30 pm |
ME, PE, AR |
2:30 pm to 5:30 pm |
EE |
Saturday, 15th February 2025
|
9:30 am to 12:30 pm |
CY, AE, DA, ES, PI |
2:30 pm to 5:30 pm |
EC, GE, XH, BM, EY |
Sunday, 16th February 2025
|
9:30 am to 12:30 pm |
CE1, GG, CH, PH, BT |
2:30 pm to 5:30 pm |
CE2, ST, XE, XL, MN |
GATE 2025 expected cut-off
A total of 826,239 candidates registered for the GATE 2024 examination, out of which 653,292 appeared. Last year, the cut-off was 33.3 for Aerospace Engineering, 27.6 for Computer Science and Information Technology, 25.7 for Electrical Engineering, 25.2 for Chemistry, and 25 for Mathematics.
Check the complete cut-off list here:
Paper Code |
Test Paper |
Cut-off (GEN) |
AE |
Aerospace Engineering |
33.3 |
AG |
Agricultural Engineering |
25 |
AR |
Architecture and Planning |
41.5 |
BM |
Biomedical Engineering |
25 |
BT |
Biotechnology |
38.9 |
CE |
Civil Engineering |
28.3 |
CH |
Chemical Engineering |
25 |
CS |
Computer Science and Information Technology |
27.6 |
CY |
Chemistry |
25.2 |
DA |
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence |
37.1 |
EC |
Electronics and CommunicationEngineering |
25 |
EE |
Electrical Engineering |
25.7 |
ES |
Environmental Science andEngineering |
37.9 |
EY |
Ecology and Evolution |
35.5 |
GE |
Geomatics Engineering |
41.1 |
GG1 |
Geology and Geophysics(Geology) |
42 |
GG2 |
Geology and Geophysics(Geophysics) |
49 |
IN |
InstrumentationEngineering |
32.7 |
MA |
Mathematics |
25 |
ME |
Mechanical Engineering |
28.6 |
MN |
Mining Engineering |
25 |
MT |
Metallurgical Engineering |
41 |
NM |
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
25.1 |
PE |
Petroleum Engineering |
42.6 |
PH |
Physics |
32 |
PI |
Production and Industrial Engineering |
30.5 |
ST |
Statistics |
26.6 |
TF |
Textile Engineering and Fibre Science |
28 |
XE |
Engineering Sciences |
36.2 |
XH-C1 |
Humanities and SocialSciences (Economics) |
37 |
XH-C2 |
Humanities and SocialSciences (English) |
48 |
XH-C3 |
Humanities and SocialSciences (Linguistics) |
49.7 |
XH-C4 |
Humanities and SocialSciences (Philosophy) |
39.3 |
XH-C5 |
Humanities and SocialSciences (Psychology) |
52.7 |
XH-C6 |
Humanities and SocialSciences (Sociology) |
36 |
XL |
Life Sciences |
29.3 |
About GATE
The Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) is a national-level exam which allows candidates to take admission to master’s and doctoral programs in fields like engineering, technology, science, architecture, and humanities, as well as for employment in certain public sector organizations.
On behalf of the National Coordination Board (NCB), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India, the exam will be conducted by IISc Bengaluru and seven IITs (IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee).