GATE 2025 Branch-wise Schedule Released - Exam Dates & Timings

GATE 2025 Branch-wise Schedule Released - Exam Dates & Timings

Samridhi MishraUpdated on 15 Feb 2025, 12:25 PM IST

GATE 2025 Branch-Wise Schedule - IIT Roorkee released the complete GATE branch-wise schedule on the website, gate2025.iitr.ac.in. Candidates who are appearing for the GATE exam must check the GATE branch-wise exam dates 2025. Careers360 has compiled the GATE 2025 exam dates branch-wise on this page. The branch-wise schedule is available for all 30 papers of the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering on this page. The GATE 2025 exam is being held in two shifts on each exam day. The GATE exam dates 2025 are February 1, 2, 15 and 16, 2025. Check the GATE 2025 branch-wise exam dates and timings below.

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GATE best books 2026 by various authors for preparation are given in the table below.

Subjects and topics

Books/Author name

Computer Science Engineering (CSE)

Architecture

Hamacher

Operating System

Galvin

Algorithm

Cormen

Agricultural Engineering (AG)

Concept of Agricultural Engineering

Mohanty Das

Soil & Water Conservation

VVN Murty

Chemical Engineering (CH)

Essentials of Chemical Reaction Engineering

Fogler

Heat Transfer

JP Holman

Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

JM Smith

Principles of Mass Transfer and Separation Processes

BK Dutta

Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering

McCabe - FPM and MO

Civil Engineering (CE)

Environment 1 and 2

SK Garg

Open channel flow and engineering hydrology

K Subramanya

Geology and Geophysics (GG)

Complete Master Guide GATE

Amresh Singh

Geophysics

Telford

GATE Production and Industrial (PI)

Fluid Mechanics and Machinery

Modi & Seth

Material Science

Made Easy Class Notes & Swadesh Singh

Machine Design

VB Bhandari

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GATE 2025 Branch-wise Schedule Released - Exam Dates & Timings
GATE 2025 Branch-wise Schedule - Exam Dates & Timings

GATE 2025 Branch-Wise Schedule

IIT Roorkee has published the GATE 2025 exam schedule pdf online. Aspirants can check their exam dates and timings from the table below. The authority issued the GATE 2025 admit card on January 7 informing candidates of the exam centre address, instructions and more.

GATE 2025 Test Dates for Branches

GATE paper

GATE 2025 branch-wise exam dates

Shift Timings

Computer Science & Information Technology (CS)

February 1, 2025

  • Session 1 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

  • Session 2 - 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Agricultural Engineering (AG)

February 1, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Mathematics (MA)

February 1, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (NM)

February 1, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Metallurgical Engineering (MT)

February 1, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Textile Engineering and Fiber Science (TF)

February 1, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Instrumentation Engineering (IN)

February 1, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Mechanical Engineering (ME)

February 2, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Petroleum Engineering (PE)

February 2, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Architecture and Planning (AR)

February 2, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Electrical Engineering (EE)

February 2, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Chemistry (CY)

February 15, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Aerospace Engineering (AE)

February 15, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (DA)

February 15, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Environmental Science and Engineering (ES)

February 15, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Production and Industrial Engineering (PI)

February 15, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)

February 15, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Geomatics Engineering (GE)

February 15, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Humanities and Social Sciences (XH)

February 15, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Biomedical Engineering (BM)

February 15, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Ecology and Evolution (EE)

February 15, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Civil Engineering (CE)

February 16, 2025

  • Session 1 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

  • Session 2 - 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Geology and Geophysics (GG)

February 16, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Chemical Engineering (CH)

February 16, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Physics (PH)

February 16, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Biotechnology (BT)

February 16, 2025

9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Engineering Sciences (XE)

February 16, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Mining Engineering (MN)

February 16, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Life Sciences (XL)

February 16, 2025

2:30 PM to 5:30 PM

GATE 2025 Exam Timings

Candidates appearing for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering can check the GATE 2025 exam timetable below. Candidates have to adhere to the GATE 2025 timetable while appearing for the test. Check the table below to know the GATE exam timings for reporting and logging in.

Events

Session 1

Session 2

Reporting time

8 AM

1 PM

Candidates can take their seats

8:50 AM

1:50 PM

Log in and start reading the exam instructions

9:10 AM

2:10 PM

Examination starts

9:30 AM

2:30 PM

Last entry allowed

10:00 AM

3:00 PM

Scheduled end of the

12:30 PM

5:30 PM

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