GATE 2025 Exam Date Branch-Wise - IIT Roorkee has announced the branch wise GATE 2025 exam dates on the official website, gate2025.iitr.ac.in. According to the notification, the GATE 2025 exam is being conducted on February 1, 2, 15 and 16, 2025. For candidates appearing for the GATE exam, the branch-wise exam schedule is a crucial resource to prepare for D-Day. The authority has released the GATE 2025 exam date branch-wise schedule for all 30 papers of the GATE exam over the four exam days. The GATE 2025 exam will be held in two shifts. Check the GATE 2025 branch-wise exam dates and timings below.
The GATE 2026 exam sectional papers are listed below
XE Paper Sections | Code | XH Paper Sections | Code | XL Paper Sections | Code |
Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory) (15 marks) | A | Reasoning and Comprehension (Compulsory) (25 marks) | B1 | Chemistry (Compulsory) (25 marks) | P |
Any TWO optional Sections (2x35 = 70 marks) | Any ONE optional Section (60 marks) | Any TWO optional Sections (2x30 = 60 marks) | |||
Fluid Mechanics | B | Economics | C1 | Biochemistry | Q |
Materials Science | C | English | C2 | Botany | R |
Solid Mechanics | D | Linguistics | C3 | Microbiology | S |
Thermodynamics | E | Philosophy | C4 | Zoology | T |
Polymer Science and Engineering | F | Psychology | C5 | Food Technology | U |
Food Technology | G | Sociology | C6 | ||
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | H | ||||
Energy Science (Newly Introduced) | I |
IIT Roorkee announced the GATE exam date branch-wise for all candidates online at gate2025.iitr.ac.in. Careers360 has compiled the GATE branch-wise exam date for all 30 papers along with their shift timings below. Additionally, the GATE 2025 exam date, centre details and timings for each branch are mentioned on the GATE 2025 admit card, which was issued on January 7, 2025.
GATE Exam Branch | GATE branch-wise exam dates | Timings |
Agricultural Engineering (AG) | February 1 | Forenoon session |
Mathematics (MA) | February 1 | Forenoon session |
Computer Science & Information Technology (CS) | February 1 | Forenoon & Afternoon sessions |
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering (NM) | February 1 | Afternoon session |
February 1 | Afternoon session | |
Metallurgical Engineering (MT) | February 1 | Afternoon session |
Textile Engineering and Fiber Science (TF) | February 1 | Afternoon session |
Architecture and Planning (AR) | February 2 | Forenoon session |
Mechanical Engineering (ME) | February 2 | Forenoon session |
Petroleum Engineering (PE) | February 2 | Forenoon session |
Electrical Engineering (EE) | February 2 | Afternoon session |
February 15 | Forenoon session | |
Chemistry (CY) | February 15 | Forenoon session |
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence (DA) | February 15 | Forenoon session |
Environmental Science and Engineering (ES) | February 15 | Forenoon session |
Production and Industrial Engineering (PI) | February 15 | Forenoon session |
Biomedical Engineering (BM) | February 15 | Afternoon session |
Ecology and Evolution (EE) | February 15 | Afternoon session |
February 15 | Afternoon session | |
Geomatics Engineering (GE) | February 15 | Afternoon session |
Humanities and Social Sciences (XH) | February 15 | Afternoon session |
Biotechnology (BT) | February 16 | Forenoon session |
Civil Engineering (CE) | February 16 | Forenoon & Afternoon sessions |
Chemical Engineering (CH) | February 16 | Forenoon session |
Engineering Sciences (XE) | February 16 | Afternoon session |
Geology and Geophysics (GG) | February 16 | Forenoon session |
Physics (PH) | February 16 | Forenoon session |
Mining Engineering (MN) | February 16 | Afternoon session |
Life Sciences (XL) | February 16 | Afternoon session |
Candidates gearing up for the GATE exam must check the GATE 2025 exam timetable available below. While appearing for the test one must ensure they follow the GATE exam timings. Check the table below for the GATE 2025 exam timings.
Events | Shift 1 | Shift 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 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The authority is conducting ME, PE & AR papers in the forenoon session and EE in the afternoon session of GATE Feb 2 exam.
The authority is conducting the GATE CSE exam on February 1 in two shifts.
There are a total of 30 branches in the GATE exam. Branches such as Civil engineering, mechanical engineering, CSE and more are under the GATE 2025 exam subjects list The complete list of GATE 2025 exam subjects is available online.
IIT Roorkee is conducting the GATE 2025 exam in online mode.
IIT Roorkee is conducting the GATE 2025 exam on February 1, 2, 15 and 16, 2025.
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The link to the question paper is attached here. You can access the question papers along with the answer key on the careers360 website. Careers360 also provides students with preparation tips that will help them in preparing and the mock test and analyse their in-depth performance.
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/last-15-years-gate-papers-solutions
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Here is a link for the sample papers for GATE Exam with DA subjects. Tap on the link given below to open it:
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