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By EXAM JOB EXPERT Published: JUNE 13, 2025

What is GATE Exam Syllabus?

The GATE Syllabus includes the detailed list of topics and subjects that candidates must study for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). Designed by the organizing institute, the syllabus ensures that students have a comprehensive understanding of their chosen engineering discipline, enabling them to excel in the examination and their future careers.

GATE Exam Syllabus Subject Wise Topics:-

Subject

Topics

GATE 2024 Syllabus for General Aptitude

  • Verbal Ability
  • Numerical Ability

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Aerospace Engineering

  • Fourier Series
  • Laplace Transforms
  • Numerical methods for linear and nonlinear algebraic equations
  • Numerical integration and differentiation
  • Dynamic stability
  • Euler angle
  • Equations of motion
  • Aerodynamic forces and moments, stability & control derivatives
  • Decoupling of longitudinal and lateral-directional dynamics
  • Longitudinal modes; lateral-directional modes
  • Orbit transfer
  • In-plane and out-of-plane
  • Elementary ideas of viscous flows including boundary layers
  • Wind Tunnel Testing
  • Measurement and visualization techniques
  • Vibration of beams
  • Theory of elasticity
  • Equilibrium and compatibility equations
  • Airy’s stress function

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Biomedical Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Electrical Circuits
  • Analog and Digital Electronics
  • Signals and Systems
  • Measurement and Digital Electronics
  • Sensors and Bioinstrumentations
  • Medical Imaging System
  • Biomaterials
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology
  • Biomechanics

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Agricultural Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Farm Machinery
  • Farm Power
  • Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
  • Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
  • Agricultural Processing Engineering
  • Dairy and Food Engineering

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Architecture and Planning

  • Architecture and Design
  • Building Materials, Construction, and Management
  • Building and Structures
  • Environmental Planning and Design
  • Urban Design
  • Urban Planning and Housing
  • Planning Techniques and Management
  • Services, Infrastructure, and Transportation

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Biotechnology

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • General Biotechnology
  • Recombinant DNA Technology
  • Plant and Animal Biotechnology
  • Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Civil Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Structural Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Water Resources Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Transportation Engineering
  • Geomatics Engineering

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Chemical Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Process Calculations and Thermodynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mass Transfer
  • Chemical Reaction Engineering
  • Instrumentation and Process Control
  • Plant Design and Economics
  • Chemical Technology

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Computer Science and Information Technology

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Digital Logic
  • Computer Organization and Architecture
  • Programming and Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • Theory of Computation
  • Compiler Design
  • Operating System
  • Databases
  • Computer Networks

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Chemistry

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Electronics and Communication Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Networks, Signals, and Systems
  • Electronic Devices
  • Analog Circuits
  • Digital Circuits
  • Control System
  • Communication
  • Electromagnetics

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Electrical Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Electrical Circuits
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Signals and Systems
  • Electrical Machines
  • Power Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Electrical and Electronic Measurements
  • Analog and Digital Electronics
  • Power Electronics

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Environmental Science and Engineering

  • Environmental Management and Sustainable Development
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Water Resources and Environmental Hydraulics
  • Water & Wastewater Treatment and Management
  • Air and Noise Pollution
  • Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
  • Global and Regional Environmental Issues

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Ecology and Evolution

  • Ecology
  • Evolution
  • Mathematics and Quantitative Ecology
  • Behavioral Ecology

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Geology and Geophysics

  • Geology
  • Geophysics

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Instrumentation Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Control Systems
  • Electrical Circuits
  • Analog and Digital Electronics
  • Signals and Systems
  • Measurements
  • Sensors and Industrial Instrumentation
  • Communication and Optical Instrumentation

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Mathematics

  • Calculus
  • Linear Algebra
  • Rear Analysis
  • Complex Analysis
  • Ordinary Differential Equations
  • Algebra
  • Functional Analysis
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Topology
  • Linear Programming

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Mechanical Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Applied Mechanics and Design
  • Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Science
  • Material, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Mining Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Mine Development Surveying
  • Geomechanics and Ground Control
  • Mining Methods and Machinery
  • Surface Environment, Mine Ventilation, and Underground Hazards
  • Mine Economics, Mine Planning, System Engineering

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Metallurgical Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Thermodynamics and Rate Process
  • Extractive Metallurgy
  • Physical Metallurgy
  • Mechanical Metallurgy
  • Manufacturing Process

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Physics

  • Mathematical Physics
  • Classical Mechanics
  • Electromagnetic Theory
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics
  • Solid State Physics and Electronics
  • Nuclear and Particle Physics

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Production and Industrial Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • General Engineering
  • Manufacturing Processes
  • Quality and Reliability
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Operation Research an Operational Management

GATE 2024 Syllabus for Textile Engineering

  • Engineering Mathematics
  • Textile Engineering and Fibre Science

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XE-A (Engineering Mathematics)

  • Linear Algebra
  • Calculus
  • Vector Calculus
  • Ordinary Differential Equations
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Complex variables
  • Probability and Statistics
  • Numerical Methods

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XE-B (Fluid Mechanics)

  • Flow and Fluid Properties
  • Kinematics
  • Integral analysis
  • Differential Analysis
  • Inviscid flows
  • Dimensional analysis
  • Internal flows
  • Prandtl boundary layer equations

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XE-C (Material Science)

  • Processing of Materials
  • Characterization Techniques
  • Structure and Imperfections
  • Thermodynamics and Kinetics
  • Properties of Materials
  • Material types
  • Environmental Degradation
  • Elements of Quantum Mechanics and Mathematics

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XE-E (Thermodynamics)

  • Basic Concepts
  • Law of Thermodynamics
  • Thermodynamics Cycle
  • Thermodynamics Relations
  • Ideal Gas Mixtures

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XE-F (Polymer Science and Engineering)

  • Chemistry of high polymers
  • Polymer Characterization
  • Synthesis and properties
  • Polymer blends and composites
  • Polymer Technology
  • Polymer rheology
  • Polymer processing
  • Polymer testing

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XE-G (Food Technology)

  • Food Chemistry and Nutrition
  • Food Microbiology
  • Food Products Technology
  • Food Engineering

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XL-P (Chemistry)

  • Atomic Structure and Periodicity
  • Structure and Bonding
  • s, p and d Block Elements
  • Chemical Equilibria
  • Electrochemistry
  • Reaction Kinetics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Structure-Reactivity Correlations and Organic Reaction Mechanisms

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XL-R (Botany)

  • Plant Systematics
  • Plant Anatomy
  • Morphogenesis & Development
  • Physiology and Biochemistry
  • Genetics
  • Plant Breeding and Genetic Modification
  • Economic Botany
  • Plant Pathology
  • Ecology and Environment

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XL-S (Microbiology)

  • Historical Perspective
  • Methods in Microbiology
  • Microbial Taxonomy and Diversity
  • Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells: Structure and Function
  • Microbial Growth
  • Control of Micro-organisms
  • Microbial Metabolism
  • Microbial Diseases and Host-Pathogen Interaction
  • Chemotherapy/Antibiotics
  • Microbial Genetics
  • Microbial Ecology

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XL-T (Zoology)

  • Animal world
  • Genetics
  • Evolution
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Gene expression in Eukaryotes
  • Animal Anatomy and Physiology
  • Parasitology and Immunology
  • Development Biology
  • Ecology
  • Animal Behavior

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XH-B1 (Reasoning and Comprehension)

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Expression
  • Analytical reasoning
  • Logical reasoning

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XH-C1 (Economics)

  • Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics
  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • International Economics
  • Public Economics
  • Development Economics
  • Indian Economy

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XH-C3 (Linguistics)

  • Areal Typology, Universals, Cross-linguistic Features
  • Language and Linguistics
  • Levels of Grammar and Grammatical Analysis
  • Historical Linguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Methods of analysis
  • Applied Linguistics

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XH-C4 (Philosophy)

  • Classical Indian Philosophy
  • Contemporary Indian Philosophy
  • Classical and Modern Western Philosophy
  • Contemporary Western Philosophy

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XH-C5 (Psychology)

  • Perception, Learning, Memory, and Forgetting
  • Cognition: Thinking, Intelligence, and Language
  • Research Methods and Statistics
  • Psychometrics
  • The biological and evolutionary basis of behavior
  • Personality
  • Applications of Psychology
  • Motivation, Emotion, and Stress and Coping
  • Social psychology
  • Development across the life span

GATE 2024 Syllabus for XH-C6 (Sociology)

  • Family, Marriage, and Kinship
  • Sociological Theory
  • Research Methodology and Methods
  • Sociological Concepts
  • Agrarian Sociology and Rural Transformation
  • Indian Society / Sociology of India
  • Social Movements
  • Sociology of Development

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