Official GATE 2026 syllabus.

Aerospace Engineering covers flight mechanics, aerodynamics, aircraft and spacecraft propulsion, structures, and vibrations. The paper draws heavily on classical mechanics and applied mathematics.

Agricultural Engineering covers farm machinery, soil and water conservation engineering, irrigation and drainage, agricultural process engineering, dairy and food engineering, and renewable energy in agriculture.

Architecture and Planning covers design, building materials, history of architecture, urban planning, environmental sciences, and building services. The paper splits into separate Architecture and Planning streams from G...

Biomedical Engineering covers biomedical signals and systems, sensors and bioinstrumentation, medical imaging, biomechanics, biomaterials, and human physiology applied to engineering design.

Biotechnology covers general biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, immunology, genetics, recombinant DNA technology, plant and animal biotechnology, and bioprocess engineering.

Civil Engineering covers structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, water resources engineering, environmental engineering, transportation engineering, and surveying. One of the largest GATE papers by candidate vo...

Chemical Engineering covers process calculations, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, mass transfer, chemical reaction engineering, process dynamics and control, and plant design.

Computer Science and IT covers algorithms, data structures, theory of computation, operating systems, databases, computer networks, compiler design, computer organisation and architecture, digital logic, and discrete mat...

Chemistry covers physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and analytical chemistry at a level expected of an M.Sc. graduate.

Data Science and AI covers probability and statistics, linear algebra, calculus, optimisation, programming, data structures and algorithms, database management, machine learning, and AI fundamentals. Introduced as a new...

Electronics and Communication covers networks, signals and systems, electronic devices, analog and digital circuits, control systems, communications, and electromagnetics.

Electrical Engineering covers electric circuits, electromagnetic fields, signals and systems, electrical machines, power systems, control systems, electrical and electronic measurements, analog and digital electronics, a...

Environmental Science and Engineering covers environmental chemistry, microbiology, water and wastewater treatment, air pollution, solid waste management, environmental impact assessment, and global environmental issues.

Ecology and Evolution covers fundamentals of ecology, population biology, community ecology, evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, applied ecology, and quantitative methods.

Geomatics Engineering covers surveying, photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS, GPS, cartography and digital image processing for spatial data.

Geology and Geophysics is a two-part paper with a common section and separate parts on Geology and Geophysics. Covers earth and planetary system, structural geology, sedimentology, mineralogy, paleontology, geomorphology...

Instrumentation Engineering covers electrical and electronic measurements, control systems, analog and digital electronics, signals and systems, transducers, communication and optical instrumentation, biomedical instrume...

Mathematics covers linear algebra, complex analysis, real analysis, ordinary and partial differential equations, algebra, functional analysis, numerical analysis, topology, probability, and linear programming at an M.Sc....

Mechanical Engineering covers engineering mechanics, strength of materials, theory of machines, vibrations, machine design, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, manufacturing processes, industrial engineering,...

Mining Engineering covers mine development and surveying, geomechanics and ground control, mining methods, mine ventilation, environmental engineering in mining, mineral economics, and mining machinery.

Metallurgical Engineering covers thermodynamics and rate processes, extractive metallurgy, physical metallurgy, mechanical metallurgy, and manufacturing processes.

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering covers ship hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, structures, design, marine engines, marine instrumentation and dynamics of ocean vehicles.

Petroleum Engineering covers petroleum exploration, oil and gas well drilling and production, reservoir engineering, petroleum production operations, and offshore drilling and production practices.

Physics covers mathematical physics, classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics and statistical physics, atomic and molecular physics, solid state physics and electronics, and nuclear...

Production and Industrial Engineering covers engineering mathematics, general engineering, manufacturing processes I and II, quality and reliability, industrial engineering, operations research and operations management.

Statistics covers calculus, matrix theory, probability, stochastic processes, inference, regression analysis, multivariate analysis, design of experiments, and sample surveys at a postgraduate level.

Textile Engineering and Fibre Science covers textile fibres, yarn manufacture, fabric manufacture, textile testing, chemical processing of textiles, and textile quality and statistical techniques.

Engineering Sciences is a multi-section paper with Engineering Mathematics as the common section, plus optional sections from Fluid Mechanics, Materials Science, Solid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Polymer Science, Food Tec...

Humanities and Social Sciences has a Reasoning and Comprehension common section plus optional papers in Economics, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, German, French, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.

Life Sciences is a multi-section paper with Chemistry as the common section, plus optional sections from Biochemistry, Botany, Microbiology, Zoology, and Food Technology.