GATE 2025: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee—the nodal institute to organise the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2025—will open the registration window for admission to postgraduate engineering programmes on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at gate2025.iitr.ac.in. The last date to complete the admission form without a late fee is September 26, while the extended closing date with a late fee is October 7, 2024.
The exams will be conducted on February 1st, 2nd, 15th, and 16th of 2025 in two shifts—forenoon and afternoon—on each of these days. The first shift (forenoon shift) will start at 9:30 am and end at 12:30 pm, while the second shift (afternoon shift) will begin at 2:30 pm and conclude at 5:30 pm.
Candidates must note that the IIT-Roorkee has cautioned the aspiring candidates that the other dates are liable to change.
According to the GATE 2025 notification, the application can filled online only and one candidate can fill out ONLY ONE application form. If the candidate wish to appear in the second paper (from the two-paper combination), he can add the respective paper to their original application. In case of multiple applications, only one will be accepted, and the remaining applications will be rejected without any refund for the paid fee.
GATE 2025: Documents required during the registration process
Candidates must note that they will be required to submit the following documents to complete the GATE 2025 registration process:
- Photograph: A candidate will require a high-resolution passport size (3.5 cm width × 4.5 cm height) photograph in JPEG / JPG format. The file size must be minimum of 5 KB and a maximum of 1 MB.
- Signature: High-resolution image of candidate’s signature ( 3.25 to 3.75) in JPEG / JPG format. File size MUST be within 5 KB (minimum) to 200 KB (maximum). Candidates must note that Signatureother than black and blue) will NOT be accepted.
- Scanned copy of category (SC/ST) certificate in pdf format (if applicable).
- Scanned copy of PwD certificate in pdf format (if applicable).
- Scanned copy of certificate of Dyslexia in pdf format (if applicable).
- Scanned copy of valid photo Identity document: Aadhar-UID (preferable)/ Passport/ PAN Card/ Voter ID/ Driving License.
- The photo ID must have name, date of birth of the candidate and unique photo ID number.
- Address for Communication (including PIN code)
- Eligibility degree details
- Net-banking/ debit card/ credit card/ UPI details for fee payment
Candidates must note that the GATE 2025 scorecard will remain valid for three years from the date of announcement of the results.
GATE 2025: Eligibility Criteria
According to the notification, candidates currently studying in the 3rd or higher years of anyundergraduate degree programor who have completed any government-approved degree program in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Science/ Commerce/ Arts/ Humanities are eligible to appear for GATE 2025.
GATE 2025: Application Fee
Female/SC/ST/PwD candidates (per test paper): ₹900 between (August 24 to September 26) and ₹1400 (with late fee: September 27 to October 7, 2024).
All other candidates, including foreign nationals (per test paper): ₹1800 (August 24 to September 26) and ₹2,300 (with late fee: September 27 to October 7, 2024 to 7thOct 2024)
GATE 2025: Exam Pattern
As per the IIT-Roorkee notification, GATE 2025 will consist of 30 exam papers. The mode of exam papers will be in English and entirely of objective type. Candidates will be allowed to choose one or two test papers from permissible combinations. The exam duration will be 3 hours and GATE scores will be valid for three years from the result’s announcement date.
The types of questions include Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ), Multiple Select Questions (MSQ). and Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions. In MCQs, only one out of four options is correct. In MSQs, one or more than one out of four options is/are correct; and for NAT questions, the answer must be keyed in using a virtual keypad. The candidates must use only the on-screen virtual calculator provided for their calculations.
