GATE Exam syllabus 2016

GATE 2016 Syllabi

The syllabus for each of the papers can be found by clicking on the subject papers below. Read the section on Structure of GATE 2016 to know what sections appear in each paper, especially in XE and XL.

 *The syllabi for GATE 2016 papers have been revised. Hence, syllabi of some papers may be different from those of GATE 2015.

General Aptitude (GA) : Common in all papers
AE: Aerospace Engineering	PE: Petroleum Engineering
AG: Agricultural Engineering	PH: Physics
AR: Architecture and Planning	PI: Production and Industrial Engineering
BT: Biotechnology	TF: Textile Engineering and Fibre Science
CE: Civil Engineering	XE -A: Engineering Mathematics
CH: Chemical Engineering	XE-B: Fluid Mechanics
CS: Computer Sc. and Information Technology	XE-C: Materials Science
CY: Chemistry	XE-D: Solid Mechanics
EC: Electronics and Communication Engg.	XE-E: Thermodynamics
EE: Electrical Engineering	XE-F: Polymer Science and Engineering
EY: Ecology and Evolution	XE – G: Food Technology
GG: Geology and Geophysics	XL – H: Chemistry
IN: Instrumentation Engineering	XL-I: Biochemistry
MA: Mathematics	XL-J: Botany
ME: Mechanical Engineering	XL – K: Microbiology
MN: Mining Engineering	XL – L: Zoology
MT: Metallurgical Engineering