GATE 2016 Syllabus

The dates for GATE 2016 were released recently. The exam is scheduled to be conducted during forenoon and afternoon sessions on alternate weekends (Saturday and Sunday) between January 30, 2016 and February 7, 2016. Check GATE 2016 important dates here.

The syllabus for GATE 2016 has witnessed some changes. From the next year onwards, the exam will encompass a new paper on petroleum engineering as part of the syllabus. Earlier, the total number of papers were 22, however, after the addition of this new paper, the total number of papers have been changed to 23.

Also, the point to note here is that the syllabus for GATE 2016 papers have been revised. Thus, the syllabus for some papers might  be different from those of GATE 2015.

The syllabus for each of the section in GATE 2016 is given below by clicking on each of the subjects:

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

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