GATE Exam Subjects List

The list of GATE Subjects contains a range of engineering disciplines that showcase the comprehensive nature of the GATE examination. There are a total of 30 subjects in GATE Exam 2024.

Check out the below table showing the GATE Exam Subjects included in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, along with their respective paper codes.

GATE Exam Subjects List

How Many Subjects are there in the GATE Exam?

As of 2024, there are a total of 30 subjects available in the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). All the details of the subjects along with their Syllabus are mentioned below. You can also appear for more than one paper in the GATE Exam. Details for the two paper combinations are also available in this article. From the current year, a new paper on Data Science and Artificial Intelligence has been added to the GATE.

List of all GATE Subjects

Here below is the list of 30 GATE subjects along with the Subject codes:

• Aerospace Engineering [AE]
• Agricultural Engineering [AG]
• Architecture and Planning [AR]
• Biomedical Engineering [BM]
• Biotechnology [BT]
• Chemical Engineering [CH
• Civil Engineering [CE]
• Computer Science and Information Technology [CS]
• Chemistry [CY]
• Electronics and Communication Engineering [EC]
• Electrical Engineering [EE]
• Environmental Science and Engineering [ES]
• Ecology and Evolution [EY]
• Geology and Geophysics [GG]
• Instrumentation Engineering [IN]
• Mathematics [MA]
• Mechanical Engineering [ME]
• Mining Engineering [MN]
• Metallurgical Engineering [MT]
• Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NEW) [NM]
• Petroleum Engineering [PE]
• Physics [PH]
• Production and Industrial Engineering [PI]
• Statistics [ST]
• Textile Engineering and Fibre Science [TF]
• Engineering Sciences [XE]
• Life Sciences [XL]
• Humanities and Social Sciences [XH]
• Geomatics Engineering [GE]
• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (New) [DA]

GATE Exam Subjects with Paper Codes XH, XL, and XE

GATE Exam Subjects like XE, XH, and XL have their particular sub-papers, which are optional. The GATE exam is a total of 100 marks. Out of 100, 15 marks are reserved for General Aptitude (GA), which is common for all the papers. The remaining 85 marks are specific to the respective paper syllabus.

Below are the GATE Exam Subjects codes for the following papers.

Subject Name	Subject Code
XE Paper Sections: Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory)	A
Any Two Optional Sections (2 x35=70 marks)
Fluid Mechanics	B
Materials Science	C
Solid Mechanics	D
Thermodynamics	E
Polymer Science and Engineering	F
Food Technology	G
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	H
XH Paper Sections: Reasoning and Comprehension (Compulsory worth 25 marks)	B1
Any One Optional Section (60 Marks)
Economics	C1
English	C2
Linguistics	C3
Philosophy	C4
Psychology	C5
Sociology	C6
XL Paper Sections: Chemistry (Compulsory) (25 marks)	P
Any Two Optional Sections (2 x 30=60 Marks)
Biochemistry	Q
Botany	R
Microbiology	S
Zoology	T
Food Technology	U

Remember: You can choose either one or up to two papers based on the designated two-paper combinations.

Two Paper Combinations for the GATE Exam

During the application process candidate should select the default paper for their engineering branch along with that they also can select the second paper which is chosen from the below table, a candidate can choose the second paper from the below table correctly they don’t need to fill application form again they can fill the second paper using the same application form:

First Paper	Papers Allowed as Secondary Paper
Aerospace Engineering(AE)	Civil Engineering(CE) Mechanical Engineering(ME) Engineering Sciences(XE)
Agricultural Engineering(AG)	Civil Engineering(CE)
Architecture and Planning(AR)	Civil Engineering(CE) Geology(GE)
Biomedical Engineering(BM)	Biotechnology(BT) Instrumentation Engineering(IN)
Biotechnology(BT)	Biomedical Engineering(BM) Life Sciences(XL)
Civil Engineering(CE)	Aerospace Engineering(AE) Agricultural Engineering(AG) Architecture and Planning(AR) Environmental Science and Engineering(ES) Geology(GE) Mining Engineering(NM) Engineering Sciences(XE)
Chemical Engineering(CH)	Environmental Science and Engineering(ES) Petroleum Engineering(PE) Engineering Sciences(XE)
Computer Science and Information Technology(CS)	Electronics and Communication Engineering(EC) Geology(GE) Mathematics(MA) Physics(PH) Statistics(ST)
Chemistry(CY)	Engineering Sciences(XE) Life Sciences(XL)
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence(DA)	Computer Science and Information Technology(CS) Electronics and Communication Engineering(EC) Electrical Engineering(EE) Mathematics(MA) Mechanical Engineering(ME) Physics(PH) Statistics(ST) Engineering Sciences(XE)
Electronics and Communication Engineering(EC)	Computer Science and Information Technology (CS) Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA) Electrical Engineering (EE) Instrumentation Engineering (IN) Physics (PH)
Electrical Engineering(EE)	Data Science and Artificial Intelligence(DA) Electronics and Communication Engineering(EC) Instrumentation Engineering(IN) Physics(PH)
Environmental Science and Engineering(ES)	Civil Engineering(CE) Chemical Engineering(CH) Geology(GE)
Ecology and Evolution(EY)	Life Sciences(XL)
Geomatics Engineering(GE)	Architecture and Planning(AR) Civil Engineering(CE) Computer Science and Information Technology(CS) Environmental Science and Engineering(ES) Geology and Geophysics(GG)
Geology and Geophysics(GG)	Geomatics Engineering(GE)
Instrumentation Engineering(IN)	Biomedical Engineering(BM) Electronics and Communication Engineering(EC) Electrical Engineering(EE) Mechanical Engineering(ME)
Mathematics(MA)	Computer Science and Information Technology(CS) Data Science and Artificial Intelligence(DA) Physics(PH) Statistics(ST)
Mechanical Engineering(ME)	Aerospace Engineering(AE) Data Science and Artificial Intelligence(DA) Instrumentation Engineering(IN) Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering(NM) Production and Industrial Engineering(PI) Engineering Sciences(XE)
Metallurgical Engineering(MT)	Engineering Sciences (XE)
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering(NM)	Civil Engineering(CE) Mechanical Engineering(ME)
Petroleum Engineering(PE)	Chemical Engineering(CH)
Physics(PH)	Computer Science and Information Technology(CS) Data Science and Artificial Intelligence(DA) Electronics and Communication Engineering(EC) Electrical Engineering(EE) Mathematics(MA) Engineering Sciences(XE)
Production and Industrial Engineering(PI)	Mechanical Engineering(ME) Engineering Sciences(XE)
Statistics(ST)	Computer Science and Information Technology(CS) Data Science and Artificial Intelligence(DA) Mathematics(MA) Humanities and Social Sciences(XL)
Engineering Sciences(XE)	Aerospace Engineering(AE) Civil Engineering(CE) Chemical Engineering(CH) Chemistry(CY) Data Science and Artificial Intelligence(DA) Mechanical Engineering(ME) Metallurgical Engineering(MT) Physics(PH) Production and Industrial Engineering(PI)
Humanities and Social Sciences(XH)	Statistics(ST)
Life Sciences(XL)	Biotechnology(BT) Chemistry(CY) Ecology and Evolution(EY)

GATE Subjects – FAQs

How to select subjects for GATE?

For those candidates, who are planning to appear for two subjects, they have to choose one subject as their default paper and other one from the combinations as described in the article.

Is GATE Syllabus is same every year?

The syllabus of GATE is almost common every year. If any change haapens in that syllabus, we will modify in our articles.

Which branch is assumed to be toughest in GATE?

Branches like Electronics & Communication Engineering, Mining, Physics, and Electrical are assumed to be toughest in GATE.

How many GATE exam papers may I appear?

You can appear for one or two gate paper based on the two paper combination.