GATE 2025 registration: The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee will today start the registration procedure for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2025. Interested and eligible candidates can visit the official website, gat2025.iitr.ac.in and register themselves for the same. Earlier, GATE 2025 registration was to commence from August 24 onwards, which was postponed due to unknown reasons. Despite the change in the registration date, the last date for submission of the application is September 26. Candidates should note that dates are liable to change, the official notice stated.
Important dates:
- Opening date of GATE online application processing system: August 28
- Closing date of Regular online registration without late fee: September 26
- Closing date of extended online registration with late fee: October 7
- Admit Cards available for download: January 2
- GATE 2025 Exam: February 1, 2, 15, and 16
- Result date: March 19
- Score Cards available for free download: March 28 to 31
Eligibility Criteria
Educational Qualification:
Candidates who are currently studying in the 3rd or higher years of any undergraduate degree program or who have completed any government-approved degree program in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture/ Science/ Commerce/ Arts/ Humanities are eligible to appear for GATE 2025.
How to apply?
Applications will be accepted ONLINE only through the GATE 2025 website, gate2025.iitr.ac.in. Even if a candidate is appearing for two test papers, the candidate should fill only one application form.
Application Fee
- Gender/ Category Regular Period Extended period
- Female/ SC/ ST/ PwD 900/- 1400/-
- Other Candidates 1800/- 2300/-
Exam Pattern
The GATE 2025 exam will be conducted as a Computer Based Test (CBT). There will be a total of 30 test papers. The question paper will be in English and entirely of the objective type. The duration of the exam will be 3 hours.
The types of questions include Multiple Choice Questions, Multiple Select Questions (MSQ), and Numerical Answer Type (NAT). In MCQs, only one out of four options is correct. In MSQs, one or more than one out of four options 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.
