Exam
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering — Electrical Engineering
Also known as GATE Electrical Engineering
Understand Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering — Electrical Engineering, its syllabus and the 3 courses and 2 teaching institutions connected to it in Rukmai.
Key facts
- Conducting body
- Indian Institute of Technology / Indian Institute of Science
- Eligible class
- Bachelor's Degree
- Exam level
- National
- Exam areas
- Architecture, Engineering, Humanities, Science
- Typical exam month
- February
- Primary goal
- GATE 2026 assessment of comprehensive undergraduate-level understanding in Electrical Engineering; score validity is three years.
- Syllabus subjects
- Official current GATE 2026 paper syllabus
Exam structure
English computer-based test, 3 hours, 65 questions and 100 marks using MCQ, MSQ and NAT question types. Standard engineering-paper allocation: General Aptitude 15 marks, Engineering Mathematics 13 marks and subject questions 72 marks; one sitting.