GATE Biotechnology Syllabus

GATE Biotechnology covers 8 subjects: Engineering Mathematics, General Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Fundamentals of Biological Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology, Plant, Animal and Microbial Biotechnology, Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology and General Aptitude. Together they contain 28 chapters and 183 named topics.

The full GATE Biotechnology outline breaks down into 28 chapters, 183 topics and 100 sub-topics. Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology is the largest single subject with 33 topics across 4 chapters.

Roughly 155 hours for one full pass. That estimate allows about 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic, so it is first-pass coverage — revision, past papers and mock tests sit on top of it. At 3 hours a day that is about 7 weeks.

Yes — 419 question-and-answer flashcards across 8 decks, one per subject, written against this syllabus. A sample of every deck is readable on this site for free, and the complete decks are in the Examius app.

Yes. Every page here is free to read, and importing the GATE Biotechnology syllabus into the Examius app to tick off topics as you finish them is free too, in India and everywhere else. No account is needed to start.