GATE Electrical Engineering (EE) 2025: Important Topics | How to Prepare for GATE Electrical Engineering (EE) PDF Download

Before beginning your GATE preparation, you should review the syllabus for the GATE exam for Electrical Engineering. Candidates who study the correct topics for the GATE EE Entrance Exam and choose them strategically will perform better than those who prepare haphazardly and attempt to practise all the topics without a plan.

The syllabus for Subject Specific Section of GATE Electrical Engineering is given below:

1. Electric Circuits 
2. Electromagnetic Fields 
3. Signals and Systems 
4. Electrical Machines 
5. Power Systems 
6. Control Systems 
7. Electrical and Electronic Measurements 
8. Analog and Digital Electronics 
9. Power Electronics 
10. Engineering Mathematics 

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Now, let's review the important topics of each subject one by one:

1. Important Topics: Network Theory (Circuit Theory)

• Circuit Elements
• Kirchhoff’s Current law (KCL) and Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)
• Network Theorems
• Three-Phase Circuit analysis
• Steady-State Analysis
• Two-Port Network Analysis
• Laplace transform (LT)

2. Important Topics: Electromagnetic Fields

• Gauss’s Law
• Biot-Savart’s Law
• Ampere’s Law
• Faraday’s Law
• Dielectrics

3. Important Topics: Signals and Systems

• Signal types
• Linear Time variant and Causal Systems
• Shifting and Scaling Operations
• Sampling Theorem
• Application of Fourier, Laplace, and Z-Transforms

4. Important Topics: Electrical Machines

• Transformers
• DC Machines
• Synchronous Machines
• Induction Motors

5. Important Topics: Power Systems

• Transmission Lines
• Per Unit Quantities
• Gauss-Seidel and Newton-Raphson Load Flow Methods
• Voltage and Frequency Control
• Power System Stability
• Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Fault Analysis

6. Important Topics: Control Systems

• Transfer Functions
• Time and Frequency Domain Analysis
• Root Locus
• Nyquist and Bode Plot
• Second-Order Systems
• State Variable Analysis

7. Important Topics: Electrical and Electronic Measurements

• Bridges and Potentiometers
• Instrument Transformers
• Digital Voltmeters and Multimeters
• Oscilloscopes

8. Important Topics: Analog and Digital Electronics

• Characteristics of diodes, BJT, MOSFET
• Amplifiers, Operational Amplifiers
• Filters and Timers
• K-Maps Simplification
• Encoder, Decoder, Multiplexers, Registers, Counters

9. Important Topics: Power Electronics

• Semiconductor Power Devices: Diode, Thyristor, Triac, GTO, MOSFET, IGBT
• DC to AC conversion
• Phase Controlled Rectifiers
• Single Phase and Three Phase Inverters
• Choppers

10. Important Topics: 

• Differentiation
• Integration
• Probability
• Matrix Algebra