IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Dates, Eligibility Criteria, Selection Process, and More

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2026 ( GATE )

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Updated on Oct 31, 2025 16:34 IST
IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025 for Engineer Trainees will be released soon on the official website. Check out application form, dates, eligibility, and selection for IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025. The GATE exam will be held on Feb 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025.

IOCL GATE 2025 Recruitment Notification is expected to be released in the first week of June 2025. Candidates can check out the application form, dates, eligibility, and selection procedure for IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025 below. IIT Roorkee will announce the GATE 2025 results on March 19, 2025.

GATE IOCL Recruitment 2025

IOCL Recruitment Through GATE 2025: Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) will release the notification for recruitment through GATE 2025 on its official website: www.iocl.com. The notification is expected to be released in the first week of June 2025, soon after the declaration of GATE 2025 results (March 19, 2025). IIT Roorkee conducted the GATE 2025 exams on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025

The IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025 will be conducted for engineering graduates of Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Instrumentation, and Mechanical streams. Candidates of other than these disciplines are not eligible to apply for vacancies in the organisation. 

With 151st rank (in 2020) in “Fortune Global 500” listing, IOCL is India’s largest commercial enterprise. IOCL is the first Indian company listed in 2016 among the top 500 companies in the world. Indian Oil’s business interests straddle the entire hydrocarbon value chain– from refining, pipeline transportation and marketing of petroleum products to exploration and production of crude oil and gas, marketing of natural gas and petrochemicals.

Selected candidates will be recruited for either of the posts of Graduate Engineers, Engineers /Officers and Post Graduate Engineers in the organisation. Candidates having a Postgraduate degree in Chemistry will be appointed as the Assistant Officer/Graduate Engineer/Officer based on their GATE 2025 scores and performance in the interview. Read below to find more details related to important dates of IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025, application form, eligibility criteria, selection criteria, etc read through the article below.

Table of contents
  • IOCL Job Profile
  • IOCL Selection Process
  • IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Important Dates
  • IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Eligibility Criteria
  • IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Steps to Apply
  • IOCL Salary Band

IOCL Job Profile

Selected candidates can be posted as engineers in any of the divisions of IOCL including Refineries, Marketing, Pipelines, and Business Development, Information Systems, Optimization or In Subsidiary/Joint Venture Companies. For detailed job profiles, candidates can check the following table:

Division

Post

Refineries

Engineering services, process, production, projects, power plant, maintenance, inspection, etc.

Marketing

Aviation Services, Engineering, Operations, Maintenance and Inspection, Sales and Marketing, Technical Services, Quality Control, etc.

Pipelines

Operations and maintenance, constructions, projects, etc.

Business Development

Petrochemicals, polymer projects, operations, sales and marketing, gas, renewable energy, and sustainable development.

Petroleum engineers will be posted in the Exploration and Production Business Vertical of Business Development Division. They will supervise drilling operations and prepare to drill engineering designs, calculations and drilling programs for the blocks operated by Indian Oil.

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   What is the rank for 40 marks in GATE?
A: 

40 marks in GATE will approximately give a rank between 2000 to 5000 depending on the paper difficulty level and the number of registered candidates in that particular branch.  Obtaining 40 marks is mainly considered average, opening chances to a few new IITs (less popular branches) and NITs.

However, rank for 40 marks in the Graduate Aptitude in Engineering can give a different rank value for different branches and disciplines. For example, 40 marks in GATE CSE can correspond to 2000 to 5000 rank. On the other hand, 40 marks in GATE ME, can correspond to 2700 - 7100 rank. 

Advice to students who secured 40 marks in GATE exam: Better to apply in some state-level colleges or new NITs. 

Q:   How much GATE score is required for M.Tech at IIT?
A: 

A GATE score of 700 to 800 is mainly required for M.Tech admission at IIT (especially for top IITs). However, the score also depends on the IIT popularity, branch popularity, and other factors. For new IITs, a GATE score of 500 to 600 is mainly required. 

It is advised to check the past year's GATE cutoff trends before opting for counselling and admission. 

Q:   Till which date can I fill the choices in JoSAA counselling?
A: 

The dates for JoSAA counselling 2026 choice filling will be announced once the result of JEE Main 2026 is declared. Candidates can fill choices only during the choice filling period. Also, candidates need to lock their choices before the last date.

IOCL Selection Process

The selection procedure for Officers/Engineers/GAEs/Research Officers in IOCL will comprise of the following steps:

Valid GATE Score: Candidates must have appeared and qualified the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineers (GATE) 2025 with good scores in concerned disciplines. Candidates must keep in mind that though the GATE score is valid for three years but PSUs only consider the score of the current year. It means that for getting recruited in 2025, students must have a valid GATE 2025 score.

After qualifying the GATE, candidates will be shortlisted based on their scores for rounds ahead:

  • Group Discussion (GD)/Group Task (GT)
  • Personal Interview (PI) for assessment of different facets of knowledge, skills, etc.

Other than qualifying GATE, Candidates have to qualify separately in Group Discussion (GD)/Group Task (GT) and Personal Interview (PI) successfully. Candidates’ scores in the GATE, GD/GT, and PI will be the basis of preparing a discipline- wise merit list.

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IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Important Dates

Candidates can check all the important dates related to IOCL recruitment through GATE 2025 below:

GATE 2025 Events GATE 2025 Dates
GATE 2025 Application form availability

August 28, 2024

Last date to fill GATE 2025 application form October 3, 2024
Last date to register with late fee October 11, 2024
GATE 2025 Admit card availability January 2, 2025
Availability of applications for IOCL Recruitment To be announced
GATE 2025 Exam day

February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025

Last date to fill/submit application form for IOCL Recruitment

To be announced

Issue of Interview Call Letter

June 2025 (tentative)

GATE 2025 Result announcement March 19, 2025 
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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Does IIT Delhi offer direct admission for any course?
A: 

No, admission to the IIT Delhi courses is entrance-based, except for PG Diploma course. There is no provision for direct admission. However, for IIT Delhi MTech admission, the institute offers direct admission to candidates with an overall CGPA of 8.00 out of 10. Those students are exempted from GATE and are eligible for direct admissions. The below table mentions course-wise accepted entrance exams:

Courses

Accepted Entrance Exam

BTech

JEE Main/JEE Advanced

MBA

CAT

MTech

GATE

MSc

IIT JAM

BDes

UCEED

MDes

UCEED

Q:   What is the selection criteria for admission to BSc at IIT Bombay?
A: 
All the IIT aspirants have to sit for JEE Main and afterward, JEE Advanced. Only the top 2, 24,000 scores in JEE Main will become eligible to sit for JEE Advanced. The candidates must have secured at least 75% marks or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th Class Examination conducted by respective boards. The Admissions into IIT Bombay is done through JoSAA on the basis of JEE Advanced scores.
Q:   What is the criteria for admission to IIT Delhi?
A: 

In order to get admision at IIT Delhi, the candidate have to meet the last educational qualification. To know the selection criteria for few of a top courses offered at IIT Delhi students can check the table below:

CoursesCommon EligibilitySelection Criteria
BTech

Class 12 from a recognised board with a minimum 75% aggregate

JEE Main/ JEE Advanced + JoSAA counselling
MBA

Bachelor's degree or equivalent with a minimum 60% aggregate

CAT + Group Discussion + Personal Interview
MTech

BE/ BTech/ MSc or equivalent with a minimum 60% aggregate

GATE + COAP Counselling
MSc

Bachelor's degree in a relevant stream with a minimum 55% aggregate

IIT JAM + Counselling
BDes

Candidates from the Science Stream with Physics,  Chemistry and Mathematics as subjects

UCEED

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IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Eligibility Criteria

Conditions before getting recruited for IOCL. The eligibility conditions have been explained below:

Qualifying Examination

Aspirants must have passed qualifying degree examinations and awarded bachelor’s degree in engineering/technology (full-time regular courses only)

For MTech candidates: Students pursuing or have completed MTech are also eligible to apply for IOCL Recruitment through GATE subject to their graduation pursued in the specified disciplines only. They will also be required to qualify the GATE in the specified subject of the respective discipline.

For Integrated ME/MTech candidates: They are also eligible to apply, provided they have completed or are completing the course requirement for BE/BTech in one of the core disciplines advertised and have completed ME/MTech. During the selection and interview, the candidates must possess and produce both BE/BTech and ME/MTech degrees.

Who’s not eligible? Candidates having completed or who are pursuing their graduation in combined/integrated disciplines/inter-disciplinary subjects like Mechatronics/Robotics etc will not be considered eligible.

Pass Percentage

General and OBC (NCL) category candidates must have secured at least 65% marks in aggregate in the qualifying examination, whereas for SC/ST and PwD candidates the eligibility is minimum 55% aggregate marks.

Final year students

At the time of applying, candidates belonging to General & OBC-NCL categories must have secured a minimum of 65% aggregate marks Candidates of SC/ST/PWD categories are required to have obtained at least 55% aggregate marks. This is up to the last semester/year examination at the time of applying For Selection. Such candidates have to submit their final mark sheet by August 31, 2024.

Age Limit 

Candidates belonging to General Category should not be more than 28 years of age. Relaxation for reserved category candidates will be as per the Government regulations. For Assistant Officers in Quality Control, the age limit is 30 years.

NOC

Candidates employed in Government/Semi-Government/Central/State Government Departments/Public Sector Undertakings must produce ‘No Objection Certificate’ from their employer at the time of Interview

Relaxation in Upper Age Limit as under will be extended as per Presidential Directives:

Category

Relaxation in Upper Age Limit

OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)

3 years

SC/ ST

5 years

PwBD

10 years

Candidates domiciled in J&K between 1.1.1980 – 31.12.1989

5 years

Ex-servicemen & Commissioned Officers (including ECOs/SSCOs) subject to rendering minimum 5 years’ military service and fulfillment of other conditions prescribed by Government of India.

5 years

IOCL Recruitment through GATE 2025: Steps to Apply

Steps to apply for IOCL through GATE is mentioned below.

Online Registration for GATE 2025 examination

Must have appeared for GATE exam

Online Application in Indian Oil with GATE Registration No.

  • Go to IOCL official website, www.iocl.com
  • Select “Careers” option and open GATE 2025 link.
  • Now click on “Apply Online”, and a new pop-up will display.
  • Provide required details and upload a photograph and signature.
  • Finally, submit the form
  • You will get an unique id

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IOCL Salary Band

  • Candidates selected as Engineers/Officers will be receiving a monthly remuneration of INR 60,000. Also, the recruited candidates will get different allowances as per the rules of the Corporation.
  • Other Allowances or Benefits will include DA, HRA/Subsidised Housing Accommodation (depending upon the place of posting), medical facilities, performance-related pay, gratuity, contributory provident fund, employees’ pension scheme, group personal accident insurance scheme, leave encashment, LTC, contributory superannuation benefit fund scheme, conveyance advance, performance-related incentives, etc.
  • The Cost to Company (CTC) will be around INR 17.00 lakhs per annum inclusive of Performance Related Pay. The Actual CTC may vary, depending on the place of posting, and other factors.
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