GATE 2021 application correction window available now, additional changes allowed this year

GATE 2021 application correction window has been made available for registered candidates. Students will be able to choose the examination city and edit other details by paying the fee on or before November 13, 2020.

GATE 2021 correction window is available from October 28 to November 13 for all the registered candidates. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has reopened the registration portal today for aspirants to make required changes in their GATE 2021 application form.

As per the official statement released by IIT Bombay, “The change(s), one or combinations, can be made one-time only during Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Friday 13th November 2020 by login at GOAPS portal using candidates’ valid login credentials. Considering the ongoing pandemic situation, GATE 2021 committee has decided to give more options to the successfully registered candidates to modify the choice of cities for GATE 2021 examination at free of cost.”

GATE 2021 Application Form Correction: Click here to edit your details

Candidates will have a chance to change their choice of exam centres as well as cities. Aspirants will be required to login to the GOAPS online registration portal to access and edit their GATE 2021 application forms. Students can choose four cities from the list of examination cities given in the above table. The first, second and third choices must be from the same GATE zone and the fourth choice can be from any GATE zone. Read complete notification here .

GATE 2021 Application Correction: Steps to edit

Step-1: Visit the official website at gate.iitb.ac.in or click on the link above

Step-2: Click on the link that reads, ‘GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS),’ appearing on the page

Step-3: Enter your credentials and log in

Step-4: Make corrections in the application form, as instructed

GATE 2021 Application Correction: Changes allowed this year

This time a total of 11 new cities have been added in the list the candidates can choose from:

• IIT Bombay (Zone – 2): Seven (7) new cities added are: (i) Himatnagar (GJ), (ii) Palghar (MH), (iii) Latur (MH), (iv) Akola (MH), (v) Dhule (MH), (vi) Ichalkaranji (MH), (vii) Sangamner-Loni-Shirdi (MH).
• IIT Kharagpur (Zone – 6): Three (3) new cities added are: (i) Baharampur-Murshidabad (WB), (ii) Hazaribag (JH), (iii) Machilipatnam (AP).
• IIT Roorkee (Zone – 8): One (1) new city added is: (i) Kangra (HP)

GATE 2021 Application Correction: Fee Charges for changes

The candidates must note that the choice modification is free of cost and they do not need to pay any fee for it, but the change of in some other details would cost students a fee as mentioned below:

Note: There is NO REFUND as already mentioned in the Information Brochure of GATE 2021.

GATE is an online national level examination conducted for Master of Engineering (ME), Masters in Technology (MTech) and direct PhD admissions to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and other institutes/universities across India.