GATE 2026 Exam Centres OUT: Check Updated Zone-Wise List of Exam Cities, Steps to add exam centers and more
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2026 ( GATE )
Exam On - 7 Feb '26
GATE 2026 Exam Centre: The Indian Institite of Technology, Guwahati, has released the list of GATE 2026 exam centres on website. Candidates must know that centres are available for eight zones. Candidates had to submit their centre choices at the time of filling GATE application form 2026. Candidates who want to change their exam centre were able to do so during correction process. The last date to submit changes was November 10, 2025.
It has to be noted that, there are no international test centres for foreign nationals. Applicants have to travel to India to appear for exam. Candidates must plan their traveling accordingly. While filling the registration form, candidates had to select upto three GATE exam cities from the same zone. As per the guidelines, the ideal time to reach the centre is 90 minutes before the commencement of GATE 2026 exam. Read below to know more.
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- GATE 2026 Exam Centers
- GATE 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
- GATE 2026 Exam Centres for Foreign Nationals
GATE 2026 Exam Centers
IIT Guwahati has released the updated GATE exam centres 2026 along with the information brochure. The GATE 2026 exam centres have eight zonal centres - IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee. Check below for a detailed list of the exam cities.
| Zonal GATE Office |
List of Examination Cities/Towns |
|---|---|
| Zone-1: IISc Bangalore Chairperson, GATE, IISc Bangalore, Bengaluru - 560 012 Email: helpdesk.gate@iisc.ac.in |
Andhra Pradesh: Ananthapuramu, Kurnool Kerala: Angamaly, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Payyanur, Thrissur, Vatakara, Wayanad Karnataka: Bagalkot, Ballari (Bellary), Belagavi (Belgaum), Bengaluru North, Bengaluru South, Bidar, Chikkballapur, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere, Hassan, Hubballi (Hubli)/Dharwad, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Mandya, Mangaluru, Manipal-Udupi, Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Tumakuru Telangana: Hyderabad, Nalgonda, Narsapur/Medak Andaman and Nicobar: Port Blair |
| Zone-2: IIT Bombay Chairperson, GATE, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076 Email: gateoffice@iitb.ac.in |
Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Anand, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara Maharashtra: Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar), Akola, Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad), Baramati, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Panvel - Rasayani, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangamner - Loni, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Thane, Vasai - Palghar, Wardha Goa: Madgaon, Mapusa, Panaji |
| Zone-3: IIT Delhi Chairperson, GATE, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016 Email: gate@admin.iitd.ac.in |
Haryana: Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu-Samba, Srinagar Ladakh: Leh Madhya Pradesh: Indore, Ujjain New Delhi: New Delhi Rajasthan: Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Dausa, Hanumangarh, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur Uttar Pradesh: Greater NOIDA, Mathura |
| Zone-4: IIT Guwahati Chairperson, GATE, IIT Guwahati Guwahati - 781 039 Email: gate@iitg.ac.in |
Arunachal Pradesh: Naharlagun-Itanagar Assam: Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur Bihar: Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea Jharkhand: Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad Manipur: Imphal Meghalaya: Shillong Mizoram: Aizawl Nagaland: Dimapur, Kohima Sikkim: Gangtok Tripura: Agartala West Bengal: Asansol, Durgapur, Burdwan, Kalyani, Siliguri |
| Zone-5: IIT Kanpur Chairperson, GATE, IIT Kanpur Kanpur - 208 016 Email: gate@iitk.ac.in |
Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi |
| Zone-6: IIT Kharagpur Chairperson, GATE, IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur - 721 302 Email: gateonline@adm.iitkgp.ac.in |
Andhra Pradesh: Bhimavaram, Eluru, Kakinada-Surampalem, Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry), Srikakulam, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram Chhattisgarh: Bhilai-Durg, Bilaspur, Raipur Jharkhand: Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi Odisha: Balasore-Bhadrak, Baripada, Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur West Bengal: Bankura, Berhampore, Hooghly Howrah, Kharagpur-Midnapur, Kolaghat, Kolkatta, Suri |
| Zone-7: IIT Madras Chairperson, GATE, IIT Madras Chennai - 600 036 Email: gate@iitm.ac.in |
Andhra Pradesh: Chirala-Bapatla, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Nandyala, Nellore, Ongole, Tirupati Kerala: Alappuzha, Aluva - Ernakulam, Attingal, Chengannur, Kanjirapally, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Muvattupuzha, Thiruvananthapuram Pondicherry: Puducherry Tamil Nadu: Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Kanyakumari - Nagercoil, Karaikudi, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Namakkal, Ooty, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Thanjavur, Thenl, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar Telangana: Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Kothagudem, Nizamabad, Suryapet, Warangal |
| Zone-8: IIT Roorkee Chairperson, GATE, IIT Roorkee Roorkee - 247 667 Email: gategate@iitr.ac.in |
Haryana: Ambala, Kurukshetra Himachal Pradesh: Baddi, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra - Dharamsala, Mandi, Palampur, Shimla - Solan, Una Punjab: Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar - Phagwara, Ludhiana, Mohali - Chandigarh, Patiala, Pathankot Uttar Pradesh: Ghaziabad, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA, Saharanpur Uttarakhand: Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee |
Commonly asked questions
The GATE zones are the authorities that perform any operations related to the GATE examination. These are managed by the GATE offices of IISc and IITs. The list of GATE zones is as follows-
- IISc Bengaluru
- IIT Delhi
- IIT Bombay
- IIT Guwahati
- IIT Kanpur
- IIT Kharagpur
- IIT Madras
- and IIT Roorkee
Candidates can choose at least three exam centres while filling their GATE 2026 application form. The list of GATE exam cities (zone-wise) is available on the website. Besides that, it has to be noted that the three centres must be from the same zone. Thus, based on the availability, the centre will be allotted to the candidate for appearing the GATE 2026 exam.
GATE 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of GATE 2026 exam
| Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 07 Feb ' 26 | GATE 2026 Exam- Afternoon (AE, BT, CH, CY, GE, PH, XH) |
| 07 Feb ' 26 | GATE 2026 Exam- Forenoon (AG, ES, GG, IN, MA, MN, TF, XE, and XL) |
| 08 Feb ' 26 | GATE 2026 Exam - Afternoon (CS2, EY, NM, and PE) |
| 08 Feb ' 26 | GATE 2026 Exam - Forenoon (CS1 and ST) |
| 14 Feb ' 26 | GATE 2026 Exam - Afternoon (BM, CE-2, ME, and MT) |
| 14 Feb ' 26 | GATE 2026 Exam - Forenoon (CE-1, EE, and PI) |
| 15 Feb ' 26 | GATE 2026 Exam - Afternoon (AR and DA) |
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 13 Jan ' 26 | GATE 2026 Admit Card |
| 10 Nov ' 25 | Last Date for GATE 2026 Application Correction (for other candidates) |
| 28 Oct ' 25 | Start Date for GATE 2026 Application Form Correction |
GATE 2026 Exam Centres for Foreign Nationals
As per the GATE 2026 official notification, "There are no international centres for the GATE examination. Interested foreign or Indian nationals interested in appearing for the GATE examination will have to travel to India to appear for the test."
How to add GATE test centres during application form correction
Candidates can select their exam centres at the time of filling application form. Here's how you can do it -
- Visit GATE's official website
- Click on the account and click on exam city option
- Add or change within the zone list
- Make the payment and submit
Choice of examination city: The candidate can choose three cities from the list of examination cities in the above table. All three exam city choices must be from the same GATE 2026 zone. In addition, the authorities have the right to add a new city or remove or allot any city from the choices submitted by the aspirant.
Commonly asked questions
No, changing exam center after release of GATE hall ticket is not allowed. Hall ticket of GATE 2026 will be released anytime soon. The GATE admit card release date has been postponed.
The GATE 2026 exam will be conducted in more than 200 cities across eight zones in India. There are no international centres. Candidates who wish to appear for the exam must travel to India. The details regarding the test city and address will be mentioned in the GATE admit card.
Yes, candidates have the facility to change their exam city/centre, but during the application form correction window. The form correction facility will be available once the registration process is over. However, applicant can only change their exam centre from the same zone only (as mentioned earlier while filling the application form).
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