GATE 2026 Exam Centres OUT: Check Updated Zone-Wise List of Exam Cities, Steps

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GATE 2026 Scorecard by paying a fee of INR 500 per test paper

1 Jun '26 - 31 Dec '26

UPASANA PRADHAN
Updated on May 2, 2026 16:15 IST

By UPASANA PRADHAN, Assistant Manager- Editorial

GATE 2026 Exam Centre: IIT Guwahati released the list of exam cities on its official website. Candidates who had registered for GATE exam this year can check the zonal centres along with cities and state list at gate2026.iitg.ac.in. This year, address of GATE centre code- 2082 was revised and a new GATE admit card 2026 was generated for students who were allocated that centre. 

The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, has released the list of GATE 2026 exam centres on website. Candidates must know that centres are available for eight zones. While filling GATE application form 2026, candidates had to choose three city options from same zone.

There are no international test centres for foreign nationals. Such candidates had to travel to India to attempt GATE exam. Read below to check reporting guidelines, admit card, and exam centre details. 

Table of contents
  • GATE 2026 Exam Centers
  • GATE 2027 Exam Dates & Schedule
  • GATE 2026 Exam Centres for Foreign Nationals
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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
Phone numbers:
080-22932644
080-22932392
080-22933333

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
Phone Numbers:
022-25767068
022-25767022

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
Phone number: 011-26591749

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
Phone number: 0361-2586500
OI for GATE 2026

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
Phone numbers:
0512-2596962
0512-2596963

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
Phone numbers: 03222-282091
03222-282095

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
Phone number: 044-22578200

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
01332-284531

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

 
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Commonly asked questions
Q:   How many exam centres can I choose while filling the GATE application form?
A: 

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. 

Q:   What are GATE zones in the exam centres list?
A: 

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

GATE 2027 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of GATE 2027 exam

DatesUpcoming Exam Dates
Aug ' 26 - Oct ' 26

GATE 2027 Application Form Release Date

TENTATIVE
Oct ' 26

GATE 2027 Registration Last Date with Late Fee

TENTATIVE
Oct ' 26 - Nov ' 26

GATE 2027 Application Form Correction

TENTATIVE
Nov ' 26

GATE 2027 Mock Test

TENTATIVE
Jan ' 27

GATE 2027 Admit Card

TENTATIVE
Feb ' 27

GATE 2027 Exam- Forenoon (AG, ES, GG, IN, MA, MN, TF, XE, and XL)

TENTATIVE
Feb ' 27

GATE 2027 Exam - Forenoon (CS1 and ST)

TENTATIVE
DatesPast Exam Dates
10 Mar ' 26 - 15 Mar ' 26

GATE 2026 Defect Rectification Facility

15 Feb ' 26

GATE 2026 Exam - Afternoon (AR and DA)

14 Feb ' 26

GATE 2026 Exam - Afternoon (BM, CE-2, ME, and MT)

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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.

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   In how many cities will GATE 2026 exam be conducted?
A: 

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. 

Q:   Can I change my GATE exam city after the release of admit card?
A: 

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. 

Q:   Can I change my exam city after the submission of the GATE 2026 application form?
A: 

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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