GATE

IIT Guwahati will release the GATE application form 2026 on August 25. The GATE admission and exam dates have been updated on the GATE's 2026 official website- gate2025.iitg.ac.in. 

The GATE 2026 branch-wise dates will be announced soon. IIT Guwahati will release the GATE 2026 exam dates for all papers after the completion of the registration and the admit card process. The dates will be made available on the official website. Here is a detailed timeline for releasing the GATE 2026 branch-wise dates -

• Launch of the GATE website, information brochure, and GATE exam dates
• Start of the registration process
• Opening of the GATE 2026 application form correction window 
• Release of the GATE admit card 2026
• Announcement of the GATE 2026 exam dates (branch-wise) dates

The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati will release the GATE 2026 paper. The GATE exam will be held on February 7, 8, 14, and 15 in two shifts.

The official notification for GATE 2026 is now available. The following changes are made in GATE 2026 -

• GATE application fees are revised.
• New sectional paper (Energy Science- XE-I) introduced under Engineering Sciences. 

The GATE paper code of Mahematics is MA. Candidates are advised to check the paper code carefully before submitting the GATE application form. The eligible GATE paper codes for Mathematics (for two paper combinations) are as follows -

• Ecology and Evolution (EY)
• Computer Science and Information Technology (CS)
• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DA)
• Physics (PH) and 
• Statistics (ST)

Scoring 5 out of 100 (raw marks) in GATE 2025 Mechanical Engineering means you have not qualified. The qualifying mark for the General category is around 25 or more, while for reserved categories it's lower. Since 5 marks is well below the cutoff, no GATE score or rank will be issued.  

The correction window for GATE 2026 will open 1 to 2 weeks after the completion of GATE application form. The exact dates will be notified on the GATE's 2026 official website. During this period, candidates can make specific edits by paying a certain amount of fees. 

The fee to add secondary paper is INR 500. The accepted payment modes are credit card, debit card, net banking, and UPI. Candidates are advised to keep a receipt of the payment successful for future purposes. 

To add a secondary paper in the GATE application form, follow the steps below -

• Log in to the GATE 2026 GOAPS portal during the correction period. (The form correction window usually opens for three days after the registration process)
• Select "add secondary paper" option and choose the desired paper and pay the additional fee.
• Ensure that your primary and secondary paper are from the approved combinations prescribed by the authorities.