GATE 2026 registration begins tomorrow on gate2026.iitg.ac.in; list of exam cities
Vagisha Kaushik | August 27, 2025 | 09:09 AM IST | 3 mins read
GATE 2026 will be conducted on February 7, 8, 14, and 15 in two sessions for 30 test papers for admissions to postgraduate programmes.
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Try NowIn a revision of dates, the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2026 registration will now commence from tomorrow, August 28. Eligible candidates will be able to fill the GATE application form 2026 on the official website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in. The last date to apply for GATE exam 2026 without a late fee is September 26, 2025.
GATE 2026 exam date is February 7, 8, 14, and 15. The test will be administered in two sessions -- the forenoon session will take place from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and the afternoon session will be held from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. The exam will be conducted for 30 test papers for admissions to postgraduate programmes.
During the GATE 2026 registration process, applicants will be required to fill the form, upload documents, select test papers from the two-paper combinations and exam cities, and pay the registration fee. In order to register, candidates belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) categories will have to pay the application fee of Rs 1,000. For all other candidates including the foreign nationals, the registration fee is Rs 2,000.
This year, the institute has introduced a new sectional paper – energy science - under the engineering sciences subject in the GATE exam 2026.
Also read GATE 2026 previous years’ question papers, energy science sample paper out
GATE 2026 exam cities
Candidates can check the zone-wise exam cities from the table given below.
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Zonal GATE office |
List of exam cities |
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Zone-1: IISc Bangalore Chairperson, GATE, IISc Bangalore, Bengaluru - 560 012 |
Andhra Pradesh: Ananthapuramu, Kurnool Kerala: Angamaly, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Payyanur, Thrissur, Vatakara, Wayanad Karnataka: Bagalkot, Ballari (Bellary), Belagavi (Belgaum), Puttur 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, Medak, Nalgonda Andaman and Nicobar: Port Blair |
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Zone-2: IIT Bombay Chairperson, GATE, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076 |
Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Anand, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Vapi Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad, Baramati, Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Navi-Mumbai-Thane, Panvel-Raigad, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sangamner-Loni-Shirdi, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Vasai-Palghar, Wardha, Yavatmal Goa: Goa |
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Zone-3: IIT Delhi Chairperson, GATE, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016 |
Haryana: Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu-Samba, Srinagar Ladakh: Leh Madhya Pradesh: Indore, Ujjain New Delhi: New Delhi Rajasthan: Ajmer, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Udaipur, Bhilwara, Dausa, Hanumangarh Uttar Pradesh: Greater NOIDA, Mathura |
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Zone-4: IIT Guwahati Chairperson, GATE, IIT Guwahati Guwahati - 781 039 |
Arunachal Pradesh: 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, Burdwa, Kalyan, Siliguri |
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Zone-5: IIT Kanpur Chairperson, GATE, IIT Kanpur Kanpur - 208 016 |
Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi |
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Zone-6: IIT Kharagpur Chairperson, GATE, IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur - 721 302 |
Andhra Pradesh: Eluru, Kakinada-Surampalem, Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry), Srikakulam, Tadepalligudem, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram Chhattisgarh: Bhilai, Bilaspur, Raipur Jharkhand: Hazaribag, Jamshedpur, Ranchi Odisha: Balasore, Brahmapur, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Kakatpur (Puri), Rourkela, Sambalpur, Dehenkanal, West Bengal: Baharampur-Murshidabad, Bankura, Howrah, Kharagpur-Midnapur, Kolaghat, Kolkata, Hooghly, Suri (Birbhum) |
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Zone-7: IIT Madras Chairperson, GATE, IIT Madras Chennai - 600 036 |
Andhra Pradesh: Chirala, Chittoor, Gudur, Guntur, Kadapa, Nellore, Ongole, Tirupati Kerala: Alappuzha, Aluva-Ernakulam, Attingal, Chengannur, Kanjirapally, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Muvattupuzha, Thiruvananthapuram Pondicherry: Puducherry Tamilnadu: Chennai South, Chennai West, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Kanyakumari-Nagercoil, Madurai, Namakkal, Salem, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar, Ramananthapuram, Theni, Toothukudi, Nandyala, Erode, Krishnagiri, Pollachi Telangana: Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Kothagudem, Nizamabad, Suryapet, Warangal |
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Zone-8: IIT Roorkee Chairperson, GATE, IIT Roorkee Roorkee - 247 667 |
Haryana: Ambala, Kurukshetra Himachal Pradesh: Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Shimla, Solan, Mandi, Baddi, Palampur Punjab: Ludhiana, Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Mohali-Chandigarh, Patiala, Pathankot Uttarakhand: Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee Uttar Pradesh: Ghaziabad, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA, Saharanpur |
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