GATE Exam Centre Allotment 2026: How to Check Centre Details, Reporting Time, Guidelines

GATE Exam Centre Allotment 2026: How to Check Centre Details, Reporting Time, Guidelines

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RanjeetaUpdated on 07 Jan 2026, 10:16 AM IST
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GATE Exam Centre Allotment 2026: IIT Guwahati will soon release the GATE 2026 exam centre allotment in January 2026. The GATE exam centre allotment 2026 link will be update on the official website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in. The authority allots the test venue for the GATE entrance exam based on the applicants' preferences and centre availability. The GATE exam centres will be allocated across 200 cities of the eight IIT zonal centres, including IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee. The final GATE exam centre allotment will be released with the GATE 2026 admit card. Find more details on the exam centre allotment for GATE 2026.

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  1. GATE Exam Centre Allotment 2026: Exam Centres
  2. How to Check the GATE Exam Centre Allotment 2026?
  3. How to Change the Exam City in GATE 2026?
GATE Exam Centre Allotment 2026: How to Check Centre Details, Reporting Time, Guidelines
GATE Exam Centre Allotment 2026

Candidates were able to select their preferred exam centre during the GATE 2026 application process, allowing candidates to select up to three exam centres. The GATE 2026 exam is scheduled on February 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2026. Further, the GATE 2026 branch-wise exam date is also out online.

GATE Exam Centre Allotment 2026: Exam Centres

Candidates can find the names of the exam cities on the ‘Exam Cities’ page and also in the official brochure. The GATE exam 2026 is scheduled to be conducted across 8 zonal IITs and their 42 cities. Find below the GATE exam cities and their towns.

Zonal Centres
CitiesTowns














IISc Bengaluru


Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Port Blair

Andhra Pradesh

Ananthapuramu, Kurnool

Karnataka

Bagalkot, Ballari (Bellary), Belagavi (Belgaum), Bengaluru North, Bidar, Bengaluru South, Chikballapur, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere, Hassan, Hubballi/Dharwad, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Kolar, Mandya, Mangaluru (Mangalore), Manipal-Udupi, Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Tumakuru (Tumkur)

Kerala

Angamaly, Payyanur, Vatakara, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Wayanad


Telangana

Hyderabad, Nalgonda, Narsapur/Medak











IIT Roorkee


Haryana

Ambala, Kurukshetra

Himachal Pradesh

Baddi, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra-Dharamshala, Mandi, Palampur, Shimla-Solan, Una

Punjab

Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar-Phagwara, Ludhiana, Mohali-Chandigarh, Patiala, Pathankot

Uttarakhand

Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee

Uttar Pradesh

Ghaziabad, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA, Saharanpur












IIT Bombay

Goa

Madgaon, Mapusa, Panaji


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












IIT Delhi

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










IIT Guwahati

Arunachal Pradesh:

Naharlagun-Itanagar

Assam

Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur

Bihar

Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Purnea

Jharkhand

Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad

Manipur

Imphal

Meghalaya

Shillong

Nagaland

Dimapur-Kohima

Sikkim

Gangtok

Tripura

Agartala

West Bengal

Asansol, Durgapur, Burdwan, Kalyani, Siliguri



IIT Kanpur

Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna

Uttar Pradesh


Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi







IIT Kharagpur

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









IIT Madras

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


Tamilnadu

Chennai, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Kanyakumari-Nagercoil, Karaikudi, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Namakkal, Ooty, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar

Telangana

Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Kothagudem, Nizamabad, Suryapet, Warangal


How to Check the GATE Exam Centre Allotment 2026?

Candidates will be able to check the GATE exam centre allotment 2026 online. The exam centre lists and their full address will be available on the admit card. Follow the steps to check the exam centre allotment for GATE 2026.

  1. First, candidates must visit the official website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in.in 2026.

  2. Now, they must navigate to the ‘Admit card download link on the page.

  3. Once they click on the link, they will be directed to the admit card download page.

  4. Click on the GATE login, and enter your enrolment number and password.

  5. Now click on the download button, and the admit will be downloaded.

  6. The admit card will be downloaded in PDF format.

  7. Check the assigned GATE exam centre, city, date, and shift.

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How to Change the Exam City in GATE 2026?

The authority allowed candidates to make changes in the GATE 2026 exam centres through the GATE application form correction window. Candidates were able to make corrections by logging into the correction window link with their GATE enrolment number and password and by paying an additional fee of Rs 500. Below were the steps required to change the exam city in GATE 2026.

  1. Candidates were first required to visit the official website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in.

  2. Next, locate the application form correction link.

  3. Click on the link and log in with the enrollment number/email ID and password.

  4. Now navigate to the GATE exam centres details and edit the city centres.

  5. Pay the application correction fee via online banking.

  6. And finally, verify and submit the final changes made.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: When will the GATE exam centre allotment 2026 be out?
A:

The GATE exam centre allotment 2026 date will be released soon.

Q: Which are the GATE exam centres for 2026?
A:

IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee.

Q: When will the GATE 2026 exam be conducted?
A:

The GATE 2026 exam will be conducted on February 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2026.

Q: How to Change the Exam City in GATE 2026?
A:

Candidates are only allowed to change the GATE 2026 exam centre during the GATE Application Form Correction Window by selecting the exam centre change option and paying an additional fee of Rs 500.

Q: Which institute will conduct the GATE exam in 2026?
A:

IIT Guwahati is conducting the GATE 2026 exam.

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