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GATE 2026 Schedule- IIT Guwahati has released the GATE schedule 2026 on the official website, gate2026.iitg.ac.in. The GATE 2026 exam will be held on February 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2026, in two shifts on each exam day. The subject-wise exam dates for GATE 2026 will be announced later online. The GATE 2026 registration has already ended on October 13, 2026, with a late fee. Further, the GATE 2026 application correction window will be available till November 3, 2025. Candidates must appear for the GATE 2026 exam related to their respective branches. Read the article below completely to know more details regarding the GATE exam and GATE 2026 schedule.
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IIT Guwahati will announce the Branch-wise GATE 2026 exam dates on its official website. Every year GATE exam will be conducted in 2 sessions each day, with a morning session and an afternoon session. The GATE exam will be conducted in 30 different subjects. Candidates, according to their subject or specialisation, must attend the GATE 2026 examination. This year, too, the GATE exam is expected to be conducted over 2 weekends on Saturday and Sunday, in February 2026. Below are the tentative GATE 2026 exam dates based on the previous year.
Paper Codes | GATE Exam Date 2026 | Shift Timing |
CS1, AG, MA | February 7, 2026 | Forenoon Session |
CS2, NM, MT, TF, IN | February 7, 2026 | Afternoon Session |
ME, PE, AR | February 8, 2026 | Forenoon Session |
EE | February 8, 2026 | Afternoon Session |
CY, AE, DA, ES, PI | February 14, 2026 | Forenoon Session |
EC, GE, XH, BM, EY | February 14, 2026 | Afternoon Session |
CE1, GG, CH, PH, BT | February 15, 2026 | Forenoon Session |
CE2, ST, XE, XL, MN | February 15, 2026 | Afternoon Session |
GATE 2026 exam will be conducted in morning and afternoon sessions each day over the two weekends. Based on the previous year's GATE exam timings, GATE 2026 exam timings could be expected as shown in the table below.
Session | Timings |
Forenoon Session | 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM |
Afternoon Session | 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM |
The GATE 2026 exam is held for 3 hours.
Candidates with disabilities will get an extra hour, extended to 4 hours.
Candidates have to occupy their seats 40 minutes before the examination.
Candidates arriving for the exam more than 30 minutes after the scheduled examination time will not be allowed to log in.
Candidates must log in and read the instructions 20 minutes before the start of the examination.
Candidates are not allowed to leave the examination hall before the end of the GATE examination time.
The authority has released important dates for GATE 2026 on the official website. Candidates can check the dates as tabulated below.
Activity | GATE 2026 Dates |
GATE 2026 notification release date | August 5, 2025 |
GATE 2026 brochure release date | August 22, 2025 |
GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) |
August 28, 2025 |
GATE 2026 registration last date (Without a late fee) |
September 28, 2025 |
GATE registration last date (With a late fee) |
October 13, 2025 |
GATE application form correction 2026 last date | October 28 to November 3, 2025 |
GATE admit card release date | January 2, 2026 |
GATE 2026 exam date | February 7, 8, 14 and 15, 2026 |
Candidate's response available in the Application portal | February 2026 |
Answer keys release date | February 2026 |
Submission of challenges by candidates on answer keys | March 2026 |
Announcement of Results for GATE 2026 | March 19, 2026 |
Score Cards available for free download | March 27 to May 31, 2026 |
Score cards available for download by paying a fee of ₹500 per test paper | June 01, 2026 to December 31, 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Yes, the GATE 2026 application dates have been revised. The new dates are from August 28 to October 13, 2025
The GATE exam will be held in two daily sessions: a forenoon session from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM and an afternoon session from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
The GATE 2026 admit card will be issued on January 2, 2026.
GATE 2026 examination dates are February 7, 8, 14 and 15, 2026.
IIT Guwahati is organising the GATE 2026 examination.
On Question asked by student community
Hello dear candidate,
You will not receive another rectification mail unless and until there is still an error in your reuploaded signature. if everything is okay your status will change to accepted on the GATE portal.
My advice is that you should keep checking your application status on the official website of GATE 2026.
Thank you.
Hello,
Visit the below website to download the previous 15 years question paper of GATE exam.
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/last-15-years-gate-papers-solutions
You'll also get the solutions from it. These question papers will help you a lot in your preparation.
All the best.
This is likely a temporary portal or validation issue, not something you did wrong. When candidates try to change category from GEN to OBC-NCL during the GATE correction window, the system checks required fields and sometimes a supporting certificate or fee is needed. If any required data or document is missing, or the server is busy, the portal can show Something went wrong, please try again. Explain to them that first they should log into the GATE portal, open the Correction tab and confirm which fields are editable and whether a payment or document upload is required for category change. Tell them to clear browser cache or try a different browser/device and retry. If the error persists, advise contacting GATE support or the zonal office with a screenshot and timing of the error so officials can check server logs.
Hello,
The GATE 2026 Agricultural Engineering (AG) paper will have a total of 100 marks. Out of this, 15 marks are for General Aptitude and 85 marks are for core Agricultural Engineering subjects.
The marks are generally distributed among major topics like Engineering Mathematics (12–13 marks), Farm Machinery (10–11), Farm Power (14–15), Soil & Water Conservation (12–13), Irrigation & Drainage (10–12), Agricultural Process Engineering (10–12), and Dairy & Food Engineering (9–10 marks).
The official qualifying marks for GATE 2026 are not yet released. However, based on previous years, the cutoff for the Agricultural Engineering paper is expected to be around 25 marks for General, 22.5 for OBC/EWS, and 16.6 for SC/ST/PwD candidates.
Hope it helps !
Hello dear candidate,
No, you application of GATE 2026 will not get rejected.
Under scrutiny, rectification done means they have got your correction and are checking it. If everything matches your application will be accepted soon.
I hope you find thie helpful. Thank you.
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