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GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST IN ENGINEERING 2026
अभियांत्रिकी स्नातक अभिक्षमता परीक्षा 2026
Organizing Institute : INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI

IISc
Bengaluru-560 012
Email: helpdesk.gate@iisc.ac.in
Phone numbers:
080-22932644
080-22932392
080-22933333

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns

Andaman and Nicobar Island: 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 Bombay
Powai, Mumbai – 400 076
Email: gateoffice@iitb.ac.in
Phone Numbers:
022-25767068
022-25767022

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns

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
Hauz Khas, New Delhi– 110 016
Email: gateoffice@admin.iitd.ac.in
Phone number: 011-26591749

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns

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
Guwahati – 781 039
Email: gate@iitg.ac.in
Phone number: 0361-2586500
OI for GATE 2026

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns

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

IIT Kanpur
Kanpur – 208 016
Email: gate@iitk.ac.in
Phone numbers:
0512-2596962
0512-2596963

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns

Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna

Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi

IIT Kharagpur
Kharagpur – 721 302
Email: gateonline@adm.iitkgp.ac.in
Phone numbers: 03222-282091
03222-282095

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns

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,
Chennai – 600 036
Email: gate@iitm.ac.in
Phone number: 044-22578200

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns

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

IIT Roorkee,
Roorkee – 247 667
Email: gate@iitr.ac.in
01332-284531

Tentative List of Examination Cities/Towns

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

This is a tentative list of examination cities. Any changes will be updated on the website.

Choice of Examination City: A candidate can choose THREE cities from the list given above. All the three choices must be from the same GATE 2026 zone. GATE 2026 reserves the right to add a new city or remove an existing one, and allot a city that may not be from any of the choices selected by the candidate.

Withdrawal of International Centres: GATE 2026 will be conducted only in centres within India. It will NOT be conducted in centres outside India. Foreign nationals and Indian citizens residing abroad may appear for GATE 2026, by paying the full application fee (₹2000 per test paper), but they must choose examination cities within India. They must make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation to appear for the exam at an assigned centre within India.