GATE Exam Centres 2025: New Exam Cities Added, Check Zone-wise list of Exam Cities
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2025 ( GATE )
Exam On - 15 Feb '25
GATE 2025 Exam Centre: The Day 1 and 2 of the GATE 2025 exam is now over. The exam is conducted in two shifts- Morning (9:30 am to 12:30 pm) and Afternoon (2:30 pm to 5:30 pm). Candidates must reach the GATE 2025 exam centre 90 minutes before the commencement of the exam. The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has released an updated list of the Zone-wise GATE 2025 exam cities on the GATE 2025 information brochure and official website. This year, 11 new cities have been added to the GATE exam centre list. Candidates can find the exam centre address and code on the GATE 2025 admit card. The hall ticket was released on January 7, 2025. IIT Roorkee is conducting the GATE 2025 exam on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025, across eight zonal centres - IISc Bengaluru, IIT Delhi, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Guwahati, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee.
Registrations for GATE and form corrections are closed now. Candidates could select up to three exam cities while filling out the GATE form. GATE 2025 registrations with regular and late fees have been closed. Candidates can now download their GATE 2025 application form. Candidates must know that the GATE 2025 exam will not be held outside India. Any foreign student who filled out the GATE 2025 application form had to choose the exam centres inside India. The exam authorities are not responsible for travel and accommodation; candidates must make all the arrangements themselves.
| Important Links For GATE 2025 | |
|---|---|
| GATE 2025 Syllabus | GATE Previous Year Question Papers |
| GATE Exam Pattern 2025 | GATE 2025 Eligibility Criteria |
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Commonly asked questions
Q: Can I change the GATE 2025 exam centre?
Yes, you can change the GATE exam city at the time of GATE 2025 application form correction facility. The GATE application form correction window was activated on November 6, 2024. For more information, candidates can read here - https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/gate-exam-centre
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Q: How do I check my GATE exam centre?
Candidates can check the GATE examination centres from the GATE official website- gate2025.iitr.ac.in. The exam centres for GATE 2025 are available for eight zones. For more information, read here - https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/gate-exam-centre
Upvote Q: What are the eight zonal GATE exam centres?
The GATE 2025 has eight zonal centres namely - IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kharagpur, and IIT Madras.
Upvote Q: How many new exam cities have been added to the GATE 2025 exam centers?
This year, 11 new cities have been included in the GATE exam centers. Candidates had the facility to opt for the exam center at the time of GATE registration. The GATE 2025 exam will be held on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025 in two sessions - Morning (9:30 am to 12:30 pm) and Afternoon (2:30 pm to 5:30 pm). Candidates appearing for the exam can find the allotted GATE exam center in the admit card. To download the GATE 2025 hall ticket, candidates must provide their enrollment ID and password.
Upvote Q: How many GATE exam centres can a candidate choose?
A candidate can choose at least three exam cities while filling the GATE application form. The conducting authorities will conduct the GATE exam at around 200 exam centres from the issued list of GATE exam centres. For more information, candidates can refer to the article here - https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/gate-exam-centre
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- GATE 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
- GATE 2025 Exam Centres for Foreign Nationals
GATE 2025 Exam Centers
The GATE 2025 has eight zonal centres, namely IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee. Check below for a detailed list of the exam cities.
| Zonal GATE Office |
List of Examination Cities/Towns |
|---|---|
| Zone-1: IISc Bangalore Chairperson, GATE, IISc Bangalore, Bengaluru - 560 012 |
Andhra Pradesh: Ananthapuramu, Kurnool |
| Zone-2: IIT Bombay Chairperson, GATE, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai - 400 076 |
Goa: Goa 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 |
| Zone-3: IIT Delhi Chairperson, GATE, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110 016 |
Haryana: Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar |
| 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, Burdwan, Kalyani, Siliguri |
| Zone-5: IIT Kanpur Chairperson, GATE, IIT Kanpur Kanpur - 208 016 |
Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi |
| 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, Bhubaneswar, Brahmapur, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Kakatpur (Puri), Rourkela, Sambalpur West Bengal: Bankura, Berhampur-Murshidabad, Hooghly, Howrah, Kharagpur-Midnapur, Kolaghat, Kolkata, Suri (Birbhum) |
| Zone-7: IIT Madras Chairperson, GATE, IIT Madras Chennai - 600 036 |
Andhra Pradesh: Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Nandyala, 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, Erode, Kanyakumari-Nagercoil, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Namakkal, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar Telangana: Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Kothagudem, Nizamabad, Suryapet, Warangal |
| Zone-8: IIT Roorkee Chairperson, GATE, IIT Roorkee Roorkee - 247 667 |
Haryana: Ambala, Kurukshetra Himachal Pradesh: Baddi, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Mandi, Palampur, Shimla-Solan, Una Punjab: Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali-Chandigarh, Patiala, Pathankot Uttarakhand: Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee Uttar Pradesh: Ghaziabad, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, NOIDA, Saharanpur |
This is a tentative list of cities for examination. Any changes in the GATE 2025 exam cities will be updated on the website.
Commonly asked questions
Q: What is the fee for changing GATE 2025 exam centre?
Candidates can modify their selected GATE exam city during the GATE application form correction period. The GATE form correction facility was activated on November 6, 2024 at the GOAPS portal. The fee for changing GATE exam city is INR 500 and can be paid through net banking/UPI/credit/debit card. To know more read here - https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/gate-exam-centre
Upvote Q: What documents should I carry to the GATE examination centre?
Candidates must carry the following documents to the GATE 2025 exam centre -
GATE 2025 admit card
Original Photo ID/identity proof, such as Aadhar Card, Voter ID, PAN Card, Passport, etc.
The GATE 2025 exam will be held on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025. For more information, read here - https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/gate-exam-centre
Upvote Q: What are the available GATE exam cities under IIT Delhi?
The list of the available exam cities for GATE exam under IIT Delhi Zone are as follows-
- Haryana - Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar
- Jammu and Kashmir - Jammu-Samba, Srinagar
- Madhya Pradesh - Indore, Ujjain
- Ladakh - Leh
- Uttar Pradesh - Greater NOIDA, Mathura
- New Delhi - Delhi
- Rajasthan - Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Dausa, Jaipur, Hanumangarh, Sikar, Udaipur, Kota, and Jodhpur
Candidates can choose three cities from the list of the GATE exam cities. All the three choices must be from the same GATE 2025 zone. For example - if a candidate chooses a particular city from the particular zone as the first choice, then he/she will be able to choose the second and third exam city will be from the same zone opted.
Upvote Q: What are the GATE exam cities available under IISc Bangalore?
IIT Roorkee will be conducting the GATE 2025 exams on February 1, 2, 15, and 16, 2025. The list of exam cities available under IISc Bangalore are as follows -
- Andaman and Nicobar - Port Blair
- Andhra Pradesh - Ananthapuramu, Kurnool
- Karnataka - Bagalkot, Ballari, Belagavi, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru South, Bidar, Chikkamangaluru, Chikkaballapur, Davanagere, Hassan, Hubballi/Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Kolar, Mandya, Manipal-Udupi, Mysuru, Mangaluru, Puttur, Shivamogga, Tumakuru
- Kerala - Angamaly, Kannur, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kasaragod, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Payyanur, Thrissur, Vatakara, Wayanad.
- Telangana -Hyderabad, Medak, Nalgonda
Candidates can opt for at least three exam cities for GATE, while filling out the application form. The last date to submit the GATE application form was October 3, 2024 (with regular fees) and October 7, 2024 (with extended fees). Candidates can also find the GATE exam center details on the hall ticket which was released on January 7, 2025.
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Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of GATE 2025 exam
| Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
|---|---|
15 Feb '25 | GATE 2025 Exam (CY | AE | DA | ES | PI | EC | GE |XH | BM | EY) |
16 Feb '25 | GATE 2025 Exam (CE1 | GG | CH | PH | BT | CE2 | ST | XE | XL |MN) |
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
02 Feb '25 | GATE 2025 Exam (ME | PE | AR | EE) |
01 Feb '25 | GATE 2025 Exam (CS1 | AG | MA | CS2 | NM | MT | TF |IN) |
07 Jan '25 | GATE 2025 Admit Card |
GATE 2025 Exam Centres for Foreign Nationals
There will be no GATE 2025 exam centres outside India for foreign nationals. As per the GATE 2025 notification, "There are no international centres for the GATE 2025 examination. Desirous foreign or Indian nationals interested in appearing for the GATE 2025 examination will have to travel to India to appear for the test."
How to change the examination city for GATE 2025?
Step-1: Visit the GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) website
Step-2: Login to your account with your Enrollment ID/Email Address, Password and Captcha
Step-3: Click on Change Examination City
Step-4: After making changes to the GATE 2025 examination city, you need to make a payment of Rs 500
Choice of examination city: The candidate can choose three cities from the list of examination cities in the above table. The first and second choices must be from the same GATE zone, and the third choice can be from any GATE zone.
If a candidate chooses a particular city (in a particular zone) as the first choice, then they will be able to select the city of the second choice only from that particular zone. However, the third choice can be from any one of the listed cities (i.e., no restriction on the zone for the third choice city). Note that, because of the operational constraints, the GATE Committee 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.
Commonly asked questions
Q: How do I change GATE 2025 exam city?
Candidates can change the GATE exam city during the GATE application form correction at the GOAPS portal. The step-by-step process to change the GATE exam city is as follows -
- Visit the GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) website
- Login to your account with your Enrollment ID/Email Address, Password and Captcha
- Click on Change Examination City
- After making changes to the GATE 2025 examination city, you need to make a payment of Rs 500. The payment can be done through net banking/credit/debit card/UPI.
The allotted GATE exam city address and details will be updated on the GATE hall ticket. Candidates can download the GATE admit card on January 2, 2025.
Upvote Q: Can I change the GATE exam city after the release of GATE admit card?
No, you cannot change the exam city centre once the admit card for GATE is released. Candidates will be able to make changes in their exam centre at the time of GATE 2025 form correction. To know more about the GATE examination cities, read here - https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/gate-exam-centre
Upvote Q: What are the GATE exam cities listed under IIT Madras?
The GATE exam cities listed under IIT Madras are as follows -
- Andhra Pradesh - Chirala, Chittoor, Guntur, Kadapa, Nandyala, Nellore, Ongole, Tirupati
- Kerala - Alappuzha, Aluva-Ernakulam, Attingal, Chengannur, Kollam, Kothamangalam, Kottayam, Kanjirapally, Thiruvanathapuram, Muvattupuzha
- Pondicherry - Puducherry
- Tamil Nadu - Chennai South, Chennai West, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Erode, Kanyakumari-Nagercoil, Krishnagiri, Madurai, Namakkal, Pollachi, Ramanathapuram, Salem, Thanjavur, Theni, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirapalli, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Virudhunagar
- Telangana - Adilabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Kodad, Kothagudem, Nizamabad, Suryapet, Warangal.
Upvote Q: What are the exam cities available for GATE 2025 under IIT Kanpur zone?
The GATE 2025 exam cities available under IIT Kanpur zone are as follows -
- Madhya Pradesh - Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna
- Uttar Pradesh - Agra, Aligarh, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi
To know more about GATE exam centres, read here - https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/gate-exam-centre
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