Check the complete list of CLAT Exam Centres 2026 across 130+ cities in India. Know state-wise centres, new additions like Diu & Silvassa, how to choose/update preferences, and important exam day instructions.
CLAT Exam Centres 2026 are located in 130 cities in India, spanning 23 states and two union territories. The major cities are Chennai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kanpur, Kolkata, Cuttack, and also includes Diu and Silvassa, two additional centers (recently added).
The CLAT 2026 application form allows candidates to select up to three preferred exam locations. Seat capacity, candidate preference order, and availability will all affect the final exam centre allocation. The candidate’s CLAT admit card 2026 will provide the final exam location of CLAT exam.
What Are the CLAT Exam Centres for 2026?
The CLAT exam centres are divided throughout India's states and union territories. Students can see the names of the cities where CLAT 2026 will take place in the table below.
| State | Exam Centre City |
| Andhra Pradesh | Chittor/Tirupathi |
| Kurnool | |
| Rajahmundry | |
| Vijayawada | |
| Vishakhapatnam | |
| Assam | Guwahati |
| Dibrugarh | |
| Jorhat | |
| Silchar | |
| Tezpur | |
| Bihar | Muzaffarpur |
| Patna | |
| Arrah | |
| Bhagalpur | |
| Darbhanga | |
| Purnea | |
| Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur |
| Raipur | |
| Bhilai Nagar | |
| Durg | |
| Delhi | New Delhi |
| Goa | Panaji / Madgaon |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
| Gandhinagar | |
| Anand | |
| Bhavnagar | |
| Himatnagar | |
| Jamnagar | |
| Mehsana | |
| Rajkot | |
| Surat | |
| Vadodara | |
| Haryana | Faridabad |
| Gurugram | |
| Ambala | |
| Hisar | |
| Karnal | |
| Kurukshetra | |
| Panipat | |
| Rohtak | |
| Sonipat | |
| Yamuna Nagar | |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur |
| Hamirpur | |
| Kangra | |
| Kullu | |
| Mandi | |
| Shimla | |
| Una | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu |
| Srinagar | |
| Samba | |
| Jharkhand | Jamshedpur |
| Ranchi | |
| Bokaro Steel City | |
| Dhanbad | |
| Hazaribagh | |
| Karnataka | Ballari (Bellary) |
| Belagavi (Belgaum) | |
| Bengaluru | |
| Bidar | |
| Davanagere | |
| Dharwad / Hubli | |
| Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) | |
| Hassan | |
| Mangaluru (Mangalore) | |
| Mysuru (Mysore) | |
| Shivamogga (Shimoga) | |
| Tumakuru (Tumkur) | |
| Udupi | |
| Vijayapura (Bijapur) | |
| Kerala | Alapuzha |
| Ernakulam | |
| Idukki | |
| Kannur | |
| Kasaragod | |
| Kollam | |
| Kottayam | |
| Kozhikode | |
| Malappuram | |
| Palakkad | |
| Thiruvananthapuram | |
| Thrissur | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| Indore | |
| Gwalior | |
| Jabalpur | |
| Sagar | |
| Satna | |
| Ujjain | |
| Maharashtra | Akola |
| Amravati | |
| Aurangabad | |
| Chandrapur | |
| Dhule | |
| Jalgaon | |
| Kolhapur | |
| Latur | |
| Mumbai / Navi Mumbai | |
| Nagpur | |
| Nanded | |
| Nashik | |
| Pune | |
| Raigad | |
| Ratnagiri | |
| Sangli | |
| Satara | |
| Solapur | |
| Thane | |
| Wardha | |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| Odisha | Balasore |
| Berhampur-Ganjam | |
| Bhubaneswar | |
| Cuttack | |
| Dhenkanal | |
| Rourkela | |
| Sambalpur | |
| Punjab | Amritsar |
| Bhatinda | |
| Jalandhar | |
| Ludhiana | |
| Mohali | |
| Patiala | |
| Sangrur | |
| Rajasthan | Alwar |
| Bikaner | |
| Jaipur | |
| Jodhpur | |
| Kota | |
| Sikar | |
| Sriganganagar | |
| Udaipur | |
| Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore |
| Madurai | |
| Salem | |
| Erode | |
| Thanjavur | |
| Nagercoil | |
| Tirunelveli | |
| Tiruchirappalli | |
| Vellore | |
| Namakkal | |
| Telangana | Khammam |
| Karimnagar | |
| Warangal | |
| Nizamabad | |
| Mahabubnagar | |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Greater Noida |
| Meerut | |
| Noida | |
| Agra | |
| Aligarh | |
| Bareilly | |
| Gorakhpur | |
| Jhansi | |
| Kanpur | |
| Lucknow | |
| Mathura | |
| Moradabad | |
| Muzaffarnagar | |
| Prayagraj | |
| Varanasi | |
| Allahabad | |
| Ghaziabad | |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
| Haldwani | |
| Haridwar | |
| Roorkee | |
| West Bengal | Asansol |
| Burdwan (Bardhaman) | |
| Siliguri | |
| Hooghly | |
| Barasat | |
| Howrah | |
| Barrackpore | |
| Kalyani | |
| Kolkata | |
| Daman and Diu | Diu |
| Silvassa |
Also Check: CLAT Exam Day Guidelines
Is There an Increase in the Number of CLAT Exam Centres in 2026?
Yes, the CLAT 2026 exam centres list has expanded due to the addition of Diu and Silvassa. Candidates now have more alternatives to choose the locations which are preferable to them.
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What Is the State-wise CLAT 2026 Preference List of Exam Centres?
Candidates are guaranteed a selection of geographically convenient locations due to the state-by-state preference list. The complete PDF list of centers is available below for candidates:
| Exam Centre States | Exam Centre |
| Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur, Chirala, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Nellore, Ongole, Rajahmundary, Srikakulam, Tekkali, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar / Naharlagun |
| Assam | Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Silchar, Tezpur |
| Bihar | Muzaffarpur, Patna, Arrah, Bhagalpur, Darbhanga, Purnea |
| Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur, Raipur, Chandigarh, Bhilai Nagar, Durg |
| Delhi | New Delhi |
| Goa | Panaji / Madgoan |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Anand, Bhavnagar, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara |
| Haryana | Faridabad, Gurugram, Ambala, Hisar, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Panipat, Rohtak, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar |
| Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Una |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu, Srinagar, Samba |
| Jharkhand | Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Bokaro Steel City, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh |
| Karnataka | Ballari (Bellary), Belagavi (Belgaum), Bengaluru, Bidar, Davanagere, Dharwad / Hubli, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Hassan, Mangaluru (Mangalore), Mysuru (Mysore), Shivamogga (Shimoga), Tumakuru (Tumkur), Udupi, Vijayapura (Bijapur) |
| Kerala | Alapuzha, ErnakulamIdukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain |
| Maharashtra | Akola, Amravati, Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Chandrapur, Dhule, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Thane, Wardha |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Mizoram | Aizawl |
| Nagaland | Kohima |
| Odisha | Balasore, Berhampur-ganjam, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Rourkela, Sambalpur |
| Punjab | Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Patiala, Sangrur |
| Rajasthan | Alwar, Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sikar, Sriganganagar, Udaipur |
| Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Erode, Thanjavur, Nagercoil, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirappalli, Vellore, Namakkal |
| Telangana | Khammam, Karimnagar, Warangal, Nizamabad, Mahabubnagar |
| Tripura | Agartala |
| Uttar Pradesh | Greater Noida, Meerut, Noida, Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mathura, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Allahabad, Ghaziabad |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani, Haridwar, Roorkee |
| West Bengal | Asansol, Burdwan (Bardhaman), Siliguri, Hooghly, Barasat, Howrah, Barrackpore, Kalyani, Kolkata |
| Daman and Diu | Diu, Silvassa |
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What Are the Changes in CLAT 2026 Exam Centres Compared to Previous Years?
Some specific corrections have been made in the exam centre list are:
| Exam Centre City | Old Centre | New Centre |
| Bhopal | IES College of Technology | IES Public School (Same address) |
| Kolkata | University of Engineering and Management | Institute of Engineering and Management (Same address) |
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How to Choose CLAT Exam Centres in 2026?
Candidates must carefully select three exam locations in order of preference when completing the application form. To reduce travel difficulties, hometowns or neighboring cities should be chosen. The distribution is based on center capacity as well as preference.
If possible, the Consortium of NLUs seeks to assign the first priority; if not, the second or third.
How Can Candidates Update CLAT 2026 Exam Centre Preference?
If a candidate wishes to update their exam centre preference, the process is simple:
- Visit the official CLAT website: consortiumofnlus.ac.in
- Log in to your account using your login credentials.
- Click on the "Edit Application" link.
- Select the option to update exam centre preferences.
- Choose up to three centres in order of preference.
- Submit the updated preferences and download the revised application.
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What Documents Must Candidates Carry to the CLAT 2026 Exam Centre?
The important documents that a candidate muct carry to the CLAT 2026 Exam Centre are:
- CLAT Admit Card
- 2 Passport size photograph
- A valid photo ID proof such as:
- Aadhaar Card
- Voter ID Card
- Passport
- Driving Licence
- PAN Card
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What Are the Important Instructions to Follow at the CLAT 2026 Exam Centre?
Candidates must follow strict guidelines during the exam day:
- Put on light-colored, half-sleeved apparel devoid of big buttons or insignia.
- No electronic devices, phones, notes, or books are allowed to be carried.
- Be sure to arrive at least forty-five minutes early and adhere to the dress code and reporting time.
- Before entering, sign the medical self-declaration form that you are carrying.
- In accordance with the COVID-19 procedure, wear a face mask.
- Bring only your CLAT admission card and a legitimate photo ID.
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