GATE Exam Centres 2024 (Released): New & State-wise Centres List

Exam Date 03 Feb '24-11 Feb '24
Result Date 16 Mar '24
Selva Kumar
Selva Kumar

Updated on - Feb 1, 2024

Latest Updates for GATE

GATE Exam Centres 2024 include 176 centres. GATE 2024 exam centres are organized into 8 zonal IITs that cover 219 cities as per IISc Bangalore. When filling out the application forms, aspirants can select the GATE exam centre change.

Applicants can do GATE centre change without paying an additional fee. GATE 2024 will be held just in India. IISc Banglore has withdrawn all foreign exam cities for GATE 2024.

IISc Bangalore, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee are the eight zonal centres for GATE 2024.

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Download: GATE 2024 Admit Card

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GATE Exam Centres 2024: Zonal Centres

India's GATE exam centres 2024 are split into 8 zones for administrative reasons. The eight zonal offices that oversee GATE 2024 operations in these exam cities include IISc Bangalore and seven IITs.

The zone to which the GATE 2024 exam centre will show up if you choose a specific city as your first option.

IISc Bangalore

GATE exam centres 2024 for IISc Bangalore are listed below:

  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Telangana
    Karnataka
  • Kerala
  • Andaman and Nicobar

IIT Bombay

GATE exam centres 2024 for IIT Bombay are listed below:

  • Gujarat
  • Maharashtra
  • Goa

IIT Delhi

GATE exam centres 2024 for IIT Delhi are listed below:

  • Haryana
  • Jammu and Kashmir
  • Ladakh
  • Madhya Pradesh
  • New Delhi
  • Rajasthan
  • Uttar Pradesh

IIT Guwahati

GATE exam centres 2024 for IIT Guwahati are listed below:

  • Arunachal Pradesh
  • Assam
  • Bihar
  • Jharkhand
  • Manipur
  • Meghalaya
  • Mizoram
  • Nagaland
  • Sikkim
  • Tripura
  • West Bengal

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IIT Kanpur

GATE 2024 centres 2024 for IIT Kanpur are listed below:

  • Madhya Pradesh
  • Uttar Pradesh

IIT Kharagpur

GATE 2024 exam centres for IIT Kharagpur are listed below:

  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Chhattisgarh
  • Jharkhand
  • Odisha
  • West Bengal

IIT Madras

GATE test centres 2024 for IIT Madras are listed below:

  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Kerala
  • Pondicherry
  • Tamilnadu
  • Telangana

IT Roorkee

GATE centres 2024 for IIT Roorkee are listed below:

  • Haryana
  • Himachal Pradesh
  • Punjab
  • Uttarakhand
  • Uttar Pradesh

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New GATE 2024 Exam Centres

The new GATE exam centres 2024 added by the conducting authority are tabulated below. Candidates can have a look at GATE 2024 exam centres for their reference.

List of New GATE Exam Centres 2024
Zonal GATE offices List of Exam Cities
 IIT Bombay

Akola (MH)

Dhule (MH)

Himatnagar (GJ)

Ichalkaranji (MH)

Latur (MH)

Palghar (MH)

Sangamner- Loni- Shirdi (MH)

 IIT Kharagpur

Dhenkanal

Kakatpur (Puri)

Howrah

Suri (Birbhum)

 IIT Roorkee

Kurukshetra

Bilaspur

Kangra

Mandi

Shimla-Solan

Pathankot

Saharanpur

Ludhiana

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GATE 2024 Exam Centres and Zonal Centres

There are eight zonal centres for the GATE exam, including seven in Bangalore IIT and IISc. Candidates can view the complete list of cities hosting the exam in the specified GATE exam centres 2024.

GATE Exam Centres 2024

Zonal Centres

GATE Exam Centres (Exam Cities)

IISc Bangalore

Ananthapuramu

Kurnool

Bagalkot

Ballari (Bellary)

Belagavi (Belgaum)

Bengaluru North

Bengaluru South

Bidar

Chikkamagaluru

Davanagere

Hassan

Hubballi (Hubli)

Kalaburagi (Gulbarga)

Kolar

Mangaluru

Manipal

Mysuru (Mysore)

Shivamogga (Shimoga)

Tumakuru

Kannur

Kozhikode

Malappuram

Palakkad

Thrissur

Hyderabad

Port Blair

IIT Bombay

Ahmedabad

Anand

Bhavnagar

Gandhinagar

Mehsana

Rajkot

Surat

Vadodara

Ahmednagar

Akola

Amravati

Aurangabad

Baramati

Dhule

Jalgaon

Kolhapur

Latur

Mumbai

Navi

Mumbai-Thane

Nagpur

Nanded

Panvel-Raigad

Pune

Ratnagiri

Sangamner-Loni-Shirdi

Sangli

Satara

Solapur

Vasai-Palghar

Goa

IIT Delhi

Faridabad

Gurugram

Jammu-Samba

Srinagar

Leh

Indore

Ujjain

New Delhi

Ajmer

Bikaner

Jaipur

Jodhpur

Kota

Sikar

Udaipur

Greater NOIDA

Mathura

IIT Guwahati

Itanagar

Dibrugarh

Guwahati

Jorhat

Silchar

Tezpur

Muzaffarpur

Patna

Purnea

Dhanbad

Shillong

Aizawl

Dimapur-Kohima

Agartala West

Asansol-Durgapu

Burdwa

Kalyan

Siliguri

IIT Kanpur

Bhopal

Gwalior

Agra

Aligarh

Allahabad

Bareilly

Gorakhpur

Jabalpur

Kanpur

Lucknow

Satna

Varanasi

IIT Kharagpur

Eluru

Kakinada

Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry)

Srikakulam

Tadepalligudem

Vijayawada

Visakhapatnam

Vizianagaram

Bhilai

Bilaspur

Raipur

Hazaribag

Jamshedpur

Ranchi

Balasore

Berhampur

Bhubaneswar

Cuttack

Rourkela

Sambalpur

Baharampur-Murshidabad

Hooghly

Kharagpur

Kolkata

IIT Madras

Chirala

Chittoor

Gudur

Guntur

Nellore

Ongole

Tirupati

Alappuzha

Aluva-Ernakulam

Kollam

Kottayam

Thiruvananthapuram

Puducherry

Chennai South

Chennai West

Coimbatore

Cuddalore

Dindigul

Kanyakumari-Nagercoil

Madurai

Namakkal

Salem

Thanjavur

Thoothukudi

Tiruchirapalli

Tirunelveli

Vellore

Virudhunagar

Karimnagar

Khammam

Kodad

Nizamabad

Suryapet

Warangal

IIT Roorkee

Ambala

Hamirpur

Amritsar

Bathinda

Jalandhar

Mohali-Chandigarh

Patiala

Ghaziabad

Meerut

Moradabad

Muzaffarnagar

NOIDA

Dehradun

Haldwani

Roorkee

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GATE 2024 Zone-Wise Centres

GATE 2024 exam has eight zonal centres including seven IIT and IISc Bangalore. Candidates can check the detailed GATE exam centres list here.

Zones GATE Previous Zonal Cities Cities
IISc Bangalore 30 26
IIT Bombay 30 30
IIT Delhi 19 17
IIT Guwahati 21 18
IIT Kanpur 14 12
IIT Kharagpur 26 24
IIT Madras 40 34
IIT Roorkee 21 15
Total 203 176

GATE 2024 International Exam Centres

The authorities have decided that there would be no outside centres for GATE exam centres abroad nationals. International cities that have been dropped from the list of GATE 2024 exam centres include:

GATE Exam Centres 2024 for Foreign Candidates
International GATE Exam Centres GATE Exam Cities
Bangladesh Dhaka (Withdrawn)
UAE Dubai
Nepal Kathmandu (Withdrawn)
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (Withdrawn)
Maldives Male (Withdrawn)
Mauritius Port Louis (Withdrawn)
Singapore Singapore (Withdrawn)
Bhutan Thimphu (Withdrawn)

How to Choose GATE Exam Centers 2024?

  • GATE exam centers 2024 for the first and second exams must be in the same exam zone. Any zone may be the third GATE centre of choice.
  • Candidates can choose a GATE exam centre after entering all the necessary information.
  • According to their convenience, candidates can choose any one of the centres, taking into account their closest city.
  • GATE exam centres 2024 will be assigned based on first-come, first-served criteria.
  • Candidates who successfully register can download their GATE 2024 admit card, which contains information about the exam day and time and the exam centre.

Note: GATE committee reserves the right to add a new city or remove an existing one owing to operational restrictions.

GATE Exam Centre Change 2024

When filling out the form, candidates must choose one of the GATE exam centres 2024 from the provided list. Candidates may choose up to 3 exam locations when submitting their applications. The steps regarding GATE exam centers 2024 and the selection procedure for those centres.

  • Step 1: Go to the GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) website.
  • Step 2: Access your account by entering your Enrollment ID/Email Address, Password, and Captcha.
  • Step 3: Select Change Examination City.
  • Step 4: After modifying the GATE 2024 examination city, you must pay INR 500.
  • Optional Centres: The candidate may select up to three cities from the list of examination cities shown in the table above.

Key Highlights of GATE Exam Centres 2024

  • Candidates should be aware that IISc Bangalore will announce the locations of the GATE exam centres 2024.
  • Depending on the candidate's preference, the GATE 2024 exam locations will either be distributed throughout India or just.
  • Therefore, it is essential that candidates carefully consider their GATE test centres 2024 choices before completing the application.

Instructions to be Followed at GATE Exam Centres 2024

The instructions to be followed at the GATE exam centre are listed below.

  • Only those who possess a valid GATE 2024 admit card and a photo ID will be allowed entry to the testing facility.
  • Arrive at the testing location at least 60 minutes before the exam.
  • For rough work, scribble pads will be provided; these must be returned after the exam is over.
  • For the calculating work, a virtual scientific calculator will be available on-screen.
  • After 9:30 AM (for the morning session) and 14:30 PM, entry to the test room will be forbidden (for the afternoon session).

Dos’ and Don’ts at GATE Exam Centers 2024

Certain of the most crucial instructions and some limits are listed in the table below.

GATE Exam Centres 2024 Instructions
Dos’ Don’ts
Reach GATE Exam Centers 30 minutes before starting the exam To prevent missing the crucial instructions given by the exam centre, do not leave after the exam has begun.
Must carry the downloaded admit card and a valid ID proof issued by the Government Do not present any soft copy of the admit card or any ID proof
At the exam hall for GATE 2024, find the allotted seat with the roll number Do not occupy a seat that does not belong to you as it may lead to difficulty during the exam
Give all the biometric information at the right time as asked by the instructor Do not present your valid ID card with any defect in the exam hall
Try to complete each response before the time runs out since, after that, it will be automatically stored and closed. And you won't have any more time to complete the response. Follow the post-exam instructions given by the relevant authority before leaving the test room.

FAQs

How many exam centres can I choose for GATE 2024?

Candidates must choose at least three exam centres for the GATE 2024 exam. The conducting body will allot an examination centre for the candidate based on the seat availability and candidate's preferences.

When should I enter the alloted GATE exam centre 2024?

According to the rules and regulation set by IIT kanpur, candidates must reach the exam 35 minutes prior to the exam. Candidates must keep in mind that the applicant will be not allowed inside the exam hall after the exam has commenced.

Should I carry any document which has to be provided at the exam centre?

Yes, candidates must bring their GATE admit card 2024 and a valid photo ID to the exam centre.

Does a candidates have to provide biometric information at the GATE 2024 exam centres?

Yes, candidates are required to provide biometric information at the GATE exam centers 2024, before the examination starts.

Can I leave the exam centre after the completion of the exam before the specified duration?

No, Candidates will have to follow the exam instructions provided by the conducting authority. Hence candidate can only leave the exam centre when the conducting authority allows.

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