GATE exam centers are the venues where students go to write the GATE Examination. Each zonal center comprises of GATE exam centers that fall under its zone.
GATE is a national-level exam for engineering graduates. IIT Kanpur will conduct GATE 2023 on 4th, 5th, 11th, and 12th, 2023, across 203 cities in India and in 6 cities in other countries. The authority will allow the GATE aspirants to choose up to three centers. Candidates can log in to GATE 2023 application portal to change the GATE 2023 Exam Centers.
GATE 2024 Exam Centers latest Updates
- Leh (Ladakh) was added as new GATE exam city in 2022.
- For GATE 2021, IIT Bombay had added 11 new exam centers.
- 7 new exam cities were added in IIT Bombay Zone, 3 in IIT Kharagpur Zone, and 1 in IIT Roorkee.
- Akola, Himatnagar, Dhule, Ichalkaranji, Latur, Palghar, Sangamner-Loni-Shirdi, Baharampur-Murshidabad, Hazaribag, Machilipatnam, and Kangra were added as new Exam Centers for the GATE 2021 examination by IIT Bombay.
GATE Exam Centers 2024
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There are 8 zonal centers for GATE 2023, including IISC Bangalore and 7 IITs. While filling out the online GATE Application Form, all candidates must choose three preferences from the list of examination centers.
GATE Exam 2024: Important Dates
The official schedule for GATE 2023 is given below:
| Opening date of Application application | August 30th, 2022 |
| Closing date of registration | September 30th, 2022 |
| Last date of the extended period (with late fees) | October 7th, 2022 |
| Admit Card release date | January 3rd, 2023 |
| GATE Exam 2023 | 4th, 5th, 11th, and 12th February 2023 |
| Availability of candidate’s response | February 15th, 2023 |
| Official answer keys availability | February 21st, 2023 |
| Challenges submission by candidates | February 22nd to February 25th, 2023 |
| Result announcement for GATE 2023 | March 16th, 2023 |
| Scorecard availability | March 21st, 2023 |
How to Choose the Exam Centers in the Application Form?
- The candidates must enter exam center preferences while filling out the GATE 2023 Application Form.
- The exam center will be provided in a drop-down list in the application form.
- If the first city is unavailable, applicants will be provided with their second preference. Further, if both centers are unavailable, the candidates will be allotted the third preference.
GATE Exam Centers 2024
The table below shows a list of the zone-wise GATE 2023 exam cities.
GATE Zonal Centers IISc Bangalore
Below is the list of 30 GATE exam centers from the zone IISc Bangalore.
Ananthapuramu (AP), Angamaly (KL), Bagalkot (KA), Ballari (Bellary KA), Belagavi (Belgaum KA), Bengaluru North (KA), Bengaluru South (KA), Bidar (KA), Chikkamagaluru (KA), Davanagere (KA), Hassan (KA), Hubballi (Hubli KA), Hyderabad (TS), Kalaburagi (Gulbarga KA), Kannur (KL), Kasaragod (KL), Kolar (KA), Kozhikode (KL), Kurnool (AP), Malappuram (KL), Mangaluru (KA), Manipal (KA), Mysuru (Mysore KA), Palakkad (KL), Payyanur (KL), Port Blair (AN), Shivamogga (Shimoga KA), Thrissur (KL), Tumakuru (KA), Vatakara (KL) – (30 Cities).
GATE Zonal Centre IIT Bombay
Below is the list of 30 GATE exam centers from zone IIT Bombay.
Ahmedabad (GJ), Ahmednagar (MH), Akola (MH), Amravati (MH), Anand (GJ), Aurangabad (MH), Baramati (MH), Bhavnagar (GJ), Bhuj (GJ), Dhule (MH), Gandhinagar (GJ), Goa (GA), Jalgaon (MH), Kolhapur (MH), Latur (MH), Mehsana (GJ), Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Thane (MH), Nagpur (MH), Nanded (MH), Nashik (MH), Pune (MH), Panvel-Raigad (MH), Rajkot (GJ), Ratnagiri (MH), Sangamner-Loni-Shirdi (MH), Sangli (MH), Satara (MH), Solapur (MH), Surat (GJ), Vadodara (GJ), Vasai-Palghar (MH) – (30 Cities).
GATE Zonal Centre IIT Delhi
Below is the list of 19 GATE exam centers from zone IIT Delhi.
Ajmer (RJ), Alwar (RJ), Bikaner (RJ), Faridabad (HR), Greater NOIDA (UP), Gurugram (HR), Hisar (HR), Indore (MP), Jaipur (RJ), Jammu-Samba (JK), Jodhpur (RJ), Kota (RJ), Leh (Ladakh), Mathura (UP), New Delhi (DL), Sikar (RJ), Srinagar (JK), Udaipur (RJ), Ujjain (MP) – (19 Cities).
GATE Zonal Centre IIT Guwahati
Below is the list of 21 GATE exam centers from zone IIT Guwahati.
Agartala (TR), Aizawl (MZ), Asansol-Durgapur (WB), Bokaro Steel City (JH), Burdwan (WB), Dhanbad (JH), Dibrugarh (AS), Dimapur-Kohima (NL), Gangtok (SK), Guwahati (AS), Imphal (MN), Itanagar (AR), Jorhat (AS), Kalyani (WB), Muzaffarpur (BR), Patna (BR), Purnea (BR), Shillong (ML), Silchar (AS), Siliguri (WB), Tezpur (AS) –(21 Cities).
GATE Zonal Centre IIT Kanpur
Below is the list of 14 GATE exam centers from zone IIT Kanpur:
Agra (UP), Aligarh (UP), Allahabad (UP), Bareilly (UP), Bhopal (MP), Gorakhpur (UP), Gwalior (MP), Jabalpur (MP), Jhansi (UP), Kanpur (UP), Lucknow (UP), Varanasi (UP), Sagar (MP), Satna (MP) –(14 Cities).
GATE Zonal Centre IIT Kharagpur
Below is the list of 26 GATE exam centers from zone IIT Kharagpur:
Baharampur-Murshidabad (WB), Balasore (OD), Berhampur (OD), Bhilai (CH), Bhubaneswar (OD), Bilaspur (CH), Cuttack (OD), Dhenkanal (OD), Eluru (AP), Hazaribag (JH), Hooghly (WB), Jamshedpur (JH), Kakinada (AP), Kharagpur (WB), Kolkata (WB), Machilipatnam (AP), Raipur (CH), Rajamahendravaram (Rajahmundry AP), Ranchi (JH), Rourkela (OD), Sambalpur (OD), Srikakulam (AP), Tadepalligudem (AP), Vijayawada (AP), Visakhapatnam (AP), Vizianagaram (AP) – (26 Cities).
GATE Zonal Centre IIT Madras
Below is the list of 41 GATE exam centers from zone IIT Madras:
Alappuzha (KL), Aluva-Ernakulam (KL), Attingal (KL), Chengannur (KL), Chennai South (TN), Chennai West (TN), Chirala (AP), Chittoor (AP), Coimbatore (TN), Cuddalore (TN), Dindigul (TN), Gudur (AP), Guntur (AP), Kadapa (AP), Kanjirapally (KL), Kanyakumari-Nagercoil (TN), Karimnagar (TS), Khammam (TS), Kodad (TS), Kollam (KL), Kothamangalam (KL), Kottayam (KL), Madurai (TN), Muvattupuzha (KL), Namakkal (TN), Nellore (AP), Nizamabad (TS), Ongole (AP), Puducherry (PY), Salem (TN), Suryapet (TS), Thanjavur (TN), Thiruvananthapuram (KL), Thoothukudi (TN), Tiruchirapalli (TN), Tirunelveli (TN), Tirupati (AP), Vellore (TN), Villupuram (TN), Virudhunagar (TN), Warangal (TS) – (41 Cities).
GATE Zonal Centre IIT Roorkee
Below is the list of 21 GATE exam centers from zone IIT Roorkee:
Ambala (HR), Amritsar (PB), Bathinda (PB), Dehradun (UK), Ghaziabad (UP), Haldwani (UK), Hamirpur-Una (HP), Jalandhar (PB), Karnal (HR), Kurukshetra (HR), Ludhiana (PB), Meerut (UP), Mohali-Chandigarh (PB), Moradabad (UP), Muzaffarnagar (UP), NOIDA (UP), Pathankot (PB), Patiala-Sangrur (PB), Roorkee (UK), Shimla-Solan (HP), Yamunanagar (HR) – (21 Cities).
GATE Exam Centers For International candidates
Below is the list of the exam centers of GATE for foreign nationals who want to participate in the GATE Exam. The candidates who will be appearing in GATE can fill the exam cities amongst the following GATE exam centers:
GATE Exam Centres for International Candidates
The candidates who apply for GATE as international candidates will be able to choose any one of the preferences from the cities abroad. Below is the list of 6 cities abroad under the zonal center of IIT Delhi:
| S.No. | GATE Exam Centres for International candidates |
| 1 | Abu Dhabi/Dubai (UAE) |
| 2 | Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) |
| 3 | Colombo (Sri Lanka) |
| 4 | Dhaka (Bangladesh) |
| 5 | Kathmandu (Nepal) |
| 6 | Singapore |
New GATE 2024 Exam Centers
IIT Kharagpur has added Leh (Ladakh) as the new Exam Center for GATE 2022 Exam.
Conclusion
The national level exam, GATE, is one of the most challenging. The candidates are given many choices to fill in their GATE exam centers at their convenience. They can fill in 3 different centers according to their priority.
The authority will give a facility to the candidates for choosing three centers. For further information, the candidates can log in to GATE Application Portal.
Good luck!
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FAQs
Q: How many exam cities will be there in GATE 2023?
A: In GATE 2023, there is a total of 203 cities.
Q: How many GATE exam cities are outside India?
A: There is a total of 6 GATE 2023 exam cities outside India, they are Dubai, Addis Ababa, Colombo, Dhaka, Kathmandu, and Singapore.
Q: How can I change my GATE 2023 Exam Center?
A: Candidates can change the GATE Exam Centers by visiting the official GATE 2023 Application Portal.
Q: Who conducted GATE Exam 2022?
A: IIT Kharagpur conducted the GATE 2022 Exam.
Q: Who will be conducting the GATE 2023 Exam?
A: IIT Kanpur will be conducting the GATE 2023 Exam.
Q: How are GATE exam centers allotted?
A: Candidates can choose 3 exam cities among all centers offered.
Q: How many attempts are there for the GATE Exam?
A: There is no restriction on the number of GATE attempts.