GATE Exam Date 2026 Announced at gate2026.iitg.ac.in, Check Official Schedule Here

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati is going to conduct the GATE 2026 exam on 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th February 2026. The exam will be held in computer based mode at various exam centre throughout the country.

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam is a national-level entrance examination conducted in India for admissions to postgraduate programs (M.Tech, ME, and direct PhD) in engineering, technology, and sciences. The GATE 2026 exam organization body Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati has announced the GATE Exam Date 2026 at the official website https://gate2026.iitg.ac.in/. As per official schedule, GATE 2026 will be held on 7th, 8th, 14th, and 15th February 2026. Candidates planning to appear for exam should mark these dates and prepare accordingly.

GATE Exam Date 2026 Announced

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering 2026 Date has been announced for 7th, 8th, 14th, 15th February 2026. Exam will be held in computer based mode for general aptitude and the candidate’s preferred subjects. GATE Exam 2026 will be held for a total of 30 test papers. Candidates can appear for one or up to two test papers only. The two test paper combinations will have to be chosen by candidates during the application form from the list of combinations.

Events	Dates
GATE Admit Card 2026	To be announced
GATE Exam Date 2026	7th, 8th, 14th, 15th February 2026

GATE Exam Date 2026 Notice

Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati has released the GATE 2026 official website which is www.gate2026.iitg.ac.in comprises the schedule for important events such as GATE 2026 registration date, exam date etc. The GATE Test papers will be held in English language consists of objective-type questions.

GATE 2026 Exam Pattern

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam is conducted in computer based mode. Exam consists of total 65 questions for total 100 marks. Candidates planning to appear for GATE 2026 exam must be aware of GATE Exam Pattern to know topics asked in exam, marking scheme etc.

GATE 2026 Exam Pattern
Mode of Exam	Computer Based Test (Online)
Duration of Exam	3 hours
Number of Papers	30
Total Section	General Aptitude (GA) Engineering Mathematics Applicants Chosen Subject
Questions Type	Multiple Choice-Questions (MCQs) Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions
Total Number of Questions	65
Total Marks	100
Distribution of Questions in all Papers Excluding AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XL and XH	Engineering Mathematics – 13 Marks Subject Questions – 72 Marks General Aptitude – 15 Marks
Distribution of Questions in AR, CY, DA, EY, GG, MA, PH, ST, XL and XH	85 Questions From Chosen Subject 15 Marks Questions From General Aptitude
Exam Duration	3 hours
Marking Scheme	All Questions Will Either Carry 1 or 2 Marks
Negative Marking	Applicable to MCQs Only, Not MSQs and NATs: Deduction of 1/3 For 1 Mark Wrong Response Deduction of 2/3 For 2 Marks Wrong Response