GATE 2026 is organized by IIT Guwahati. The official site for GATE 2026 will be active from September 2025 during which the application procedure for GATE 2026 starts. Below are the details about GATE 2026 official site, exam pattern, and eligibility.
GATE 2026 exam dates: The GATE 2026 exam will be held in the 1-2 weeks of February 2026 on Saturday and Sunday.
GATE 2026 Exam Pattern
GATE 2026 exam contains a total of 65 questions worth a maximum of 100 marks. From 2014 onward, the examination for all the papers is carried out in an online Computer Based Test (CBT) mode where the candidates are shown the questions in a random sequence on a computer screen.
Question Types:
- •Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ): Four answer options out of which the correct one has to be chosen
- •Numerical Answer Type (NAT): The answer is a real number, to be entered via an on-screen keypad and computer mouse
- •Multiple Select Questions (MSQ): One or more correct answers from the given options
Candidates are provided with blank paper sheets for rough work and these have to be returned after the examination.
GATE 2026 Eligibility
The following are eligible to take GATE 2026:
- ✓Bachelor's degree holders in Engineering/Technology (4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after B.Sc./Diploma in Engineering/Technology)
- ✓Master's degree holders in any relevant Science subject
- ✓Candidates in the final year of the above programs
- ✓Candidates with qualifications recognized by the Government of India as equivalent to the above
Qualifying in GATE is a mandatory requirement for seeking admission and/or financial assistance to MS, PhD in India. Further, many Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have been using the GATE score in their recruitment process.
GATE 2026 Papers
GATE 2026 will be conducted in 27 subjects which comprise of:
- • Aerospace (AE)
- • Agricultural (AG)
- • Architecture (AR)
- • Biomedical (BM)
- • Biotechnology (BT)
- • Civil (CE)
- • Chemical (CH)
- • Computer Science (CS)
- • Chemistry (CY)
- • Electronics & Communication (EC)
- • Electrical (EE)
- • Environmental Science (ES)
- • Ecology & Evolution (EY)
- • Geology & Geophysics (GG)
- • Instrumentation (IN)
- • Mathematics (MA)
- • Mechanical (ME)
- • Mining (MN)
- • Metallurgical (MT)
- • Petroleum (PE)
- • Physics (PH)
- • Production & Industrial (PI)
- • Statistics (ST)
- • Textile & Fibre (TF)
- • Engineering Sciences (XE)
- • Humanities & Social Sciences (XH)
- • Life Sciences (XL)