The cities having centers for Online exam papers are different from those for Offline exam papers.  First determine if the GATE paper of your choice is to be conducted Online or Offline, and check for a City in the State of your choice.  You will have to provide two preferences for Exam Cities.  

While we will make every effort to allocate you to a center in the city of your choice, please note that centers may be added or removed at the discretion of the GATE committee. In case a center in the city of your choice is not available, we will allot a center that is geographically closest to the city of your choice.

The Zonal GATE Office (either of the IITs or IISc) will be your Point of Contact for any enquiries regarding your exam center. In case of non-availability of seats in cities of your choice, Zonal GATE offices will make an effort to allot a center in a nearby city.

ONLINE EXAMINATION:

A Computer Based Test (CBT) where the candidate will use a computer mouse to choose a correct answer or enter a numerical answer via a virtual keypad.

The examination for the papers with codes AE, AG, AR, BT, CE, CH, CY, GG, PH, MA, MN, MT, TF, XE, and XL will be carried out as Online Computer-based Test where the candidates will be shown the questions in a random sequence on a computer screen. The candidates are required to enter the answer for each question using a mouse (keyboards will be disabled). Candidates will be provided with blank paper sheets for rough work. At the end of the three hour window, the computer will automatically close the screen from further actions.

OFFLINE EXAMINATION:

A paper based examination where the candidate will mark the correct answer out of four options in an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble with a black ink ball point pen.

For CS, EC, EE, IN, ME, and PI, the candidates will be given the questions printed on a paper, and they have to mark the correct choice on an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble against each question using a black ink ball point pen.