GATE 2026 application form correction deadline extended to November 10

Suviral Shukla | November 4, 2025 | 11:14 AM IST | 1 min read

GATE 2026 correction facility can be accessed through the official website at gate2026.iitg.ac.in using candidates’ enrollment ID and password.

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Registered candidates will be able to change their name, date of birth, exam city, paper choice, gender, and category in the GATE 2026 application form. (Representational image: Wikimedia Commons)

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has extended the date for closing the correction window for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2026. Engineering students can now make changes to their GATE 2026 application form by November 10, 2025.

The GATE 2026 correction facility can be accessed through the official website at gate2026.iitg.ac.in using candidates’ enrollment ID and password.

Registered candidates will be able to change their name, date of birth, exam city, paper choice, gender, and category in the GATE 2026 application form.

A modification fee will be charged for each editable field. Notably, there are no charges for correcting parent or guardian details, correspondence address, college name, location, roll number, and qualifying degree information.

The engineering institute will conduct the GATE 2026 on February 7, 8, 14 and 15.

GATE 2026 application form: Editable fields

In order to edit their GATE forms 2026, candidates will be required to pay a requisite fee. No fee will be charged for making changes in details of parents, guardians, and correspondence address; college name, location, and roll number; and qualifying degree. The detail-wise GATE 2026 application correction charges are mentioned below.

Descriptions

Fee per paper

Change in name

Rs 500

Change in date of birth

Rs 500

Change in choice of exam cities

Rs 500

Change of existing paper

Rs 500

Add a second paper

Rs 500

Change of gender to female

Rs 500

Change of gender from female to any other gender

Rs 500 + Rs 900 = Rs 1,400

Change of category to SC/ST

Rs 500

Change of category from SC/ST to any other

Rs 500 (for female candidates or PwD candidates)
Rs 1,400 for all other candidates

Change from Non-PwD/Dyslexic to PwD/Dyslexic

Rs 500

Change from PwD/Dyslexic to Non-PwD/Dyslexic

Rs 500 (for female candidates or PwD candidates)
Rs 1,400 for all other candidates

Any other change in category

Rs 500

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