GATE 2026 Registration Window with Late Fee Extended to October 13, 2025

The IIT Guwahati has once again increased the deadline of registration with late fee to October 13, 2025, which will allow potential candidates to have more time to complete their applications to take part in the most sought-after Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.

The last date of registration for GATE 2026 was originally set to be October 9, 2025, with late fee. But in a recent communication, IIT Guwahati made an announcement that the late fee registration will now be done till October 13, 2025. The regular registration without paying late fee was completed on October 7, 2025.

Those who failed to do so by earlier deadlines will be given a period of October 13 to place the applications at the GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) portal at goaps.iitg.ac.in.

Late Fee Structure

The late fees charged on those who apply during the extended registration are an additional fee of INR 500 on top of the application fees. The entire late registration fee will be:

• A female/SC/ST/PwD candidate: INR 1,500
• All other applicants: INR 2,500

The money could be transferred through several options like debit card, credit card, UPI and net banking.

About GATE 2026

The GATE 2026 will be held on February 7, 8, 14, and 15, 2026. The exam is an important entry point for engineering graduates and science students to apply to postgraduate programs in good institutes and to get recruited in different ventures of the public sector.

On August 28, 2025, IIT Guwahati opened the registration process, and has been running the application process thereafter.

Candidates who want to enrol on GATE 2026 should follow the application process below:

1. Go to the website of GOAPS at goaps.iitg.ac.in.
2. Register with the necessary information.
3. Upload necessary documents
4. Pay the applicable fees
5. Submit the application form

It is advisable that the applicants who already have their application forms should reach their applications using the candidate portal of GATE 2026 to confirm their status and ensure that their information has been added to it.

The GATE 2026 correction window will be open during the week of November 2025 and the candidates will be allowed to make corrections or changes in their application forms. Another suggestion is that the applicants should visit the gate2026.iitg.ac.in official site as frequently as possible to be updated and get the latest information.