GATE 2027 correction window: edit paper, city by November 14 for Rs 500

IIT Madras, the institute conducting the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2027, opened the paid application correction window on Tuesday, 10 November 2026. Registered candidates can change details such as their test paper, exam city, category and gender from Tuesday, 10 November to Saturday, 14 November 2026, through the GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) on gate2027.iitm.ac.in. A basic fee of Rs 500 applies to each change, according to reports of the notice, and changes that remove a fee concession cost more. A separate, free window for fixing defects flagged during scrutiny stays open until Monday, 30 November 2026. The exam itself is scheduled for six days in February 2027.

GATE is the national exam that engineering and science graduates take for admission to M.Tech and PhD programmes at the IITs, NITs and other institutes, and its scores are also used by many public sector companies to shortlist candidates for jobs. A mistake in the application form, such as the wrong paper, the wrong category or an exam city far from home, can cost a candidate a seat, a fee concession or a long journey on exam day. The correction window is the last chance to fix such errors before admit cards and city slips are issued.

There are two separate windows, and candidates should not confuse them. The free rectification window is only for applicants whose forms were marked defective after scrutiny, for example because of an unclear photograph or a missing document. The paid correction window, open now, is for candidates who want to change details they entered themselves. Paying is not needed to fix a defect flagged by the institute.

Fee rules matter for category and gender changes. Women candidates and candidates from the SC, ST and PwD categories pay a lower application fee. If a candidate changes from one of these categories to a category that pays the full fee, they must pay the difference on top of the Rs 500 correction charge, according to the fee tables reported. Candidates should keep proof of their category ready, since certificates are checked later.

What students should do now: log in to GOAPS with their enrolment ID and password before 14 November, check every field, change only what is wrong, pay the fee online and download the updated form. Those whose forms were marked defective should use the free window before 30 November. All dates should be checked against the official site, gate2027.iitm.ac.in.

Peepals calculation: The paid window runs five days (10 to 14 November 2026 inclusive). The free rectification window ends 16 days after the paid one (14 to 30 November), and the first exam day, 6 February 2027, is 84 days after the paid window closes. A candidate who changes both paper and exam city pays at least Rs 1,000 (2 × Rs 500), before any fee difference. Our calculation from the reported figures.

Short-term: Registered GATE 2027 candidates have until Saturday, 14 November to correct their paper, city, category or gender details for a fee.

Long-term: Correct details now decide the exam city, the fee category and the scorecard a candidate uses for admissions and public sector job applications in 2027.

Who is affected: Engineering and science graduates and final-year students registered for GATE 2027, and the institutes and companies that will use their scores.

What to watch next: Exam city allotment, due on 4 January 2027.

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