CSIR NET Exam Centres 2026 - Check List of Test Centres
National Testing Agency mentions the CSIR NET 2026 exam centre list for the December session in the official brochure on the website. The CSIR UGC NET exam centres 2026 contain a complete list of cities and city codes. A total of 209 UGC NET exam centres are allotted to candidates. Candidates can choose the exam centres as per their choice and convenience for the CSIR NET exam.
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- CSIR NET Exam Centre 2026: Important Points
- CSIR NET 2026 Exam Centres
- CSIR NET Exam Centres 2026 - Exam Day Instructions
Candidates who fill the CSIR UGC NET application form early can get their first choice of exam centres. NTA makes the allocation of CSIR NET 2026 exam centres from the top four preferences filled out in the application form. The final allocation of examination centres is printed on the admit card of CSIR NET. To know more about CSIR UGC NET exam centres, read the full article below:
CSIR NET Exam Centre 2026: Important Points
While selecting the CSIR NET exam centres, candidates must consider the distance. It is recommended that candidates prioritise their state of residence. CSIR NET exam centre change facility is not provided by the NTA.
Candidates must bring their admit card and one of the specified photo IDs to the CSIR NET 2026 examination centres.
Without a CSIR NET admit card and photo ID card, no candidate will be allowed to write the exam.
Candidates are advised not to bring items to the exam hall, such as cell phones or any other digital devices. Possessing stuff like these might lead to disqualification from the CSIR NET exam.
Candidates must reach their respective CSIR NET exam centres at least 90 minutes before the start of the examination.
CSIR NET 2026 Exam Centres
The table below contains the list of CSIR NET exam centres. Candidates can go through the table and know the CSIR NET exam center list of states/UTS, city, and the city code where the exam will be conducted.
CSIR NET Exam Centre 2026 List
| S. No | State | City | City_code |
| 1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair | AN01 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur | AP01 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | Guntur | AP07 |
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh | Kadapa (YSR Kadapa) | AP08 |
| 5 | Andhra Pradesh | Kakinada | AP09 |
| 6 | Andhra Pradesh | Kurnool | AP10 |
| 7 | Andhra Pradesh | Nellore | AP11 |
| 8 | Andhra Pradesh | Ongole | AP12 |
| 9 | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry | AP13 |
| 10 | Andhra Pradesh | Srikakulam | AP14 |
| 11 | Andhra Pradesh | Tirupathi/Tirupati | AP16 |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada | AP17 |
| 13 | Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam | AP18 |
| 14 | Andhra Pradesh | Vizianagaram | AP19 |
| 15 | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar/Naharlagun | AL01 |
| 16 | Assam | Dibrugarh | AM01 |
| 17 | Assam | Guwahati | AM02 |
| 18 | Assam | Jorhat | AM03 |
| 19 | Assam | Silchar (Assam) | AM04 |
| 20 | Assam | Tezpur | AM05 |
| 21 | Bihar | Arrah | BR09 |
| 22 | Bihar | Aurangabad (Bihar) | BR01 |
| 23 | Bihar | Bhagalpur | BR02 |
| 24 | Bihar | Darbhanga | BR04 |
| 25 | Bihar | Gaya | BR05 |
| 26 | Bihar | Muzaffarpur | BR06 |
| 27 | Bihar | Patna | BR07 |
| 28 | Bihar | Purnea | BR08 |
| 29 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh/Mohali | CH01 |
| 30 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar/Durg | CG01 |
| 31 | Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) | CG02 |
| 32 | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | CG03 |
| 33 | Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli | Silvassa | DN01 |
| 34 | Delhi | Delhi/New Delhi | DL01 |
| 35 | Goa | Madgaon/Mapusa | GO01 |
| 36 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad | GJ01 |
| 37 | Gujarat | Anand | GJ02 |
| 38 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar | GJ23 |
| 39 | Gujarat | Jamnagar | GJ06 |
| 40 | Gujarat | Mehsana | GJ08 |
| 41 | Gujarat | Rajkot | GJ10 |
| 42 | Gujarat | Surat | GJ11 |
| 43 | Gujarat | Vadodara | GJ12 |
| 44 | Gujarat | Valsad/Vapi | GJ13 |
| 45 | Haryana | Ambala | HR01 |
| 46 | Haryana | Faridabad | HR03 |
| 47 | Haryana | Gurugram | |
| 48 | Haryana | Kurukshetra | HR07 |
| 49 | Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh) | HP01 |
| 50 | Himachal Pradesh | Dharamsala | HP13 |
| 51 | Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) | HP03 |
| 52 | Himachal Pradesh | Kangra/Palampur | HP04 |
| 53 | Himachal Pradesh | Kullu | HP10 |
| 54 | Himachal Pradesh | Mandi | HP08 |
| 55 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | HP06 |
| 56 | Himachal Pradesh | Una | HP09 |
| 57 | Jammu and Kashmir | Baramulla | JK01 |
| 58 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu | JK02 |
| 59 | Jammu and Kashmir | Samba | JK03 |
| 60 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar (J&K) | JK04 |
| 61 | Jharkhand | Bokaro | JH01 |
| 62 | Jharkhand | Dhanbad | JH02 |
| 63 | Jharkhand | Hazaribagh | JH05 |
| 64 | Jharkhand | Jamshedpur | JH03 |
| 65 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | JH04 |
| 66 | Karnataka | Belagavi (Belgaum) | KK02 |
| 67 | Karnataka | Bengaluru-Urban | KK20 |
| 68 | Karnataka | Davangere | KK06 |
| 69 | Karnataka | Dharwad | KK10 |
| 70 | Karnataka | Hassan | KK09 |
| 71 | Karnataka | Hubbali | KK27 |
| 72 | Karnataka | Gulbarga/Kalaburagi | KK08 |
| 73 | Karnataka | Mangaluru (Mangalore) | KK12 |
| 74 | Karnataka | Mysuru (Mysore) | KK14 |
| 75 | Karnataka | Shivamooga (Shimoga)/Shivamogga | KK15 |
| 76 | Kerala | Alappuzha/Chengannur | KL01 |
| 77 | Kerala | Ernakulam/Moovattupuzha | KL04 |
| 78 | Kerala | Kannur | KL07 |
| 79 | Kerala | Kollam | KL09 |
| 80 | Kerala | Kottayam | KL11 |
| 81 | Kerala | Kozhikode/Calicut | KL12 |
| 82 | Kerala | Malappuram | KL13 |
| 83 | Kerala | Palakkad | KL15 |
| 84 | Kerala | Pathanamthitta | KL16 |
| 85 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | KL17 |
| 86 | Kerala | Thrissur | KL18 |
| 87 | Ladakh | Kargil | LL02 |
| 88 | Ladakh | Leh | LL01 |
| 89 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | LD01 |
| 90 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | MP03 |
| 91 | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior | MP06 |
| 92 | Madhya Pradesh | Indore | MP07 |
| 93 | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur | MP08 |
| 94 | Madhya Pradesh | Sagar | MP12 |
| 95 | Madhya Pradesh | Satna | MP13 |
| 96 | Madhya Pradesh | Ujjain | MP15 |
| 97 | Maharashtra | Ahilyanagar | MR01 |
| 98 | Maharashtra | Akola | MR02 |
| 99 | Maharashtra | Amravati | MR03 |
| 100 | Maharashtra | Chandrapur | MR09 |
| 101 | Maharashtra | Aurangabad (Mr)/Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar | MR04 |
| 102 | Maharashtra | Dhule | MR10 |
| 103 | Maharashtra | Jalgaon | MR13 |
| 104 | Maharashtra | Kolhapur | MR14 |
| 105 | Maharashtra | Latur | MR15 |
| 106 | Maharashtra | Mumbai | MR16 |
| 107 | Maharashtra | Nagpur | MR17 |
| 108 | Maharashtra | Nanded | MR18 |
| 109 | Maharashtra | Nashik | MR19 |
| 110 | Maharashtra | Pune | MR22 |
| 111 | Maharashtra | Ratnagiri | MR24 |
| 112 | Maharashtra | Sangli | MR25 |
| 113 | Maharashtra | Satara | MR26 |
| 114 | Maharashtra | Solapur | MR27 |
| 115 | Maharashtra | Thane | MR28 |
| 116 | Maharashtra | Wardha | MR29 |
| 117 | Manipur | Churachandpur | MN03 |
| 118 | Manipur | Imphal | MN01 |
| 119 | Manipur | Kakching | MN04 |
| 120 | Meghalaya | Shillong | MG01 |
| 121 | Mizoram | Aizawl | MZ01 |
| 122 | Nagaland | Dimapur | NL01 |
| 123 | Nagaland | Kohima | NL02 |
| 124 | Odisha | Angul | OR10 |
| 125 | Odisha | Balasore (Baleswar) | OR02 |
| 126 | Odisha | Bargarh | OR21 |
| 127 | Odisha | Baripada/Mayurbhanj | OR12 |
| 128 | Odisha | Berhampur Ganjam | OR03 |
| 129 | Odisha | Bhadrak | OR11 |
| 130 | Odisha | Bhubaneswar | OR04 |
| 131 | Odisha | Cuttack | OR05 |
| 132 | Odisha | Dhenkanal | OR06 |
| 133 | Odisha | Kendujhar (Keonjhar) | OR15 |
| 134 | Odisha | Rayagada | OR26 |
| 135 | Odisha | Rourkela | OR08 |
| 136 | Odisha | Sambalpur | OR09 |
| 137 | Puducherry | Puducherry | PO01 |
| 138 | Punjab | Amritsar | PB01 |
| 139 | Punjab | Bathinda | PB02 |
| 140 | Punjab | Jalandhar/Phagwara | PB04 |
| 141 | Punjab | Ludhiana | PB05 |
| 142 | Punjab | Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar | PB12 |
| 143 | Punjab | Pathankot | PB07 |
| 144 | Punjab | Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib | PB08 |
| 145 | Rajasthan | Ajmer | RJ01 |
| 146 | Rajasthan | Bikaner | RJ05 |
| 147 | Rajasthan | Hanumangarh | RJ23 |
| 148 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | RJ06 |
| 149 | Rajasthan | Jodhpur | RJ07 |
| 150 | Rajasthan | Kota | RJ08 |
| 151 | Rajasthan | Sikar | RJ09 |
| 152 | Rajasthan | Sriganganagar | RJ10 |
| 153 | Rajasthan | Udaipur | RJ11 |
| 154 | Sikkim | Gangtok | SM01 |
| 155 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | TN01 |
| 156 | Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore | TN02 |
| 157 | Tamil Nadu | Cuddalore | TN03 |
| 158 | Tamil Nadu | Dharmapuri | TN26 |
| 159 | Tamil Nadu | Erode | TN28 |
| 160 | Tamil Nadu | Kallakurichi | TN39 |
| 161 | Tamil Nadu | Kanchipuram | TN05 |
| 162 | Tamil Nadu | Kanyakumari/Nagercoil | TN06 |
| 163 | Tamil Nadu | Karur | TN29 |
| 164 | Tamil Nadu | Krishnagiri | TN21 |
| 165 | Tamil Nadu | Madurai | TN08 |
| 166 | Tamil Nadu | Namakkal | TN10 |
| 167 | Tamil Nadu | Salem | TN11 |
| 168 | Tamil Nadu | Thanjavur | TN12 |
| 169 | Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli | TN14 |
| 170 | Tamil Nadu | Tirunelveli | TN15 |
| 171 | Tamil Nadu | Thiruvallur | TN34 |
| 172 | Tamil Nadu | Vellore | TN18 |
| 173 | Tamil Nadu | Virudhunagar | TN20 |
| 174 | Telangana | Hyderabad/Secunderabad | TL01 |
| 175 | Telangana | Karimnagar | TL02 |
| 176 | Telangana | Khammam | TL03 |
| 177 | Telangana | Mahbubnagar | TL04 |
| 178 | Telangana | Nalgonda | TL05 |
| 179 | Telangana | Warangal | TL07 |
| 180 | Tripura | Agartala | TA01 |
| 181 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra | UP01 |
| 182 | Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh | UP02 |
| 183 | Uttar Pradesh | Faizabad | UP06 |
| 184 | Uttar Pradesh | Bareilly | UP04 |
| 185 | Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad | UP07 |
| 186 | Uttar Pradesh | Ghazipur | UP23 |
| 187 | Uttar Pradesh | Gorakhpur | UP08 |
| 188 | Uttar Pradesh | Noida/Greater Noida | UP09 |
| 189 | Uttar Pradesh | Jhansi | UP10 |
| 190 | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur | UP11 |
| 191 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | UP12 |
| 192 | Uttar Pradesh | Mathura | UP13 |
| 193 | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut | UP14 |
| 194 | Uttar Pradesh | Moradabad | UP15 |
| 195 | Uttar Pradesh | Muzaffarnagar | UP16 |
| 196 | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad/Prayagraj | UP03 |
| 197 | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi | UP18 |
| 198 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun | UK01 |
| 199 | Uttarakhand | Haldwani | UK02 |
| 200 | Uttarakhand | Roorkee | UK06 |
| 201 | West Bengal | Asansol | WB01 |
| 202 | West Bengal | Burdwan (Bardhaman) | WB02 |
| 203 | West Bengal | Durgapur | WB04 |
| 204 | West Bengal | Hooghly | WB06 |
| 205 | West Bengal | Howrah | WB07 |
| 206 | West Bengal | Kalyani | WB08 |
| 207 | West Bengal | Kolkata | WB10 |
| 208 | West Bengal | Paschim Medinipur | WB13 |
| 209 | West Bengal | Siliguri | WB11 |
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Documents to be carried to CSIR NET 2026 Exam Centres:
On the day of the exam, candidates must carry the following documents along with them:
CSIR NET admit card 2026.
Any one prescribed photo ID proof - Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, Passport, Driving License, Voter ID, Photo ID Card issued by a PSU or Central/State Govt./ID Card issued by University/College.
Two recent passport-size photographs.
CSIR NET Exam Centres 2026 - Exam Day Instructions
- All the candidates are advised to reach the exam centre at least 90 minutes before the time of the examination.
Candidates must bring their CSIR NET admit card to the exam centre assigned to them with the specified photo ID.
Before completing the examination cycle, candidates must not leave the UGC NET exam centres. They will not be allowed to leave the exam centre even though they have completed the test.
If a candidate is detected using unethical means, his/her application will be cancelled, and he/she will be debarred from the test.
Candidates must not take items to the exam hall, such as cell phones or any other devices. Possessing stuff like this will lead to their nomination being cancelled.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The CSIR NET 2026 December exam date has not yet been announced.
Yes, one prescribed photo ID must be carried along with the CSIR NET 2026 admit card. In case you do not bring it, you will not be allowed to appear for the examination.
Candidates cannot change the CSIR UGC NET Exam Centre 2026 after the final application form is submitted or after the exam centre has been allotted.
The CSIR NET 2026 exam centre is available in the admit card.
A total of 222 CSIR NET 2026 exam centres are given in the official notification.
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