UGC NET Exam Centres 2026 - NTA will mention the UGC NET December 2026 exam centre list in the official notification at ugcnet.nta.nic.in. Candidates applying for the UGC NET exam can pick 4 choices of UGC NET exam centre 2026 while filling the application form. Those appearing for the UGC NET exam can also find the complete list of exam centres in the article below.
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Candidates can know the exam centre allotted to them in the UGC NET admit card. Please note that candidates cannot change the UGC NET exam centre 2026 once it is allotted. For this reason, candidates are advised to choose their UGC NET 2026 exam centres carefully.
The complete list of UGC NET exam centers 2026 can be found in the table below.
| S. No. | State | City Code | City |
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands (UT) | AN01 | Port Blair |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | AP01 | Anantapur |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | AP06 | Eluru |
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh | AP07 | Guntur |
| 5 | Andhra Pradesh | AP08 | Kadapa (YSR Kadapa) |
| 6 | Andhra Pradesh | AP09 | Kakinada |
| 7 | Andhra Pradesh | AP10 | Kurnool |
| 8 | Andhra Pradesh | AP11 | Nellore |
| 9 | Andhra Pradesh | AP12 | Ongole |
| 10 | Andhra Pradesh | AP13 | Rajahmundry |
| 11 | Andhra Pradesh | AP14 | Srikakulam |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | AP16 | Tirupathi |
| 13 | Andhra Pradesh | AP17 | Vijayawada |
| 14 | Andhra Pradesh | AP18 | Visakhapatnam |
| 15 | Andhra Pradesh | AP19 | Vizianagaram |
| 16 | Andhra Pradesh | AP20 | Narasaraopet |
| 17 | Andhra Pradesh | AP29 | Nandyal |
| 18 | Arunachal Pradesh | AL01 | Itanagar/Naharlagun/Papum Pare |
| 19 | Assam | AM02 | Guwahati |
| 20 | Assam | AM03 | Jorhat |
| 21 | Assam | AM04 | Silchar |
| 22 | Assam | AM05 | Tezpur |
| 23 | Assam | AM01 | Dibrugarh |
| 24 | Bihar | BR01 | Aurangabad (Bihar) |
| 25 | Bihar | BR02 | Bhagalpur |
| 26 | Bihar | BR04 | Darbhanga |
| 27 | Bihar | BR05 | Gaya |
| 28 | Bihar | BR06 | Muzaffarpur |
| 29 | Bihar | BR07 | Patna |
| 30 | Bihar | BR08 | Purnea |
| 31 | Bihar | BR09 | Arrah |
| 32 | Chandigarh (UT) | CH01 | Chandigarh/Panchkula |
| 33 | Chhattisgarh | CG03 | Raipur |
| 34 | Chhattisgarh | CG08 | Jagdalpur |
| 35 | Chhattisgarh | CG01 | Bhilai Nagar (Durg) |
| 36 | Chhattisgarh | CG04 | Ambikapur |
| 37 | Daman & Diu (UT) | DD02 | Diu |
| 38 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) | DN01 | Silvassa |
| 39 | Delhi (NCT) | DL01 | Delhi/New Delhi |
| 40 | Goa | GO01 | Madgaon/Panaji/Mapusa |
| 41 | Gujarat | GJ01 | Ahmedabad |
| 42 | Gujarat | GJ02 | Anand |
| 43 | Gujarat | GJ06 | Jamnagar |
| 44 | Gujarat | GJ07 | Junagadh |
| 45 | Gujarat | GJ10 | Rajkot |
| 46 | Gujarat | GJ11 | Surat |
| 47 | Gujarat | GJ12 | Vadodara |
| 48 | Gujarat | GJ08 | Mehsana |
| 49 | Gujarat | GJ23 | Gandhinagar |
| 50 | Gujarat | GJ17 | Bhuj |
| 51 | Gujarat | GJ13 | Vapi |
| 52 | Gujarat | GJ35 | Bardoli |
| 53 | Gujarat | GJ27 | Modasa |
| 54 | Haryana | HR01 | Ambala |
| 55 | Haryana | HR04 | Gurugram |
| 56 | Haryana | HR03 | Faridabad |
| 57 | Haryana | HR07 | Kurukshetra |
| 58 | Himachal Pradesh | HP03 | Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) |
| 59 | Himachal Pradesh | HP06 | Shimla |
| 60 | Himachal Pradesh | HP08 | Mandi |
| 61 | Himachal Pradesh | HP09 | Una |
| 62 | Himachal Pradesh | HP10 | Kullu |
| 63 | Himachal Pradesh | HP01 | Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh) |
| 64 | Himachal Pradesh | HP04 | Kangra |
| 65 | Jammu & Kashmir | JK02 | Jammu |
| 66 | Jammu & Kashmir | JK04 | Srinagar (J&K) |
| 67 | Jammu & Kashmir | JK06 | Pulwama |
| 68 | Jammu & Kashmir | JK03 | Sambha |
| 69 | Jammu & Kashmir | JK01 | Baramulla |
| 70 | Jammu & Kashmir | JK07 | Budgam |
| 71 | Jharkhand | JH01 | Bokaro Steel City |
| 72 | Jharkhand | JH02 | Dhanbad |
| 73 | Jharkhand | JH03 | Jamshedpur |
| 74 | Jharkhand | JH04 | Ranchi |
| 75 | Jharkhand | JH05 | Hazaribagh |
| 76 | Jharkhand | JH06 | Ramgarh |
| 77 | Karnataka | KK03 | Ballari (Bellary) |
| 78 | Karnataka | KK02 | Belagavi (Belgaum) |
| 79 | Karnataka | KK20 | Bengaluru |
| 80 | Karnataka | KK06 | Davanagere |
| 81 | Karnataka | KK08 | Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) |
| 82 | Karnataka | KK09 | Hassan |
| 83 | Karnataka | KK10 | Dharwad |
| 84 | Karnataka | KK12 | Mangaluru (Mangalore) |
| 85 | Karnataka | KK14 | Mysuru (Mysore) |
| 86 | Karnataka | KK15 | Shivamogga (Shimoga) |
| 87 | Karnataka | KK23 | Chikkamagaluru |
| 88 | Karnataka | KK27 | Hubballi (Hubli) |
| 89 | Karnataka | KK17 | Udupi |
| 90 | Kerala | KL07 | Kannur |
| 91 | Kerala | KL09 | Kollam |
| 92 | Kerala | KL11 | Kottayam |
| 93 | Kerala | KL12 | Kozhikode |
| 94 | Kerala | KL13 | Malappuram |
| 95 | Kerala | KL15 | Palakkad |
| 96 | Kerala | KL16 | Pathanamthitta |
| 97 | Kerala | KL17 | Thiruvananthapuram |
| 98 | Kerala | KL18 | Thrissur |
| 99 | Kerala | KL19 | Wayanad |
| 100 | Kerala | KL01 | Alappuzha |
| 101 | Kerala | KL04 | Ernakulam |
| 102 | Lakshadweep (UT) | LD01 | Kavaratti |
| 103 | Leh & Ladakh (UT) | LL01 | Leh |
| 104 | Leh & Ladakh (UT) | LL02 | Kargil |
| 105 | Madhya Pradesh | MP01 | Balaghat |
| 106 | Madhya Pradesh | MP03 | Bhopal |
| 107 | Madhya Pradesh | MP06 | Gwalior |
| 108 | Madhya Pradesh | MP07 | Indore |
| 109 | Madhya Pradesh | MP08 | Jabalpur |
| 110 | Madhya Pradesh | MP12 | Sagar |
| 111 | Madhya Pradesh | MP13 | Satna |
| 112 | Madhya Pradesh | MP15 | Ujjain |
| 113 | Maharashtra | MR01 | Ahilyanagar/Ahmednagar |
| 114 | Maharashtra | MR02 | Akola |
| 115 | Maharashtra | MR03 | Amravati |
| 116 | Maharashtra | MR04 | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar |
| 117 | Maharashtra | MR09 | Chandrapur |
| 118 | Maharashtra | MR10 | Dhule |
| 119 | Maharashtra | MR13 | Jalgaon |
| 120 | Maharashtra | MR14 | Kolhapur |
| 121 | Maharashtra | MR15 | Latur |
| 122 | Maharashtra | MR17 | Nagpur |
| 123 | Maharashtra | MR18 | Nanded |
| 124 | Maharashtra | MR19 | Nashik |
| 125 | Maharashtra | MR22 | Pune |
| 126 | Maharashtra | MR25 | Sangli |
| 127 | Maharashtra | MR26 | Satara |
| 128 | Maharashtra | MR27 | Solapur |
| 129 | Maharashtra | MR28 | Thane |
| 130 | Maharashtra | MR29 | Wardha |
| 131 | Maharashtra | MR30 | Beed |
| 132 | Maharashtra | MR31 | Bhandara |
| 133 | Maharashtra | MR32 | Buldhana |
| 134 | Maharashtra | MR24 | Ratnagiri |
| 135 | Maharashtra | MR38 | Parbhani |
| 136 | Maharashtra | MR40 | Gadchiroli |
| 137 | Maharashtra | MR42 | Jalna |
| 138 | Maharashtra | MR47 | Mumbai/Navi Mumbai |
| 139 | Manipur | MN01 | Imphal |
| 140 | Manipur | MN03 | Churachandpur |
| 141 | Meghalaya | MG01 | Shillong |
| 142 | Meghalaya | MG04 | Tura |
| 143 | Mizoram | MZ01 | Aizawl |
| 144 | Nagaland | NL01 | Dimapur |
| 145 | Nagaland | NL02 | Kohima |
| 146 | Odisha | OR02 | Balasore (Baleswar) |
| 147 | Odisha | OR03 | Berhampur-Ganjam |
| 148 | Odisha | OR04 | Bhubaneswar |
| 149 | Odisha | OR05 | Cuttack |
| 150 | Odisha | OR06 | Dhenkanal |
| 151 | Odisha | OR18 | Bhawanipatna |
| 152 | Odisha | OR09 | Sambalpur |
| 153 | Odisha | OR10 | Angul |
| 154 | Odisha | OR11 | Bhadrak |
| 155 | Odisha | OR12 | Baripada /Mayurbanj |
| 156 | Odisha | OR13 | Jajpur |
| 157 | Odisha | OR08 | Rourkela |
| 158 | Odisha | OR15 | Kendujhar (Keonjhar) |
| 159 | Odisha | OR16 | Puri |
| 160 | Odisha | OR17 | Jagatsinghpur |
| 161 | Odisha | OR19 | Jeypore (Odisha) |
| 162 | Odisha | OR20 | Balangir |
| 163 | Odisha | OR21 | Baragarh |
| 164 | Odisha | OR24 | Paralakhemundi |
| 165 | Odisha | OR32 | Nayagarh |
| 166 | Odisha | OR26 | Rayagada |
| 167 | Odisha | OR22 | Jharsuguda |
| 168 | Odisha | OR14 | Kendrapara |
| 169 | Odisha | OR23 | Malkangiri |
| 170 | Odisha | OR31 | Sonepur |
| 171 | Puducherry (UT) | PO01 | Puducherry |
| 172 | Punjab | PB12 | Chandigarh/Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar/Mohali |
| 173 | Punjab | PB01 | Amritsar |
| 174 | Punjab | PB02 | Bathinda |
| 175 | Punjab | PB04 | Jalandhar/Phagwara |
| 176 | Punjab | PB05 | Ludhiana |
| 177 | Punjab | PB07 | Pathankot |
| 178 | Punjab | PB08 | Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib |
| 179 | Punjab | PB20 | Moga |
| 180 | Rajasthan | RJ01 | Ajmer |
| 181 | Rajasthan | RJ02 | Alwar |
| 182 | Rajasthan | RJ05 | Bikaner |
| 183 | Rajasthan | RJ06 | Jaipur |
| 184 | Rajasthan | RJ07 | Jodhpur |
| 185 | Rajasthan | RJ08 | Kota |
| 186 | Rajasthan | RJ09 | Sikar |
| 187 | Rajasthan | RJ10 | Sriganganagar |
| 188 | Rajasthan | RJ11 | Udaipur |
| 189 | Rajasthan | RJ12 | Bhilwara |
| 190 | Rajasthan | RJ16 | Bharatpur |
| 191 | Rajasthan | RJ17 | Dausa |
| 192 | Rajasthan | RJ23 | Hanumangarh |
| 193 | Sikkim | SM01 | Gangtok |
| 194 | Tamil Nadu | TN01 | Chennai |
| 195 | Tamil Nadu | TN02 | Coimbatore |
| 196 | Tamil Nadu | TN03 | Cuddalore |
| 197 | Tamil Nadu | TN05 | Kanchipuram |
| 198 | Tamil Nadu | TN06 | Nagercoil (Kanyakumari) |
| 199 | Tamil Nadu | TN08 | Madurai |
| 200 | Tamil Nadu | TN10 | Namakkal |
| 201 | Tamil Nadu | TN11 | Salem |
| 202 | Tamil Nadu | TN12 | Thanjavur |
| 203 | Tamil Nadu | TN13 | Thoothukudi |
| 204 | Tamil Nadu | TN14 | Tiruchirappalli |
| 205 | Tamil Nadu | TN15 | Tirunelveli |
| 206 | Tamil Nadu | TN18 | Vellore |
| 207 | Tamil Nadu | TN20 | Virudhunagar |
| 208 | Tamil Nadu | TN21 | Krishnagiri |
| 209 | Tamil Nadu | TN22 | Tirupur |
| 210 | Tamil Nadu | TN23 | Viluppuram |
| 211 | Tamil Nadu | TN26 | Dharmapuri |
| 212 | Tamil Nadu | TN27 | Dindigul |
| 213 | Tamil Nadu | TN28 | Erode |
| 214 | Tamil Nadu | TN29 | Karur |
| 215 | Tamil Nadu | TN31 | Pudukkottai |
| 216 | Tamil Nadu | TN32 | Ramanathapuram |
| 217 | Tamil Nadu | TN34 | Tiruvallur |
| 218 | Tamil Nadu | TN35 | Tiruvannamalai |
| 219 | Telangana | TL02 | Karimnagar |
| 220 | Telangana | TL03 | Khammam |
| 221 | Telangana | TL04 | Mahabubnagar |
| 222 | Telangana | TL05 | Nalgonda |
| 223 | Telangana | TL07 | Warangal |
| 224 | Telangana | TL08 | Nizamabad |
| 225 | Telangana | TL11 | Siddipet |
| 226 | Telangana | TL17 | Kothagudem |
| 227 | Telangana | TL01 | Hyderabad |
| 228 | Tripura | TA01 | Agartala |
| 229 | Uttar Pradesh | UP01 | Agra |
| 230 | Uttar Pradesh | UP02 | Aligarh |
| 231 | Uttar Pradesh | UP03 | Prayagraj |
| 232 | Uttar Pradesh | UP04 | Bareilly |
| 233 | Uttar Pradesh | UP07 | Ghaziabad |
| 234 | Uttar Pradesh | UP08 | Gorakhpur |
| 235 | Uttar Pradesh | UP09 | Noida/Greater Noida |
| 236 | Uttar Pradesh | UP10 | Jhansi |
| 237 | Uttar Pradesh | UP11 | Kanpur |
| 238 | Uttar Pradesh | UP12 | Lucknow |
| 239 | Uttar Pradesh | UP13 | Mathura |
| 240 | Uttar Pradesh | UP14 | Meerut |
| 241 | Uttar Pradesh | UP15 | Moradabad |
| 242 | Uttar Pradesh | UP16 | Muzaffarnagar |
| 243 | Uttar Pradesh | UP18 | Varanasi |
| 244 | Uttar Pradesh | UP19 | Azamgarh |
| 245 | Uttar Pradesh | UP20 | Ballia |
| 246 | Uttar Pradesh | UP06 | Ayodhya |
| 247 | Uttar Pradesh | UP22 | Firozabad |
| 248 | Uttar Pradesh | UP23 | Ghazipur |
| 249 | Uttar Pradesh | UP29 | Bulandshahr |
| 250 | Uttar Pradesh | UP35 | Mau |
| 251 | Uttar Pradesh | UP37 | Rai Bareilly |
| 252 | Uttar Pradesh | UP38 | Saharanpur |
| 253 | Uttar Pradesh | UP41 | Chandauli |
| 254 | Uttar Pradesh | UP43 | Pratapgarh |
| 255 | Uttarakhand | UK01 | Dehradun |
| 256 | Uttarakhand | UK02 | Haldwani |
| 257 | Uttarakhand | UK06 | Roorkee |
| 258 | Uttarakhand | UK08 | Pauri Garhwal |
| 259 | Uttarakhand | UK09 | Almora |
| 260 | West Bengal | WB01 | Asansol |
| 261 | West Bengal | WB02 | Burdwan (Bardhaman) |
| 262 | West Bengal | WB04 | Durgapur |
| 263 | West Bengal | WB06 | Hooghly |
| 264 | West Bengal | WB07 | Howrah |
| 265 | West Bengal | WB08 | Kalyani |
| 266 | West Bengal | WB10 | Kolkata |
| 267 | West Bengal | WB11 | Siliguri |
| 268 | West Bengal | WB13 | Paschim Medinipur |
| 269 | West Bengal | WB14 | Purba Medinipur |
| 270 | West Bengal | WB16 | Bankura |
| 271 | West Bengal | WB22 | Suri |
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The National Testing Agency will activate the UGC NET exam city intimation in online mode on the official website. Candidates can check the exam centre in the UGC NET city intimation slip. However, details pertaining to the exam centre will only be provided in the UGC NET 2026 admit card.
Candidates must reach the exam centres of UGC NET 2026 at least 90 minutes before the commencement of the exam.
Candidates cannot make changes to the UGC NET exam centres 2026.
No electronic gadgets will be allowed inside the exam centres.
Candidates must carry one photo ID proof along with their NTA UGC NET 2026 admit card.
The exam centres of UGC NET 2026 will be allotted on a "first-apply-first-allot" basis.
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National Testing Agency will release the UGC NET exam 2026 application form for the December session on the official website. The applicants can fill out their UGC NET application form 2026 in online mode using their login credentials. Candidates can enter four preferences for their exam centers while filling out the UGC NET exam 2026 application form.
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No, candidates can't change the exam centre once allotted.
Candidates are required to select 4 UGC NET exam centres while filling the application form.
The UGC NET 2026 exam date for the December session will be announced on the official website.
Candidates need to carry the UGC NET 2026 admit card along with one photo ID proof for verification purpose.
The exact location of the UGC NET 2026 exam centre is mentioned in the admit card.
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