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GPAT is a National-Level Entrance examination, GPAT full form is the “Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test''. GPAT exam is a National-Level Entrance examination to get admission into the M.Pharm program. The Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) is conducted by the National Test Agency once in a year. GPAT exam scores are accepted by many known colleges/Institutions/department/ and affiliated colleges in India. These listed colleges are PCI (Pharmacy Council of India), and AICTE approved.

GPAT Exam Date and Schedule 2025

GPAT 2025 notification will be announced soon at the official website of NTA- gpat.nta.nic.in

As per the schedule, GPAT notification will be out in the last week of February .Exam dates may change and candidates can check the bulletin section of NTA for updated information.

GPAT 2025 Exam schedule contains all the important information like registration date, GPAT 2025 application last date, GPAT application correction dates, GPAT admit card issue date etc. Check all the GPAT exam important dates below-

Events Dates (Tentative)
Notification 2nd week of January 2025
Application Form 2nd week of February 2025
Last date to apply 1st week of March 2025
Last date to submit fee 1st week of March 2025
Correction facility 2nd week of March 2025
Admit Card 4th week of March 2025
GPAT 2025 Exam 1st week of April 2025
Answer Key 3rd week of April 2025
Result 4th week of April 2025

GPAT Eligibility 2025

The National Test Agency (NTA) will release the GPAT exam eligibility criteria to get admission in the Pharmacy program. It is mandatory to fulfill all these criteria to apply for this exam. Candidates who do not follow these criteria are not eligible for the registration process and also the exam authority has the right to reject these forms. Before get into the GPAT 2025 registration process check these important criteria as follows-

  • There is no age restriction.
  • Candidates can apply multiple times to give the exam. But only once a year.
  • Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy 4 years after 12th including Lateral entry students or equivalent from a recognized university.
  • Final-year students of B.Pharma (10+2+4) whose results are not declared can also fill the GPAT application form.
  • B.Tech degree candidates (Fine Chemical Technology and Pharmaceutical) equivalent candidates are not counted as eligible applicants.
  • The Candidates must be a citizen of India to get admission through the GPAT Exam.

GPAT Application Form 2025

GPAT Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test evaluates the ability across various segments to get admission In the master’s Program (M. Pharma). Participating Institutes of India will accept the GPAT scores. NTA Nation Test agency only conducts the Exam, and has no role in the counseling process of GPAT. Candidates can fill out the application forms online, Application form any other mode will not be accepted.

Follow these mentioned steps to fill out the GPAT Exam Application form-

  • Visit the official website of GPAT - gpat.nta.nic.in
  • Read the guidelines carefully, Click on the new registration and fill in personal details such as name, date of birth, parents name, Email address, and Mobile number.
  • Make sure all the entered information is correct.
  • Candidates must be sure that their Email address and Mobile number to be registered in their application form are their own.as relevant information will be sent through the mail and SMS to the registered number of the applicant.
  • Create a password carefully.
  • Enter the captcha code that is visible on the screen and submit the details for the next step.
  • GPAT 2025 application form will be visible on the screen after the registration
  • Fill in the details in the application form and upload the documents (as mentioned in the form) candidate needs the class 10 and class 12th Mark sheet ,B.Pharma Mark sheet, Category certificate, Recent Passport size photo, and signature scanned copy to fill the application form.
  • Candidates will get the confirmation page of the GPAT Application form after the Payment is done. Pay the amount of the Application fee online and click on submit.
  • Download the confirmation page and take the printout of the page.

To check the amount of the application fee read the full article below.

GPAT Application Fee 2025

Candidates who are applying for the GPAT exam 2025 can pay the application fee online through Net Banking/Debit Card/Credit card/UPI services. Processing Charges and GST are chargeable as per the rule. Once the Examination fee is paid it will neither be refunded nor be carried forward under any circumstances.Check the fees amount below-

  • General Male- 2200/- Female- 1100/-
  • EWS/ SC/ST/PwD /OBC- Male- 1100/- Female- ? 1100/-
  • Third gender - 1100/-

GPAT Exam Pattern 2025

GPAT Exam Pattern consists the following features

  • Duration of exam- 3 Hours180 Minutes
  • Mode of Exam- Computer based test (online)
  • Number of questions-125
  • Marking scheme – 4 Marks For each correct answer, 1 mark is deducted for any wrong answer. Unattempted questions are not counted in the final score.
  • Maximum Marks obtained- 500

Section wise marks distribution

  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry – 38 Questions (Maximum 152 Marks)
  • Pharmaceutics- 38 Questions (Maximum 152 Marks)
  • Pharmacology- 28 Questions (Maximum 112 Marks)
  • Pharmacognosy- 10 Questions (40 Marks)
  • Other Subjects- 11 Questions (44 Marks)

 

 

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GPAT Syllabus 2025

GPAT syllabus 2025 is designed to test the candidate’s knowledge in the related subject of B.pharm degree. NTA will publish the syllabus at their official website -gpat.nta.nic.in, after the GPAT exam notification is out. Candidates are advised to prepare according to the given syllabus and Exam pattern. GPAT 2025 syllabus includes 19 subjects and sub-topics that are very important to start the GPAT exam preparation. To get the best score, make your study strategy according to the given subject and start giving the GPAT mock test to analyze your preparation. The GPAT exam syllabus contains the main paper and topics from Physical Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Pharmaceutical Management. Here are the detailed syllabus candidate can follow-

Subjects Topics
Physical Chemistry
  1. Composition and physical states of matter
  2. Colligative Properties
  3. Thermodynamics
  4. Refractive Index
  5. Solutions
  6. Electrochemistry
  7. Ionic Equilibrium
  8. Kinetics

Physical Pharmacy
  1. Matter, properties of matter
  2. Micromeritics and powder rheology
  3. Surface and Interfacial Phenomenon
  4. Viscosity and Rheology
  5. Dispersion Systems
  6. Complexation
  7. Buffer
  8. Solubility
Organic Chemistry
  1. General Principles
  2. Different classes of compounds
  3. Protection and deprotection of groups
  4. Aromaticity and chemistry of aromatic compounds
  5. Different aromatic classes of compounds
  6. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
  7. Carbonyl Chemistry
  8. Heterocyclic Chemistry
  9. Bridged rings
  10. Kinetic & thermodynamic control
  11. Stereochemistry
  12. Carbohydrates
  13. Amino acids & proteins
  14. Pericyclic reactions
Pharmaceutical Chemistry 1. Pharmaceutical Inorganic Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Impurities
  • Monographs
  • Isotopes
  • Dentifrices, desensitizing agents, & anticaries agents
2. Medicinal Chemistry
  • Therapeutic classes of drugs
  • Various classes of therapeutic agents
  • Different classes of therapeutic drugs
  • Different classes of therapeutic drugs
Pharmaceutics
  1. Pharmacy Profession & Introduction to Pharmaceuticals
  2. Introduction to dosage form
  3. Sources of drug information
  4. Allopathic dosage form
  5. Crude extract
  6. Allergenic extract
  7. Biological products
  8. Pharmaceutical Plant, location, layout
  9. Dosage Form Necessities and Additives
  10. Powders
  11. Capsules
  12. Tablets
  13. Parenterals - product requiring sterile packaging
  14. Suspensions
  15. Emulsions
  16. Suppositories
  17. Semisolids
  18. Liquids(solutions, syrups, elixirs, spirits, aromatic water, liquid for external uses)
  19. Pharmaceutical Aerosols
  20. Ophthalmic preparations
  21. Preformulations
  22. Stability of formulated products
  23. Prolonged Action Pharmaceuticals
  24. Novel Drug delivery system
  25. GMP and Validation
  26. Packaging Materials
  27. Cosmetics
  28. Pilot plant scale-up techniques
Pharmacology
  1. General Pharmacology
  2. Neurohumoral transmission in autonomic and central nervous system
  3. Pharmacology of peripheral nervous system
  4. Pharmacology of central nervous System
  5. Pharmacology of cardiovascular system
  6. Drugs acting on urinary system
  7. Drugs acting on Respiratory system
  8. Pharmacology of Endocrine system
  9. Chemotherapy
  10. Autacoids and their Antagonists
  11. Pharmacology of drug acting on the gastrointestinal tract
  12. Chronopharmacology
  13. Immunopharmacology
  14. Vitamins & Minerals
  15. Principles of toxicology
Pharmacognosy
  1. Introductory Pharmacognosy
  2. Classification of crude drugs
  3. Factors influencing quality of crude drugs
  4. Techniques in microscopy
  5. Introduction to phytoconstituents
  6. Principles of plant classification
  7. Pharmaceutical aids
  8. Animal products
  9. Plant products
  10. Toxic drugs
  11. Enzymes
  12. Natural pesticides and insecticides
  13. Adulteration and evaluation of crude drugs
  14. Quantitative microscopy
  15. Biogenetic pathways
  16. Carbohydrates & lipids
  17. Tannins
  18. Volatile oils
  19. Resinous drugs
  20. Glycosides
  21. Alkaloids
  22. Extraction and Isolation Techniques
  23. Phytopharmaceuticals
  24. Quality control and Standardization of herbal drugs 25. Herbal formulations
  25. Worldwide trade of crude drugs and volatile oils
  26. Herbal cosmetics
  27. Traditional herbal drugs
  28. Plants based industries and research institutes in India
  29. Patents
  30. Ayurvedic system of medicine
  31. Homoeopathic system of medicine
Pharmaceutical Analysis
  1. Importance of quality control in pharmacy
  2. Acid-base titrations
  3. Non-aqueous titrations
  4. Oxidation-reduction titrations
  5. Precipitation titrations
  6. Complexometric titrations
  7. Gravimetry
  8. Extraction techniques
  9. Potentiometry
  10. Miscellaneous methods of analysis
  11. Calibration
  12. General principles of spectroscopy
  13. Ultraviolet-visible Spectrometry
  14. Spectrofluorimetry
  15. Flame photometry & atomic absorption spectrometry 16. Infrared spectrometry
  16. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry
  17. Mass spectrometry
  18. Polarography
  19. Nephelometry & Turbidimetry
  20. Chromatography
  21. Miscellaneous
Biochemistry
  1. Cell
  2. Carbohydrates
  3. Proteins
  4. Lipids
  5. Vitamins
  6. Biological oxidations & reductions
  7. Enzymes
  8. Nucleic acids
  9. Hereditary diseases
Biotechnology
  1. Plant Cell and Tissue Culture
  2. Animal Cell Culture
  3. Fermentation Technology and Industrial Microbiology.
  4. Recombinant DNA Technology
  5. Process and Applications
  6. Biotechnology Derived Products
Microbiology
  1. Introduction to Microbiology
  2. Microscopy and staining technique
  3. Biology of Microorganisms
  4. Fungi and Viruses
  5. Aseptic Technique
  6. Sterilization & Disinfection
  7. Microbial spoilage
  8. Vaccines & Sera
  9. Microbial Assay
Pathophysiology
  1. Basic principles of cell injury and adaptation
  2. Basic mechanisms of inflammation and repair
  3. Disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance
  4. Disorders of homeostasis: white blood cells, lymphoid tissues, and red blood cells related diseases
  5. Immunopathology including amyloidosis
  6. Infectious diseases
  7. Neoplastic diseases
  8. Pathophysiology of common diseases
  9. Laboratory tests for Liver function tests and kidney function tests
Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
  1. Bio-pharmaceutics
  2. Bio-availability & Bio-equivalence
  3. Bio-pharmaceutical statistics
Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics Basic concepts and general principles
Human Anatomy and Physiology
  1. Cell physiology
  2. The Blood
  3. Gastrointestinal tract
  4. Respiratory System
  5. Autonomic nervous system
  6. Sense organs
  7. Skeletal System
  8. Central Nervous system
  9. Urinary System
  10. Endocrine Glands
  11. Reproductive System
  12. Cardiovascular system 13. Lymphatic system
Pharmaceutical Engineering
  1. Fluid flow
  2. Heat transfer
  3. Evaporation
  4. Distillation
  5. Drying
  6. Size reduction and size separation
  7. Extraction
  8. Mixing
  9. Crystallisation
  10. Filtration and Centrifugation
  11. Dehumidification and humidity control
  12. Refrigeration and air conditioning
  13. Material of constructions
  14. Automated process control systems
  15. Industrial hazards & safety precautions
Pharmaceutical Management
  1. Introduction to management
  2. Planning and Forecasting
  3. Organization
  4. Research Management
  5. Inventory Management
  6. Communication
  7. Marketing Research
  8. Leadership and motivation
  9. Human resource and development (HRD)
  10. GATT
  11. World trade organization (WTO) and trade-related intellectual property rights (TRIPS)
  12. Standard institutions and regulatory authorities
Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence Basic Concepts like historical background, relevant acts rules
Dispensing and Hospital Pharmacy
  1. Basic Concepts
  2. Compounding and dispensing of certain prescriptions
  3. Reading and counselling of prescriptions from the clinical practice

GPAT Admit card 2025

GPAT admit card 2025 will be published online in the month of April 2025. Candidates get to know about their GPAT exam date, time, exam center name in the admit card. Candidates shall appear at their own cost to attend the exam.

Candidates have to download the admit card to get entry in the GPAT exam center. To download the Admit card, open the GPAT official website gpat.nta.nic.in .Fill the registration number and password (you get at the time of GPAT exam registration process) and download it before the exam date. GPAT 2025 admit card will not be sent by post. Admit cards will not be issued for those candidates whose application form is rejected. Along with the hard copy of admit card, one passport size photograph, Photo ID proof, PWD certificate(If applicable) are mandatory to carry in the Exam hall.

GPAT Answer Key 2025

After the GPAT Exam, NTA published the GPAT answer key 2025 in PDF format. Candidates can review their performance, and calculate their estimated score before the GPAT Result . GPAT 2025 Exam will be held in the month of May in CBT format. Candidates who want to challenge the official answer key can send their objection through the mail of post to the authority with the payable nonrefundable amount. To download the GPAT answer key log in with the application number and password at gpat.nta.nic.in.

FAQ
Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test
The GPAT application fee is INR 3500 for candidates belonging to the General/OBC/EWS category. For candidates belonging to the SC/ST/PWD/transgender categories, the GPAT application fee is INR 2500.
The GPAT (Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test) facilitates institutions in selecting suitable pharmacy graduates for admission into the Masters (M.Pharm) Program. It is a three-hour computer-based online test.
As per the GPAT eligibility criteria, candidates must be Indian citizens, and there is no age limit for appearing in the GPAT exam. Candidates must also hold a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy (B.Pharm) (4 years after 10+2) or equivalent from a recognized university.
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