The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) will release the category-wise GPAT 2027 cutoff scores for admission to M.Pharm programmes. Candidates who aspire to get admission to postgraduate pharmacy courses will have to secure GPAT passing marks above or equal to the GPAT cutoff 2027.
Candidates who appear for the GPAT exam will be shortlisted based on the cut-off marks, specified by the participating institutes. The GPAT cutoff 2027 varies as per the categories and will be determined on various factors like the total number of candidates appearing for the exam, difficulty level of the exam, and seat availability. To grant admission to M.Pharm courses, institutes will conduct the GPAT counselling process.
NBE is the responsible authority to release the GPAT 2027 cutoff at the official website, natboard.edu.in. The GPAT cut off 2027 will be published by the authority along with the scorecard. It must be noted by the candidates that the minimum qualifying score of GPAT 2027, for each category varies each year depending on various factors. Candidates securing the minimum qualifying GPAT 2027 cutoff scores will be considered to be qualified for the entrance exam.
The previous year cutoff marks of GPAT exam are provided in the table below.
| Sl. No. | Category of Candidate | Cut-off Percentile | Cut-off Score | Cut-off GPAT 2026 Rank |
| 1 | GENERAL | 96.2586493 | 213 | 2059 |
| 2 | GENERAL - PwD | 48.9825988 | 104 | 27489 |
| 3 | GENERAL - EWS | 90.8238059 | 180 | 4979 |
| 4 | GENERAL - PwD and EWS both | 50.0270437 | 105 | 26913 |
| 5 | OBC-NCL (Central List) | 90.0870992 | 177 | 5431 |
| 6 | OBC-NCL (Central List) PwD | 45.7149785 | 100 | 29552 |
| 7 | SC | 76.4664192 | 142 | 12820 |
| 8 | SC - PwD | 46.5766455 | 101 | 28712 |
| 9 | ST | 59.1939124 | 116 | 22213 |
| 10 | ST - PwD | 57.3847847 | 114 | 23181 |
Category | Cut-off Percentile | Cut-off Score | Cut-off GPAT 2025 Rank | ||||
UR | 96.2390225 | 216 | 1820 | ||||
UR-PwBD | 63.1199355 | 95 | 17766 | ||||
EWS | 90.9465021 | 172 | 4328 | ||||
EWS-PwBD | 48.3369395 | 77 | 24371 | ||||
OBC | 90.2231556 | 168 | 4648 | ||||
OBC-PwBD | 45.1996097 | 74 | 26009 | ||||
SC | 76.4456323 | 119 | 11127 | ||||
SC-PwBD | 45.1996097 | 74 | 26145 | ||||
ST | 55.457978 | 85 | 21027 | ||||
ST-PwBD | 51.1433541 | 80 | 23431 | ||||
Category | Cut-off Percentile |
UR | 96.15414 |
UR-PwBD | 55.1562 |
EWS | 90.7069 |
EWS-PwBD | 46.32063 |
OBC | 90.09176 |
OBC-PwBD | 49.70896 |
SC | 75.4353 |
SC-PwBD | 45.53011 |
ST | 54.17503 |
ST-PwBD | 52.27117 |
Category | Cutoff scores |
General | 96.18 |
OBC | 90.57 |
SC | 77.10 |
ST | 57.74 |
General (EWS) | 90.16 |
Category | Cutoff scores | Total candidates |
General | 148 | 14265 |
OBC-NCL | 120 | 23104 |
SC | 94 | 5420 |
ST | 75 | 1478 |
EWS | 122 | 6008 |
Category | Cutoff scores | Total candidates | Increase in comparison to 2019 cutoff |
General | 359-186 | 1782 | 23 |
OBC-NCL | 185-152 | 1179 | 21 |
SC | 185-114 | 688 | 11 |
ST | 183-87 | 340 | 11 |
EWS | 185-155 | 458 | 51 |
Category | Cutoff scores | Total candidates | Increase in comparison to 2019 cutoff |
General | 163 | 1974 | 22 |
OBC-NCL | 131 | 1350 | 14 |
SC | 103 | 727 | 8 |
ST | 76 | 373 | 2 |
EWS | 104 | 489 | -- |
Category of candidates | GPAT Qualifying marks | No. of Qualifiers |
Unreserved | 141 | 1952 |
Other backward classes | 117 | 1103 |
Scheduled caste | 95 | 626 |
Scheduled tribe | 74 | 313 |
Category | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
General and OBC | 145 | 125 | 125 | 115 | 113 | 115 |
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe | 100 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 82 | 90 |
Physically Handicapped | 100 | 100 | 100 | 90 | 82 | 90 |
NBE releases the GPAT 2027 merit list for candidates along with the announcement of results. The merit list of GPAT 2027 is prepared based on the candidate’s performance. In the merit list, the qualifying status along with the candidate’s name, roll number, category, score, rank, percentile and qualifying status are mentioned. As per the cutoff marks of GPAT 2027, the scores mentioned on the merit list should be the basis of the aspirant's ranks.
Candidates are advised to go through the determining factor of GPAT cutoff, such as:
The number of candidates appearing in the GPAT entrance exam 2027
Total number of seats available
Difficulty level of the exam
The category under which admission will be granted
Ideally, if the number of seats increases in the entrance exam, the GPAT 2027 cutoff for a particular list would come down, and go up if seats are decreased. Similarly, if the number of GPAT applicants increases, competition would rise, and so will be the cutoff.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The NBE releases the GPAT 2027 cutoff for aspirants who successfully appeared for the M.Pharm entrance exam.
The authority will release the GPAT 2027 cutoff with the declaration of result at natboard.edu.in.
The cutoff of GPAT 2027 is the minimum qualifying marks required by the candidates to get admission to M.Pharm.
The GPAT 2027 cutoff is determined on various factors like total number of appeared candidates, difficulty level of the exam, availability of total seats for granting admission.
Qualifying Marks for GPAT 2027 will be announced soon.
On Question asked by student community
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Hello Student, you can start shortlisting M.Pharm specializations and universities now. Depending on your interests, you could explore areas such as Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacognosy, or other available specializations. Since you are preparing for GPAT 2027, check the list of participating institutions and their individual admission requirements. While comparing
Hey there,
Yes, you can still pursue M.Pharm after graduation even if you did not appear for GPAT or NIPER JEE, but the options differ:
if you can you name your college or have any particular state in your mind, then i can guide you better? because every college has different admission process.