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The National Board of Examinations (NBE) conducts the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT). The authority will release GPAT 2027 applicaiton form at the official website: natboard.edu.in. Eligble candidates will have to fill the GPAT application form 2027 within specified dates. A direct link for GPAT 2027 application form filling will be provided below, after availbility.
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The authority releases the GPAT admit card for the registered candidates. The qualified candidates are eligible for the GPAT counselling process, which is conducted by the respective institutes across the country. Qualified candidates will be required to apply separately in NBE GPAT participating institutes as per the cutoff scores released by the respective colleges. Read the article on GPAT 2027 for more information on exam patterns, preparation tips, admission process, exam centres and other details.
Particulars | Details |
Name of the Exam | Graduate Pharmacy Admission Test |
Common name | |
Conducting Authority | National Board of Examinations (NBE) |
Exam level | National |
Purpose of GPAT exam | Admission to postgraduate in Pharmacy (M. Pharm) |
Mode of Exam | Online |
Exam Type | Computer-based test |
Type of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions |
Total number of Questions | 125 |
GPAT total marks | 500 |
Exam Duration | 3 hours |
Candidates are advised to keep track of the official dates related to GPAT 2027 from the table mentioned below.
GPAT 2027 events | Dates |
|---|---|
GPAT 2027 notification date | To be announced |
Release of GPAT 2027 registration form | To be announced |
Last date to submit GPAT application form | To be announced |
Last date to submit the application fee | To be announced |
| GPAT first correction window | To be announced |
| GPAT form pre correction window for image | To be announced |
GPAT form final correction window dates | To be announced |
| City intimation slip | To be announced |
Release of GPAT 2027 admit card | To be announced |
GPAT exam date 2027 | To be announced |
GPAT 2027 result date | To be announced |
| GPAT scorecard | To be announced |
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The GPAT admission process begins with the submission of the GPAT application form on the official website. Candidates who meet the eligibility criteria must register online, fill in their personal, academic and contact details, upload the required documents and pay the prescribed application fee within the specified deadline. After successful submission, candidates should keep a copy of the completed application form for future reference. The GPAT admit card is issued to successfully registered candidates before the examination. Candidates can download the admit card online using their login credentials and should verify details such as their name, roll number, exam date, timing and examination centre. After appearing for the GPAT examination, the result and scorecard are released for qualified candidates. Candidates can then participate in the GPAT counselling process conducted by participating institutes as per their admission rules. The participating colleges consider GPAT scores for admission to postgraduate pharmacy programmes, subject to their eligibility criteria, seat availability and other applicable requirements. Candidates must complete the document verification, fee payment and other admission formalities within the prescribed schedule to secure their admission.
Candidates can check the table below to know the syllabus of GPAT.
Pharmacology
Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
Biotechnology
Pathophysiology
Physical Chemistry
Physical Pharmacy
Organic Chemistry
Dispensing and Hospital Pharmacy
Microbiology
Pharmacognosy
Human Anatomy and Physiology
Pharmaceutical Analysis
Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence
Pharmaceutical Management
Pharmaceutics
Pharmaceutical Engineering
Biochemistry
Candidates need to choose the four most preferred exam cities while filling the GPAT application form 2027. The final GPAT exam centre allotted by NBE is mentioned on the candidate's admit card.
| Sr. No. | State | City |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Kurnool |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | Nellore |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry |
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada |
| 5 | Arunachal Pradesh | Visakhapatnam |
| 6 | Arunachal Pradesh | Papum Pare |
| 7 | Assam | Dibrugarh |
| 8 | Assam | Guwahati |
| 9 | Bihar | Muzaffarpur |
| 10 | Bihar | Patna |
| 11 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar |
| 12 | Delhi | New Delhi |
| 13 | Goa | Madgaon |
| 14 | Goa | Mapusa |
| 15 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
| 16 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar |
| 17 | Gujarat | Mehsana |
| 18 | Gujarat | Rajkot |
| 19 | Gujarat | Surat |
| 20 | Gujarat | Vadodara |
| 21 | Gujarat | Vapi |
| 22 | Haryana | Ambala |
| 23 | Haryana | Faridabad |
| 24 | Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur |
| 25 | Jammu And Kashmir | Jammu |
| 26 | Jharkhand | Hazaribagh |
| 27 | Jharkhand | Jamshedpur |
| 28 | Karnataka | Belagavi (Belgaum) |
| 29 | Karnataka | Bengaluru |
| 30 | Karnataka | Mysuru (Mysore) |
| 31 | Karnataka | Shivamogga (Shimoga) |
| 32 | Karnataka | Ernakulam |
| 33 | Kerala | Kottayam |
| 34 | Kerala | Kozhikode |
| 35 | Kerala | Malappuram |
| 36 | Kerala | Thrissur |
| 37 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| 38 | Madhya Pradesh | Durg |
| 39 | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior |
| 40 | Madhya Pradesh | Indore |
| 41 | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur |
| 42 | Madhya Pradesh | Ahilyanagar |
| 43 | Maharashtra | Akola |
| 44 | Maharashtra | Ambejogai |
| 45 | Maharashtra | Amravati |
| 46 | Maharashtra | Beed |
| 47 | Maharashtra | Bhandara |
| 48 | Maharashtra | Buldhana |
| 49 | Maharashtra | Chandrapur |
| 50 | Maharashtra | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar |
| 51 | Maharashtra | Dhule |
| 52 | Maharashtra | Jalgaon |
| 53 | Maharashtra | Jalna |
| 54 | Maharashtra | Kashti |
| 55 | Maharashtra | Kolhapur |
| 56 | Maharashtra | Latur |
| 57 | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| 58 | Maharashtra | Nagpur |
| 59 | Maharashtra | Nanded |
| 60 | Maharashtra | Nashik |
| 61 | Maharashtra | Navi Mumbai |
| 62 | Maharashtra | Osmanabad |
| 63 | Maharashtra | Palghar |
| 64 | Maharashtra | Pandharpur |
| 65 | Maharashtra | Parbhani |
| 66 | Maharashtra | Pune |
| 67 | Maharashtra | Raigad |
| 68 | Maharashtra | Ratnagiri |
| 69 | Maharashtra | Sangli |
| 70 | Maharashtra | Satara |
| 71 | Maharashtra | Sindhudurg |
| 72 | Maharashtra | Solapur |
| 73 | Maharashtra | Thane |
| 74 | Maharashtra | Yavatmal |
| 75 | Manipur | Imphal |
| 76 | Meghalaya | Shillong |
| 77 | Mizoram | Aizawl |
| 78 | Odisha | Balasore |
| 79 | Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
| 80 | Odisha | Rourkela |
| 81 | Odisha | Sambalpur |
| 82 | Odisha | Amritsar |
| 83 | Punjab | Bathinda |
| 84 | Punjab | Mohali |
| 85 | Punjab | Patiala |
| 86 | Rajasthan | Ajmer |
| 87 | Rajasthan | Jodhpur |
| 88 | Rajasthan | Sikar |
| 89 | Rajasthan | Udaipur |
| 90 | Sikkim | Gangtok |
| 91 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| 92 | Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore |
| 93 | Tamil Nadu | Madurai |
| 94 | Tamil Nadu | Salem |
| 95 | Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli |
| 96 | Tamil Nadu | Tirunelveli |
| 97 | Tamil Nadu | Vellore |
| 98 | Telangana | Hyderabad |
| 99 | Telangana | Warangal |
| 100 | Tripura | Agartala |
| 101 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra |
| 102 | Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh |
| 103 | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur |
| 104 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow |
| 105 | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut |
| 106 | Uttar Pradesh | Muzaffarnagar |
| 107 | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi |
| 108 | Uttarakhand | Haldwani |
| 109 | West Bengal | Asansol |
| 110 | West Bengal | Bardhaman |
| 111 | West Bengal | Kalyani |
| 112 | West Bengal | Kolkata |
| 113 | West Bengal | Midnapur |
| 114 | West Bengal | Siliguri |
NBE is the responsible authority to release the GPAT 2027 cutoff at the official website, natboard.edu.in. 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 are considered to be qualified for the entrance exam. Aspiring candidates can also go through the previous year's cutoff of GPAT.
| 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 |
Candidates preparing for the pharmacy test should first understand the GPAT exam patternbefore preparing. It is sheer hard work, diligence and sincerity that helps candidates ace GPAT 2027.
Some of the GPAT experts and previous years’ toppers have sworn by a few studying tips and tricks that will definitely help future aspirants as well. To know the GPAT preparation tips, candidates can check the list below:
Numerical questions must be practised thoroughly every day. Topics like depression in freezing point, biopharmaceutics, dose based on body weight and age, and alligation method are commonly assessed in the form of numerical.
Learn and remember all the formulae by heart.
Try to make short notes and flashcards for vital topics like Pharmacognosy, Organic Chemistry, Mass spectrometry, NMR spectroscopy, etc. Doing so will prove beneficial in the last few days before GPAT 2027 is conducted, when candidates are left with little time for revision.
Candidates must focus on the uses, mechanisms and unique side effects of various drugs. One can make use of abbreviations in order to remember the names.
It must be ensured that candidates strengthen their hold on basic concepts. This will help them understand tougher sections and eventually complete the syllabus on time. While making a timetable for studying, candidates must allot some time for revision so that they can retain all that they have learnt throughout the day.
GPAT exam analysis helps the candidates understand the difficulty level, type, and number of questions asked from the syllabus in the exam. As per the previous year's GPAT exam analysis by experts, "the overall difficulty level of the question paper in both shifts was moderate. The experts also added that the GPAT question paper exhibited a well-organised format and encompassed crucial aspects of pharmacy. The questions aimed to assess candidates' understanding and analytical skills. The experts noted that the paper did not contain any significant unexpected elements."
The authority released the statistics of the NBE GPAT exam. The same has been updated here. Candidates can check the GPAT statistics from the tables below.
Category-wise number of GPAT 2026 qualified candidates
Category | Total qualified candidates in GPAT 2026 exam |
General | 780 |
General-EWS | 959 |
OBC | 2247 |
OBC-PwD | 61 |
SC | 889 |
SC-PwD | 11 |
ST | 412 |
ST-PwD | 3 |
Total qualified candidates | 5,362 |
Category-wise number of GPAT 2025 qualified candidates
| CATEGORY | TOTAL QUALIFIED | |||
| GENERAL | EWS | Non-PwBD | PwBD | Total |
| NO | 628 | 34 | 662 | |
| YES | 811 | 17 | 828 | |
| OBC-NCL (Central List) | - | 2003 | 71 | 2074 |
| SC | - | 776 | 13 | 789 |
| ST | - | 360 | 1 | 361 |
| Total | 4518 | 136 | 4714 | |
GPAT result statistics 2023: Registered candidates
Gender | General | Gen- EWS | OBC- NCL (Central List) | SC | ST | PwD | Total |
Female | 10189 | 15424 | 3394 | 4035 | 1096 | 93 | 34231 |
Male | 7123 | 16925 | 5124 | 3887 | 920 | 228 | 34207 |
Transgender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 17313 | 32349 | 8518 | 7922 | 2016 | 321 | 68439 |
Gender | General | Gen- EWS | OBC- NCL (Central List) | SC | ST | PwD | Total |
Female | 9024 | 13939 | 3112 | 3627 | 997 | 87 | 30786 |
Male | 6589 | 15564 | 4751 | 3547 | 825 | 213 | 31489 |
Transgender | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 15613 | 29503 | 7863 | 7174 | 1822 | 300 | 62275 |
Gender | General | Gen- EWS | OBC- NCL (Central List) | SC | ST | PwD | Total |
Female | 8866 | 2554 | 11698 | 3024 | 803 | 78 | 27023 |
Male | 6213 | 3709 | 12658 | 2749 | 764 | 184 | 26277 |
Transgender | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 15080 | 6263 | 24357 | 5773 | 1567 | 262 | 53302 |
Gender | General | Gen- EWS | OBC- NCL (Central List) | SC | ST | PwD | Total |
Female | 8259 | 2407 | 10910 | 2831 | 746 | 69 | 25222 |
Male | 6005 | 3601 | 12193 | 2589 | 732 | 164 | 25282 |
Transgender | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 14265 | 6008 | 23104 | 5420 | 1478 | 233 | 50508 |
Particulars | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total (PwD) |
Male | 8807 | 958 | 9480 | 2797 | 733 | 22775 (149) |
Female | 11756 | 883 | 11433 | 3097 | 802 | 27971 (79) |
Transgender | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 (--) |
Total | 20563 | 1841 | 20914 | 5894 | 1535 | 50747 (228) |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
No, the candidate can only attempt GPAT 2027 from a pre-assigned computer at one of the exam centres.
Yes, candidates will be given 4 marks for every correct answer whereas 1 mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer.
No. GPAT is an entrance examination for the PG course in Pharmacy. Therefore, having a bachelor’s degree is required to appear for GPAT 2027.
While filling the GPAT application form 2027, candidates can choose three cities in order of preference. Accordingly, the authority allocates a suitable exam centre to the candidates.
On Question asked by student community
Hello, you can practise MCQs for competitive exams like GPAT, JEE and NEET on the Careers360 app. Search for your exam and select the MCQ or mock test section to start practising questions.
Hi Kailas,
Here is the link of study books.
https://www.careers360.com/pharmacy/articles/best-books-for-gpat
if you need anyother resources please let us know.
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.
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