FRI Entrance Exam Syllabus 2025: Download Subject-wise Syllabus PDF

The FRI Entrance Exam covers a wide range of topics in forestry, environmental science, and natural resource management. The following are some of the types of questions that are typically asked in the exam.

Multiple choice questions are the most common type of question asked in the FRI Entrance Exam. These questions test the candidate's knowledge of the basic concepts and principles of forestry, environmental science, and natural resource management.

The minimum qualifying marks for allowing candidate in appearing in the written test shall be 50 percent in aggregate at B.Sc. level/M.Sc. level prescribed for admission to the different courses in respect of general category candidates and 45 percent aggregate in respect of SC/ST candidate.

Candidates selected for written test based on the academic requirement will be informed of the date, time and venue of written test through a letter under certificate of posting duly signed by and bearing the official stamp of the FRI (Deemed) University Office.

• Candidate to be called for the written test shall have a minimum qualification prescribed for the purpose for the various courses.
  
  
• There will be a written test for admission to M.Sc. Courses and Post Master Diploma Course on the following subjects:

1. Basic Sciences including Social Scienc
2. Arithmetic and Quantitative abilities, Computational ability, Quantitative reasoning, Interpretation of Tables, Graphs, etc.
3. General Knowledge and Current Affairs
4. English Language, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar, Idioms, etc.

The FRI Entrance Exam is conducted once a year typically in the month of June.

The FRI Entrance Exam 2025 examination will be conducted by the examination authority i.e., FRI (Forest Research Institute) in the various FRI Entrance Exam examination centres across the nation and also to short listed foreign countries. The Syllabus for the master's courses for which the examination will be conducted is set by the exam conducting authority, which is FRI here. The subject experts after taking all the probable suggestions from all the admission branches and will set the syllabus for the master's degree programmes on the basis of what students have studied in their under graduate courses.

FRI Entrance Exam 2026 registration process for admissions to the masters degree programme will start in the first week of February, 2026, tentatively. 

Forest Research Institute has divided the seats available for the Masters degree programme under the following criteria:

• SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES: Fifteen percent (15%) of the total available seats shall be reserved for scheduled castes and seven and half percent (7.5%) for scheduled tribe candidates subject to their being otherwise suitable.\
• OTHER BACKWARD CLASSE (OBC): The reservation to OBC is being provided as per the policy of the Govt. of India as
  defined by National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC).
• PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED: 3% reservation to the persons with Disabilities under the persons with Disabilities
  (Equal opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 Chapter
  No. 39.
• IN-SERVICE CANDIDATES: Five seats shall be reserved in M.Sc. Environment Management course for in-service
  candidates working in Government Departments/Autonomous bodies under the Central/State/Union Territory/ICFRE.
• FOREIGN NATIONALS: Reservation to the extent of 15% of the prescribed seats on supernumerary basis for
  Foreign Nationals shall be made for admission to each M.Sc. course available in the Institute. 

FRI Entrance Exam 2026 notification has not been released yet. But it is expected to be release in the first week of February, 2026 tentatively. Students can check the official website regularly for the latest updates regarding the exam (http://fridu.edu.in/ ).