GPAT Syllabus

A list of the important subjects/ topics covered under the GPAT exam syllabus are as follows:-

• Pharmacy Profession & Introduction to Pharmaceuticals: Pharmacy as a career, evaluation of Pharmacy, earlier period middle to modern ages
• Introduction to dosage form
• Sources of drug information
• Allopathic dosage
• Crude extract
• Allergenic extract
• Biological products

Candidates can check and download the GPAT syllabus from the official NTA website. There are 5 five sections in GPAT 2024 exam namely Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Allied Subjects, Pharmaceutics & Allied Subjects, Pharmacognosy & Allied Subjects, Pharmacology & Allied Subjects, and other subjects. The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) the exam conducting body of the GPAT exam decides and releases the GPAT exam pattern. The GPAT exam syllabus will also released by NBEMS. The GPAT official notification revealed the updated GPAT exam pattern which remained the same this year as well.

The GPAT notice and curriculum are exclusively available in English on the official website. Since English is also the language of the exam, students are asked to study exclusively in English. However, you can use a translation programme to translate English to Hindi if you just want the curriculum in Hindi.

The GPAT 2026 exam syllabus is released by NBEMS. The GPAT exam pattern was last modified in the academic year 2016-17, preceding which the examination was conducted twice a year. At present, the GPAT exam is conducted once a year in a computer-based format.

Since this year's exam-conducting authority has changed, we may expect a change in the syllabus this year also. It will be released in the official notification. 

Candidates can prepare topics such as Bio-pharmaceutics, Bio-availability and bio-equivalence, Biopharmaceutical Statistics under Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics subjects for GPAT 2026. Other topics in Pharmacodynamics include Mechanism of drug action, Receptors, classification and drug-receptor interactions, combined effects of drugs, factors modifying drug actions, principle of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs. Principles of basic and clinical pharmacokinetics.

Questions from important topics such as Composition & physical States of Matter Colligative Properties, Thermodynamics Refractive index, Ionic equilibrium, Solutions, Electrochemistry are seen in the exam. Candidates are advised to prepare these topics thoroughly. The GPAT Organic Chemistry Syllabus comprise of topics such as Different classes of compounds, Protection & deprotection of groups, Aromaticity & Chemistry of aromatic compounds, Different aromatic classes of compounds, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, Carbonyl Chemistry etc.

The GPAT syllabus generally comprises nineteen subjects. Questions from important topics of these subjects are generally seen in the exam as per the previous year trend. There are 5 five sections in GPAT 2026 exam namely Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Allied Subjects, Pharmaceutics & Allied Subjects, Pharmacognosy & Allied Subjects, Pharmacology & Allied Subjects, and other subjects. All the 19 topics are bifurcated among these 5 sections in the exam. There will be objective-type questions in the entrance exam.