GPAT

 The GPAT 2025 counselling has been concluded now. NBE released the GPAT results on June 25, 2025, for this academic year. The GPAT counselling process 2025 was conducted for all the applicants who passed the exam. The counselling schedule is shared by individual colleges/institutes on their respective colleges. Candidates can read the MPharma counselling process on the official websites of respective institutes. 

The GPAT participating colleges and the GPAT accepting institutes conduct the GPAT counselling for students seeking admission to MPharma programme on an individual basis. GPAT counselling is held on the basis of the cutoff scores released by NBEMS. Candidates have to register on an individual basis at GPAT colleges to participate in the MPharma counselling. 

To get admission into Masters of Pharmaceutical, the need of qualification in GPAT examination is essential. There are a lot of private Universities which also offers you admission on the basis of their own entrance exam score card, however to be eligible for government colleges in the course of M Pharma, one needs to qualify the GPAT examination.

The minimum eligibility for student to appear for GPAT examination is-

They need to be citizen of India and need to complete their Bachelors in any related field with decent amount of Marks.

For post graduation M.Pharma, the candidate must attempt the GPAT-Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test and qualify it. For admission to the B.Pharma program at DPSRU, a minimum aggregate of 55% marks in the Higher Secondary/Intermediate examination with English as one of the compulsory subjects is required. Apart from English, a combination of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and/or Biology (PCM/PCMB) is compulsory. 

As per the exam pattern shared by NBEMS in the official notification og GPAT exam, candidates get 180 minutes (3 hours) to solve GPAT question paper comprising of 125 questions. The nature of questions asked in the GPAT exam will be of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ).  

GPAT question paper comprise of 125 questions. All the questions are objective-type and belong to various categories such as Organic chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry, physical chemistry, among other sections. The bifuercations of the topics from which questions are asked in GPAT exam. 

Solving GPAT previous year question papers is important for the exam preparation. Students are advised to solve GPAT mock test in a proctored manner, i.e. within the stipulated timing and duration and at one go, without any breaks. A thorough practice of the GPAT question papers will help in understanding the question paper pattern. In turn this will build familarity towards the questions expected in the exam. 

No, candidates are not allowed to carry GPAT question paper outside the hall because the exam is conducted in online mode. There is no physical distribution of the GPAT question paper. However, after the completion of the GPAT exam, NTA GPAT question paper and answer PDF will be released at the official website.

NBEMS, the exam organising committee, is responsible for designing GPAT question papers for the candidates. The questions are sent in by different subject matter experts, and NBEMS selects the questions for the examination. No single person is responsible for setting the question paper.

The NBEMS is the sole authority responsible to release the GPAT question papers and answers after the successful completion of exam. Earlier NTA was the body responsible to conduct the exam. Students are advised to check the GPAT question paper with answers PDF to increase their chances of qualifying the exam.