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Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test ( GPAT )

GRADUATE PHARMACY APTITUDE TEST (GPAT) is a national level entrance exam conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) every year as per the directions of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. This test facilitates institutions to select suitable Pharmacy graduates for admission into the Master’s (M.Pharm) program. The GPAT is a three-hour computer based online test which is conducted in a single session. The GPAT score is accepted by all AICTE-Approved Institutions/University Departments/Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges. A few scholarships and other financial assistance in the field of Pharmacy are also given on the basis of the GPAT score.

From 2019, GPAT will be conducted by National Testing Agency in Computer Based Test mode only. The syllabus and the pattern of question paper would remain the same. There will be NO increase in the exam fees currently being charged. And this includes about a 70 pages of the syllabus which comprises all of the subjects included in all years of Bpharm course.

GPAT 2021 Exam Syllabus

GPAT Syllabus for the session 2019 is composed into four major sections namely. The candidates can find the official GPAT Syllabus below.

  1. Pharmaceutics 
  2. Pharmaceutical Chemistry 
  3. Pharmacology 
  4. Pharmacognosy.

GPAT Exam Pharmaceutics Syllabus

  • Physical Pharmacy 
  • Microbiology In Pharmacy 
  • Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence & Ethics
  • Introduction to Dispensing and Community Pharmacy.
  • The Importance of unit operations in manufacturing 
  • Stoichiometry 
  • Dosages Forms, designing & evaluation

GPAT Exam Pharmaceutical Chemistry Syllabus

  • Inorganic Pharmaceutical & medicinal chemistry 
  • Physical Chemistry and its importance in pharmacy 
  • Organic Chemistry and its importance in pharmacy. Biochemistry 
  • Medicinal Chemistry 
  • Pharmaceutical Analysis

GPAT Exam Pharmacology Syllabus

  • Immunopathophysiology
  • Pathophysiology of Common Diseases
  • Fundamentals of general pharmacology
  • Basic Concepts of Pharmacotherapy

GPAT Exam Pharmacognosy Syllabus

  • Sources of Drugs
  • Carbohydrates
  • Tannins
  • Volatile Oils
  • Fibres
  • Glycoside Containing Drugs
  • Alkaloid Containing Drugs
  • Studies of Traditional Drugs

GPAT Syllabus for General Techniques

  • General Techniques of Biosynthetic Studies
  • Basic Metabolic Pathways/Biogenesis
  • Terpenes
  • Glycosides
  • Alkaloids
  • The role of plant-based drugs in the National economy
  • Applications of plant tissue culture in pharmacognosy
  • Marine pharmacognosy

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