AICTE GPAT 2021: Application, Notification, Dates, Syllabus, Pattern, Model Papers, Result, Counselling

Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test is a national level entrance exam organised by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). GPAT is conducted to provide the admissions into master programmes in Pharmacy such as M.Pharma.

The AICTE will provide the pharmacy courses in 916 or more pharmacy colleges in India. This exam is conducted every year as per the directions of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.

GPAT 2021 Overview

Exam Dates	Dates
Name of the Conducting Body	All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
Exam Name	Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test
Exam level	National level
Application Mode	Online
Date of Exam	28th January 2021
Official Website	aicte-gpat.in

GPAT 2021 Programs Offered

The master degree programs in various subjects are provided for the qualified applicants of Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021 Online Exam.

• M.Pharma (Master of Pharmacy)

AICTE GPAT Notification 2021

The AICTE has released the GPAT 2021 Notification in the month of 7th July 2021. Candidates who are willing to take the admissions in the Pharmacy courses can get ready for the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021. First of all, candidates have to check the eligibility to apply for the exam. After that, the aspirants who have reached the eligibility criteria can fill & submit the online application before the deadline.

Through Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021 Exam, candidates can get the admissions into pharmacy courses in the private/ government colleges. The details of AICTE Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021 Exam such as eligibility, exam dates, exam pattern, syllabus, previous papers, counselling process, etc are provided through this page.

Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test-GPAT 2021 Eligibility

The eligibility conditions such as Nationality, educational qualification, etc are gathered here. So, candidates have to ensure the eligibility before applying for the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Exam.

Nationality

• Applicants must be the citizen of India.

Educational Qualification

• Candidates should have completed the 4 years Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy (B.Pharm) (after Intermediate including the lateral entry students).
• Aspirants who are appearing for final year B.Pharm are also eligible to apply for the GPAT test online.

Age Limit

• There is no age limit for the candidates appearing for the GPAT online test.

GPAT Registration 2021

The Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test Application form 2021 is available through online in the month of October. So, all the interested candidates who have met the eligibility can fill and submit the online form. No offline applications are invited to the candidates.

Candidates have to provide the contact number & Email-ID at the time of filling the form for any further communication.

How to fill GPAT 2021 Application Form

• Online Registration.
• Fee Payment
• Filling the Application Form.
• Take the printout of the Application Form.

Application Fee

The registration fee for the candidates of different categories is as follows.

• For OBC/General Candidates: Rs. 1400/- + Bank Charges.
• For SC/ST/PWD/Female candidates: Rs. 700/- + Bank Charges.

Aspirants can pay the application fee through online/offline modes via credit/debit card/net banking or cash payment.

• Candidates who can pay the fee through cash have to download the challan through official portal.
• The fee payment can be made in any of the State Bank of India (SBI) Branch on the next day of the generation of the challan.

GPAT Exam Dates 2021 – www.aicte-gpat.in

Events	Dates
Online Registration Starts	November 1st to December 7th 2021
Last Date to submit the Online Application form	8th December 2021
Admit Card Availability Date	7th January  2021
GPAT 2021 Exam Date	28th January 2021
Result Declaration	6th February 2021
Availability of Score Card	February 2021

AICTE GPAT 2021 Exam Centers

The following are the 58 Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test Centres where the exam is conducted for the applicants.

Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test Online Exam  Centers
Ahmadabad	Allahabad	Amaravati	Amritsar	Aurangabad
Banglore	Bareily	Bhavnagar	Bhopal	Bhuvaneswar
Chandigarh	Chennai	Dehradun	Delhi	Gulbarga
Gurgoan	Gawhati	Gwalior	Hyderabad	Indore
Jabalpur	Jaipur	Jammu	Kanpur	Kochi
Kolhapur	Kolkatta	Kozhikode	Kurnool	Lucknow
Madhurai	Manglore	Meerut	Mumbai	Mysore
Nagpur	Nanded	Nasik	Nellore	Noida
Panaji	Patna	Pune	Raipur	Rajmundhry
Rajkot	Ranchi	Simla	Srinagar	Surat
Thiruvananthapuram	Tirupati	Udaipur	Vadodara	Varanasi
Vijayawada	Visakhapatnam	Warangal	–	–

GPAT AICTE – GPAT Exam Syllabus

The GPAT syllabus 2021 is decided by the AICTE. The Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021 syllabus comprises of four sections as provided below.

• Pharmaceutics
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacognosy

Candidates have to buy the GPAT Books to start your preparation. Plan according to the syllabus and stick to the timetable. Also, practice the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021 online test series for the better preparation of the exam.

AICTE GPAT Exam Pattern 2021

Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021 Pattern is as follows. Candidates have to attend the exam in only one session.

• The exam was the computer based online test conducted in the single session.
• The duration of the exam is 3 hours (180 minutes).
• Each question carries 4 marks.
• There are 125 questions asked in the exam paper.
• The total exam is for 500 marks.
• There is a provision of negative marking.
• One mark is deducted for the each wrong answer.

GPAT 2021 Exam Pattern

Subject Name	No. of Questions	No. of Marks
Quantitative Techniques & Dat Interpretation	25	100
Logical Reasoning	25	100
Language Comphrehension	25	100
General Awareness	25	100
Pharmaceutics/Pharmacology/ Pharmacognosy/Pharmaceutical chemistry	25	100
Total	125	500

GPAT Previous Papers

Candidates have to download the GPAT Question Papers through online for the free of cost. Also, utilise the GPAT Model Papers in your practice for the exam. Candidates can get the idea of pattern & approaches of how to solve the question through practice only.

Candidates can take the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test online mock test which helps you to analyse the answering skills, accuracy & speed. Aspirants can take the GPAT online practice test through the link in the AICTE website to avoid the confusion at the time of the exam.

Download GPAT Admit Card 2021 @ www.aicte-gpat.in

The GPAT 2021 Admit Card is available for the candidates who have successfully applied for the exam. No hard copy of the hall ticket is sent to the candidates. The admit card is sent to the valid candidates through Email-ID. Candidates can download the admit card through mail or by entering roll number &  login details through online.

AICTE GPAT Answer Key 2021

The GPAT 2021 Answer Key for sets A, B, C & d are provided through online. Candidates can download the exam key for tallying the wrong/right answers to know your performance in the exam. But it is not the final result. So, candidates have to wait for the final result which is declared by the officials.

GPAT 2021 Cut Off Marks

The AICTE will decide the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test Cut Off 2021 as per the no, of qualified candidates and the availability of the seats. The minimum cut off marks for the candidates of various categories is as tabulated below.

Category	Minimum Cut Off Marks
General/OBC	115
SC/ST/PWD	90

AICTE GPAT Result 2021

The GPAT 2021 Result is available on the official website in the month of February 2021. Candidates have to get ready with the hall ticket number, date of birth in order to check the result. After checking the result, candidates have to keep it safely. Within the few days after the release of the result, the officials will provide the score card for the qualified candidates only.

The All India Merit list is prepared by the conducting authorities. It is available on the official site. Within the few days after the release of the result, the officials will provide the score card for the qualified candidates only.

GPAT  Rank Card 2021

The officials will release GPAT 2021 Rank Card in the month of February 2021. All the shortlisted candidates of the exam have to download the scorecard through online mode only. The officials need not send the rank card individually to the qualified candidates.

As the rank card contains the score and rank obtained by the candidates in the exam, it is mandatory for getting the admissions into M.Pharm courses.  The Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021 score is valid for one year only after the announcement of the result.

GPAT 2021 Counselling

The officials will invite the candidates to the admission process on the basis of the merit list. So, all the qualified candidates have to attend the GPAT Counselling 2021 after the declaration of the result & All India Merit List.

The AICTE Approved Institutions/University Departments /Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges will accept the GPAT Score 2021. Few scholarships and financial assistance are also provided for the candidates on the basis of Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021.

Candidates need to carry all the necessary documents at the time of the counselling. In case, if any of them forget to carry any of the certificates they are not eligible to get the M.Pharm admissions.

GPAT Participating Institutions 2021

The Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021 Participating Colleges are provided in the below table.

Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021 Participating Colleges
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali	Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi
University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chandigarh	Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai	Department of Pharmaceutics, IIT BHU, Varanasi
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Hyderabad
Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam	Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur
University College of Pharmaceutical Science, Kakatiya University, Warangal	School of Pharmacy, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore
Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh	Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar
Government College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru	Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Raebareli	Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, New Delhi
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata	National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad
Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal	JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty
Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai	Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune
Nirma University, Ahmedabad	Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra	JSS College of Pharmacy, Mysore
Al-Ameen College of Pharmacy, Bangalore	Amrita School of Pharmacy, Kochi
PSG College of Pharmacy, Coimbatore	RC Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Shirpur
Sinhgad College of Pharmacy, Pune	SLT Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bilaspur
KLE University College of Pharmacy, Belgaum	SRM University, Chennai
Chitkara University, Patiala	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Soniya Education Trust’s College of Pharmacy, Dharwad	Seemanta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jharpokharia

Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021

We have gathered here the complete details of the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2021 on this page for the convenience of the candidates. Because most of the candidates who are searching all the websites for the details of AICTE GPAT Online Test. So, our unit has provided the details up to the knowledge.

The information available here is for the reference purpose only. Candidates can also refer the official site for any further details.

www.aicte-gpat.in

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