The National Board of Examinations (NBE) will conduct the Graduate Pharmacy Admission Test, commonly known as GPAT, for admission to MPharm. The NBE has announced the GPAT 2026 exam date on the official website nbe.edu.in. The GPAT 2026 exam will be conducted on March 7, 2026. The GPAT information brochure 2026 is also published by the NBE on December 23, 2025, mentioning the important dates and details related to the exam, such as eligiblity, application process, admit card, result and counselling.
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Candidates who will qualify for the GPAT entrance examination will be eligible for the counselling process, which will be conducted by the respective institutes across the country. Qualified candidates will be required to apply separately in NBE GPAT participating institutes as per the cutoff scores released by the respective colleges. Read the article on GPAT 2026 for more information on exam patterns, preparation tips, admission process, exam centres and other details.
Particulars | Details |
Name of the Exam | Graduate Pharmacy Admission Test |
Common name | GPAT |
Conducting Authority | National Board of Examinations (NBE) |
Exam level | National |
Purpose of GPAT exam | Admission to postgraduate in Pharmacy (M. Pharm) |
Mode of Exam | Online |
Exam Type | Computer-based test |
Type of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions |
Total number of Questions | 125 |
GPAT total marks | 500 |
Exam Duration | 3 hours |
Candidates are advised to keep track of the official dates related to GPAT 2026 from the table mentioned below.
GPAT 2026 events | Dates |
|---|---|
GPAT 2026 notification date | December 22, 2025 |
Release of GPAT 2026 registration form | December 23, 2025 |
Last date to submit GPAT application form | January 12, 2026 |
Last date to submit the application fee | January 12, 2026 |
| GPAT first correction window | January 16 to 19, 2026 |
| GPAT form pre correction window for image | February 6 to 9, 2026 |
GPAT form final correction window dates | February 17 to 19, 2026 |
| city intimation slip | February 24, 2026 |
Release of GPAT 2026 admit card | March 2, 2026 |
GPAT exam date 2026 | March 7, 2026 |
GPAT 2026 result date | April 7, 2026 |
Candidates can check the table below to know the syllabus of GPAT.
Pharmacology
Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
Biotechnology
Pathophysiology
Physical Chemistry
Physical Pharmacy
Organic Chemistry
Dispensing and Hospital Pharmacy
Microbiology
Pharmacognosy
Human Anatomy and Physiology
Pharmaceutical Analysis
Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence
Pharmaceutical Management
Pharmaceutics
Pharmaceutical Engineering
Biochemistry
Candidates need to choose the four most preferred exam cities while filling the GPAT application form 2026. The final GPAT exam centre allotted by NBE is mentioned on the candidate's admit card.
| Sr. No. | State | City |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Kurnool |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | Nellore |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry |
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada |
| 5 | Arunachal Pradesh | Visakhapatnam |
| 6 | Arunachal Pradesh | Papum Pare |
| 7 | Assam | Dibrugarh |
| 8 | Assam | Guwahati |
| 9 | Bihar | Muzaffarpur |
| 10 | Bihar | Patna |
| 11 | Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar |
| 12 | Delhi | New Delhi |
| 13 | Goa | Madgaon |
| 14 | Goa | Mapusa |
| 15 | Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
| 16 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar |
| 17 | Gujarat | Mehsana |
| 18 | Gujarat | Rajkot |
| 19 | Gujarat | Surat |
| 20 | Gujarat | Vadodara |
| 21 | Gujarat | Vapi |
| 22 | Haryana | Ambala |
| 23 | Haryana | Faridabad |
| 24 | Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur |
| 25 | Jammu And Kashmir | Jammu |
| 26 | Jharkhand | Hazaribagh |
| 27 | Jharkhand | Jamshedpur |
| 28 | Karnataka | Belagavi (Belgaum) |
| 29 | Karnataka | Bengaluru |
| 30 | Karnataka | Mysuru (Mysore) |
| 31 | Karnataka | Shivamogga (Shimoga) |
| 32 | Karnataka | Ernakulam |
| 33 | Kerala | Kottayam |
| 34 | Kerala | Kozhikode |
| 35 | Kerala | Malappuram |
| 36 | Kerala | Thrissur |
| 37 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
| 38 | Madhya Pradesh | Durg |
| 39 | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior |
| 40 | Madhya Pradesh | Indore |
| 41 | Madhya Pradesh | Jabalpur |
| 42 | Madhya Pradesh | Ahilyanagar |
| 43 | Maharashtra | Akola |
| 44 | Maharashtra | Ambejogai |
| 45 | Maharashtra | Amravati |
| 46 | Maharashtra | Beed |
| 47 | Maharashtra | Bhandara |
| 48 | Maharashtra | Buldhana |
| 49 | Maharashtra | Chandrapur |
| 50 | Maharashtra | Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar |
| 51 | Maharashtra | Dhule |
| 52 | Maharashtra | Jalgaon |
| 53 | Maharashtra | Jalna |
| 54 | Maharashtra | Kashti |
| 55 | Maharashtra | Kolhapur |
| 56 | Maharashtra | Latur |
| 57 | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
| 58 | Maharashtra | Nagpur |
| 59 | Maharashtra | Nanded |
| 60 | Maharashtra | Nashik |
| 61 | Maharashtra | Navi Mumbai |
| 62 | Maharashtra | Osmanabad |
| 63 | Maharashtra | Palghar |
| 64 | Maharashtra | Pandharpur |
| 65 | Maharashtra | Parbhani |
| 66 | Maharashtra | Pune |
| 67 | Maharashtra | Raigad |
| 68 | Maharashtra | Ratnagiri |
| 69 | Maharashtra | Sangli |
| 70 | Maharashtra | Satara |
| 71 | Maharashtra | Sindhudurg |
| 72 | Maharashtra | Solapur |
| 73 | Maharashtra | Thane |
| 74 | Maharashtra | Yavatmal |
| 75 | Manipur | Imphal |
| 76 | Meghalaya | Shillong |
| 77 | Mizoram | Aizawl |
| 78 | Odisha | Balasore |
| 79 | Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
| 80 | Odisha | Rourkela |
| 81 | Odisha | Sambalpur |
| 82 | Odisha | Amritsar |
| 83 | Punjab | Bathinda |
| 84 | Punjab | Mohali |
| 85 | Punjab | Patiala |
| 86 | Rajasthan | Ajmer |
| 87 | Rajasthan | Jodhpur |
| 88 | Rajasthan | Sikar |
| 89 | Rajasthan | Udaipur |
| 90 | Sikkim | Gangtok |
| 91 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| 92 | Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore |
| 93 | Tamil Nadu | Madurai |
| 94 | Tamil Nadu | Salem |
| 95 | Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli |
| 96 | Tamil Nadu | Tirunelveli |
| 97 | Tamil Nadu | Vellore |
| 98 | Telangana | Hyderabad |
| 99 | Telangana | Warangal |
| 100 | Tripura | Agartala |
| 101 | Uttar Pradesh | Agra |
| 102 | Uttar Pradesh | Aligarh |
| 103 | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur |
| 104 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow |
| 105 | Uttar Pradesh | Meerut |
| 106 | Uttar Pradesh | Muzaffarnagar |
| 107 | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi |
| 108 | Uttarakhand | Haldwani |
| 109 | West Bengal | Asansol |
| 110 | West Bengal | Bardhaman |
| 111 | West Bengal | Kalyani |
| 112 | West Bengal | Kolkata |
| 113 | West Bengal | Midnapur |
| 114 | West Bengal | Siliguri |
NBE is the responsible authority to release the GPAT 2026 cutoff at the official website, natboard.edu.in. The GPAT cut off 2026 will be published by the authority along with the scorecard. It must be noted by the candidates that the minimum qualifying score of GPAT 2026, for each category varies each year depending on various factors. Candidates securing the minimum qualifying GPAT 2026 cutoff scores are considered to be qualified for the entrance exam. Aspiring candidates can also go through the previous year's cutoff of GPAT.
| Category | Cut-off Percentile | Cut-off Score | Cut-Off GPAT 2025 Rank | ||||||||
| UR | 96.2390225 | 216 | 1820 | ||||||||
| UR-PwBD | 63.1199355 | 95 | 17766 | ||||||||
| EWS | 90.9465021 | 172 | 4328 | ||||||||
| EWS-PwBD | 48.3369395 | 77 | 24371 | ||||||||
| OBC | 90.2231556 | 168 | 4648 | ||||||||
| OBC-PwBD | 45.1996097 | 74 | 26009 | ||||||||
| SC | 76.4456323 | 119 | 11127 | ||||||||
| SC-PwBD | 45.1996097 | 74 | 26145 | ||||||||
| ST | 55.457978 | 85 | 21027 | ||||||||
| ST-PwBD | 51.1433541 | 80 | 23431 | ||||||||
Candidates preparing for the pharmacy test should first understand the GPAT exam patternbefore preparing. It is sheer hard work, diligence and sincerity that will help candidates ace GPAT 2026.
Some of the GPAT experts and previous years’ toppers have sworn by a few studying tips and tricks that will definitely help future aspirants as well. To know the GPAT preparation tips, candidates can check the list below:
Numerical questions must be practised thoroughly every day. Topics like depression in freezing point, biopharmaceutics, dose based on body weight and age, and alligation method are commonly assessed in the form of numerical.
Learn and remember all the formulae by heart.
Try to make short notes and flashcards for vital topics like Pharmacognosy, Organic Chemistry, Mass spectrometry, NMR spectroscopy, etc. Doing so will prove beneficial in the last few days before GPAT 2026 is conducted, when candidates are left with little time for revision.
Candidates must focus on the uses, mechanisms and unique side effects of various drugs. One can make use of abbreviations in order to remember the names.
It must be ensured that candidates strengthen their hold on basic concepts. This will help them understand tougher sections and eventually complete the syllabus on time. While making a timetable for studying, candidates must allot some time for revision so that they can retain all that they have learnt throughout the day.
GPAT exam analysis helps the candidates understand the difficulty level, type, and number of questions asked from the syllabus in the exam. As per the previous year's GPAT exam analysis by experts, "the overall difficulty level of the question paper in both shifts was moderate. The experts also added that the GPAT question paper exhibited a well-organised format and encompassed crucial aspects of pharmacy. The questions aimed to assess candidates' understanding and analytical skills. The experts noted that the paper did not contain any significant unexpected elements. It is anticipated that the GPAT cutoff will exceed that of the previous year."
The authority released the statistics of the NBE GPAT 2025. The same has been updated here. Candidates can check the GPAT statistics from the tables below.
Category-wise number of GPAT 2025 qualified candidates
| CATEGORY | TOTAL QUALIFIED | |||
| GENERAL | EWS | Non-PwBD | PwBD | Total |
| NO | 628 | 34 | 662 | |
| YES | 811 | 17 | 828 | |
| OBC-NCL (Central List) | - | 2003 | 71 | 2074 |
| SC | - | 776 | 13 | 789 |
| ST | - | 360 | 1 | 361 |
| Total | 4518 | 136 | 4714 | |
GPAT result statistics 2023: Registered candidates
Gender | General | Gen- EWS | OBC- NCL (Central List) | SC | ST | PwD | Total |
Female | 10189 | 15424 | 3394 | 4035 | 1096 | 93 | 34231 |
Male | 7123 | 16925 | 5124 | 3887 | 920 | 228 | 34207 |
Transgender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 17313 | 32349 | 8518 | 7922 | 2016 | 321 | 68439 |
Gender | General | Gen- EWS | OBC- NCL (Central List) | SC | ST | PwD | Total |
Female | 9024 | 13939 | 3112 | 3627 | 997 | 87 | 30786 |
Male | 6589 | 15564 | 4751 | 3547 | 825 | 213 | 31489 |
Transgender | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 15613 | 29503 | 7863 | 7174 | 1822 | 300 | 62275 |
Gender | General | Gen- EWS | OBC- NCL (Central List) | SC | ST | PwD | Total |
Female | 8866 | 2554 | 11698 | 3024 | 803 | 78 | 27023 |
Male | 6213 | 3709 | 12658 | 2749 | 764 | 184 | 26277 |
Transgender | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 15080 | 6263 | 24357 | 5773 | 1567 | 262 | 53302 |
Gender | General | Gen- EWS | OBC- NCL (Central List) | SC | ST | PwD | Total |
Female | 8259 | 2407 | 10910 | 2831 | 746 | 69 | 25222 |
Male | 6005 | 3601 | 12193 | 2589 | 732 | 164 | 25282 |
Transgender | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 14265 | 6008 | 23104 | 5420 | 1478 | 233 | 50508 |
Particulars | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | Total (PwD) |
Male | 8807 | 958 | 9480 | 2797 | 733 | 22775 (149) |
Female | 11756 | 883 | 11433 | 3097 | 802 | 27971 (79) |
Transgender | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 (--) |
Total | 20563 | 1841 | 20914 | 5894 | 1535 | 50747 (228) |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
No, the candidate can only attempt GPAT 2026 from a pre-assigned computer at one of the exam centres.
Yes, candidates will be given 4 marks for every correct answer whereas 1 mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer.
No, NBE has not specified any maximum limit of attempts for GPAT 2026.
No. GPAT is an entrance examination for the PG course in Pharmacy. Therefore, having a bachelor’s degree is required to appear for GPAT 2026.
While filling the GPAT application form 2026, candidates can choose three cities in order of preference. Accordingly, the authority allocates a suitable exam centre to the candidates.
On Question asked by student community
GPAT scores are definitely considered for admission to MPharm courses, including in Government College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru. In fact, GPAT is the main qualifying exam for most government colleges because GPAT-qualified candidates are given preference in seats, scholarships and stipends.
As for the minimum score, there is no fixed cutoff
Hello
GPAT is the main national-level entrance exam for admission into M-Pharmacy programs in many colleges.
Most government colleges, top private universities, and NIPERs consider your GPAT score during admission.
If you qualify for GPAT, you are also eligible for AICTE M-Pharm scholarships.
Some private colleges may take direct admission,
Hello,
If you have completed your master’s in pharmaceutics from a private university in first division but have not gained work experience yet, you can still apply for jobs in the pharmaceutical industry. Focus on entry-level positions, research assistant roles, or internships to build practical experience. Highlight your academic performance,
Hello Sahil,
To get accurate details, please ask your question again with the name and location of the college which you are referring to.
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You can download GPAT previous year question papers (2021–2025) from https://pharmacy.careers360.com/articles/gpat-question-papers
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