Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) 2017 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.
It is expected that The GPAT 2017 will be held on Jan 2017. Candidates can check result, merit list, and download score card as per the schedule.
Expected Schedule for the GPAT 2017 AICTE is given below.
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| Registration Start from | Nov 2016 |
| Registration end date | Dec 2016 |
| Cash Payment | Dec 2016 |
| Online Payment | Dec 2016 |
| Admit Card download from | Jan 2017 |
| Exam Date | Jan 2017 |
| Declaration of Result | Jan 2017 |
| Print out of Score Cards | Jan 2017 |
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Please note that the information given on this page is based on previous year’s GPAT exam. This content should be used for reference purpose only. As soon as AICTE announces details of GPAT 2017 entrance exam, details will be updated here.
GPAT 2017 Registration
The candidates desirous to apply for GPAT 2017 will be required to register online from the official website. They will have to fill and submit GPAT Application form to appear for GPAT 2017. Also they will be required to pay requisite application fee while registering for the test using available payment modes. Candidates are advised must ensure their eligibility before registering online or filling online application.
Application fee (Last year)
| Category | Application fee |
| General / OBC | Rs 1400 + Bank charges |
| Female / SC / ST / PWD | Rs 700 + Bank charges |
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be a citizen of India.
- They must be Bachelor’s degree holders in Pharmacy (4 years after 10+2, including lateral entry candidates)
- Those who are in the final year of B. Pharmacy course are also eligible for appearing in GPAT exam.
Admit Card
The hall ticket / admit card of GPAT 2017 will be issued to registered candidates. To download the hall ticket candidate has to log in using the ID and password. In case you have forgotten password to log in, you can retrieve the same by entering your log in ID, password recovery question and answer.
GPAT Admit Card 2017 will be available to download expected in Jan 2017. Download GPAT 2017 Admit Card from www.aicte-gpat.in to appear in the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test. All India Council for Technical Education is conducting GPAT on January 2017 (expected). Students who submitted application form as per schedule can download Admit Card of GPAT 2017.
Exam Pattern
The Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) is being conducted as an online computer based test since 2013. The CBT simply means that the candidate will be allotted a computer in the exam hall. On the computer screen candidate will see the questions and answers need to be clicked.
Instead of marking bubbles in an OMR sheet, all you have to do is mark correct answer by clicking on a mouse button.
- Total Number of questions in the exam is 125.
- You can move back and forth between the questions in the online GPAT exam.
- Total duration of exam is 3 hours (180 minutes).
- For correct answers, you will get +4 marks in each question.
- Negative marking is there in GPAT. For each incorrect answer, 1 mark is deducted.
- You will get rough sheets to do calculations.
- You can also read more about the exam at GPAT FAQs (As per Last year) page.
Exam Centres
Last year exam centres was as follows:
| Ahmadabad | Delhi | Kozhikode | Patna |
| Allahabad | GulbargaGurgaon | Kurnool | Pune |
| Amravati | Guwahati | LucknowMadurai | RaipurRajahmundry |
| Amritsar | Gwalior | Mangalore | Rajkot |
| Aurangabad | Hyderabad | Meerut | Ranchi |
| Bangalore | Indore | Mumbai | Shimla |
| Bareilly | Jabalpur | Mysore | Srinagar |
| Bhavnagar | Jaipur | Nagpur | Surat |
| Bhopal | Jammu | Nanded | Thiruvananthpuram |
| Bhubaneswar | Kanpur | Nasik | Tirupati |
| Chandigarh | Kochi | Nellore | Udaipur |
| Chennai | Kolhapur | Noida | Vadodara |
| Dehradun | Kolkata | Panaji | Varanasi |
| Vijayawada | Visakhapatnam | Warangal |
Result
GPAT 2017 results are expected to be declared on Jan 2017 on the website www.aicte-gpat.in. Candidates can check their result from the above link. Merit list indicates score, roll number, and rank of each candidate. The marks are calculated by awarding score for correct answer, deducting negative marks for incorrect answer. Percentile is further calculated according to the total candidates who have appeared for the exam, and position of candidate.