Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT) is national level entrance exam administered by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) every year as per the directions of MHRD for admissions to M. Pharma courses.

GPAT Eligibility Criteria 2017
One needed to be an Indian citizen, holding B. Pharma degree or appearing in the final year of B. Pharma programme.
One, who is found not meeting GPAT eligibility conditions, is liable for punishment and their candidature will be cancelled at any stage of the admission process.

Important dates related to GPAT 2017

GPAT application starts
October 10, 2016

GPAT application ends
December 25, 2016

GPAT Test Trial
December 15, 2016

GPAT Admit Card/Hall Ticket
January 16, 2017

GPAT 2017 Entrance Test
January 28 and January 29, 2017 (Reserve Day)

Declaration of GPAT result
February 7, 2017

Print out of GPAT Score
February 9, 2017

GPAT Syllabus

1. Pharmaceutics: Introduction to Physical pharmacy, Importance of microbiology in pharmacy, Introduction to pharmaceutical jurisprudence & ethics, Introduction to dispensing and community pharmacy, Importance of unit operations in manufacturing & Stoichiometry, Dosages Forms, designing & evaluation, Bio-pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics.
2. Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Inorganic pharmaceutical & medicinal chemistry, Organic Chemistry and its importance in pharmacy, Biochemistry, Basic Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Analysis.
3. Pharmacology: Pathophysiology of common diseases, immune-pathophysiology, Fundamentals of general pharmacology, Drugs Acting on the Hemopoietic System, Pharmacology of Endocrine System, Chemotherapy, Principles of Toxicology, Basic Concepts of Pharmacotherapy.
4. Pharmacognosy: Sources of Drugs, Classification of Drugs, Systematic pharmacognostic study, Studies of Traditional Drugs, General Techniques of Biosynthetic Studies and Basic Metabolic Pathways/Biogenesis.