Exam
Graduate Aptitude Test Biotechnology
Also known as GAT-B
Understand Graduate Aptitude Test Biotechnology, its syllabus and the 3 courses and 3 teaching institutions connected to it in Rukmai.
Key facts
- Conducting body
- National Testing Agency
- Eligible class
- Bachelor's Degree
- Exam level
- National
- Exam areas
- Biotechnology, Science
- Typical exam month
- May
- Primary goal
- Eligibility of bona fide Indian nationals for DBT-supported Biotechnology and allied PG admissions through GAT-B 2026; individual institutions retain their course eligibility rules.
- Syllabus subjects
- Legacy official GAT B 2020 syllabus, carried forward by the 2026 bulletin
Exam structure
National computer-based test in English on 17 May 2026, 09:00 to 12:00, one session and 180 minutes. It has 160 MCQs; attempt 120 for a maximum 240 marks. Section A has 60 compulsory 10+2 PCM/B questions for 60 marks. Section B has 100 graduate-level Basic Biology, Life Sciences, Biotechnology and allied questions; attempt 60 for 180 marks.