AP PGCET 2027

The criteria below are from the AP PGCET 2026 instruction booklet; the 2027 notification may change them.

• A degree taken with a single subject in open or distance mode does not qualify for postgraduate courses.
• B.Com. candidates are not eligible for M.A. Economics, except at Adikavi Nannaya University.
• B.E., B.Tech. and B.Pharm. holders are not eligible for M.A. language courses, except at Adikavi Nannaya University and SPMVV.
• Holders of professional degrees (B.E., B.Tech., MBBS, BUMS and similar) are not eligible for courses coded PG001 to PG011, PG013 to PG016, PG042 to PG044, PG052, PG053 and PG077, with exceptions at some universities.
• Admission to a course the candidate has already completed, in regular or distance mode, is not allowed.

Source: AP PGCET 2026 instruction booklet (2026 cycle).

AP PGCET 2026 was a computer-based test of 100 multiple-choice questions for 100 marks in each subject, as set out in the Examination Pattern of APPGCET-2026 sheet. The pattern was the same for every test, apart from the extra sports component for M.P.Ed.

• Mode: computer-based test; sessions in 2026 ran 9:00 to 10:30 am, 12:30 to 2:00 pm and 4:00 to 5:30 pm on 8 to 11 May.
• Medium: English; language tests are in the respective language.
• M.P.Ed.: 100 marks for the theory test on the B.P.Ed./B.P.E. syllabus plus 100 marks for sports achievements; the merit list uses the 200-mark total.
• Qualifying score: 35% of the maximum marks; none for SC and ST candidates.
• No re-totalling, revaluation or personal identification of response sheets.

Source: Examination Pattern of APPGCET-2026, instruction booklet and examination schedule (2026 cycle).

The syllabus is published as a separate PDF for each test on the portal's Syllabus page: 30 PDFs in 2026, of which the English and Tamil ones are scanned images. The 2026 PDFs for the larger tests list these topics.

Commerce (201)

• Fundamentals of accounting, cost accounting, management accounting
• Business economics, business organisation, business law, business environment
• Banking theory and practice, e-commerce, auditing and corporate taxation

Economics (116)

• Micro economics: consumer behaviour, production and price theory
• Banking and international trade
• Economic development and the Indian economy; Indian and Andhra Pradesh economy

Education (202)

• Philosophical and sociological foundations of education
• Contemporary India and education; gender, school and society
• Perspectives in child development; learning and teaching; learning assessment; understanding the self

Political Science (115)

• Political theory, concepts and institutions; Indian political thought (Manu and Kautilya to Ambedkar)
• Indian Constitution, principles of public administration and the Indian political process
• Western political thinkers from Plato to Rousseau

History (114)

• Indian history and culture
• The world between the 15th and 18th centuries; the age of rationalism and humanism

Mathematical Sciences (306)

• Linear algebra and vector calculus
• Abstract algebra (groups, rings) and real analysis
• Differential equations; solid geometry (plane, line, sphere, cones, cylinders, conicoids)

Physical Sciences (308) and Chemical Sciences (310)

• Physics: mechanics, waves and oscillations; electricity, magnetism and electronics; thermodynamics and optics; modern physics; solid state physics
• Chemistry: inorganic, organic, physical and general chemistry

Life Sciences (301) and Computer Science (314)

• Life Sciences: cell biology, genetics, molecular biology and genetic engineering, biotechnology, biomolecules, immunology, ecology and evolution, physiology, metabolism, microbiology, nutrition
• Computer Science: PC software and programming in C, object-oriented programming and data structures, modern DBMS

Source: AP PGCET 2026 Syllabus page and the per-test PDFs linked from it (2026 cycle).