GUJCET BPharm and Other UG Courses 2023: Exam Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus, Results

The GUJCET 2025 registrations are open. You can fill out the application form as early as possible. The last date to apply is January 15, 2025. GUJCET application form 2025 is available online on the website gujcet.gseb.org. The GUJCET 2025 application fee is INR 350.  

GUJCET 2025 exam will be conducted on March 23, 2025.

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) has released the GUJCET exam date 2025. As per the schedule, GSEB will conduct GUJCET 2025 exam on March 23, 2025. GUJCET application form is available online. Interested candidates can fill the application form online from the website gseb.org. The last date to apply is January 15, 2025.

GUJCET is considered to be a moderate exam in terms of difficulty, and its difficulty level is similar to that of class 12 board exams. The exam tests a candidate's understanding of the concepts and their ability to apply them to solve problems.

It's important to note that merely memorizing concepts won't help in scoring well in GUJCET. Instead, candidates should focus on understanding the underlying principles and formulas to be able to apply them effectively.

Additionally, previous year's question papers and sample papers can be very helpful in getting a feel for the types of questions that may be asked and how to approach them. Candidates should also utilize online resources wisely to score high marks in the exam.

Overall, GUJCET is not an extremely difficult exam, but it does require dedicated studying and a thorough understanding of the subjects to perform well.

GUJCET exam is only open to candidates who are domiciled in the state of Gujarat. Therefore, candidates from other states are not eligible to apply for the GUJCET exam.

However, if you have moved to Gujarat from another state and have been residing in the state for a certain period, you may be considered a domiciled candidate of Gujarat and would be eligible to apply for the GUJCET exam. In such cases, you would need to provide proof of your residency in Gujarat.

Also, candidates who have passed class 12 in Gujarat can apply for GUJCET exam.

The minimum percentage required in class 12 for GUJCET is 45%. Candidates belonging to reserved category need to have 40% in class 12. Candidates applying for GUJCET need to check complete GUJCET eligibility criteria before filling the application form. Other conditions of GUJCET eligiblity like age limit, subject combination and domicile also need to be fulfilled to fill GUJCET application form. It is to be noted that candidates who do not meet the GUJCET eligiblity criteria will not be considered for admission.

The eligibility criteria to appear in GUJCET is

• Candidate must have passed or appearing in class 12
• Candidate must be of minimum 17 year age to appear in GUJCET
• Candidates must have Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with Chemistry/any other vocational subject for Paper 1 (BE/BTech). For paper 2, candidates need to have Mathematics as compulsory subject along with any other subject combination.

Every candidate must ensure they fulfill the GUJCET eligibility criteria failing which their candidature can get cancelled.

As per the reservation policy of GUJCET set by GSEB, the following criteria is followed

• Defence Personnel and Ex-Servicemen – 1%,
• PWD – 5%,
• SC – 7%,
• ST – 15%,
• EWS – 10%,
• Socially and Educationally Backward Classes, including widows and orphan of any caste – 27%.

The candidate must be an Indian and should have a Gujarat domicile. The candidates should have passed or appeared for Class 12 or equivalent. Candidates should have a Gujarat domicile. Residents outside the state, having a Gujarat domicile are also eligible.Candidates who have completed Class 12 in Gujarat board are eligible.Candidates who have studied in CBSE/ ISC board schools located in Gujarat State are eligible.Candidates who have studied Class 12 from schools located in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu are also eligible, if the parents are of Gujarat origin.All the best for you future and have a good day and a great career ahead

The previous year cut-off data for GUJCET is available on the ACPC website. Candidates can check GUJCET cutoff for some colleges in the below table. 

As per GUJCET pattern set by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB), candidates from the general category are required to score at least 54 marks to qualify for the GUJCET participating institutes 2023 while for the reserved candidates, the GUJCET passing mark is 48. The total marks for GUJCET question paper is 120. The paper has 120 questions.

To fill the GUJCET application form, you will need to provide the following documents:

1. Name
2. Date of Birth
3. Gender
4. Caste
5. Aadhaar Card Number
6. Family Income Details
7. Address
8. Details related to academic qualification (marks card)
9. Scanned images of photographs and signatures (in prescribed format and dimension)
10. Email ID and Mobile Number.

The dimensions and specifications of the documents are as follows:

Photograph- jpg/jpeg, 5 KB - 50 KB
Signature- jpg/jpeg, 5 KB - 50 KB

Candidates can apply for GUJCET 2025 online from the website gujcet.gseb.org. The application form for GUJCET 2025 was released on December 17, 2024. To apply for GUJCET 2025, candidates should meet the eligibility criteria, which includes being an Indian resident of Gujarat, passing or appearing in 12th grade or an equivalent exam, and scoring 45% (40% for reserved category) in the exam. You also need to have studied the required subjects in 12th grade, as mentioned in the eligibility criteria.

Once you have confirmed that you meet the eligibility criteria, you can apply for GUJCET 2025 through the online application form, which will be made available on the GUJCET website. The application form will include registration, filling the form, uploading scanned images, and payment of application fees.

Candidates are advised to keep checking the GUJCET website for any updates on the application form and exam dates.

The GUJCET 2025 application fee is INR 350/-. This fee is the same for all categories applying for GUJCET 2025. Please note that the application fee payment can be made online through a credit/debit card or internet banking or through any branch of SBI. Candidates who do not fill the application form withi the last date will be allowed to fill the form by paying a late fee for an extended period. 

The syllabus of GUJCET is not same as JEE Mains. Candidates must note that GUJCET and JEE Mains are two different exam meant for different purposes. GUJCET is conducted for admission to BTech courses in Gujarat while JEE Mains is conducted for admission to NITs, IIITs and other CFTIs.

In terms of syllabus, although both GUJCETs and JEE Mains have class 11 and 12 topics of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, the difficulty level is different in both exams. Students preparing for the GUJCET exam can download the syllabus from the Shiksha page.

The syllabus of GUJCET is similar to class 11 and 12. However, some topics may be extra in GUJCETs syllabus which are not covered in class 11 or 12. Students preparing for the GUJCET exam need to study as per the official syllabus which is released by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB). Also, students can follow NCERT textbooks as the base for studying the syllabus of GUJCET. For complete details related to GUJCET syllabus and topics covered in the exam, candidates can check Shiksha page.

Candidates can check here the important chapters for GUJCET Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

Physics

• Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism (Equal importance)
• Modern Physics
• Optics
• Heat and Thermodynamics and Waves, Sound
• Measurement and errors

Chemistry

• Gaseous State
• Chemical Kinetics
• Organic Chemistry
• Reactions of Benzene
• Ores and Metallurgy
• Thermodynamics
• Polymers
• Environmental Chemistry

Mathematics

• Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Analytical Geometry
• Differential Calculus
• Integral Calculus
• Vectors

The syllabus for GUJCET  for BE/BTech and BPharma is different. GUJCET paper 1 exam is conducted for admission to BE/BTech and Paper 2 is conducted for BPharma courses.

GUJCET paper 1 for BE/BTech syllabus consists of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Paper 2 syllabus has Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Candidates must note that Physics and Chemistry syllabus is common/same in all two papers.

Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) conducts GUJCET exam in offline mode as a pen-paper test. GUJCET exam is conducted for admission to two different courses; BTech and BPharma. The exam for both BTech and BPharma is completely online. The exam is held across various test cities in India and abroad.

GUJCET paper have negative marking of one fourth mark for every incorrect answer. In GUJCET exam, each question is of 1 marks and for every incorrect answer, one-fourth (O.25) mark is deducted. No marks are deducted for unattempted questions. For any question, if none of the options is found correct or a question is found to be wrong or  dropped, then full marks will be awarded to all candidates irrespective of the fact whether the question has been attempted or not attempted by the candidate.

The best books for GUJCET exam preparation are- For Maths study with RD Sharma and RS Aggarwal. For Chemistry- NCERT and for Physics- SL Arora, HC Verma. For Maths, students can refer Problem Book in Mathematics by renowned mathematician Dr. Vikas Gupta, also known as Black book Maths JEE.

Beside these books, candidates should solve GUJCET previous year papers, mock tests and also refer important topics, and chapterwise weightage of GUJCET exam. Using GUJCET pyq chapterwise pdf download link of Shiksha, candidates can download previous year papers.

GUJCETs syllabus can be completed in 6 months considering the topics had already been studied in class 11 and 12. As the topics in GUJCET syllabus and class 11/12 topics are similar, students can easily complete the revision in 6 months. However, completing the syllabus does not mean the completing the preparation. Students need to solve previous year questions and mock tests as well as study other reference /NCERT books for clearing the concepts.

The time required to cover GUJCET syllabus would vary for every student however, to complete the entire GUJCET syllabus, students would require around 1 year. The ideal time to start preparing for GUJCET is class 12 as the syllabus for GUJCET and class 12 is similar. Students who are studying in class 12 can point out the topics that are common in both and pay special emphasis to that.

As per the official syllabus of GUJCET released by NTA, no weightage is set for class 11 and 12 chapters. Candidates must note that all the topics of CBSE class 11 and 12 Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics is included in the GUJCET syllabus. There is no official number on GUJCET weightage but candidates need to study the whole syllabus released by the GSEB in order to score good marks in the exam. However, as per the previous year’s paper analysis, some chapters have high weightage in exam.

The GUJCET exam has a total of 120 questions from all three subjects. The exam has 40 questions each from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. All the 120 questions will be multiple choice questions. Students need to complete all the 120 questions in 3 hours.

The GUJCET question paper will have questions from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics/Biology as per the prescribed syllabus. Each Subject will have one section with Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs). Students have to answer every questions and there will be no internal choices. 

Admission Committee for Professional Courses of ACPC is the responsible boday for conducting BTech/BE counselling in Gujarat. Candidates who appear in GUJCET need to register online for ACPC counselling. After registration, ACPC releases GUJCET merit list with All India Ranks on the basis of marks in GUJCET and class 12. The merit list/rank list serves the base for allotment of seats in participating institutes.

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) conducts GUJCET exam once a year. The exam is conducted every year in the month of April/May. Application forms for GUJCET exam is released in January. More details regarding exam pattern, number of attempts, syllabus, and registration process can be checked on Shiksha page.