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AIAPGET

All India AYUSH Post Graduate Entrance Test

Single entrance test for MD/MS (Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha) and MD (Homoeopathy) seats in government, government-aided, private and deemed AYUSH colleges, and central institutes such as AIIA. Scores feed AACCC All India Quota and state counselling.

Eligibility

BAMS, BUMS, BSMS or BHMS degree from a university recognised by NCISM or NCH, or a provisional/degree certificate with a mark sheet. The one-year compulsory internship must be completed by the cut-off date in the bulletin. There is no age limit or attempt limit.

Age limit: No age limit

Exam pattern

Computer-based test of 2 hours with 120 MCQs (480 marks). Each correct answer gets +4 and each wrong answer -1. There are separate papers for Ayurveda (Hindi/English), Unani (Urdu/English), Siddha (Tamil/English) and Homoeopathy (English only). Qualifying cut-offs are percentile-based: 50th for General, 45th for General-PwBD and 40th for SC/ST/OBC.

Syllabus at a glance

Based on the respective NCISM/NCH undergraduate curriculum of each system. The Ayurveda paper covers Samhita and Siddhanta, Rachana and Kriya Sharira, Dravyaguna, Rasashastra and Bhaishajya Kalpana, Roga Nidana, Kayachikitsa, Panchakarma, Shalya, Shalakya, Prasuti-Stri Roga, Kaumarabhritya and Swasthavritta. The Homoeopathy paper covers Organon of Medicine and philosophy, Materia Medica, Repertory, and modern medical subjects such as Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Medicine, Surgery and OBG.

Upcoming dates

Event	Date	Status
AACCC AIAPGET 2026 counselling rounds	Oct-Dec 2026 (expected)	expected
AIAPGET 2027 information bulletin and registration opens	Jun-Jul 2027 (expected)	expected
Last date to apply	Jul 2027 (expected)	expected
AIAPGET 2027 exam	Jul-Aug 2027 (expected)	expected
Result	Aug-Sep 2027 (expected)	expected

Expected dates follow the usual calendar; confirm on the official notification before planning.

Free prep material

Official

AIAPGET official portal (NTA)

Information bulletin, syllabus, previous answer keys, city slips, admit cards and results.

Official

National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM)

Official BAMS/BUMS/BSMS curriculum and syllabus documents that define the Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha papers.

Official

National Commission for Homoeopathy (NCH)

Official BHMS curriculum and regulations for the Homoeopathy paper.

Study material

Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS)

Free government publications, monographs and pharmacopoeial references useful for Dravyaguna and Rasashastra.

Tool

NTA Abhyas

Free practice in NTA's computer-based test interface used in AIAPGET.

Standard books

Charaka Samhita (with Hindi/English commentary, e.g. Brahmanand Tripathi or R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash)
Sushruta Samhita - commentary by Kaviraj Ambikadutta Shastri
Ashtanga Hridaya of Vagbhata - commentary by Brahmanand Tripathi
Dravyaguna Vijnana - Prof. P.V. Sharma
Organon of Medicine - Samuel Hahnemann (for Homoeopathy)
Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica - William Boericke (for Homoeopathy)

How toppers play it

With only 120 questions and -1 negative marking, each wrong answer erases a quarter of a correct one; aim for very high accuracy rather than attempting all questions.
For Ayurveda, Samhita (Charaka, Sushruta, Ashtanga Hridaya) shloka-based and reference questions are frequent: memorise chapter names, sthana divisions and key shlokas word for word.
Do not ignore modern-medicine components (Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Medicine, Surgery, OBG), which carry a sizeable share in both the Ayurveda and Homoeopathy papers.
Solve NTA's released papers and answer keys from earlier years, and use the official bulletin's subject-wise weightage to decide revision order.
At about one minute per question, do the direct factual questions first and come back to long case-based ones.