Graduate Record Examinations (General Test) (GRE)
Conducted by Educational Testing Service (ETS).
- Held
- Year-round, on demand
- Mode
- Test centre or at home; section-level adaptive
- Level
- National
Graduate admissions (MS/PhD and some MBA programmes), mainly in the USA, Canada and Europe.
Exam pattern
- Duration
- About 1 hour 58 minutes
- Sections
- Analytical Writing (1 task), Verbal Reasoning (2 sections), Quantitative Reasoning (2 sections)
- Score
- Verbal and Quant 130–170 each; Writing 0–6
Notes
Scores are valid for 5 years.
Patterns, dates, age limits and vacancies change with every notification. Use this page to get oriented, then confirm every detail on the official website before you apply. Compiled 2026-10-31.