GRE General Test
One Test for Graduate and Professional School, Including Business and Law
About the GRE® General Test
Getting an advanced degree can create many opportunities. Whether you are planning to go to graduate school, including business or law — or just exploring your options — you are taking an important step toward your future. The GRE General Test helps you do your best on test day.
Who Takes It?
Prospective graduate and business school applicants from all around the world who are interested in pursuing a master's, specialized master's in business, MBA, J.D. degree, or doctoral degree take the GRE General Test.
- Master's degree applicants
- MBA and business school applicants
- Doctoral degree applicants
- Law school applicants
When and Where Do People Take It?
The GRE General Test is available at more than 1,000 test centers in more than 160 countries. In most regions of the world, the computer-delivered test is available on a continuous basis throughout the year.
- Available year-round (computer-delivered)
- Over 1,000 test centers worldwide
- More than 160 countries
- Paper-delivered in some regions
Test Content and Structure
The GRE General Test features question types that closely reflect the kind of thinking you'll do in graduate and professional school. The test-taker friendly design lets you skip questions, go back and change answers, and choose which questions to answer first.
Verbal Reasoning
60 minutes
40 questions
Quantitative Reasoning
70 minutes
40 questions
Analytical Writing
60 minutes
2 tasks
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GRE Test Sections
Comprehensive breakdown of all GRE test sections and skills
Verbal Reasoning
Measures the ability to analyze and draw conclusions from discourse, reason from incomplete data, understand multiple levels of meaning, and understand relationships among words and concepts.
Skills Measured:
- Analyze and draw conclusions from discourse
- Reason from incomplete data
- Identify author's assumptions and perspective
- Understand multiple levels of meaning
- Select important points and distinguish major from minor
- Summarize text and understand structure
- Understand meanings of words, sentences, and texts
- Understand relationships among words and concepts
Question Types:
- Text Completion
- Sentence Equivalence
- Reading Comprehension
Quantitative Reasoning
Measures the ability to understand, interpret and analyze quantitative information, solve problems using mathematical models, and apply basic concepts of arithmetic, algebra, geometry and data analysis.
Skills Measured:
- Understand and interpret quantitative information
- Solve problems using mathematical models
- Apply arithmetic, algebra, and geometry concepts
- Analyze data and statistics
- Use on-screen calculator effectively
- Solve word problems and real-world applications
- Work with graphs, charts, and tables
- Apply logical reasoning to mathematical problems
Question Types:
- Quantitative Comparison
- Multiple Choice (one answer)
- Multiple Choice (one or more answers)
- Numeric Entry
Analytical Writing
Measures critical thinking and analytical writing skills, including the ability to articulate and support complex ideas with relevant reasons and examples, and examine claims and accompanying evidence.
Skills Measured:
- Articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively
- Support ideas with relevant reasons and examples
- Examine claims and accompanying evidence
- Sustain a well-focused, coherent discussion
- Control the elements of standard written English
- Analyze arguments and identify logical flaws
- Present and defend your own position
- Write with clarity, precision, and sophistication
Question Types:
- Analyze an Issue
- Analyze an Argument
GRE Subject Tests
Achievement tests that measure your knowledge of a particular field of study
Biology
Measures knowledge of biology at the undergraduate level
Content Areas:
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Organismal Biology
- Ecology and Evolution
Chemistry
Measures knowledge of chemistry at the undergraduate level
Content Areas:
- Analytical Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
Literature in English
Measures knowledge of literature in English
Content Areas:
- Literary Analysis
- Identification of Authors
- Cultural and Historical Contexts
- Literary Theory and Criticism
Mathematics
Measures knowledge of mathematics at the undergraduate level
Content Areas:
- Calculus
- Algebra
- Additional Topics
- Discrete Mathematics
Physics
Measures knowledge of physics at the undergraduate level
Content Areas:
- Classical Mechanics
- Electromagnetism
- Optics and Wave Phenomena
- Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- Quantum Mechanics
- Atomic Physics
- Special Relativity
- Laboratory Methods
Psychology
Measures knowledge of psychology at the undergraduate level
Content Areas:
- Biological
- Cognitive
- Social
- Developmental
- Clinical
- Measurement/Methodology/Statistics
Subject Test Schedule
Subject Tests are given at paper-delivered test centers worldwide three times a year
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