GRE 2025: Dates, Exam Pattern, Registration Process, & Eligibility Criteria!

If you are a student, aspiring to pursue your higher education in countries outside India in 2025, you must be intending to appear for the GRE, and rigorously surfing through the web to find details about the exam, your search ends here! This blog covers all you need to know about GRE dates for 2025, exam patterns, registration processes, and eligibility criteria.  

About GRE –

The Graduate Record Exam, or GRE, is an international-level examination used to determine admissions to postgraduate or doctoral degrees at universities and colleges in the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia, and other countries. 

Administered by the Educational Testing Service, this worldwide accepted standardised exam is classified into two categories - the General Test and the Subject Test, where the latter is not considered mandatory for admission but acts as an add-on to your academic candidature profile.  

GRE is a computer-based exam that encompasses MCQ-type questions.  For the general test, the duration is typically 1 hour and 58 minutes. For the different subject tests, such as Maths, Physics, Psychology, etc., it’s 2 hours to 2 hours and 50 minutes.      

GRE 2025 Exam Dates (Tentative)

The general test of the GRE takes place every 7 days a week throughout the year, and you can opt for it anytime at your convenience. The conducting body allows registrations as late as 2 days before the exam date. The GRE subject test occurs thrice a year, typically in April, September, and October. 

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GRE 2025 Exam Pattern

Discover the exam pattern for GRE 2025 (both General and Subject tests) in the tables given below.  

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GRE 2025 Registration Process

Here’s a step-by-step guide for the registration process of GRE 2025. 

Step 1: 

Go to the ETS GRE official website by navigating through https://www.ets.org/gre.html and create an account of yours! 

Step 2: 

Then, log into your ETS account, hit the “Register for GRE” option, and subsequently choose the type of GRE test you want to appear for, i.e., “GRE General” or “GRE Subject”.    

Step 3: 

Herein, you have to choose your preferred exam date and center and start filling in the details stated in the application form.

Typically, you will be asked to give details like your name, parents/guardians’ name, residential address, age, nationality, gender, category, etc.     

Step 4: 

The next step is to submit your original identity proof, like Aadhar, Voter, PAN card, Driving License, or Passport.  

Step 5: 

Now, you can proceed to make the fee payment. To do so, click on the “GRE fee for Indians” and pay the exam fee via Debit/Credit Card, UPI, NET Banking, or any other method specified therein.  

That’s all! Once your payment is successful, you will receive a confirmation mail for your GRE 2025 registration.

GRE 2025 Eligibility Criteria

A thorough glimpse of GRE 2025 eligibility criteria is given in the table below. 

In a nutshell, appearing for the GRE opens the door to all the prestigious business schools, law schools, and universities offering MBA and MS degrees abroad. Since you have the option to appear for this exam anytime over the year, it’s ideal to do so 3 months before the application deadline stipulated by a university to aim to study at! This would enable you to take re-attempts in case your GRE results don’t roll out to be good.