AP PGCET Test Codes: Which of the 31 Tests Leads to Which PG Course

AP PGCET is not one exam. It is 31 separate tests, each with its own paper, its own rank list and its own set of PG courses. The test you write decides which courses you can be allotted, so the most expensive mistake an applicant makes is not a wrong answer on exam day — it is picking the wrong test code in February. This guide maps every test to the courses it feeds, prints the degree rules that knock people out, and shows what it costs to write more than one test.

Official: APPGCET-2026 test list, examination schedule and Instruction Booklet V4.

Two things stand out. First, the seats are heavily concentrated: Chemical Sciences (310) alone has 5,589 convener seats, Commerce (201) 3,602, Life Sciences (301) 2,929, Computer Science (314) 2,216 and Mathematical Sciences (306) 2,116. Second, several tests feed only a handful of seats — Tamil (108) 26, Sanskrit (105) 51, Sericulture (304) 55, M.F.A. (110) 45. A small test is not a harder test, but it is a smaller pool, and one wrong choice of college in counselling matters more.

111 Humanities & Social Sciences is the widest arts test. It feeds Master of Social Work (PG027), M.A. Journalism and Mass Communication (PG023), M.A. Communication & Journalism (PG024), Anthropology (PG025), Sociology (PG026), Buddhist Studies (PG022), Yoga (PG030 and PG030A), Master of Human Resource Management (PG031), Master of Library & Information Science (PG032), Population Studies (PG033), Rural Development (PG034) and M.A. Tourism (PG052). If you want an MSW or an MLISc, this is your paper, not English or General.

102 General feeds M.A. Linguistics, Philosophy, Human Rights & Duties, Gender Studies, Women Studies, Adult Education, Comparative Dravidian Literature, Cultural Heritage and Applied Linguistics & Translation Studies. 301 Life Sciences is the widest science umbrella: Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Virology, Food Science, Genetics, Environmental Sciences, Aquaculture, Bioinformatics, Forensic Science-DNA Fingerprinting and more — over 30 course codes in the file.

314 Computer Science feeds M.Sc. Computer Science (PG141), Computational Data Science (PG142), Geoinformatics (PG146), M.S. Data Science (PG153A) and M.Sc. Data Science (PG153). The booklet adds a useful footnote: candidates qualified in test 314 are also eligible for M.Sc. Digital Forensic and Information Security (PG120) and M.Sc. Cyber Security (PG121), which sit under Electronics (309). M.Sc. Geoinformatics (PG146) is the most open course of all: it is listed under 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 312, 314 and 315.

310 Chemical Sciences feeds every chemistry M.Sc. — Chemistry, Analytical, Environmental, Inorganic, Organic, Physical, Applied, Food/Drugs/Water analysis, Oils and Fats — plus the three Forensic Sciences courses (PG131 to PG133) and Polymer Science Technology (PG135). That is why it has the most seats and, in the reported 2026 results, the lowest named pass rate.

A quieter rule matters just as much: eligibility for a few courses varies by university, and the booklet says the rules in force at the university at admission time are final. The course table lists, for each course, which universities offer it and what each asks. Read your row — not a summary — before counselling.

Two tests make sense only when both open courses you would actually join. The common pairings are natural ones: 306 Mathematical Sciences with 307 Statistics for a B.Sc. with Maths and Statistics; 308 Physical Sciences with 309 Electronics for a B.Sc. with Physics and Electronics; 301 Life Sciences with 303 Botany or 305 Zoology for a biology graduate. Check the examination schedule before paying: in 2026 the tests ran in three sessions a day over four days (8 to 11 May), and two of your tests could fall in the same session.

The test is in English for every programme except the language tests, which are set in their own language (Telugu, Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil). Every test is 100 multiple-choice questions for 100 marks in 90 minutes, with no negative marking. The exception is 203 Physical Education for the M.P.Ed.: the 100-mark theory paper is added to 100 marks for sports achievement, verified from Forms I, II and III, and the merit list is on the total of 200. In 2026 that certificate verification ran on 22 and 23 May.

The test is conducted by Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati for the AP State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE); the 2026 convener is Prof. V. Padmavathi. SVU also conducted the 2025 test, so the claim that the conducting university "rotates every year" has no document behind it for these two cycles. Admissions are a separate body: G.O.Ms.No.22 of 04.05.2026 made the Commissionerate of Higher Education (CHE), Mangalagiri, the admitting authority, and counselling runs on the Common Admissions Portal, cap.apcfss.in. Test fees go to APSCHE; counselling fees go to CHE.