Difference between NAT and GAT in Pakistan

When it comes to the admission test of any university, there comes many kind of tests in every student mind which he or she want to give in order to take admission in university. Among this tunnel.There are various test for example NAT, GAT,SAT, TOFEL, NTS and many other till becomes mandatory in the field of education. But there is a need to know the difference between tests that how they are different from each other. For students, they get confused when it comes to GAT and NAT. to vanish out the chaos, the basic difference is that NAT is for the under graduate students and GAT is designed for the graduate student.

To know what they and how they are under its working, let’s define them first:

What NAT is and what is the criteria for it?: NAT stands for National Aptitude Test, mainly designed for NTS based universities that offer degree of award mainly. A student has to be there for one test and appearance of that test will led him to get appeared in various other universities. In other words, he will stand eligible for other numerous universities. The candidates will be eventually invited for admission. When their result will be announced. They will be required to appear along with the copy of NTS result card.

How to apply/ register for NAT?: You need to download the NTS registration form along with the deposit slip that can be downloaded from the site. Registration fee is 300. After filling the form send it to the NTs office via post or e-mail. After few days roll n slip will be send to you.

For more detail, visit the below link

www.nts.org.pk

GAT and its description: On the other hand, Higher Education Commission has deliberately assigned the responsibility to the NTs to conduct GRE kind of admission tests like GAT which stands for Graduate Assessment test for the admission in graduate programs like M. Phil, PHD and scholarship programming scheme.

What it is for? Who are eligible for this test?: When it comes to the result and the availability of that GAT test result, it will be remained valid for the period of “Two Years”. This sheet will help you in taking of admission in any university either you go for the admission in any local university or go for the scholarship Program. There is a notion of qualification criteria, in this test. NTS say that for GAT test, candidates whose age is at least 16 years.

What is the test pattern and syllabus? – A short tutorial for you!: In the test pattern it involves:

• Quantitative ability

It involves problem solving

• Verbal ability– involves analogies, antonyms, sentence completion and reading comprehensions.
• Analytical ability– analytical reasoning and logical reasoning mainly covers u this section.

What are different test centers where GAT is conducted?: GAT is conducted in various cities of Pakistan in which Faisalabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi, dera ismail khan, Hyderabad and Quetta.