Is the dMAT syllabus the same for all students?

No. The Core Module is the same for all test-takers, while the Subject Module depends on the purpose of taking the dMAT and the Master's programme you are applying to.

Can I take the dMAT more than once?

The number of attempts allowed depends on the current dMAT rules and test dates. Check the official dMAT registration guidelines before planning multiple attempts.

Can a student from a non-mathematics background prepare for the dMAT Core Module?

Yes. The Core Module tests reasoning through Figure Sequences, Mathematical Equations, and Latin Squares rather than advanced subject knowledge. Familiarity with the question formats and regular timed practice can help build the required speed and accuracy.

How is the dMAT score calculated?

The dMAT certificate reports a dMAT score and a percentile rank. The dMAT score is based on the number of correct answers and is reported separately on a 0-200 scale for the Core and Subject Modules.

How many days are enough to prepare for the dMAT?

A three-week preparation period can be enough for applicants who are already comfortable with the required concepts. This allows time to understand each question format, practise under timed conditions, and revise weaker areas before the exam.

Where can I find official dMAT practice material?

Official preparation materials, sample tasks, solutions, and videos explaining the test format are available through the dMAT website. Use these materials to understand the question formats before relying on third-party practice resources.

dMAT Syllabus 2027: Core and Subject Module Topics Explained

The dMAT syllabus covers two main components: the Core Module and the Subject Module. The Core Module assesses general cognitive and analytical skills through three subtests, while the Subject Module evaluates how candidates apply academic knowledge to unfamiliar problems. For Indian applicants following the APS route, the General Academic Module serves as the standardised Subject Module.

There is no fixed chapter-wise syllabus for dMAT. Instead, the exam assesses the ability to recognise patterns, solve problems, interpret academic information, and apply relevant concepts. This guide provides a detailed breakdown of the dMAT Core Module and Subject Module syllabus.

Key Highlights:

The dMAT Core Module syllabus covers three subtests: Figure Sequences, Mathematical Equations, and Latin Squares, with 25 minutes allocated to each.
The dMAT syllabus for the General Academic Subject Module covers multiple subject areas, including mathematics, sciences, business, and social sciences.
The dMAT Battery Science Subject Modules include Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.

What is the dMAT Syllabus 2027?

The dMAT syllabus includes two timed modules: the Core Module and the Subject Module (Indian applicants generally take the General Academic Module).
Both modules test the candidate's ability to reason, analyse information, and apply logic rather than recall information from textbooks.

The Core Module tests general aptitude using abstract puzzles. The General Academic Module uses short inputs from mathematics, science, business, and social sciences to test subject-specific knowledge.

The table below provides an overview of the dMAT exam syllabus:

Details	Core Module (General Aptitude)	Subject Module (General Academic Module)
Duration	75 minutes	90 minutes
Topics / Areas	Figure Sequences, Mathematical Equations, and Latin Squares	Academic material across areas such as mathematics, sciences, business, and social sciences
What it tests	Logical and analytical reasoning	Application of academic knowledge and reasoning
Question format	Single-choice questions	Single-choice questions based on data, passages, or scenarios

dMAT Exam Syllabus 2027: Core Module

The dMAT Core Module tests general cognitive and analytical skills through three subtests: Figure Sequences, Mathematical Equations, and Latin Squares. Every applicant answers identical Core Module questions, which lets g.a.s.t. compare participants across subject modules. Each subtest has 20 questions and a 25-minute limit, which gives 75 seconds per question.

All three dMAT Core Module subtests are digital and single-choice. Students cannot use a calculator, notes, or rough paper, and there is no negative marking.

Subtest	What to do	Rule that decides the answer	Skill tested
Figure Sequences	Identify the pattern across a series of matrices and choose the next two matrices	Figures change colour, rotate, or move by a fixed step or by x + 1	Pattern recognition and rule inference
Mathematical Equations	Solve a system of equations for unknown letters	Each letter is an integer from 1 to 20, and each system has exactly one solution	Algebraic substitution and mental arithmetic
Latin Squares	Find the missing letter in a 5x5 grid	Each letter appears once in every row and once in every column	Deductive elimination

Figure Sequences

dMAT Figure Sequences show a series of matrices in which figures change position, colour, or orientation according to fixed rules, and you identify the next two matrices. One matrix can hold several figures, and each figure follows its own rule, as stated below.

Colour: A figure can change colour, for example, alternating between black and pink.
Rotation: A figure can rotate around its own axis, for example, 90 degrees to the right in every matrix.
Movement: A figure can move vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. A figure that starts a diagonal movement cannot switch to another type of movement.
x + 1 progression: Movement, colour, or orientation can grow by one unit at each step. A figure that moves one field, then two, then three, follows this rule.
Boundaries: A figure cannot leave the matrix. At an outer boundary, it either bounces back or moves along the border.
Fixed presence: Figures never disappear or overlap.

Expert Insight: Track one figure at a time. Identify its movement first, then its colour, then its orientation, because the official solutions describe each attribute as a separate rule.

Mathematical Equations

dMAT Mathematical Equations tests numerical reasoning skills. Each question gives a system of equations with unknown values represented by letters, which must be solved.

Each unknown is an integer between 1 and 20, and every system has one valid solution. To solve the equations using substitution and back-substitution without a calculator or rough paper.

Latin Squares

dMAT Latin Squares test the ability to identify patterns and apply rules logically. Students will see a partially completed 5×5 grid containing the letters A to E, where each letter can appear only once in each row and column.

You must identify the missing letter in a marked cell. Easy questions may require you to find the only missing letter in a row or column, while harder questions may require you to work out two or three neighbouring cells first.

dMAT Syllabus 2027: Subject Module

The dMAT offers seven Subject Modules in total: one General Academic Module, which assesses common academic skills, and six Subject Modules, which test discipline-specific knowledge across different academic fields. The syllabus and topics vary across modules, depending on the academic discipline and programme requirements.

dMAT Syllabus for General Academic Subject Module

The dMAT General Academic Module is a mandatory subject module for all Indian applicants taking the APS assessment. Every applicant receives the same set of tasks, regardless of their academic degree or field of study. It has about 60 single-choice questions on average, each with four answer options, and the actual number can be higher or lower.

The General Academic Subject module focuses on applying knowledge rather than recalling memorised facts. Students should therefore be comfortable using concepts to solve unfamiliar problems.

The table below provides a topic-wise syllabus for the dMAT General Academic Subject Module

Academic area	Sample Topic	What the questions test	What to practise
Mathematics and computational sciences	Vector calculations	Scalar, vector, and triple products, the angle between vectors, parallelogram area, and coplanarity	Applying a given formula to numbers
Natural sciences and engineering	Hydrostatics	Pressure at depth (about 1 bar per 10 m), buoyancy, floating bodies, and pump suction limits	Estimating with rounded constants, such as 1,000 kg per cubic metre for water
Business administration and economics	Optimal order quantity	Model assumptions, average inventory of Q divided by 2, and how the optimal quantity changes with ordering and holding costs	Reading a formula for its direction of change
Social sciences	Research strategies in social sciences	Quantitative (deductive) versus qualitative (inductive) strategies, causal relationships versus causal mechanisms, and the four research phases	Judging which study design fits a stated research question

dMAT Syllabus for Battery Science Modules

The dMAT Battery Science Modules syllabus covers five discipline-specific Subject Modules: Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. Each module consists of Basic Tasks, which test foundational knowledge across the five disciplines, and Advanced Tasks, which assess your knowledge in your chosen discipline.

Here is an overview of the dMAT syllabus for the Battery Science modules:

Discipline	Basic Task topic	Advanced Task topics
Chemistry	Redox reactions	Acid-base reactions, infrared spectroscopy
Physics	Electric circuits	Oscillations and waves
Computer Science	Data types	Combinational logic, linear transformations of high-dimensional data sets
Electrical Engineering	Fourier series	Series and parallel connections of ohmic resistors, system analysis
Mechanical Engineering	Synthetic materials	Mathematics II, Rankine cycle

dMAT Syllabus for Data Science Subject Module

The University of Göttingen requires the dMAT Data Science Subject Module for its MSc Applied Data Science programme. The module lasts 90 minutes and covers topics from theoretical computer science, applied computer science, and mathematics.

Here is an overview of the syllabus for the dMAT Data Science module.

Topics	What the questions test
Data types	Variable types, memory per type, integer division, and type conversion in Java-style code
Combinational logic	Truth tables, logic gates, and the canonical disjunctive normal form
Linear transformations of high-dimensional data sets	Matrix rank, eigenvalues, principal component analysis, and linear discriminant analysis

dMAT Core Module vs Subject Module Syllabus

The Core Module measures general cognitive skills with abstract puzzles, while the Subject Module measures how students apply those skills to academic inputs.

The comparison below shows the key differences between the dMAT Core Module and Subject Module syllabus.

Aspect	Core Module	Subject Module (General Academic Module for APS)
Content	Figure Sequences, Mathematical Equations, Latin Squares	Input texts with figures, tables, and formulas from eight academic areas
Subject knowledge needed	None	Concepts from the specific topic areas, with formulas supplied in the official samples
Questions	60 (20 per subtest)	About 60
Time	75 minutes (25 per subtest)	90 minutes in total
Time per question	About 75 seconds	About 90 seconds
Answer format	Single-choice	Single-choice
Notes and helping tools	Not permitted	Not permitted
Score	Separate 0 to 200 score	Separate 0 to 200 score

Expert Insight: The Subject Module gives 15 more seconds per question than the Core Module, but each question set starts with an input to read. Practise skimming an input for the one relationship the questions depend on, because that skill saves more time than faster calculation.

Month-by-Month Study Plan to Cover dMAT Syllabus 2027

The next two dMAT exams are scheduled for 16 January 2027 and 13 March 2027. Students aiming for the January exam have about 9 weeks, so the plan compresses the work and covers the Core and General Academic modules side by side. The March exam allows about 17 weeks, so its plan builds each module in stages and leaves more time for timed practice. The calendar below follows both routes, using the official preparatory material first and then the full-length Core papers and General Academic practice sets on this page.

Month	Plan for the 16 January 2027 exam	Plan for the 13 March 2027 exam
November 2026	Download the official dMAT preparation material, read the Core Module instructions, and work through all 18 Core exercises without a timer to learn the rules. Note which subtest takes the longest.	Download the official dMAT preparation material and read the Core Module instructions. Study one subtest at a time, starting with Figure Sequences, and solve its official exercises without a timer before moving to the next subtest.
December 2026	Build speed towards 75 seconds per Core question with timed drills. Start the four official General Academic exercises, reading each text fully before its questions. Attempt one full-length Core paper by the end of the month.	Drill Latin Squares elimination and Mathematical Equations substitution until the official exercises are solved without errors. Learn the Figure Sequences rules, including the x + 1 progression, and begin timed subtest practice.
January 2027	In the first ten days, attempt one full timed simulation of both modules in test order, then revise only the weak subtests. Rest the day before the exam on 16 January.	Complete all four official General Academic exercises, then add practice texts from the eight academic areas and time them at 90 seconds per question. Attempt full-length Core papers under timed conditions.
February 2027	Once results are published, download the certificate from the g.a.s.t. participant portal and submit it to APS India. Candidates who want a retake register for the March date before 1 March and revise their weakest subtest.	Attempt full timed simulations of both modules, and trace every wrong answer to the rule or formula that was missed.
March 2027	Only for retake candidates, attempt one simulation in the first week and revise the topics that cost the most marks.	Attempt one final simulation in the first week, then limit the work to light revision of weak subtests before 13 March.

From the Desk of Yocket

Preparing for the dMAT exam syllabus requires more than memorising concepts. Understand how each module tests your reasoning and practise applying information under time constraints. Start by identifying which Subject Module your application requires, then build a preparation schedule around its question formats and official sample exercises.

Yocket Prep helps prepare for the dMAT with structured practice resources covering the key question formats. This way, you can build speed and accuracy with focused preparation.