The GRE Subject Tests are administered in a paper-delivered format. Total testing time is 2 hours and 50 minutes. There are no separately timed sections.
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The GRE Subject Tests are administered in a paper-delivered format. Total testing time is 2 hours and 50 minutes. There are no separately timed sections.
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See the free practice book for a closer look at the Chemistry test and the topics tested within each content area, as well as a full-length practice test you can use to prepare for the test.
See the free practice book for a closer look at the Mathematics test and the topics tested within each content area, as well as a full-length practice test you can use to prepare for the test.
Those taking the test should be familiar with certain mathematical methods and their applications in physics. Such mathematical methods include single and multivariate calculus, coordinate systems (rectangular, cylindrical and spherical), vector algebra and vector differential operators, Fourier series, partial differential equations, boundary value problems, matrices and determinants, and functions of complex variables. These methods may appear in the test in the context of various content categories as well as occasional questions concerning only mathematics in the specialized topics category above.
See the free practice book for a closer look at the Physics test and the topics tested within each content area, as well as a full-length practice test you can use to prepare for the test.
See the free practice book for a closer look at the Psychology test and the topics tested within each content area, as well as a full-length practice test you can use to prepare for the test.