The syllabus for NEST 2025 primarily follows the NCERT/ CBSE rationalised science syllabus of class XI-XII. The details of the syllabus of the NEST Examination is provided below.
Biology
Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution, Ecology, Humans and Environment, Biotechnology, Biology and Animal Systems: digestive system, Circulatory system, excretory system, nervous system, reproductive system, developmental Biology, immunology, biology and planet systems.
Chemistry
Physical Chemistry, Measurement in Chemistry, Mole concept, gaseous and liquid states, atomic structure and chemical bonding, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, solid state, solutions, surface chemistry, adsorption, colloidal state, inorganic chemistry , classification of element and periodicity in properties, s-block Element, P-block elements, d-block elements, f- block element, coordination compounds, metals and metallurgy, organic chemistry, basic concepts, reactive intermediates, isomerism, nomenclature, alkanes and alkynes, aromatic compounds, haloalkanes, haloarenes, alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acid, amines, carbohydrate, amino acid and proteins, polymers.
Mathematics
Algebra, logarithms and their properties, trigonometry, analytical geometry, three dimensions, differential calculus, integral calculus, vectors.
Physics
General: Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis, least count, significant figures, methods of measurement and measurement of length, time, mass, temperature, potential difference, current and resistance, system of particles, laws of gravitation, thermal physics, electricity and magnetism, capacitance, electric current, biot-savart’s law, magnetic moment of a current loop, electromagnetic induction, optics, modern physics, photoelectric effect.