GRE stands for Graduate Record Examinations. It is a test for admission into the graduate schools around the world for Masters and Doctor’s degrees. Both the graduate schools as well as the law schools accept GRE test. GRE is owned and administered by Educational Testing Service (ETS). It consists of 3 sections – analytical writing, quantitative reasoning and verbal reasoning and each section has different tasks in it.
There are two types of GRE test – General and Subject. GRE General is mostly for students seeking a Masters Degree in different fields in US and other countries. And the GRE Subject considers the candidate’s knowledge and skills in a particular subject. GRE Subject is conducted for Mathematics, English Literature, Physics, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry.