Το GRE είναι τεστ αποτίμησης μαθηματικών, λογικών και αναλυτικών ικανοτήτων των υποψηφίων φοιτητών που αποσκοπούν να παρακολουθήσουν Μεταπτυχιακά προγράμματα στα κορυφαία Αγγλόφωνα προγράμματα όλου του κόσμου, και αποτελείται από τα ακόλουθα μέρη όπως αυτά παρουσιάζονται στον παρακάτω πίνακα:

* An unidentified unscored section that does not count towards the GRE score may be included and may appear in any order after Analytical Writing section.
** An identified research section that does not count towards the GRE score may be included in place of the incored section.The research section will always appear at the end of the test.Questions in this section are included for ETS research purposes.

The Analytical Writing section will always be first. The Verbal Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning and unidentified/unscored sections may appear in any order; therefore, each section should be treated as if it counted towards the GRE score.

There is a 10-minute break after the two essays and the third (Verbal or Quantitative Reasoning) section and before the remaining three (or four) sections.