JKPSC Assistant Professor Syllabus 2026

The Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) conducts recruitment for Assistant Professor posts under the Medical Education Department across multiple subjects, including Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine, and Community Medicine. Candidates preparing for this recruitment need to understand both the syllabus and the exam pattern together, since the syllabus tells you what to study while the pattern tells you how you will be assessed. This article covers the subject-wise JKPSC Assistant Professor Syllabus 2026 based on the official syllabus document released by JKPSC.

This article is based strictly on the official JKPSC syllabus document for Assistant Professor (Medical Education Department) posts. Details such as exam pattern, marks distribution, question count, duration, negative marking, and qualifying percentage by category are not specified in the official syllabus document reviewed for this article. Candidates should verify the selection process and any written-test details, if applicable, against the latest official JKPSC notification once released, since Assistant Professor (teaching faculty) recruitments are often conducted through screening/interview rather than a objective-type CBT.

JKPSC Assistant Professor Syllabus and Exam Pattern 2026 – Overview

JKPSC Assistant Professor Syllabus 2026

The official syllabus is divided subject-wise, with each subject further broken into numbered units. Below is the unit-wise topic breakdown for each subject as given in the official document.

1. Anatomy

• Unit VII – Neuroanatomy: Brain and its coverings (Meninges, CSF, Dural Venous Sinuses), development of the nervous system, neuron and neuroglia, sensory and motor pathways, hypothalamo-hypophyseal system, limbic system, basal ganglia, reticular system, cross-sectional anatomy of brain/brainstem/spinal cord, blood supply of brain and spinal cord.
• Unit VIII – Special Senses: Taste, smell, vision, hearing and touch, their central connections, pathways, functions and applied aspects.
• Unit IX – Splanchnology: Gross anatomy of visceral organs including respiratory, digestive, urogenital, lymphoid organs, endocrine and exocrine glands.
• Unit X – Embryology: Gametogenesis, uterine and ovarian cycle, fertilization, implantation and placenta, early embryonic development, systemic embryology, congenital abnormalities and teratogenesis.
• Unit XI – Genetics: Human chromosomes, chromosome preparation and banding, chromosomal abnormalities, single-gene and multifactorial inheritance patterns, mutations, mitochondrial inheritance, reproduction genetics, prenatal diagnosis, genetic counselling.
• Unit XII – Microanatomy: Cell biology (cytoplasm, cell membrane, organelles, cytoskeleton), nucleus and chromatin, cell cycle (mitosis, meiosis), histology of body systems, microscopy principles (light, electron, fluorescent, confocal).
• Unit XIII – Applied Anatomy: Clinical correlations of structure and function of the human body.
• Unit XIV – Functional Anatomy: Relationship of structures and functions across tissues and organs.
• Unit XV – Living Anatomy: Surface marking of body regions, interpretation of normal radiographs (barium studies, cholecystography, pyelography, CT, MRI, ultrasound).
• Unit XVI – Sectional Anatomy: Cross/sagittal/coronal sections of brain, head and neck, thorax, abdomen, pelvis and limbs, correlation with CT/MRI.
• Unit XVII – Recent Advances: Advances relevant to structure-function correlation and clinical applications, stem cells, cryobanking, organ donation.
• Unit XVIII – Radiodiagnosis: Plain X-rays, special radiographic procedures, arteriography.
• Unit XIX – Embalming: Types of embalming and embalming fluids, special circumstances (burns, drowning, postmortem bodies).
• Unit XX – Forensic Medicine & Anthropology: Identification of human bones and determination of sex, age, and height for medicolegal purposes; anthropological traits and instruments; pelvimetry and cephalometry.

2. Physiology

• Unit I – General Physiological Principles: Homeostasis, feedback mechanisms, cell/cell-membrane structure, transport across membranes, Gibbs-Donnan equilibrium, Nernst equation, fluid compartments, genetics basics, cell cycle and apoptosis.
• Unit II – Blood: Composition and functions of blood, plasma proteins, RBC formation and indices, anaemias, haemoglobin, blood groups and transfusion, WBC and leucopoenia/leukemias, platelets, haemostasis, coagulation, immunity, autoimmune disorders.
• Unit III – Muscle and Nerve Physiology: Neuron/neuroglia structure, nerve fibre classification, resting/action potential, nerve injury and regeneration, muscle fibre types, excitation-contraction coupling, neuromuscular junction, myasthenia gravis, smooth muscle physiology.
• Unit IV – Renal System: Nephron structure, juxtaglomerular apparatus, RAAS, urine formation, GFR, counter-current mechanism, acid-base balance, micturition, dialysis, renal failure and transplant.
• Unit V – Digestive System: GIT organization, salivary/gastric/pancreatic/intestinal secretions, liver function, GI hormones, GI motility, digestion and absorption, peptic ulcer, pancreatitis, malabsorption syndrome.
• Unit VI – Endocrinology: Hormone mechanisms, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, pineal and hypothalamus disorders, bone physiology.
• Unit VII – Reproductive System: Sex differentiation, spermatogenesis, menstrual cycle, pregnancy physiology, parturition, lactation, puberty and menopause, contraception.
• Unit VIII – Cardiovascular System: Cardiac muscle physiology, cardiac cycle, ECG, arrhythmias, heart blocks, cardiac failure, regional circulation, shock, coronary artery disease, hypertension, cardiovascular response to exercise.
• Unit IX – Respiratory System: Gas exchange, surfactants, pulmonary volumes and capacities, ventilation-perfusion ratio, regulation of respiration, hypoxia, altitude physiology, pulmonary disorders (emphysema, asthma, pneumonia).
• Unit X – Central Nervous System: Synapse physiology, neurotransmitters, spinal cord, reflexes, brain stem, cortex, basal ganglia, cerebellum, memory and learning, EEG and sleep, epilepsy, pain physiology, autonomic nervous system.
• Unit XI – Special Senses: Eye physiology (image formation, refractive errors, visual pathways), ear physiology (hearing, deafness, balance), smell and taste.
• Unit XII – Environmental Physiology: Temperature regulation, heat/cold adaptation, fever, heat stroke.
• Unit XIII – Physiology of Sports, Exercise, Yoga and Meditation.
• Unit XIV – Physiology of Ageing.
• Unit XV – History and Recent Advances in Physiology.

3. Biochemistry

• Unit I – Biochemistry Laboratory: Measurement of mass, lab essentials, safe lab practices, instrumentation (pH meter, colorimetry, spectrophotometry, electrophoresis, chromatography, ELISA, autoanalyser), biomedical waste management, total quality management.
• Unit II – Protein Structure and Function: Amino acids and peptides, protein properties and misfolding, plasma proteins, enzymes and enzyme kinetics, haemoproteins (haemoglobin, myoglobin).
• Unit III – Overview of Metabolism: Metabolic adaptations during fasting/starvation, metabolic profile of organs.
• Unit IV – Bioenergetics and Carbohydrate Metabolism: Biologic oxidation, electron transport chain, citric acid cycle, glycolysis, glycogen metabolism, gluconeogenesis, diabetes mellitus and lab diagnosis.
• Unit V – Lipid Metabolism: Fatty acid oxidation/biosynthesis, phospholipids, ketone bodies, lipid transport, cholesterol metabolism, dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis.
• Unit VI – Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism: Urea cycle, amino acid catabolism, heme synthesis and breakdown, porphyrias, bilirubin metabolism, jaundice.
• Unit VII – Nucleotide Metabolism: Purine and pyrimidine metabolism disorders.
• Unit VIII – Nutrition: Energy metabolism, BMR, dietary fibres, protein-energy malnutrition, obesity, electrolyte and water balance, mineral metabolism, vitamins.
• Unit IX – Hormones: Classification and mechanism of hormone action.
• Unit X – Structure, Function and Replication of Informational Macromolecules: DNA/RNA structure, recombinant DNA technology, DNA replication and repair, protein synthesis and genetic code, gene expression regulation.
• Unit XI – Inborn Errors of Metabolism: Molecular basis, prenatal diagnosis and genetic counselling.
• Unit XII – Organ Function Tests: Liver, renal, gastric, adrenal, thyroid, pancreatic function tests.
• Unit XIII – Special Topics A: Extracellular matrix, immunochemistry, muscle biochemistry, xenobiotic metabolism, body fluids, environmental biochemistry, radioisotopes in medicine.
• Unit XIV – Special Topics B: Biochemistry of cancer, AIDS, ageing, free radicals and antioxidants, bioinformatics, evidence-based laboratory medicine, acid-base balance.

4. Pathology

The Pathology syllabus is organized into topic-based units covering:

• Cell injury (ischemic/toxic injury, necrosis, calcification, amyloidosis)
• Inflammation and repair (acute/chronic inflammation, wound healing)
• Immunopathology (hypersensitivity, autoimmune disorders, transplantation)
• Infectious diseases (mycobacterial, bacterial, viral, fungal, parasitic diseases, AIDS)
• Circulatory disturbances (oedema, thrombosis, embolism, infarction, shock)
• Growth disturbances and neoplasia (carcinogenesis, tumour markers)
• Haematopathology (anaemias, leukemias, coagulopathies, blood transfusion, myeloproliferative disorders)
• Cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, lymphoreticular, reproductive, osteo-, endocrine, neuro-, and dermato-pathology
• Cytopathology, molecular genetics, laboratory hi-tech instruments, blood transfusion safety, and biomedical waste
• A separate list of “Recent Advances Topics” is included, covering areas such as antibody-mediated rejection of solid organ allografts, maternal death autopsy, stratified medicine for cancer, molecular testing for HPV, and digital photography in histopathology.

5. Microbiology

• General Microbiology: Microscopy, sterilization and disinfection, classification of microorganisms, normal flora, specimen collection and processing, culture media and molecular genetics applications.
• A. Bacteriology: Morphology, taxonomy, virulence factors, drug resistance, Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms, mycobacteria, rickettsiae, chlamydia, spirochetes.
• B. Immunology: Antigen-antibody reactions, ELISA and related techniques, immune response, hypersensitivity, immunodeficiency, transplantation immunology, HLA typing, monoclonal antibodies.
• C. Mycology: Classification of medically important fungi, lab diagnosis techniques, cutaneous/subcutaneous/systemic/opportunistic mycoses, antifungal drugs and resistance.
• D. Virology: Classification and replication of viruses, lab diagnosis, DNA/RNA viruses, oncogenic viruses, Hepatitis and HIV, SARS/coronavirus, Zika, avian influenza, viral vaccines and antivirals.
• E. Parasitology: Protozoa (amoeba, flagellates, malaria parasites), helminthology (cestodes, trematodes, nematodes), lab diagnosis of parasitic infections.
• F. Applied Microbiology, Scope & Recent Advances: Biomedical waste management, drug resistance monitoring (MRSA, VRE, ESBL), hospital-acquired infections, outbreak management, molecular diagnostics (PCR, TMA, DNA probes), antimicrobial stewardship, vaccine development.

6. Pharmacology

• Unit I – Basic and Clinical Pharmacology: History, structure-activity relationships, drug absorption/distribution/biotransformation/excretion, mechanism of action, drug interactions, pharmacogenetics, drug addiction, teratogenicity.
• Unit II – Autonomic Nervous System: Cholinergic and anticholinergic drugs, neuromuscular blocking agents, adrenergic receptors and agents.
• Unit III – CNS and Peripheral Nervous System: Anaesthetics, opioid analgesics, antidepressants, antipsychotics, sedatives/hypnotics, anti-anxiety drugs, antiepileptics, CNS stimulants.
• Unit IV – Cardiovascular System: Arrhythmias, cardiac failure, ischemic heart disease, antihypertensives, peripheral vascular disease drugs.
• Unit V – Antimicrobial Agents: Sulphonamides, beta-lactams, tetracyclines, aminoglycosides, macrolides, quinolones, antitubercular, antifungal, antiviral, anthelmintic, antineoplastic agents.
• Unit VI – Endocrinology: Androgens, adrenal steroids, pituitary hormones, antidiabetic agents, thyroid drugs, drugs acting on the uterus.
• Unit VII – Renal System: Diuretics and antidiuretics.
• Unit VIII – Autacoids: Histamine and antihistamines, serotonin, prostaglandins, ergot alkaloids.
• Unit IX – Respiratory System: Treatment of cough, bronchial asthma and COPD.
• Unit X – Gastrointestinal System: Acid-peptic disease treatment, emetics/antiemetics, drugs for constipation and diarrhoea.
• Unit XI – Blood: Haematinics, anticoagulants, hypolipidemic drugs, plasma expanders.
• Unit XII – Miscellaneous Topics: Antineoplastic agents, immunotherapy, gene therapy, chelating agents, vaccines.
• Unit XIII – Applied Pharmacology: Pharmacoeconomics, pharmacogenomics, pharmacovigilance, doping tests, drug delivery systems.
• Unit XIV – Biochemical Pharmacology: Analytical methods (chromatography, spectrophotometry, HPLC, mass spectrometry), immunoassays.
• Unit XV – Clinical Pharmacology: Pharmacokinetics, therapeutic drug monitoring, ADR monitoring, bioavailability studies, clinical trial phases, drug therapy in pregnancy and extremes of age.
• Unit XVI – Research Methodology: Laboratory animal regulations (CPCSEA), drug development, bioassays, screening methods for drug activity across systems.
• Unit XVII – Biostatistics: Normal distribution, mean/mode/median, Z-test, t-test, chi-square test, ANOVA, correlation and regression, epidemiological statistics.

7. Forensic Medicine

• Law in relation to the medical profession; legal procedures, inquest, medico-legal reports, professional negligence and consent.
• Medico-legal autopsy, decomposed/mutilated bodies, exhumation.
• Death and postmortem changes, presumption of death.
• Identification of living and dead, including fingerprints, DNA fingerprinting, anthropometry.
• Examination of blood stains, seminal stains, hair and fibre.
• Asphyxial deaths (hanging, strangulation, drowning), thermal injuries, mechanical injuries, regional injuries.
• Impotence, sterility, pregnancy and delivery, sexual offences, criminal abortion, infanticide.
• Forensic psychiatry.
• Forensic toxicology, including corrosive poisons, insecticides, somniferous and inebriant poisons, cardiac and spinal poisons, war gases.

8. Community Medicine

• History, concepts and practice of community medicine; principles of preventive, social and community medicine; community diagnosis.
• Concepts of health and disease, determinants of health, disease transmission dynamics, iceberg phenomenon, levels of prevention.
• Social and behavioural sciences: sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, group dynamics, health problems of urban slums.
• Biostatistics and health statistics: census data, measures of central tendency and variability, sampling, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression.
• Applied nutrition: deficiency diseases, nutritional assessment, food toxins, food fortification, nutrition monitoring, Food Security Act.
• Personal and environmental health: water, air, ventilation, radiation, noise, housing, and preventive measures.
• Waste disposal: human excreta, municipal waste, e-waste, global warming.
• Disaster preparedness and response, National Disaster Management Authority.
• Biomedical waste classification and management.
• Health education: objectives, approaches, principles and methods of communication.

How to Prepare for JKPSC Assistant Professor Exam 2026

• Start by downloading the official syllabus PDF and marking out the units specific to your subject/specialization, since the syllabus spans multiple disciplines.
• Build a unit-wise study timetable, prioritizing units with the largest topic count first (for example, Pharmacology and Pathology have the most units).
• Use standard postgraduate-level textbooks for each subject rather than short notes, since the syllabus is written at a specialist/faculty level.
• Revise “Recent Advances” sections separately, as these are explicitly called out as standalone topics in several subjects (Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Microbiology).
• Since the exam pattern is not yet specified in the official notification, keep monitoring the JKPSC website for updates on the mode of selection (written test vs. interview) so you can adapt your preparation strategy.
• Practice answering applied/clinical-correlation style questions, since several units (Applied Anatomy, Applied Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology) emphasize clinical application over rote recall.

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