IMAT 2024-25 Syllabus – BY IMAT

EXCELLENCE ACADEMY
(Compiled from official IMAT syllabus while maintaining every single word from the original

content.) Important Note:

The syllabus provided is the IMAT 2024 syllabus. IMAT participants must understand that
the official IMAT syllabus is released approximately one month before the exam each year.
However, it remains about 99% the same as the previous year, with only minor
modifications.

For IMAT 2025, this syllabus is expected to remain unchanged, with the possible addition of
two important topics that could be included in the official 2025 syllabus.

You can confidently and reliably begin your preparation using this syllabus, ensuring
thorough coverage of all essential topics for the IMAT exam.

Reading Skills and General Knowledge

The ability to understand written English texts of various kinds and for different
communication purposes is an essential skill for this test. This is because all the questions,
including those that use symbolic language, will be presented in English. In other words, no
matter the nature or intent of the questions, they will all require a good understanding of
English to answer.

The following skills will also be specifically tested:

Understanding abstract, uncommon or specialized vocabulary in real contexts.

Identifying the phenomena of textual cohesion and coherence.
Extracting and inferring informative specificities from the text.
These skills will be tested from short texts of scientific nonfiction or classic and
contemporary fiction, or short texts of current events published in newspapers and general
or specialized magazines.

It will include questions based on short texts covering a wide range of types and themes.
These questions will assess skills and knowledge gained from previous studies and general
cultural awareness, including topics of international importance or subjects currently
debated in public. Specifically, the questions will be designed to determine the following:

The ability to orient oneself in represented space and time, that is, to place relevant
historical and cultural phenomena in space and time.
Knowledge of major national and international institutions.
The understanding of phenomena pertaining to the fields of law, economics, and
citizenship.

Logical Reasoning
These questions are made to check how well you can finish a logical argument based on given
statements. These statements might be expressed in symbols or words, and they might
present abstract problems or scenarios. To solve them, you’ll need to use various types of
logical thinking.

Biology
The Chemistry of the Living

The biological importance of weak interactions.

Organic molecules found in organisms and their respective functions.
The role of enzymes.

The Cell as the Basis of Life

Cell theory.
Cellular dimensions.
The prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell, animal and plant.
Viruses
Cellular Structures and Their Specific Functions.

The Cell Membrane

Structure and functions.

Transport across the membrane.

Cell Cycle and Cell Reproduction

Mitosis and meiosis—chromosome kit and chromosome maps.

Reproduction and Heredity

Life cycles.
Sexual and asexual reproduction.

Genetics

Mendelian Genetics

Mendel’s laws and their applications.

Classical Genetics

Chromosomal theory of inheritance – patterns of inheritance.

Molecular Genetics

Structure and duplication of DNA, the genetic code, protein synthesis.

DNA of prokaryotes.
The structure of the eukaryotic chromosome.
Genes and the regulation of gene expression.

Human Genetics

Mono- and polyfactorial character transmission.

Autosomal and X-chromosome-related inherited diseases.

Mutations

Natural and Artificial Selection

Evolutionary Theories

The Genetic Basis of Evolution

Heredity and Environment

Biotechnology

Recombinant DNA technology and its applications.

Anatomy and Physiology of Animals and Humans

Animal tissues.
Anatomy and physiology of systems and apparatuses in humans and their interactions.
Homeostasis.

Bioenergetics

The energy currency of cells: ATP.

 Oxidation-reduction reactions in living things.
Energy processes: Photosynthesis, glycolysis, aerobic respiration, and fermentation.

Chemistry
The Constitution of Matter

The states of aggregation of matter.

Heterogeneous systems and homogeneous systems.
Compounds and elements.

Ideal Gas Laws

The Structure of the Atom

Elementary particles.
Atomic number and mass number.
Isotopes.
Electronic structure of atoms of various elements.

The Periodic System of Elements

Groups and periods.

Transition elements.
Periodic properties of the elements: Atomic radius, ionization potential, electronic
affinity, metallic character.
Relationships between electronic structure, position in the periodic system, and
properties of the elements.

The Chemical Bond

Ionic bond, covalent bond, and metallic bond.

Bond energy.
Polarity of the bonds.
Electronegativity.
Intermolecular bonds.

Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry

Nomenclature and main properties of inorganic compounds: Oxides, hydroxides, acids,

salts.

Chemical Reactions and Stoichiometry

Atomic and molecular mass.

Avogadro’s number.
Mole concept and its application.
Elementary stoichiometric calculations.
 Balancing simple reactions.
The different types of chemical reactions.

Solutions

Solvent properties of water.

Solubility.
The main ways of expressing the concentration of solutions.

Equilibria in Aqueous Solution

Elements of Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis

Oxidation and Reduction

Oxidation number.
Concept of oxidant and reductant.
Balancing of simple reactions.

Acids and Bases

The concept of acid and base.

Acidity, neutrality, and basicity of aqueous solutions.
pH.
Hydrolysis.
Buffer solutions.

Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry

Bonds between carbon atoms.

Crude and structure formulas.
Concept of isomeria.
Aliphatic, alicyclic, and aromatic hydrocarbons.
Functional groups: Alcohols, ethers, amines, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters,
amides.
Elements of nomenclature.

Mathematics
Number Sets and Algebra

Natural, integer, rational, real numbers.

Sorting and comparison; order of magnitude and scientific notation.
Operations and their properties.
Proportions and percentages.
Powers with integer, rational exponent) and their properties.
Radicals and their properties.
Logarithms (in base 10 and base e) and their properties.
 Hints of combinatorial calculus.
Algebraic expressions, polynomials.
Notable products, n-th power of a binomial, factor decomposition of polynomials.
Algebraic fractions.
Algebraic equations and inequalities of first and second degree.
Systems of equations.

Functions

Fundamentals of functions and their graphical representations (domain, codomain, sign

study, continuity, maxima and minima, increasing and decreasing, etc.).
Elementary functions: Whole and integer algebraic, exponential, logarithmic,
goniometric.
Compound functions and inverse functions.
Goniometric equations and inequalities.

Geometry
1. Polygons and Their Properties

2. Circumference and Circle

3. Measurements of Lengths, Surfaces, and Volumes

4. Isometries, Similarities, and Equivalences in the Plane

5. Geometric Places

6. Measurement of Angles in Degrees and Radians

7. Sine, Cosine, Tangent of an Angle and Their Notable Values

8. Goniometric Formulas

9. Resolution of Triangles

10. Cartesian Reference System in the Plane

11. Distance of Two Points and Midpoint of a Segment

12. Equation of the Line

13. Conditions of Parallelism and Perpendicularity

14. Distance of a Point from a Line

15. Equation of the Circumference, Parabola, Hyperbola, and Ellipse and Their
Representation in the Cartesian Plane

16. Pythagorean Theorem

17. Euclid’s Theorems (First and Second)

Probability and Statistics:

frequency distributions according to character type
main graphical representations.
Notion of random experiment and event
Probability and frequency.

Physics
Physical quantities and their measurement:
Fundamental and derived physical quantities.
Systems of units of measurement: International and Technical.
Multiples and submultiples. Scientific notation. Main conversions between units of
measurement of different systems.
Scalar quantities and vector quantities. Vectors and operations on vectors.
Kinematics:
Description of motion
. Velocity and angular velocity, acceleration and centripetal acceleration. Uniform
rectilinear motion, uniformly accelerated motion, uniform circular motion, harmonic
motion.
Dynamics:
Concept of force as interaction between bodies.
Forces as applied vectors. The principle of inertia. Mass and the 2nd principle of
dynamics. Examples of forces: weight force, elastic force, static and dynamic friction.
Action and reaction
the 3rd principle of dynamics. Impulse and momentum
. Principle of conservation of momentum. Momentum of a force and angular momentum.
Work and kinetic energy.
Conservative forces and potential energy.
Principle of conservation of mechanical energy. Power.
Fluid mechanics:
Density and compressibility of fluids.
Gases and liquids.
Hydrostatics: pressure and principles of Pascal, Stevin and Archimedes. Fluid dynamics:
one-dimensional motion, flow and flow rate, continuity equation
. Ideal fluids and Bernoulli’s equation.
Viscous forces in real fluids.
Thermodynamics:
Equilibrium, concept of temperature, thermometers.
Concept of heat and calorimetry.
Modes of heat propagation.
Heat capacity and specific heat
. Changes of state and latent heats
. Laws of perfect gases
. First and second principles of thermodynamics.
Electricity and electromagnetism:
Electric charges. Forces between charges and Coulomb’s law. Electric field and potential,
equipotential surfaces.
Dielectric constant, capacitance, capacitors. Electrostatic energy. Series and parallel of
capacitors.
Generators.
Electric voltage. Electric current. Resistivity, resistance, resistors. Ohm’s law. Series and
parallel of resistors. Kirchhoff’s principles. Work, Power, Joule effect. Direct and
alternating current. Period and frequency.
Magnetic field of an electric current. Forces on electric currents in a magnetic field.
Electromagnetic induction.