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VITEEE 2027 Physics syllabus has not been released. The 2026 syllabus contains 7 units; these are the starting point for preparation, with their topics listed below.

Physics had 35 questions worth up to 140 marks in the 2026 paper. The marking was +4 for a correct answer and -1 for a wrong answer. The same subject section applies to MPCEA and BPCEA.

VITEEE Physics Topics: 2026 Syllabus

Unit	Topics
Mechanics and Properties of Matter	Linear momentum; static, kinetic and rolling friction; work by constant and variable forces; work-energy theorem and power; conservative forces and energy conservation; vertical circles; elastic and inelastic collisions. Elasticity includes stress, strain, Hooke's law, Young's, bulk and shear moduli, Poisson's ratio and elastic energy. Fluids include viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal and critical velocity, streamline/turbulent flow and Bernoulli's theorem. Heat and thermodynamics cover the zeroth, first and second laws, internal energy, isothermal/adiabatic and reversible/irreversible processes, thermal expansion, heat capacities, latent heat, black-body radiation, Wien's and Stefan's laws.
Electrostatics	Charge conservation, Coulomb's law and superposition; electric fields and dipoles; electric potential, equipotential surfaces and potential energy; flux and Gauss's law. Capacitance includes electrostatic induction, dielectrics and polarisation, parallel-plate capacitors, energy storage, series/parallel combinations and the Van de Graaff generator.
Current Electricity and Magnetic Effects	Current, drift velocity, mobility, Ohm's law and V-I characteristics; resistivity, conductivity, resistor colour codes, combinations and temperature effects; cells, internal resistance and emf. Kirchhoff's laws, Wheatstone bridge, metre bridge and potentiometer are included. Magnetism covers Oersted's experiment, Biot-Savart and Ampere's laws, straight wires and circular coils, tangent galvanometer, solenoids, force on charges and conductors, cyclotron, torque on a current loop, magnetic moments, and conversion of a moving-coil galvanometer into an ammeter or voltmeter.
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current	Faraday's and Lenz's laws; induced emf; self and mutual induction, including long solenoids. Induction through changes in field, coil area or orientation; single/three-phase AC generators, eddy currents and transformers. AC circuits with resistors, inductors and capacitors; series LCR circuits, resonance, Q-factor and power.
Optics	Reflection, spherical mirrors, refraction, total internal reflection, lenses and lens combinations; magnification, lens power and resolving power; prisms and dispersion. Wave optics includes Huygens' principle, wavefronts, Young's double-slit experiment, coherent sources, thin films, Newton's rings, diffraction, polarisation, Brewster's law, double refraction, Nicol prism and uses of plane-polarised light.
Dual Nature, Atomic and Nuclear Physics	Displacement current, electromagnetic waves and spectrum; photoelectric effect, photons and photocells. Electron discovery, Thomson's specific-charge experiment, Millikan's oil-drop experiment, alpha scattering and Rutherford's model. Nuclear size, mass, density and charge; isotopes, isobars and isotones; mass defect, binding energy and stability. Radioactive decay, half-life, mean life, artificial radioactivity, radioisotopes and carbon dating; fission, chain reactions, reactors and fusion.
Semiconductor Devices and Applications	Energy bands, conductors and insulators; intrinsic/extrinsic semiconductors and doping; p-n junction, depletion layer, barrier potential, forward/reverse bias and rectification. Zener diode, LED, transistor characteristics and use as a switch, amplifier or oscillator; NOT, OR, AND, EXOR, NAND and NOR gates, De Morgan's theorem and Boolean algebra.

Physics Questions and Marks

2026 paper detail	Value
Subject questions	35
Maximum subject marks	140
Share of 125 questions	28%
Full paper duration	150 minutes
Whole paper maximum	500 marks

The 28% share is calculated from 35/125. VIT does not assign a fixed question count to each chapter. Chapter-wise weightage must therefore be separated from the confirmed subject allocation.

The 150 minutes apply to the whole test, not to this subject alone. The paper pattern also includes the remaining science section, English and Aptitude.

Topics That Need a Separate Revision Slot

Area	Coverage
Thermodynamics	It sits inside Mechanics and Properties of Matter rather than under its own numbered unit.
Optical instruments and effects	Retain resolving power, thin films, Newton's rings, double refraction and Nicol prism.
Experiments and devices	Revise the principle and measured quantity for Millikan, Thomson, potentiometer, cyclotron and galvanometer conversion.
Digital electronics	Gate truth tables, universal gates and Boolean identities are part of the semiconductor unit.

Use these entries to fill gaps in your notes, not as a prediction of which chapters will receive the most questions.

How to Practise Physics

Topic group	Practice task
Electricity	Solve a circuit first with its labelled current directions, then repeat with one cell reversed. The sign of emf and potential difference should follow the chosen loop.
Mechanics and fluids	For each problem identify whether momentum, mechanical energy, work-energy or Bernoulli's equation applies. Write the assumption, such as an isolated collision or steady flow, before substituting values.
Optics	Draw the ray or wavefront diagram and label the sign convention. Separate fringe-width problems from diffraction and polarisation questions.
Modern physics and electronics	Pair numerical decay/photoelectric problems with device diagrams and logic-gate truth tables. A formula-only revision misses the qualitative half of these units.

Capacitor energy

For a 4 microfarad capacitor at 10 V, E = CV²/2 = (4 × 10^-6 × 100)/2 = 2 × 10^-4 J. If the voltage doubles while capacitance stays fixed, the energy becomes four times as large.

This is an original worked example, not a past VITEEE question. The previous-year question-paper collection can be used for longer practice; keep the year and marking scheme of each paper separate.

Fitting This Subject Into the Full Paper

Physics remains compulsory in both routes. MPCEA uses Mathematics, while BPCEA uses Biology; the other three sections are the same.

The English and Aptitude syllabus accounts for 15 questions in total. Those sections require separate language and reasoning practice rather than another round of science revision.

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Physics Unit Checklist
Physics Marks at a Glance

Physics Unit Checklist

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Mechanics and Properties of Matter
Electrostatics
Current Electricity and Magnetic Effects
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current
Optics
Dual Nature, Atomic and Nuclear Physics
Semiconductor Devices and Applications

The detailed Physics topic table in the article expands every unit. These names follow the 2026 syllabus.

Physics Marks at a Glance

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2026 detail	Value
Questions	35
Maximum marks	140
Correct / wrong	+4 / -1
Unanswered or review	0
Subject share	28%

A topic does not receive a fixed share simply because it is a separate numbered unit.

Revision Gaps to Check

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Topic	Include in revision
Thermodynamics	It sits inside Mechanics and Properties of Matter rather than under its own numbered unit.
Optical instruments and effects	Retain resolving power, thin films, Newton's rings, double refraction and Nicol prism.
Experiments and devices	Revise the principle and measured quantity for Millikan, Thomson, potentiometer, cyclotron and galvanometer conversion.
Digital electronics	Gate truth tables, universal gates and Boolean identities are part of the semiconductor unit.

Physics Practice Focus

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Electricity: Solve a circuit first with its labelled current directions, then repeat with one cell reversed. The sign of emf and potential difference should follow the chosen loop.
Mechanics and fluids: For each problem identify whether momentum, mechanical energy, work-energy or Bernoulli's equation applies. Write the assumption, such as an isolated collision or steady flow, before substituting values.
Optics: Draw the ray or wavefront diagram and label the sign convention. Separate fringe-width problems from diffraction and polarisation questions.
Modern physics and electronics: Pair numerical decay/photoelectric problems with device diagrams and logic-gate truth tables. A formula-only revision misses the qualitative half of these units.

Worked example: For a 4 microfarad capacitor at 10 V, E = CV²/2 = (4 × 10^-6 × 100)/2 = 2 × 10^-4 J. If the voltage doubles while capacitance stays fixed, the energy becomes four times as large.

VITEEE Physics Syllabus 2027 FAQs

Physics Preparation

Is thermodynamics excluded because there is no separate unit heading?+

No. Heat and thermodynamics are explicitly included within Mechanics and Properties of Matter. That includes thermodynamic laws, heat capacities, processes, thermal expansion and radiation laws.

Do MPCEA and BPCEA have different Physics syllabuses?+

VIT publishes one Physics syllabus for both routes. The Mathematics/Biology choice changes the 40-question section, while Physics remains a 35-question section in the 2026 pattern.

Are semiconductors limited to p-n junction diodes?+

No. Transistors, their circuit uses, logic gates, universal gates, De Morgan's theorem and Boolean algebra also belong to this unit.

Can I leave out a topic because it is absent from my current board textbook?+

Use the VIT topic list as the coverage boundary. Topics such as Newton's rings or a particular experiment may be organised differently in a board textbook. A deleted board chapter does not by itself remove a topic from VITEEE.

Should I wait for the 2027 syllabus before starting?+

You can begin with the published 2026 Physics topics. Treat that list as the preparation reference, not a confirmed 2027 notification. Keep the unit names in your notes so any later addition or deletion can be identified directly.

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.

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VITEEE Physics Syllabus 2027: Units, Topics and Preparation