
CMAT (Common Management Admission Test)
Registrations: Last week of December
CMAT Overview
CMAT (Common Management Admission Test) is a national level entrance examination. This Examination was organized by NTA (National Testing Agency) every year to give admission in various management programms. All AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) Approved University Departments/ Affiliated Colleges/Institutions/Constituent Colleges accept the CMAT scores.
On the basis of your CMAT scores in the exam, you will be called for the next rounds by the participating institutions if you qualified the particular cut off. Likewise, you have to clear the Personal Interview, Group Discussion and Written Ability Test.
CMAT Exam Highlights
Features | Details |
Exam Name | CMAT (Common Management Admission Test) |
Conducting Body | NTA (National Testing Agency) |
Exam Level | National Level Exams |
Exam Frequency | Once in a Year |
Language | English Language |
Course Offered | MBA/PGDM |
Exam Helpdesk No. | 0120-6895200 |
Exam Website | https://cmat.nta.nic.in/ |
CMAT Eligibility Criteria
- Candidates must have cleared class 10th and 12th from any recognized board
- Candidates must have done graduation from any recognized university or institute.
- If you are in the final year of your graduation then also you are eligible to apply for CMAT exam.
- Candidate must be an authorized citizen of India
Given below course wise eligibility criteria for various offered courses under CMAT examination:-
Courses | Eligibility Criteria |
MBA/PGDM | Candidates must have done graduation with minimum 50% aggregate (45% aggregate for reserved category candidates) |
Executive PGDM | Candidates must have done graduation in any stream with minimum 50% aggregate (45% aggregate for Reserved category candidates) and also must have an average work experience of five years in supervisory |
Post Graduate Certificate in Management (PGCM) | Candidates must have done graduation with minimum 50% aggregate (45% aggregate for reserved category candidates). |
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CMAT Important Dates
You can check below CMAT important dates:-
Events | Dates |
Starting of online registration | Last week of December |
Last date to register | First week of March |
Last date of fee payment online | First week of March |
Online Correction in the particulars | First week of March |
Availability of Admit Card | Last week of March |
CMAT Exam | Last week of March |
Declaration of result | Second week of April |
Availability of scorecard | Second week of April, 2023 |
CMAT Registration
You can register easily for the CMAT exam through given below steps:-
- Firstly go to the official website – https://cmat.nta.nic.in/
- Click on the “New Registration” tab
- You will be redirected to a new page
- Now the registration form will appear, fill in all the details in the given space
- Now pay the application fees
- After completing the form recheck all the details and click on submit
- After the submitting the registration form, an registration number will appear with the password
CMAT Application Fee:
Category | Application Fee (in Rs.) | |
For Boys | For Girls | |
General Category candidates | Rs. 2000/- | Rs. 1000/- |
EWS/ OBC- NCL/ SC/ ST/ PWD Category candidates | Rs. 1000/- | Rs. 1000/- |
Transgender candidates | Rs. 1000/- |
How to pay CMAT Application Fee?
CMAT Registration Fee can be paid via online mode using debit card/credit card /net banking / UPI/PayTM /CANARA/ ICI Bank (from 11: 50 p.m. till bank hours).
CMAT Exam Pattern
CMAT Examination is divided into four sections namely Quantitative, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Techniques and Data Interpretation, General Awareness will come to solve MCQ type questions
Check below details about CMAT entrance exam pattern:-
Sections | Quantitative, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, Techniques and Data Interpretation, General Awareness, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (New) |
Duration of exam | Total 3 hours along with 30 minutes for new section (Optional paper) |
Total number of questions | 100 Questions + 25 Questions for new section |
Section-wise number of questions |
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Total marks | 100 Marks (total weightage of each section) |
Language of question paper | English Language |
Type of questions | MCQs |
Marking Scheme |
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CMAT Cut Off
The sectional cut-off percentage marks in CMAT exam section wise given below:-
Section | Expected Sectional Cut Off of CMAT (Tentative) |
General Awareness | 55 |
Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation | 50 |
Language Comprehension | 45 |
Logical Reasoning | 40 |
CMAT Test Centres and Cities
CMAT examination was conducted at numerous exam centers located in 156 cities in India. You have to choose at least four exam center preferences during the registration:-
State | City |
Andhra Pradesh | Guntur |
Kurnool | |
Nellore | |
Rajahmundry | |
Tirupathi | |
Vijayawada | |
Visakhapatnam | |
Arunachal Pradesh | Ita Nagar/Naharlagun |
Assam | Dibrugarh |
Guwahati | |
Bihar | Bhagalpur |
Darbhanga | |
Gaya | |
Muzaffarpur | |
Patna | |
Chandigarh/Mohali | Chandigarh/Mohali |
Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar/Durg |
Raipur | |
Delhi | Delhi |
Goa | Panaji |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar |
Anand | |
Bhavnagar | |
Bhuj | |
Himatnagar | |
Jamnagar | |
Mehsana | |
Rajkot | |
Surat | |
Vadodara | |
Valsad/Vapi | |
Haryana | Ambala |
Faridabad | |
Gurugram | |
Hissar | |
Uttar Pradesh | Agra |
Aligarh | |
Allahabad/Prayagraj | |
Ambedkar Nagar | |
Azamgarh | |
Ballia | |
Banda | |
Barabanki | |
Bareilly | |
Basti | |
Bijnor | |
Bulandshahr | |
Chandauli | |
Deoria | |
Etawah | |
Faizabad | |
Firozabad | |
Ghaziabad | |
Ghazipur | |
Gorakhpur | |
Jalaun (Orai) | |
Jaunpur | |
Jhansi | |
Kanpur | |
Kushinagar | |
Lakhimpur Kheri | |
Lucknow | |
Mathura | |
Mau | |
Meerut | |
Mirzapur | |
Moradabad | |
Muzaffarnagar | |
Noida/G Noida | |
Pratapgarh | |
Raebareili | |
Saharanpur | |
Shahjanpur | |
Sonbhadra | |
Sultanpur | |
Varanasi | |
Himachal Pradesh | Bilaspur |
Hamirpur | |
Shimla | |
Solan | |
Jammu | Jammu |
Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar |
Jharkhand | Dhanbad |
Jamshedpur | |
Ranchi | |
Karnataka | Belagavi (Belgaum) |
Bengaluru | |
Dharwad/Hubballi (Hubli) | |
Gulbarga | |
Mangaluru (Mangalore) | |
Mysuru (Mysore) | |
Udupi/Manipal | |
Kerala | Ernakulam |
Kottayam | |
Kozhikode | |
Thiruvananthapuram | |
Thrissur | |
Ladakh | Leh |
Lakshwadeep | Kavaratti |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
Gwalior | |
Indore | |
Jabalpur | |
Sagar | |
Maharashtra | Ahmednagar |
Amravati | |
Aurangabad | |
Dhule | |
Kolhapur | |
Mumbai/Navi Mumbai | |
Nagpur | |
Nanded | |
Nashik | |
Pune | |
Solapur | |
Thane | |
Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | Shillong |
Mizoram | Aizawl |
Nagaland | Dimapur |
Kohima | |
Odisha | Balasore (Baleswar) |
Berhampur-Ganjam | |
Bhawanipatna/Kalahandi | |
Bhubaneswar | |
Jeypore/Koraput | |
Sambalpur | |
Puducherry | Puducherry |
Punjab | Amritsar |
Bhatinda | |
Ludhiana | |
Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib | |
Rajasthan | Jaipur |
Jodhpur | |
Kota | |
Sikar | |
Udaipur | |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
Coimbatore | |
Madurai | |
Tiruchirappalli | |
Tirunelveli | |
Telangana | Hyderabad |
Karimnagar | |
Warangal | |
Tripura | Agartala |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
Haldwani | |
Roorkee | |
West Bengal | Kolkata |
Siliguri | |
Andaman and Nicobar | Port Blair |
Top 10 colleges Accepting CMAT score
- Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research
- International School of Business and Media (ISBM)
- Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH)
- Asia-Pacific Institute of Management, Delhi
- D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
- University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES)
- Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)
- IMT Ghaziabad
- Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) Mumbai
- Xavier Business School
CMAT Exam FAQs
Ques. Who will be the conducting CMAT exam?
Ans. National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct CMAT exam.
Ques. Can I submit my registration form through offline mode?
Ans. CMAT Registration Fee can be paid via online mode using debit card/credit card /net banking / UPI/PayTM /CANARA/ ICI Bank (from 11: 50 p.m. till bank hours).
Ques. In which languages does the CMAT exam conducted?
Ans. The CMAT exam was conducted in both English language only.
Ques. From where I can register for CMAT exam?
Ans. Go to this link and register for CMAT exam – https://cmat.nta.nic.in/
Ques. Is there any age limit for registration in CMAT exam?
Ans. There is no age limit for registration in CMAT exam.
Ques. Is there any negative marking in CMAT exam?
Ans. Negative marking scheme for the CMAT exam is given below:-
- 1 mark will deducted for every wrong answer in MCQs
Ques. What is the new section that has been added this year in CMAT exam?
Ans. The new section that has been added this year in CMAT exam is Innovation and Entrepreneurship and it is an optional section in the paper for which you will get 30 minutes extra along with 3 hours (total time) in the exam.
Ques. What is the CMAT registration fee for general category candidates?
Ans. The CMAT registration fee for general category candidates is:-
For Boys | For Girls |
Rs. 2000/- | Rs. 1000/- |
Ques. In how many cities does CMAT test or exam centers are located?
Ans. CMAT test or exam centers are located in 156 cities in India.
Ques. What is the eligibility criterion to apply for CMAT exam?
Ans. The eligibility criterion to apply for CMAT exam is given below:-
- Candidates must have done graduation from any recognized university or institute.
- If you are in the final year of your graduation then also you are eligible to apply for CMAT exam.
- Candidate must be an authorized citizen of India
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