CMAT (Common Management Admission Test)

Registrations: Last week of December

Overview Dates Application Fee Registration Exam Pattern Cut Off Eligibility Exam Test Center FAQs

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 10^th and 12^th 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.)
Category	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	Quantitative – 25 Questions Logical Reasoning – 25 Questions Language Comprehension – 25 Questions Techniques and Data Interpretation – 25 Questions General Awareness – 25 Questions Innovation and Entrepreneurship (New) – 25 Questions
Total marks	100 Marks (total weightage of each section)
Language of question paper	English Language
Type of questions	MCQs
Marking Scheme	You will get +4 marks for every correct answer 1 mark will deducted for every wrong answer in MCQs

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
Assam	Guwahati
Bihar	Bhagalpur
	Darbhanga
	Gaya
	Muzaffarpur
	Patna
Chandigarh/Mohali	Chandigarh/Mohali
Chhattisgarh	Bhilai Nagar/Durg
Chhattisgarh	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
Nagaland	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
West Bengal	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