Common Management Aptitude Test (CMAT)

Conduct By National Testing Agency (NTA) / 2020-10-27

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national level entrance examination for entry into all types of management programmes be it MBA or PGDM. Till 2018, as per the directions of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, CMAT was conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) every year. From the year 2019 onwards, CMAT is being conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). 

The CMAT is a three hour long computer based online test which is conducted in a single session to evaluate the ability of the candidate across various segments like:

i) Quantitative Technique & Data Interpretation,

ii) Logical Reasoning

iii) Language Comprehension and 

iv) General Awareness.

This test facilitates Institutions to select suitable graduate candidates for admission in various Management programs.

The CMAT score is accepted by all AICTE-Approved Institutions/University Departments/Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges.

Many top-notch Management Institutions accept CMAT scores. Here are the list of the best colleges under CMAT:

1. Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (Location- Mumbai), Expected CMAT Cut-off- 320

2. Sydenham Institute of Management Studies and Research (Location- Mumbai ), Expected CMAT Cut-off- 310

3. NL Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research (Location- Mumbai ), Expected CMAT Cut-off- 245

4. KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (Location- Mumbai ), Expected CMAT Cut-off- 243

5. Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship (Location- Bengaluru ), Expected CMAT Cut-off- 230

6. Goa Institute of Management (Location- Goa), Expected CMAT Cut-off- 200

7. Department of Management Sciences University of Pune-(PUMBA DMS) (Location- ), Expected CMAT Cut-off- 200

8. Great Lakes Institute of Management (Location- Chennai), Expected CMAT Cut-off- 200

9. Welingkar Institute of Management Developmentand Research (Location- Bengaluru), Expected CMAT Cut-off- 186

10. New Delhi Institute of Management (Location- New Delhi)

•CMAT 2021 registration cum application process steps:

✓Online registration by entering name, date of birth, email ID and phone number

✓Creating CMAT account and user ID by confirming registration via OTP/e-mail

✓Fiiling the CMAT 2021 application from by furnishing personal and academic details

✓Uploading passport size photo, scanned signature in prescribd format

✓Payment of CMAT 2021 registration fees via credit/debit card or internet banking 

• CMAT Exam Highlights:

• Exam Name: Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)

• Conducting Body : National Testing Agency (NTA)

• Eligibility: 

✓The CMAT aspirant must have completed graduation in any discipline or equivalent from a recognized university

✓Final year Graduation students (10+2+3) are also eligible to apply for CMAT 2021 but they will have to present passing certificate at the time of admission

• Exam Level: National

• Exam Frequency : Once a year

• Exam Mode: Online

• Exam Duration : 3 hours

• Exam Syllabus: 

✓Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation

✓Logical Reasoning

✓Language Comprehension & Verbal Ability

✓General Awareness

•Exam Pattern: 100 questions in MCQ format

• Language : English

• Exam Fees : 

✓Rs 1,600 (General category male)

✓Rs 1,000 (General category female)

• No. Accepting MBA/PGDM College: 1005  

• Course Offered: MBA/PGDM

• No. of Test Cities: 75

• Exam Helpdesk No.: 

0120-6895200

• Exam Website

 https://www.nta.ac.in

Courses for Preparation of CMAT for different duration are available at SG ACADEMICS, the most student- friendly institute of Kolkata for Management Entrance Exams.