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NTA CMAT: Common Management Admission Test
The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) from 2019 onwards to select suitable graduate candidates for admission in all Management programs offered by various institutions. The CMAT score is accepted by all AICTE-Approved Institutions/University Departments/Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges.
It is a national level entrance examination for entry into management programmes. Till 2018, it was conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) every year as per the directions of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.
The CMAT is a three hour computer based online test conducted in a single session to evaluate the candidate's ability across various segments like Quantitative Technique, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness.
CMAT Schedule
CMAT Registration Start Date: December
CMAT Admit Card: December to January
CMAT Date of Examination: January
CMAT Result: March
CMAT Eligibility Criteria
a. Candidates must be a citizen of India.
b. Candidates who have completed their graduation in any discipline are eligible to apply for CMAT exam.
c. Candidates who are in their final year of graduation (10+2+3) and whose result will be declared before commencement of admission for academic year 2020-21 are also eligible to apply for CMAT online exam.
CMAT Test Fee
- General/OBC: Rs.1400 Bank charges as applicable
- General/ Non creamy layer OBC Male - Rs 1400/- Female – Rs. 700/-
- SC/ST/PwD Male - Rs 700/- Female – Rs. 700/-
- Transgender Rs. 700/-
Note: Fees is a variable and may change over time.
CMAT Exam Pattern
CMAT s a completely CBT or computer based test. CMAT would have 4 sections with multiple choice questions.
Section 1Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation
Number of Questions - 25
Total Marks - 100
Section 2Logical reasoning
Number of Questions - 25
Total Marks - 100
Section 3Language comprehension
Number of Questions - 25
Total Marks - 100
Section 4General Awareness
Number of Questions - 25
Total Marks - 100
- Total Number of questions -100
- Total number of marks- 400
- Duration of the CMAT 2018: 3 hours (180 minutes)
- Time per section in CMAT 2018: 45 minutes
Marking scheme for CMAT should be kept in mind. You will be given 4 marks per correct answer and in case of incorrect answers 1 mark will be deducted from the same.
CMAT Admit Card
Admit cards for CMAT will be available online on NTA official site. Once the required procedures have been done, candidates can download the CMAT admit cards from the NTA website.
CMAT Result
One can check the result online which is declared around March. Merit lists are provided to the respective State Governments. Then the government allots candidates central counseling procedures for admissions. In the absence of the same, the candidates can apply to their preferred university using the scores.
Institutes Accepting CMAT Scores
- Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
- Prin. LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
- Goa Institute of Management, Goa
- Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad
- Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore
- Alliance School of Business, Bangalore
- Balaji Institute of Modern Management, Pune
- Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development, Mysore
- MYRA School of Business, Mysore
- Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow
- Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi
- Acharya Bangalore Business School, Bangalore
- Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida
- Pune University MBA (PUMBA) Department of Management Sciences
- Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business (IISWBM), Kolkata
- Doon Business School, Dehradun
- Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
- Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore
- Future Business School, Kolkata
- Sydenham Institute of Management Studies Research and Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE) Mumbai
- WeSchool Mumbai & Bangalore
- ITM Business School, Bangalore
- TERI University, Delhi
- KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai
- Indira School of Business Studies, Pune
- Dr. DY Patil Institute of Management, Pune
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