CMAT 2025 - Syllabus, Eligibility, Application form, 2025 Notification

 

What is CMAT?

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is an MBA entrance exam that is conducted every year all across the country to give candidates an opportunity to pursue a course in management. The CMAT score is accepted by all the universities that are approved by or affiliated to the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE).

Structure of CMAT exam

CMAT exam is 3 hours long and is divided into 4 sections namely –

• General Awareness
• Logical Reasoning
• Language Comprehension
• Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation

Each section has 25 questions totaling 100 questions. Every correct answer is awarded 4 marks and for every wrong answer, 1 mark will be deducted. All questions are objective type question, specifically multiple choice questions.

CMAT exam will only be conducted in one slot, from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM and the exam can only be taken through the online mode. Candidates are requested to report to the exam center by 8:00 AM as they have to go through various checking in processes and verifications.

Additionally, many mock tests are also released by the authorities that give the candidates an idea of what kind of questions will be asked, what the syllabus is and the difficulty of the paper. Candidates can access the mock tests at www.aicte-cmat.in/College/Main.html. To access the mock tests, one has to give their registration number and password.

CMAT 2018 Eligibility Criteria

Here is a list of rules that candidates applying for CMAT exam should fulfill.

• All applicants must be a citizen of India.
• The candidate should have completed their graduation from any recognized college in any stream,
• Students in their final year of graduation can also apply, provided that their results are declared before the start of admissions for MBA.
• There is no age limit.

Application forms and submission procedure

• Step 1 Check his / her eligibility before registering.
• Step 2 Register on the official CMAT website
• Step 3 The candidate will be given a login ID and a password to login to their personal account.
• Step 4 All registered candidates can get access to the application form through their accounts.

The details that are asked in the application form are as follows:

• Personal Details
• Academic qualifications
• Work experience
• Contact information

Photograph and Signature

CMAT candidates should also upload a scanned copy of their passport size photograph. The size of the image should be less than 60KB and the dimensions of the image should be 140 x 160.

A scanned copy of the candidate’s signature should also be uploaded whose size should be less than 30KB.

CMAT Exam Fee

The next step is to pay the exam fees. For candidates belonging to the general and OBC category, the exam fee is Rs. 1400 while for Female/SC/ ST/ PD candidates, the fee amounts to Rs. 700.

Once paid, the test fee will not be refunded under any circumstance. The fees can be paid either using a credit card, debit card or via net banking. Additionally, candidates can also make the payment in cash by a challan generated online and depositing the required amount in any State Bank of India branch.

Candidates are also given the option of opting for the test center. Specifically, the candidate has to give three options and their test center will be allotted based on the availability. Usually, a first come first serve base is followed, so if candidates are particular about getting a particular test center, then it is recommended that they register as soon as possible.

It is advised that the candidates check the details of the form thoroughly and make sure all the information given is accurate. Additionally, candidates are requested to take a printout of the filled application form for future reference.

Admit Card

CMAT exam Admit card is usually released two weeks prior to the exam.

All candidates have to download their respective admit cards by logging into their accounts and taking a printout of the same. Admit card is an extremely important piece of document and needs to be carried by the candidate to the exam hall. The following are the steps to be followed to download the admit card:

• Login to their accounts
• Click on the admit card tab
• Download the admit card

Candidates are requested that they check the details mentioned on the admit card. The admit card is synonymous with a hall ticket. The admit card is used as an identity proof as it contains the following details:

• Photograph of the candidate
• Date of birth
• Gender
• Timings of the exam
• Venue for the exam
• Date of the exam

For verification purposes, the candidates are requested to bring a government approved ID like passport, PAN Card or Aadhaar card.

Admission Procedure

The answer key is released within one week of the exam and this gives students an opportunity to check their answers and get an estimate on how they have done the exam and where they will stand in the ranking.

Based on the above analysis, candidates can shortlist colleges that they want to attend. Usually, two merit lists are released namely All India list and State list. The all India list is used to shortlist candidates for universities situated all over the country. The State list can be used to get admission into a university located in the particular state.

There are numerous colleges that consider the CMAT score to admit students into their universities. A few of the universities that accept CMAT score are as follows:

• Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
• Goa Institute of Management, Goa
• Birla Institute of Management Technology, Noida
• Institute for Financial Management and Research, Sri City
• VIT Business School, Vellore
• ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai
• Xavier Institute of Social Service
• Asia Pacific Institute of Management
• MET Institute of Management
• PSG Institute of Management
• Amrita School of Business
• IFIM Business School
• Indus Business Academy

Every university has its own policy, rules, and regulations when it comes to admitting students into different programs offered. Every university will decide on a cut off mark and all the candidates aspiring to secure an admission at a particular university will have to score higher than the cut-off mark.

A few universities offer admissions only based on the CMAT score while other institutions follow other rigorous methods like group discussion and personal interviews based on the CMAT score to decide on the admissions. These universities consider CMAT as the first step in a long process of admissions. It is extremely important that the candidates’ shortlist the universities that they are interested in and know what are the processes followed by these universities and prepare accordingly.

Usually, once a candidate crosses all the stages of testing, they are called for counseling. Counseling is a session where selected students get a chance to choose the course that they want to pursue based on the availability. While attending the counseling session, the candidates are requested to bring a few documents like-

• Photo ID – Aadhaar Card, PAN Card or Passport
• Educational Documents – 10^th grade mark sheet, 12^th grade mark sheet, Graduation Certificate
• Work-Related Documents – This is applicable only for people who have some work experience
• Score Card – This should be printed out by the student as soon as the results are announced. The scorecard contains the score of the candidate as well as the overall rank of the candidate.
• Counseling letter

Candidates are requested to bring photocopies of the above-mentioned documents which need to be submitted to the university as well as the originals for reference.

Candidates will also have to pay the fee once the choice, of course, has been made.  Different universities have different split up of the fee. Applicants, who fail to pay the fee within the stipulated time, will stand to lose their seat and their seat will be reassigned to some other candidate. Candidates will also be given the syllabus of the respective courses.

Once all of the above steps are completed, the students can start attending classes.

Notification

The notification for the examination was released on20^th November2018 by AICTE. The official notification for CMAT2018 can be downloaded by visiting the official website:http://www.aicte-cmat.in/College/Index_New.aspx.

Syllabus

Candidates are advised to carefully go through the syllabus of above subjects and prepare for CMAT 2018 accordingly.

CMAT 2018 Important Dates

Candidates must go through the following table carefully as it gives away information about the important dates related to CMAT 2018.

List of CMAT Examination Centres

CMAT 2018 will be conducted on 20^th January 2018 across all the major cities in India. Candidates should book their center according to convenience. However, AICTE reserves the final right of allotment of centers. Here is the list of available centers for the examination:

NOTE-Examination center once allotted cannot be changed under any circumstances.

Contact Details

Following methods can be adapted to establish communication with the examination conducting body regarding CMAT 2018.

Email: customercare@aicte-cmat.in

Telephone no: +91-8429996897, 9453827201 & 9453827203

Official Website: http://www.aicte-cmat.in/College/Index_New.aspx

Candidates are advised to thoroughly go through the FAQ section given on the official website before contacting the board for clarification of any doubt.

 List of colleges accepting CMAT 2018 scores

Following are some of the colleges that accept CMAT score and offer admissions to management courses like PGDM, MBA, PGCM, and Executive PGDM. Once the counselling schedule is released, candidates can get the complete list of colleges on the official website.