The exam conducting body i.e., NTA has extended the last date of CMAT registration 2025. As per the latest official notification, the deadline to fill in the CMAT 2025 application form has been revised from 13th December 2024 to 25th December 2024. In addition to this, the authorities will open the correction window on 26th December 2024 and will close on 27th December 2024.
The registration and exam dates are out for CMAT 2025. The exam registration has begun from 14th November 2024. The NTA will make the exam admit card available for students to download by 20th January 2025 and the exam will be conducted on 25th January. Appearing students must register before the deadline and download their Admit Card. The Common Management Admission Test or CMAT is a National Level entrance test.
This article comprises information about NTA CMAT 2025 exam, its eligibility criteria, the details about registration / application, the exam syllabus, paper pattern, exam centres, and other important aspects.
The CMAT 2025 exam is an online Computer-based Test for the students aspiring to take admissions in Management courses like MBA & PGDM in the top Institutes / Universities. The conducting body of the exam is NTA i.e., National Testing Agency.
The CMAT exam 2025 will be conducted in two sessions. The exam scores are recognised by many top Business Schools, Institutions, and Universities in India. Different subjects and sections included in the CMAT syllabus & exam pattern evaluate the candidates on the basis of general knowledge & awareness, language & communication, logical reasoning & quantitative techniques, entrepreneurship, etc.
Below-given table consists of the CMAT Exam 2025 highlights:
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Particular |
CMAT Exam 2025 Details |
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Exam Name |
CMAT - Common Management Admission Test |
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Conducting Body of Exam |
NTA - National Testing Agency |
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Exam Level |
National Level Exam |
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Category |
Management Programmes |
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Exam Mode |
Online - Computer Based Test (CBT) |
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Allowed Attempts to Students |
No Limit over CMAT Attempts |
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Exam Frequency |
Once in a year |
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CMAT Exam 2025 Date |
25 January 2025 |
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Exam Medium / Language |
English |
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Duration of the Exam |
3 hours *Compensatory time of an extra 1 hour to PwD Candidates. |
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Exam registration Fees |
General / EWS / OBC-NCL: Rs. 2000/- for Male & Rs. 1000/- for Female SC / ST / PwD Candidates: Rs. 1000/- for both Male & Female Transgender: Rs. 1000/- *Above-mentioned Fees details for CMAT 2025 Exam are Tentative. |
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Total Questions in Exam |
100 Questions |
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NTA CMAT Official Website |
cmat.nta.nic.in |
The final dates related to the exam are yet to be released by the authorities. Refer to the below-given table to know the important tentative dates regarding the CMAT 2025 exam:
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CMAT 2025 Important Events |
CMAT 2025 Exam Dates |
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Registrations Date |
Between 14 November 2024 to 25 December 2024 |
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Correction Window for Registration Forms |
26 December 2024 to 27 December 2024 |
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Exam Date |
25 January 2025 |
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Exam Answer Key Release |
Approximately 1 Week After the Exam |
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Exam Results Announcement |
Approximately 3 Weeks After the Exam |
The eligibility criteria of the CMAT states which candidates can appear for the exam including their required academic qualification, age, nationality, etc.
Students can check the CMAT 2025 Eligibility Criteria listed below:
*Candidates appearing for their final year of UG degrees and whose results will be announced before the academic year 2025-26 are also eligible to apply for CMAT exam 2025.
* No criteria for minimum achieved marks in the educational qualification required.
The candidates must complete the exam registration / application before proceeding to start the preparation of CMAT 2025. First, the students must be aware of the important dates of the CMAT 2025 Registration along with the exam related events. The CMAT registration / application forms are expected to be out in the 2nd Week of March 2025.
The steps to register / apply for CMAT exam 2025 are listed below:
* During the registration process, the candidates need to choose four exam centres while filling the form. Later on, they will be allotted with one appropriate centre from the preferred options.
Check: CMAT Registration 2025
CMAT Syllabus 2025 comprises topics from different areas. There are five sections / subjects in the syllabus which include various sub-topics to judge the abilities of the candidate.
Students are required to go through the detailed syllabus to enhance their chances of passing CMAT exam 2025. Refer to the below-given table to understand what topics are included in the CMAT 2025 Syllabus:
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Section |
Topics |
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Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation |
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Logical Reasoning |
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Language Comprehension |
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General Awareness |
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship |
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Check: CMAT Syllabus 2025
The CMAT Exam Pattern 2025 comprises all MCQs for 5 sections included in the exam. There will be a total of 100 questions for which the candidates will get 180 minutes i.e., 3 hours to complete. Candidates must note that 4 marks will be awarded for each correct answer and there will be negative marking of -1 for each incorrect answer. Moreover, there will be no negative marking for unattempted questions.
The following table contains information about the exam pattern of CMAT 2025 including the sections, number of questions, weightage, etc.
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Section |
Number of Questions (MCQs) |
Marks |
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Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation |
20 |
80 |
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Logical Reasoning |
20 |
80 |
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Language Comprehension |
20 |
80 |
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General Awareness |
20 |
80 |
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Innovation & Entrepreneurship |
20 |
80 |
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Total |
100 |
400 |
Check: CMAT Exam Pattern 2025
The candidates are required to choose 4 exam centres during the registration process. Considering the availability of exam centres and other relevant factors, the authorities will allot one centre from the listed preferences.
The state-wise list of CMAT Exam Centre 2025 is given in the table below:
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State |
CMAT Exam Centre / Test Cities with Code |
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Andaman and Nicobar |
Port Blair (AN01) |
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Andhra Pradesh |
Guntur (AP07), Kurnool (AP10), Nellore (AP11), Rajahmundry (AP13), Tirupathi (AP16), Vijayawada (AP17), Visakhapatnam (AP18) |
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Arunachal Pradesh |
Itanagar/Naharlagun (AL01) |
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Assam |
Dibrugarh (AM01), Guwahati (AM02) |
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Bihar |
Bhagalpur (BR02), Darbhanga (BR04), Gaya (BR05), Muzaffarpur (BR06), Patna (BR07) |
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Chandigarh |
Chandigarh / Mohali (CH01) |
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Chhattisgarh |
Bhilai Nagar / Durg (CG01), Raipur (CG03) |
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Delhi |
Delhi (DL01) |
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Goa |
Panaji (GO01) |
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Gujarat |
Ahmedabad / Gandhinagar (GJ01), Anand (GJ02), Bhavnagar (GJ03), Jamnagar (GJ06), Mehsana (GJ08), Rajkot (GJ10), Surat (GJ11), Vadodara (GJ12), Valsad / Vapi (GJ13), Himatnagar (GJ14), Bhuj (GJ17) |
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Haryana |
Ambala (HR01), Faridabad (HR03), Gurugram (HR04), Hissar (HR05) |
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Himachal Pradesh |
Bilaspur (HP01), Hamirpur (HP03), Shimla (HP06), Solan (HP07) |
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J&K |
Jammu (JK02), Srinagar (JK04) |
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Jharkhand |
Dhanbad (JH02), Jamshedpur (JH03), Ranchi (JH04) |
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Karnataka |
Gulbarga (KK08), Dharwad / Hubbali (KK10), Mangaluru (KK12), Mysuru (KK14), Udupi / Manipal (KK17) |
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Kerala |
Ernakulam (KL04), Kottayam (KL11), Kozhikode (KL12), Thiruvananthapuram (KL17), Thrissur (KL18) |
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Ladakh |
Leh (LL01) |
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Lakshadweep |
Kavaratti (LD01) |
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Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal (MP03), Gwalior (MP06), Indore (MP07), Jabalpur (MP08), Sagar (MP12) |
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Maharashtra |
Ahmednagar (MR01), Amravati (MR03), Aurangabad (MR04), Dhule (MR10), Kolhapur (MR14), Mumbai / Navi Mumbai (MR16), Nagpur (MR17), Nanded (MR18), Nashik (MR19), Pune (MR22), Solapur (MR27), Thane (MR28), |
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Manipur |
Imphal (MN01) |
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Meghalaya |
Shillong (MG01) |
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Mizoram |
Aizawl (MZ01) |
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Nagaland |
Dimapur (NL01), Kohima (NL02) |
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Odisha |
Balasore (OR02), Berhampur-Ganjam (OR03), Bhubaneswar (OR04), Sambalpur (OR09), Bhawanipatna/Kalahandi (OR18), Jeypore/Koraput (OR19), |
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Puducherry |
Puducherry (PO01) |
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Punjab |
Amritsar (PB01), Bhatinda (PB02), Ludhiana (PB05), Patiala/Fatehgarh Sahib (PB08) |
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Rajasthan |
Jaipur (RJ06), Jodhpur (RJ07), Kota (RJ08), Sikar (RJ09), Udaipur (RJ11), |
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Tamil Nadu |
Chennai (TN01), Coimbatore (TN02), Madurai (TN08), Tiruchirappalli (TN14), Tirunelveli (TN15) |
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Telangana |
Hyderabad (TL01), Karimnagar (TL02), Warangal (TL07), |
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Tripura |
Agartala (TA01) |
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Uttar Pradesh |
Agra (UP01), Aligarh (UP02), Allahabad / Prayagraj (UP03), Bareilly (UP04), Ghaziabad (UP07), Gorakhpur (UP08), Noida / Greater Noida (UP09), Jhansi (UP10), Kanpur (UP11), Lucknow (UP12), Meerut (UP14), Moradabad (UP15), Varanasi (UP18) |
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Uttarakhand |
Dehradun (UK01), Haldwani (UK02), Roorkee (UK06) |
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West Bengal |
Kolkata (WB10), Siliguri (WB11) |
There are various Institutes / Universities which accept CMAT scores and take admissions on its basis for their management programmes. Candidates must note that every Institute has its own criteria of admission and the cut-off list released by the different Institutes can vary. As per the separate cut-off lists of colleges, their CMAT accepting score / percentile can be different.
To explore some of the top CMAT Accepting Colleges 2025, refer to the list given-below:
Check: Colleges Accepting CMAT
The Common Management Admission Test - CMAT is expected to be conducted in May 2025.
The cut-off lists for CMAT 2025 will be released after the exam. Different top colleges accepting scores of CMAT release their own cut-off lists too.
The CMAT 2025 Registration will open from 14th November 2024.
The CMAT exam 2025 Syllabus includes 5 subjects such as Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, General Awareness, Language Comprehension, and Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
No, CMAT is conducted once in a year by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
As compared to other management entrance exams like CAT, CMAT is considered to be easier. Candidates can prepare well and crack CMAT.
There is no limit on CMAT attempts. Candidates can appear for the exam as many times as they want, they only need to meet the eligibility criteria.
