CMAT exam 2021 will be held on March 31, 2021 now! NTA has released CMAT 2021 exam date as March 31, 2021 and the exam will be held in a single day in two shifts – morning and afternoon instead of earlier in two dates on February 22 and 27. CMAT 2021 admit card will be released on March 24, 2021 at 10 AM.
In its notification dated March 22, 2021, NTA has announced to conduct CMAT exam 2021 on March 31, 2021 in two shifts – 9 AM to 12.30 PM and from 3 PM to 6.30 PM. The announcement has given big relief to the CMAT aspirants as they were worried about their admission in a good B-school due to the inordinate delay in CMAT exam which was earlier postponed to May 8, 2021. Besides, many top B-schools who accept CMAT score for admission, have either closed their admission process or are planning to close it shortly. With the release of CMAT exam dates and schedule, they may reopen their admission application process for CMAT aspirants as the CMAT result is also expected by April 10.
CMAT score accepting top PGDM institutes who plan to commence session in June/July may go ahead with their plan as the confusion over CMAT exam is over and their session commencement may not be delayed now.
CMAT 2021 Exam: Final Revised Schedule and Date
CMAT 2021 Exam date, Admit Card date, Schedule, start and last date to apply, and other exam related activities are as under:
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CMAT 2021 Exam Activity
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Important Date
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Exam Registration starts
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December 23, 2020
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Last date to apply
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March 1, 2021
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Last Date to pay CMAT Exam Fee
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March 2, 2021
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CMAT 2021 Exam Fee
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For Male: Rs.2000
For Female: Rs.1000
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Correction in the Particulars of Application Form online
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March 4 to 7, 2021
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Admit Card Download start date from NTA website
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March 24, 2021
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Last date to download CMAT Admit card
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March 31, 2021
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CMAT 2021 Exam Date
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March 31, 2021
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Exam Duration
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3 hrs for candidates not opting for new course
3½ Hours for candidates opting for new course
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CMAT 2021 Exam Time
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Shift-1: 9 AM to 12/12.30 Noon
Shift-2: 3 PM to 6/6.30 PM
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CMAT Result Date
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April 10, 2021 (Likely)
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Check the NTA Notification with CMAT 2021 Exam Date
Below is the notification released by National Testing Agency (NTA) regarding the revised CMAT 2021 exam date, admit card release and changes in exam pattern:
NTA is conducting CMAT for last two years on behalf of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for admission to AICTE approved PGDM programmes in 1000 B-schools in India. CMAT 2021 Exam pattern is changed
CMAT 2021 test paper has a time duration of three and half hours with 125 objective type questions in MCQs form.
- Question difficulty level is easy to moderate
- Exam is divided in 5 sections with 25 questions in each section. The sections are Quantitative Technique, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Each correct answer is awarded +4 Mark
- Each wrong answer is penalized with negative marking of -1 mark
- No Individual Time limit to attempt question paper. Candidates can attempt any question from any section within the overall time limit of 3½ hours.
- Merit Score and percentile is calculated on the basis of all the 5 sections.
- CMAT score card displays Actual score obtained out of 500 Marks, Sectional score obtained and the sectional and overall percentile obtained in the Exam
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CMAT 2021 Exam Sections
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Number of Questions
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Maximum Marks Section-wise
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Language Comprehension
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25
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100
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Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation
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25
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100
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Logical Reasoning
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25
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100
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General Awareness
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25
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100
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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25
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100
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Total: Sections-4
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125
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500
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MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT Exam
The list of CMAT exam accepting colleges is released by AICTE as well as National Testing Agency. There are around 1000 MBA/PGDM colleges who accept the CMAT exam score for admission. Below are some of the best MBA colleges accepting CMAT exam score in India
Top MBA Colleges Accepting CMAT 2021
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Institute Name & Location
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CMAT Cut off Percentile Score
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JBIMS Mumbai
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99-100
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SIMSREE Mumbai
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85-90
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IMT Hyderabad
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85-90
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K J Somaiya Mumbai
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85-90
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Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai/Gurgaon
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85-90
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PUMBA Pune
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85-90
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GIM Goa
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85-90
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IFMR Chennai
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80-85
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BIMTECH Greater Noida
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75-80
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IMT Nagpur
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75-80
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Read complete List of AICTE/UGC approved Top MBA colleges accepting CMAT
CMAT Exam Dates & Test Takers
CMAT is one of largest MBA entrance tests after CAT/XAT. During last five years CMAT was conducted in the month of January. This is the first time that CMAT is conducted in March. There were more than 1.5 lakh CMAT test takers when AICTE used to conduct CMAT twice a year. Now CMAT has become a yearly exam
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CMAT exam year
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Total Test takers in the year
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CMAT exam dates
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CMAT 2014
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1,53476
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Sep 2013 & Feb 2014
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CMAT 2015
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1,01000
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May & Sep 2015
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CMAT 2016
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55084
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Jan 17, 2016
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CMAT 2017
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59181
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Jan 28, 2017
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CMAT 2018
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64448
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Jan 20, 2018
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CMAT 2019
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54516
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Jan 28, 2019
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CMAT 2020
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63297
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Jan 28, 2020
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CMAT 2021
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March 31, 2021
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Source: MBAUniverse.com Research
National Testing Agency (NTA) has been established by Government of India as a testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for admission/fellowship in higher educational institutions. NTA has replaced AICTE as exam conducting authority. AICTE conducted CMAT exam till 2018. CMAT is now known as NTA CMAT instead of AICTE-CMAT. From 2019 onwards, National Testing Agency has been assigned to conduct the CMAT exam.
All the top colleges accepting CMAT 2021 exam score are the ones offering AICTE approved MBA/PGDM programmes. According to AICTE, ‘All AICTE approved Institutes / Departments / Constituent Colleges / Affiliated Colleges of Universities are expected to accept CMAT scores. The specific notifications issued by Universities and State Governments are available at CMAT website.’
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more updates on CMAT 2021
