Top MBA Entrance Exams 2021: Key Dates, Colleges Accepting
If you are looking for updated information on MBA Entrance Exams for admission 2021, you are on the right page. This article by MBAUniverse.com Experts will guide you on all the important MBA Exams, Last Dates, Registration process, exam dates etc.  

A few of the important MBA Entrance exams for admission 2021 like CAT 2020;  XAT 2021; SNAP 2020; IBSAT 2020; NMAT 2020 are already over and results for CAT, XAT, SNAP, IBSAT exams have been released. The shortlisting process for final selection round at IIMs, XLRI and other top B-schools accepting these MBA entrance exam scores is completed and the final selection round is going on. Check your IIM Call Chances. TISSNET exam was over on Feb 20, 2021. With CMAT 2021 exam postponed by more than two months, and other important MBA entrance exams 2021 still open with admission opportunities in many top B-schools are open - for example Application process for CMAT 2021 is extended to February 25, 2021 as the exam is postponed to March last week; application for MAT 2021 is open.

The details of top MBA entrance exams are given below. The registration and application dates for many of these exams are open for next few days.

CAT 2020 ; XAT 2021 Over: Applications for Other Top Exams are Open 
With CAT 2020 over on November 29 and result released on Jan 2, 2021; and XAT 2021 over on January 3, 2021 and result released, and other entrance exams like SNAP, NMAT also over, you still have the opportunity to apply for equally good MBA entrance exams 2021 for admission to top MBA colleges. Below are given the brief details of top MBA entrance exams, which are open, with last date, exam date and top MBA colleges accepting the exam score for admission 2021:

Top MBA Entrance Exams with Applications Closed
The application last date for following exams is over. In some of these exams, the testing window is not yet concluded.  Below are some of the top MBA entrance tests whose application last date is over but the testing window is open 

NMAT by GMAC: Was Reopened - Exam New Testing window over

NMAT by GMAC Accepting Colleges

TISSNET 2021: Important Updates

1. Computer Based Test of 100 minutes duration
2. Admission Opportunity to 50+ programmes at TISS
3. Total Questions in Exam: 100
4. Questions are of MCQ type and are divided in three sections
5. Moderate to High difficulty level exam was over on Feb 20, 2021

MAT 2021: Feb MAT - Important Updates

1. Three Testing Modes – IBT, CBT, PBT
2. Option to apply for one or two MAT exams
3. Exam Application Fee is Rs.1650/- for one exam; Rs.2750/- for two exams
4. Total Questions in Exam: 200
5. Questions are of MCQ type and are divided in five sections
6. Moderate difficulty level exam

CMAT 2021: Important Updates

1. CMAT 2021 is postponed to May 8, 2021
2. Exam pattern is changed to 125 questions from 100 questions
3. Computer Based Test of three & half hours duration
4. Admission Opportunity to AICTE approved PGDM programmes
5. Exam Application Fee varies category wise from Rs.1000 to Rs.2000
6. Total Questions in Exam: 100 and 125 (Optional)
7. Questions are of MCQ type and are divided in five sections
8. Moderate difficulty level exam  
   

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   BITS Pilani MBA in Business Analytics	WeSchool (Welingkar) Mumbai Admissions
   BIMTECH Greater Noida, PGDM Admissions	IFMR GSB-KREA University, MBA Admissions
   Lexicon MILE Pune, PGDM Admissions 2021	Great Lakes PGPM & PGDM 2021
   LIBA Chennai, PGDM Admissions 2021	ITM Navi Mumbai PGDM Admissions 2021
   MASTERS' UNION SCHOOL OF BUSINESS	VIT VELLORE, MBA ADMISSIONS 2021
   UPES University MBA Admission Open 2021	IMT Hyderabad PGDM Admissions 2021
   MDI Murshidabad, PGDM Admission Open	SOIL Gurgaon 1 Year PGPM & 2 Year PGDM
   IBA Bangalore, PGDM Admissions Open	JAIPURIA Group, PGDM Admissions open
   NDIM New Delhi, PGDM Admissions 2021-23	IMT NAGPUR PGDM ADMISSIONS 2021-2023

ATMA 2021: Feb ATMA - Important Updates

1. Testing Mode Changed to AI Proctored Test from Home instead of test at exam centres
2. Exam Application Fee is Rs.1298/- inclusive of GST
3. 50% concession in application fee for candidates from NE states
4. 25% concession in application fee for female candidates
5. Total Questions in Exam: 180
6. Questions are of MCQ type and are divided in six sections
7. Moderate difficulty level exam

NMAT 2020: Reopened-Important Updates
An additional registration and application window to take NMAT by GMAC is open from January 18 to 31, 2021. The NMAT exam dates are from February 2 to 8, 2021. Substantial changes in NMAT by GMAC have been introduced including changes in more testing modes, longer testing window, fewer questions and others.

1. Two Testing Modes- Online Proctored Exam from Home and Centre Based online Exam. Candidates have the option to take the test in either mode.
2. Application fee is Rs.2300/-
3. Fewer Questions with same Test duration: NMAT has 108 questions with exam duration of 2 hours
4. Equal Sectional Weightage: All the 3 sections in NMAT exam have equal weightage
5. Only one exam attempt will be allowed within the additional exam delivery window

MBA Entrance Exams for Admission 2021
Broadly speaking, there are 9 popular National Level MBA entrance exams in India for MBA admission. They are CAT, CMAT, MAT, XAT, NMAT, SNAP, ATMA and GMAT. Then are the State Level Exams like MAH CET, TANCET, PGCET, KMAT 2021 which will help you get into MBA colleges in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu etc. Some popular institute/university specific exams are IIFT, TISS NET, IBSAT, KIITEE Management and UPES MET.  .  

Top MBA Entrance Exams 2021
Here are key details of Top MBA Exams for admission 2021 in top MBA colleges in India. We have categorized them in three types:

1. National level MBA Exams,
2. Institute level MBA test, and
3. State level MBA exams

Let’s understand more about these top MBA entrance exams for admission 2021:

1. National MBA Entrance Exams
MBA Exam dates and schedule with top MBA colleges accepting exam and MBA Entrance Exam Calendar is shared below. The MBA Entrance Exams 2021 Notification for each of these exams was released a few days before start of their application process.

2. Institute Level MBA Entrance Exam
The institute level MBA entrance exams are conducted by the specific management institutes who do not accept scores of other entrance exams. Some of these exams will be conducted in 2020 and some in 2021. Notifications for the top institute level MBA Entrance exams - IIFT, TISSNET, IBSAT, IRMASAT, MICAT are already released. The MBA entrance exams 2021 notification date for KIITEE Management 2021 has also been released.  

4. State MBA Entrance Exams
The state level MBA entrance exams are conducted by the specific state CET cell like MAH CET Cell; Karnataka KEA as well as private MBA entrance exam conducting bodies like KMAT Karnataka. The MBA colleges accepting these entrance exam scores include University B-schools and private PGDM colleges. The MBA Entrance exams 2021 notification dates for these state level exams are yet to be released. 

Last date to apply for MBA Entrance Exams
Following are the last dates for each MBA entrance exam 2021 leading to MBA admission 2021

MBA Colleges Accepting various Entrance Exams
Following are the top MBA colleges accepting different MBA Entrance Exams scores. 

Cost of MBA Entrance Exams Application Form
The MBA entrance exam fee for the upcoming MBA entrance tests has gone up for some exams while for many other MBA entrance exams, the MBA entrance exam cost has been kept at last year level. The table below shares the cost of MBA entrance exam application form for each exam:

It may be noted that if you appear in all the above MBA entrance exams, the cost of MBA entrance tests is around Rs.18,000/-. To avoid such a high MBA entrance exam fee, you may choose the preferred MBA entrance exams the scores of which are accepted by more MBA colleges. For example, CAT, XAT, CMAT, NMAT, MAT are the larger national level MBA entrance exams and cover more than 1000 MBA colleges accepting their exam score. This way you could reduce the burden of the MBA entrance exam cost.  

Let us know about some of the prominent MBA entrance Exams leading to MBA admission 2021: 

CAT 2020
Common Admission Test, popularly known as CAT, was conducted on November 29, 2020 in three slots with reduced number of questions. CAT is the largest MBA Entrance Exam for Admission to 20 IIMs, FMS Delhi, IIT DoMs, SPJIMR, MDI and 500+ MBA Colleges in India. Read More

XAT 2021
Popularly known as XAT, Xavier Aptitude Test is one of the important MBA Entrance Exams for Admission to XLRI, IMT, XIMB, TAPMI and 150+ MBA Colleges in India. Every year more than 1,00,000 candidates from all disciplines including Engineering, Commerce, Humanities, Science, Law apply and appear in XAT exam to get into of the various MBA programs offered by these top B-schools. XAT 2021 was held on Sunday January 3, 2021. XAT is conducted annually by XLRI Jamshedpur and is therefore known as XLRI-XAT. Read More

IIFT 2021
IIFT entrance test for admission to MBA (IB) 2021-23 batch will be conducted by National Testing Agency as computer based test. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Admission Test-2021 popularly known as IIFT Exam 2021, is the MBA Entrance Exam and will be held on January 24, 2021 for Admission to all the three campuses of IIFT located at Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada. Every year around 60,000 students from all disciplines including Engineering, Commerce, Humanities and even Law take IIFT admission test to get admission in MBA (IB) programme at one of three campuses of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. Read More

TISSNET 2021
TISS-NET 2021 is a computer based National Entrance Test for admission to all the Masters (M.A.) programs offered by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai. M.A. programs of Tata Institute of Social Sciences are highly sought after Masters Degree courses for the candidates seeking career in management and other branches.  TISS) will conduct TISSNET 2021 exam on Saturday, February 20, 2021 as a computer based test of 100 minute duration. Read More

CMAT 2021
Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a government organized computer based national level MBA entrance examination for entry into 1000 AICTE approved management programmes (MBA/PGDM) all over India. CMAT 2021 exam will be conducted by National Testing Agency as computer based test.  CMAT 2021 score will be accepted by all AICTE-Approved Institutions/University Departments/Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges like JBIMS, SIMSREE, K J Somaiya Mumbai, Welingkar Mumbai, PUMBA among others. CMAT exam is postponed to May 8, 2021 from earlier Feb 22/27, 2021. Read More

MAT 2021
Management Aptitude Test popularly known as MAT Exam is one of the most popular National level MBA entrance exams in India after CAT. MAT exam is held four times a year in the months of February, May, September and December. The exam leads to admission opportunity in more than 400 MBA/PGDM Colleges which are accepting MAT exam Scores. February MAT 2021 is scheduled in three modes – CBT, PBT and IBT. Read here all about MAT - its Registration Process, How to Prepare, College Accepting MAT and a lot more Read More  

IBSAT 2020
IBSAT is an important online computer based MBA entrance test for MBA admission in 9 ICFAI Business Schools (IBS) located across India. IBSAT Entrance Exam 2020 was scheduled on December 26 & 27, 2020. The exam was conducted by ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education.

IBSAT score is accepted for admission by 9 ICFAI Business Schools (IBS) located at Hyderabad, Dehradun, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune Read More

NMAT 2020
NMAT is an important national level MBA entrance test leading to admission in top MBA colleges including NMIMS Mumbai, SPJIMR, ISB, VIT, XIMB among other 30 institutes and universities in India. GMAC is the exam conducting body for NMAT by GMAC. Registration for NMAT exam 2020 was reopened on January 18 and the last date is January 31, 2021. Revised NMAT exam dates are from February 2 to 8, 2021. The exam is conducted in two modes-Online proctored test and Online exam at 57 exam centres in India and abroad.  Read More

SNAP 2020
SNAP is the mandatory MBA Entrance Exam for Admission to 16 Symbiosis Institutes in India. Symbiosis International University (SIU) Pune conducts Symbiosis National Aptitude Test, popularly known as SNAP every year as computer based test. There are more than 2,500 MBA seats in Symbiosis colleges. Over the years, SNAP has changed its question paper pattern from paper based to computer based. SNAP 2020 was held as computer based test on three dates – December 20, 2020, January 6 and 9, 2021. Read More 

ATMA 2021 Exam
AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA) 2021 is one of the popular National level MBA entrance exams in India. ATMA exam score is accepted by 200+ MBA/PGDM colleges in India. ATMA is a credible, comprehensive and single-window test for admissions to Post-Graduate Management Programs like MBA, PGDM, MCA, MMS and other management post graduate courses. It is an online objective type nationally accepted entrance test. February ATMA 2021 is scheduled on February 14, 2021 Read More

MAH CET 2021
MAH CET 2021 is an important MBA entrance exam for admission to MBA colleges of Maharashtra. It’s scores are accepted by more than 330 MBA colleges including some of the best MBA colleges like JBIMS, SIMSREE, PUMBA, K J Somaiya, among others. The exam will be conducted by CET Cell Govt. of Maharashtra in the month of March 2021 as computer based test. Read More

TANCET 2021
TANCET is conducted by Anna university for MBA/MCA admission in the State of Tamilnadu. Good score in TANCET 2021 will offer admission to MBA and MCA and other PG courses 2021 in the prominent colleges affiliated to Anna University, Tamil Nadu and other MBA colleges also.  One of the key features of TANCET entrance exam is that it leads to admission in B-schools with low fee structure. Read More

PGCET 2021

Karnataka PGCET is the popular MBA entrance exam for admission to MBA colleges in Karnataka. The Karnataka state and All India candidates can appear in PGCET. Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) conducts the MBA PGCET exam for MBA/MCA and other post graduate courses in Karnataka Government colleges as well as private institutes. Karnataka MBA entrance exam is a moderate difficulty level test. Read More

APICET 2021
Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test (APICET) is conducted by the S.V. University on behalf of A.P. State Council of Higher Education. AP-ICET is the Integrated Common Entrance Test for MBA and MCA regular Courses offered by State Universities and Professional Colleges under the Jurisdiction of A.P State Council of Higher Education. Read More

TSICET 2021
TS ICET-2021 (Telangana State Integrated Common Entrance Test - TSICET) is for M.B.A. and M.C.A. courses of all the Universities in Telangana State and their affiliated colleges. TS ICET exam is conducted by Kakatiya University, Warangal on behalf of Telangana State Council of Higher Education, Hyderabad.  Read More

KMAT 2021
Karnataka KMAT 2021 Exam is important MBA/MCA entrance test for the All India category as well as Karnataka State candidates. KPPGCA, the KMAT exam conducting body conducts KMAT exam for MBA/MCA admission in 180+ institutes located in Bangalore and rest of Karnataka. KMAT has remained a paper based test of moderate difficulty level. Read More

UPES MET 2021
UPESMET 2021 is the answer to your MBA needs leading to specialized management programs in core sectors. The exam is conducted by UPES School of Business Dehradun. MBA programs at UPES School of Business are specifically designed for core sectors with high growth. UPES University conducts its own entrance exam UPESMET for its MBA programs. UPES conducts four UPESMET exams beginning from the month of January every year for admission in same academic session. Read More