Top MBA Entrance Exams 2023: CMAT Remains Mystery; MAH CET Postponed; May MAT Announced; Check Important Dates, Fees, Top Colleges
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Top MBA Entrance Exams with Registration Over; Exam Soon
- CMAT 2023 Registration Closed on March 13; Exam Date Not Announced
- MAH CET 2023 Registration Closed on March 11; Exam on March 25 & 26
Top MBA Entrance Exams with Registration Open
- May MAT 2023 Registration: Open from March 17 to May 30, 2023
Top MBA entrance exams are the gateway to highly ranked MBA colleges in India. There are national level MBA entrance exams like CAT, XAT, CMAT, MAT; State level MBA entrance exams like MAH MBA CET, Karnataka PGCET, Tamilnadu TANCET, Telangana TSICET; Institute level MBA entrance exams like IIFT, TISSNET, MICAT, IBSAT for admission to respective institute. Check below the top 5 MBA entrance exams leading to MBA Admission 2023 in Top MBA colleges
Top 5 MBA Entrance Exams
Out of the top 5 MBA Entrance Exams which offer admission in top MBA colleges namely CAT 2022, XAT 2023, NMAT 2022, IIFT 2023 are already over. The other top national and State level top MBA entrance exams yet to be conducted are CMAT 2023, MAH CET 2023 and May MAT 2023.
MBA Entrance Exam: Eligibility to Apply
Common eligibility criteria to appear in any MBA entrance exam in India, is that the candidates with work experience of 2-3 years after graduation or Fresh graduates with minimum 50% marks are eligible to apply for these MBA entrance exams. XAT eligibility is the exception as it does not prescribe any minimum percentage of marks in graduation. The application process for some prominent and important MBA entrance exams 2022-23 for admission 2023 is open.
Schedule of MBA Entrance Exams for Admission 2023: Exam Yet to be Held
The details of top MBA entrance exams which are yet to be held for admission 2023 are given below.
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MBA Exam
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Registration Start Date
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Last Date to Apply
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Exam Date
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Feb 23, 2023
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March 13, 2023
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Not Announced
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Feb 23, 2023
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March 11, 2023
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March 25 & 26, 2023
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MAT 2023 (May)
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March 17, 2023
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May 30, 2023
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May 7 to June 4, 2023
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Schedule of Top MBA Entrance Exams for Admission 2023: Exam Over; Result Out
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Exam
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Registration Start date
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Registration Last Date
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Exam Date
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CAT 2022
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August 3, 2022
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September 21, 2022 (Closed)
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November 27, 2022 (Over)
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NMAT 2022
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August 1, 2022
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October 12, 2022 (Closed)
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October 10 to December 19, 2022
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XAT 2023
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August 10, 2022
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December 11, 2022 (Closed)
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January 8, 2023
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IIFT 2023
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September 30, 2022
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November 24, 2022 (Closed)
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December 18, 2022
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MICAT 2023
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Oct 2022
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MICAT-I: Nov 22, 2022
MICAT-II: Jan 16, 2023
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MICAT-I: Dec 3, 2022
MICAT-II: Jan 28, 2023
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TISSNET 2023
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December 14, 2022
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January 15, 2023
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February 2nd week, 2023 (Likely)
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SNAP 2022
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August 4, 2022
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November 24, 2022 (Closed)
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December 10, 18 & 23; 2022
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IBSAT 2022
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July 1, 2022
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December 16, 2022
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December 24 & 25, 2022
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If you are looking for updated information on MBA Entrance Exams for MBA admission 2023, you are on the right page. This article by MBAUniverse.com Experts will guide you about all the important MBA Exams, Last Dates, Registration process etc.
Most Popular MBA Entrance Exams
Broadly speaking, there are 10 popular MBA entrance exams in India for MBA admission. They are CAT, XAT, IIFT, NMAT, SNAP, TISSNET, CMAT, MAT, IBSAT and GMAT. The State Level Exams like MAH CET, TANCET, PGCET, KMAT which will help you get into MBA colleges in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu are also popular MBA entrance exams. Apart from IIFT, TISSNET, IBSAT, KIITEE Management, other institute/university specific exams are MICAT and UPES MET.
Top MBA Entrance Exams for Admission 2023
Here are key details of Top MBA Exams for admission 2023 in top MBA colleges in India. We have categorized them in three types:
- National level MBA Exams,
- Institute level MBA test, and
- State level MBA exams
Let’s understand more about these top MBA entrance exams:
1. National MBA Entrance Exams
MBA Exam dates and schedule with top MBA colleges accepting exam and MBA Entrance Exam Calendar is shared below. Their Notifications for entrance exams for admission 2023 are getting released soon.
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Name of the National MBA Exam
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MBA Entrance Exam Date
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Top MBA colleges accepting Exam
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Common Admission Test (CAT) 2022
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November 27, 2022
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IIMs, FMS Delhi, SPJIMR, MDI, IITs, IMI, IMT
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Xavier Aptitude Test - XAT 2023
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January 8, 2023
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XLRI, XIMB, IMI, IMT, TAPMI, Great Lakes
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NMAT by GMAC 2022
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October 10 to December 19, 2022
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NMIMS, K J Somaiya, XUB, VIT Vellore, SD Bacconi Asia Centre
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SNAP 2022
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December 10, 18, & 23; 2022
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SIBM Pune, SCMHRD, SIOM & 12 Other Symbiosis colleges
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CMAT 2023
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February 26, 2023
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GIM Goa, BIMTECH, K J Somaiya, IFMR, Welingkar, Jaipuria, N L Dalmia
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MAT 2023 (February)
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PBT- May 21, 2023
IBT- May 7 to May 27, 2023
CBT- May 14 & June 4, 2023
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JAGSoM, IPE Hyderabad, Jaipuria, BIMTECH (Specialized PGDM), JIMS, NDIM
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ATMA 2023
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February 25, 2023 (Over)
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Welingkar, CIMR, SOIL, IMS
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GMAT 2023
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Available Round the year
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SPJIMR, IMI, IMT, XIMB, TAPMI, FORE, LBSIM, GIM Goa
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2. Institute Level MBA Entrance Exam
The institute level MBA entrance exams are conducted by the specific management institutes who may or may not accept scores of other entrance exams. Most of these exams were conducted in 2022 and some in 2023. Notifications for the top institute level MBA Entrance exams - IIFT, TISSNET, MICAT are released in September/October.
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Name of the Institute level MBA Entrance Exam
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Exam Dates
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Top MBA Institute Accepting Exam score
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IIFT MBA (IB) 2023 Entrance Exam
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December 18, 2022
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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade-Delhi, Kolkata, Kakinada
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TISSNET 2023
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February 25, 2023
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Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) all campuses
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IBSAT 2022
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December 24 & 25,2022
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9 ICFAI B-Schools
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MICAT 2022 & 2023
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MICAT-I: Dec 3, 2022
MICAT-II: Jan 28, 2023
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MICA Ahmedabad
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KIITEE Management 2023
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January 15 to 17, 2023
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KIIT School of Management (KSOM) Bhubaneswar
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IRMASAT 2023
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Will Not be Conducted
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IRMA Anand
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State MBA Entrance Exams
The state level MBA entrance exams are conducted by the specific state CET cell like CET Cell of DTE Maharashtra; 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 for admission 2022 notification for some of these state level exams have been released while for others it will be released soon.
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State Level MBA Entrance Exam
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Dates of MBA Entrance Exam
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Top MBA College Accepting Exam Score
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MAH CET 2023
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March 25 & 26, 2023
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JBIMS, SIMSREE, PUMBA, N L Dalmiya, SIES, CIMR
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Karnataka PGCET 2023
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Not yet announced
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IBA, AIMS, Alliance, ABBS, Kristu Jayanti
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TANCET 2023 for admission 2023
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March 25, 2023
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Anna University, Tamilnadu, Madras University, SRM University, SSN School of Management Chennai, Hallmark Business School Trichy, St Josephs School of Management, Trichy, PSGIM Coimbatore
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TS ICET 2023
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July 2023
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Kakatiya University (KU); Osmania University (OU); Telangana University (TU);
Satavahana University (SU)
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KMAT 2023
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To be Announced
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IBA, AIMS, Alliance, ABBS, Kristu Jayanti
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Above State Level MBA entrance exams conducted in 2023 will offer MBA admission for 2023-25 batch
Last date to apply for MBA Entrance Exams for admission 2023
Following are the last dates for each MBA entrance exam 2023 leading to MBA admission 2023
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Name of the National MBA Exam
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MBA Entrance Exam Dates
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MBA Entrance Exam Last Date to Apply
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Common Admission Test (CAT) 2022
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November 27, 2022
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September 21, 2022
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IIFT 2023
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December 18, 2022
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November 24, 2022
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Xavier Aptitude Test - XAT 2023
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January 8, 2023
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December 11, 2022
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TISSNET 2023
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February 25, 2023
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February 1, 2023
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(Additional Exam)
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Jan 11 to 15, 2023
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January 10, 2023
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SNAP 2022
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December 10, 18, 23; 2022
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November 24, 2022
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MICAT-II
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January 28, 2023
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January 16, 2023
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CMAT 2023
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Date Not Announced
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March 13, 2023
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MAT 2023 (May)
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PBT- May 21, 2023
IBT- May 7 to 27, 2023
CBT- May 14 & June 4, 2023
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PBT: May 16, 2023
IBT: May 4 to May 24, 2023
CBT: May 9 & May 30, 2023
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ATMA 2023
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February 25, 2023 (Over)
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Closed
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GMAT 2022
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Available Round the year
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Available all the time
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KIITEE Management 2023
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January 15 to 17, 2023
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January 10, 2023
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Top MBA Colleges Accepting MBA Entrance Exams
Following are the top MBA colleges accepting different MBA Entrance Exams scores.
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MBA Entrance Exams
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Top Institutes Accepting Exam Score
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20 IIMs, FMS, MDI, SPJIMR, IITs, IMI, IMT, TAPMI + 500 Others
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XLRI, IMT, XIMB, XIME, GIM, Great Lakes, TAPMI, FORE, LIBA + 140 Others
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SIBM Pune, SCMHRD, + 13 Other top Symbiosis Institutes
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NMIMS Mumbai + 20 other MBA colleges & Universities
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3 Campuses of IIFT at Delhi, Kolkata and Kakinada
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K J Somaiya, Great Lakes, BIMTECH, GIM, VIT and all the Institutes and Universities offering AICTE approved MBA/PGDM programmes
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IBS Hyderabad & all the other 8 campuses of ICFAI B-Schools
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400 MBA/PGDM colleges across India
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More than 200 MBA/PGDM colleges in India
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Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and all its campuses
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IRMA Anand (Will not be conducted)
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MICA Ahmedabad
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KIIT School of Management; KIIT School of Rural Management
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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:
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MBA Entrance Exams
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MBA Entrance Exam Fee (General category)
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MBA Entrance Exam Fee
(Reserved category)
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Rs.2300/-
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Rs.1150/-
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Rs.2000/-
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Rs.2000/-
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Rs.2500/-
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Rs.1250/-
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Rs.2800/-
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Rs.2800/-
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Rs.1950/-
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Rs.1950/-
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Rs.2000/-
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Rs. 1000/-
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MAH CET
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Rs.1000/-
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Rs. 800/-
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MAT
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Rs.1850/-
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Rs.1850/-
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Rs.1800/-
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Rs.1800/-
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Rs.1030/-
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Rs. 500/-
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Rs.2100/-
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Rs. 2100/-
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Rs.1250/-
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Rs.1250/-
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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 for MBA admission:
Exams for MBA Admission 2024
Some National level MBA entrance exams and Institute level MBA entrance exams for admission 2023 are open like MAT while most others are closed. MBA entrance exams for admission 2024 will open from July 2023 onwards
CAT 2023: on November 26, 2023
Common Admission Test, popularly known as CAT, will be conducted on November 26, 2023 by IIM Lucknow. 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 2024: On January 7, 2024
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 2024 will be held on Sunday January 7, 2024. XAT is conducted annually by XLRI Jamshedpur and is therefore known as XLRI-XAT. Read More
IIFT 2024: Exam in December 2023
IIFT entrance test for admission to MBA (IB) is conducted by National Testing Agency as computer based test. Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Admission Test-2024 popularly known as IIFT Exam 2024, is the MBA Entrance Exam 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
NMAT 2023 from October to December 2023
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 50 institutes and universities in India. GMAC is the exam conducting body for NMAT by GMAC. NMAT exam dates are from October to December 2023. NMAT is conducted in two modes-Online proctored test and Online exam at 76 exam centres in 73 cities. Read More
SNAP 2023 in December 2023
SNAP is the mandatory MBA Entrance Exam for Admission to 15 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 2023 is scheduled as computer based test on three dates in December 2023. Read More
CMAT 2023: Delayed
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 is conducted by National Testing Agency as computer based test. CMAT score is accepted by all AICTE-Approved Institutions/University Departments/ Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges like JBIMS, SIMSREE, K J Somaiya Mumbai, Welingkar Mumbai, PUMBA Pune, Great Lakes Chennai, BIMTECH Greater Noida among others. CMAT 2023 exam for admission 2023 is expected in April 2023. Read More
IBSAT 2023 in December 2023 on Two Dates
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 2023 is scheduled in December third or last week on two consecutive dates. The exam is conducted by ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education.
IBSAT score is accepted for admission by ICFAI Business Schools (IBS) located at Hyderabad, Dehradun, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune Read More
MAT 2023 from May 7 to June 4, 2023
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. December MAT schedule for CBT, PBT and IBT is released. Read here all about MAT - its Registration Process, How to Prepare, College Accepting MAT and a lot more Read More
ATMA 2023 Exam on May 28, 2023
AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA) 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.
TISSNET 2023: Over on February 25, 2023
TISS-NET 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 conducted TISSNET 2023 exam on February 25, 2023 as a computer based test of 100 minute duration. Read More
MAH CET 2023: Exam on March 25 & 26, 2023
MAH CET 2023 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. Application process is closed and the exam dates are postponed to March 25 & 26, 2023. Read More
PGCET 2023: Exam in October/November 2023
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 2023: Registration Yet to Begin
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 2023: Exam in July 2023
TS ICET-2023 (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 2023
Karnataka KMAT 2023 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
TANCET 2023: Exam on March 25, 2023
TANCET is conducted by Anna university for MBA/MCA admission in the State of Tamil Nadu. TANCET 2023 exam date is March 25, 2023. Good score in TANCET 2023 will offer admission opportunity to MBA and MCA and other PG courses 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
UPES MET 2023
UPESMET 2023 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
