Top MBA Entrance Exams 2021-22 for Admission 2022: IBSAT, MAT is open; CAT, NMAT, XAT, IIFT, SNAP, Opening Soon
If you are looking for updated information on MBA Entrance Exams for admission 2022, 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 etc.
The application process for very important MBA entrance exam 2022- CAT 2021; NMAT 2021; SNAP 2021; XAT 2022; IIFT 2022; CMAT 2022 is opening soon with admission opportunities in IIMs, FMS, SPJIMR, XLRI, NMIMS, Symbiosis Institutes, and other hundreds of top B-schools. The MBA Admission process 2021 in the colleges accepting IBSAT 2021; MAH CET 2021; Karnataka PGCET; TSICET exam score is open now and the exams dates are from August to December 2021.
The details of top MBA entrance exams open for admission 2022 are given below. The registration and application dates for many of these exams are open while the notification for some of them is yet to be released by the exam conducting agency.
Schedule of MBA Entrance Exams for Admission 2022
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MBA Exam
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Last Date to Apply
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Exam Date
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September 15, 2021
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November 28, 2021
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October 3, 2021
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October 6 to December 19, 2021
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November 27, 2021
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December 19, 2021
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November 30, 2021
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January 2, 2022
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November 30, 2021
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January 9, 2022
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January 15, 2022
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February 22, 2022
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December 16, 2021
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December 25 & 26, 2021 |
Source: MBAUniverse.com Analysis
Schedule of Remaining MBA Entrance Exams for Admission 2021
While all the top national level MBA entrance exams for admission 2021 are over and result declared, the State level MBA entrance exams for admission 2021 are still open. The schedule is given below
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MBA Exam
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Last Date to Apply
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Exam Date
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MAH CET 2021
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July 17, 2021
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Expected in August 2021, 3rd week
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TSICET 2021
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August 16, 2021
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August 19/20, 2021
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Karnataka PGCET 2021
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August 10, 2021
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August 27, 2021
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Karnataka KMAT 2021
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September 10, 2021
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September 25, 2021
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MBA Entrance Exams for Admission
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 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 for Admission 2022
Here are key details of Top MBA Exams for admission 2022 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 2022 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) 2021
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November 28, 2021
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IIMs, FMS Delhi, SPJIMR, MDI, IITs, IMI, IMT Read More
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January 2, 2022
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XLRI, XIMB, IMT, TAPMI Read More
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October 6 to December 19, 2021
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NMIMS, ISB-APPBA, SPJIMR-PGMPW, TAPMI-Mu Sigma, XUB, VIT Vellor, SD Bacconi Asia Centre Read More
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December 19, 2021
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SIBM Pune, SCMHRD, SIOM & 12 Other Symbiosis colleges Read More
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February 22, 2022
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GIM Goa, K J Somaiya, IFMR, Welingkar, Jaipuria, N L Dalmia Read More
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MAT 2021 (September)
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PBT- September 5, 2021
IBT- Aug 28 to Sept 12, 2021
CBT- Aug 21 & Sept 12, 2021
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JAGSoM, IPE Hyderabad, Jaipuria, BIMTECH (Specialized PGDM), JIMS, NDIM Read More
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ATMA 2021 (July)
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July 25, 2021
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Welingkar, CIMR, SOIL, IMS Read More
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GMAT 2021
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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 do not accept scores of other entrance exams. Most of these exams will be conducted in 2021 and some in 2022. Notifications for the top institute level MBA Entrance exams - IIFT, TISSNET, IRMASAT, MICAT are released in September/October. IBSAT dates are released now while dates and schedule for other MBA entrance exams for admission 2022 are yet to be released
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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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January 9, 2022
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Indian Institute of Foreign Trade-Delhi, Kolkata, Kakinada
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TISSNET 2022
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February 20, 2022
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Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) all campuses
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December 25 & 26, 2021
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9 ICFAI B-Schools
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MICAT 2021 & 2022
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December 5 2021 & January 23, 2022
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MICA Ahmedabad
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KIITEE Management 2022
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January 2022, 3rd week
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KIIT School of Management (KSOM) Bhubaneswar
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IRMASAT 2022
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February 2022
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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 2021 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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Likely Dates of MBA Entrance Exam
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Top MBA College Accepting Exam Score
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August third week 2021
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JBIMS, SIMSREE, PUMBA, N L Dalmiya, SIES, CIMR Read More
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Karnataka PGCET 2021
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August 2021 (3rd/Last week)
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IBA, AIMS, Alliance, ABBS, Kristu Jayanti Read More
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TANCET 2021
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March 20, 2021
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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 2021
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August 19/20, 2021
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Kakatiya University (KU); Osmania University (OU); Telangana University (TU);
Satavahana University (SU) Read More
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KMAT 2021
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September 2021
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IBA, AIMS, Alliance, ABBS, Kristu Jayanti Read More
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All these above State Level MBA entrance exams will offer MBA admission for 2021-23 batch
Last date to apply for MBA Entrance Exams for admission 2022
Following are the last dates for each MBA entrance exam 2021 leading to MBA admission 2022
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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) 2021
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November 28, 2021
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September 15, 2021
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Xavier Aptitude Test - XAT 2022
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January 2, 2022
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November 30, 2021
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October 6 to December 19, 2021
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October 3, 2021
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SNAP 2021
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December 19, 2021
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November 27, 2021
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CMAT 2022
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February 22, 2022
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January 15, 2022
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MAT 2021 (September)
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PBT- September 5, 2021
IBT- August 28 to Sep 12, 2021
CBT- August 17 & Sept 12, 2021
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PBT: August 29, 2021
IBT: From Aug 25 to Sept 9, 2021 as per the exam date
CBT: Aug 14 & Sept 4, 2021
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ATMA 2021 (July)
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July 25, 2021
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July 18, 2021
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GMAT 2021
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Available Round the year
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Available all the time
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Last date to apply for MBA Entrance Exams for admission 2021
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MBA Entrance Exam
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MBA Entrance Exam Dates
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MBA Entrance Exam Last Date to Apply
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August third week 2021
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July 17, 2021
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Karnataka PGCET 2021
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August 2021 (3rd/Last week)
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August 10, 2021
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TANCET 2021
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March 20, 2021
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Closed
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TS ICET 2021
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August 19/20, 2021
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August 16, 2021
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KMAT 2021
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September 25, 2021
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September 10, 2021
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MBA Colleges Accepting various 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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300 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
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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.2000/-
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Rs.1000/-
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Rs.1750/-
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Rs.1750/-
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Rs.2500/-
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Rs.1000/-
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Rs.2300/-
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Rs.2300/-
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Rs.1750/-
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Rs.1750/-
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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.1650/-
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Rs.1650/-
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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.1985/-
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Rs.1985/-
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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 Open/to Open for Admission 2022
The national level MBA entrance exams for admission 2022 are opening shortly while most of the state level MBA entrance exams for admission 2021 are open
CAT 2021: Expected on November 28, 2021
Common Admission Test, popularly known as CAT, is likely to be conducted on November 28, 2021 by IIM Ahmedabad. 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 2022: Expected on January 2, 2022
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 2022 is likely to be held on Sunday January 2, 2022. XAT is conducted annually by XLRI Jamshedpur and is therefore known as XLRI-XAT. Read More
IIFT 2022: Expected on January 9, 2022
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-2022 popularly known as IIFT Exam 2022, 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 2021 from October 2021 onwards
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. NMAT exam likely dates are from October 6 to December 19, 2021. NMAT is conducted in two modes-Online proctored test and Online exam at 57 exam centres in India and abroad. Read More
SNAP 2021 in December 2021
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 2021 is likely to be held as computer based test on December 19, 2021.Read More
CMAT 2022 in February
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 exam is expected on February 22, 2022. Read More
IBSAT 2021 in December 2021
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 2021 is scheduled on December 25 & 26, 2021. 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 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. May MAT 2021 is over and September MAT schedule for CBT, PBT and IBT is coming soon. Read here all about MAT - its Registration Process, How to Prepare, College Accepting MAT and a lot more Read More
ATMA 2021 Exam
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. May ATMA 2021 is over and the September MAT is scheduled from September to October.
TISSNET 2022 Expected on January 9, 2022
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 is likely to conduct TISSNET 2022 exam in February 2022 as a computer based test of 100 minute duration. Read More
MAH CET 2021: Registration to Begin soon..
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 July or August 2021. Application process will open shortly Read More
PGCET 2021: Registration starts soon…
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: Registration Process commencing soon…
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: Registration Process Started
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
TANCET 2021
TANCET was conducted by Anna university for MBA/MCA admission 2021 in the State of Tamil Nadu on March 20, 2021. Good score in TANCET 2021 offers admission 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 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
