Popular Hotel Management Entrance Exams in India 2025- Applications Open!
Planning a career in the Hospitality industry? Find out which entrance exams you should consider giving in order to secure admission in a good hotel management college in 2025.
An extremely popular stream, hotel management is fast becoming every student’s preferred course choice, primarily because of its scope as well as good placement opportunities. Most people feel that after pursuing a course in hotel management, one can only pursue a job at the front office of a hotel. However, this is a stereotype. These days most colleges offer diploma, short-term as well as specialised courses in culinary, housekeeping and other similar courses.
Thus, after pursuing a course from a good hotel management college, an aspirant can hope to become a hotel manager, chef, food and beverage manager, etc. However, an important point to note here is that most of the good hotel management colleges conduct a screening round/test in order to shortlist students for admission.
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In this article, we will be listing for you the most popular hotel management entrance exams in India along with their important dates and other details.
List of Top Hospitality Entrance Exams in India
The hospitality/ hotel management exams listed below are not mentioned in any particular order.
No. IIHM eCHAT 2025 application form will be available online at echat.elink.in. No other mode of application will be accepted. While filling out the application form, the candidates will have to provide their personal, academic and contact details. The required IIHM eCHAT application fee also has to be paid online i.e., through net banking/credit card/debit card. Before IIHM eCHAT registration, the candidates are advised to check the official eligibility criteria.
As per the earlier trends, NTA is expected to release the NCHMCT JEE 2026 application form in December 2026. The registration details and application form link will be available on the official website once it is released.
| Name of Exam |
Registration |
Exam Date |
|---|---|---|
| December 2025 (tentative) | To be announced |
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| December 2025 (tentative) |
To be announced |
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| Ongoing |
27-Sep-2025 |
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| January 2026 (tentative) |
To be announced |
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| Open |
No exam, only interviews for selection |
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| Open |
To be announced |
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| April 2026 (tentative) | May 2026 | |
| To be announced | No entrance exams, direct admission based on merit and English communication skills |
Meanwhile, AIHMCT WAT is also a very popular hotel management exam in India. AIHMCT WAT used to conduct entrance exam to enrol potential candidates. From 2025, there will be no entrance exam. Candidates can directly apply through the official website for admission. The eligible candidates will be selected based on their merit and English language communication skills.
Another popular college where aspirants can pursue a course in hospitality management is – Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration, Manipal University. This college doesn’t conduct any entrance exam for admissions and aspirants are offered admission on the basis of their marks in the qualifying exam.
Top 10 Hotel Management Entrance Exams in India 2025
Aspirants can get an idea of the most popular hotel management/ hospitality entrance exams conducted in India below:
NCHMCT JEE: NCHMCT Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) to shortlist aspirants for admission in hospitality and hotel administration programmes offered at 21 central Institutes of Hotel Management (IHMs), 25 state IHMs, one Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) IHM, 24 private IHMs, and 13 food craft institutes in India. The next NCHMCT JEE is likely to be held in April 2026. The NCHM JEE application forms will be expected to be out by December 2025.
The application fee for NCHMCT JEE 2026 is INR 1,000 for general (UR) / OBC- (NCL), INR 750 for Gen-EWS, and INR 450 for SC / ST / PwD / Transgender students.
IIHM eCHAT: Electronic Common Hotel Admission Test (eCHAT) is a national-level hospitality entrance exam that is conducted by International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) to shortlist aspirants for admission in hotel management programmes offered at its campuses.
GNIHM JET: Guru Nanak Institute of Hotel Management (GNIHM) conducts GNIHM Joint Entrance Test (JET) to shortlist aspirants for admission in hospitality programmes offered by it.
Oberoi STEP: Oberoi Group of Hotels conducts an interview round to shortlist aspirants for admission in Systematic Training and Education Programme (STEP) offered at different Oberoi hotels. There is no written exam for admissions, only an interview round is conducted to offer on-the-job training programmes to aspirants.
IHM Aurangabad Admissions: Institute of Hotel Management (IHM), Aurangabad conducts a profiling test, group discussion and interview round to shortlist aspirants for admission in courses offered at the hotel management institute.
MAH HM CET: Directorate of Technical Education (DTE), Maharashtra conducts MAH HM CET to shortlist aspirants for admission in Bachelor of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (BHMCT) and Master of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (MHMCT) programmes offered at colleges/ universities in the state of Maharashtra.
AIHMCT WAT: Also known as AIHMCT Written Admission Test (WAT), AIHMCT WAT is conducted by Army Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology (AIHMCT) to shortlist aspirants for admission in Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel Management (BHM) programme offered by it. WAT conducted for AIHMCT admissions is of three hours duration.
IHM CET: The Council of Education and Development Programmes (CEDP Skill Institute) conducts International Hotel Management Common Entrance Test (IHM CET) to shortlist aspirants for admission in hotel management programmes offered by it.
Servo SET: Servo Hospitality School conducts Servo SET exam to offer admission to aspirants in International Hospitality Management, Culinary Arts and Tourism courses offered by the college.
BVP CET: Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University conducts BVP CET to shortlist aspirants for admission in hospitality programmes offered at the university.
There are more than 30 entrance exams conducted in India, which also include Hotel Management/ Hospitality course admissions. Candidates can also go through the list of other Hospitality and Travel entrance exams that they can give for admissions 2025.
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IIHM eCHAT application fee is INR 600. The application fee for the exam can be paid online or by means of a Demand Draft.