Popular Hotel Management Entrance Exams in India 2023 - 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 2023.
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 he/she 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 the likes
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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 admissions.
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 10 Hospitality Entrance Exams in India
The hospitality/ hotel management exams listed below are not mentioned in any particular order.
| Name of Exam |
Last Date to Apply |
Exam Date |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Apr-2023 |
30-Apr-2023 |
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| 09-Mar-2023 |
11-Mar-2023 |
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| 08-Mar-2023 |
10-Mar-2023 |
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| 27-Apr-2023 |
15-May-2023 |
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| Open |
No exam, only interviews for selection |
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| Open |
August 2023 |
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| 7-Apr-2023 for BHMCT course 14-Apr-2023 for MHMCT course |
20-Apr-2023 for BHMCT 30-Apr-2023 for MHMCT |
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| 4th week of March 2023 |
3rd week of May 2023 |
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| 10-May-2023 | 28-May-2023 |
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| 1st week of June 2023 |
2nd week of June 2023 |
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 2023
Aspirants can get an idea of the most popular hotel management/ hospitality entrance exams conducted in India below:
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.
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 on 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.
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.
Oberoi STEP: Oberoi Group of Hotels conducts 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.
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, that 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 2023.
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r
5 years ago
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Can you please add the All India Entrance Examination being conducted by Culinary Academy of India since 1996.The Selection Procedure consists of three stages of screening. The Written Examination, Group Discussion Round and the Personal Interview.
KINDLY INCLUDE THIS INFORMATION.
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6 years ago
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Sir we should any exam for hotel@management
Reply to hafeez sk
6 years ago
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S P More College is one of the best Hotel Management colleges in Mumbai. It offers you hotel management degree and diploma. It is one of the best catering colleges in Mumbai It offers short term courses in Food Production, Food and Beverages Service.
http://spmorefoundation.com/
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6 years ago
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Sir we should write any exam for taking hotel&management