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CMAT score is valid for admissionto over 1300 MBA colleges in India. Check here top CMAT accepting colleges and admission process along with expected CMAT cut offs.

CMAT 2025: Top Colleges

CMAT 2025: Top Colleges

CMAT accepting colleges admit students through a screening process that includes personality assessment rounds, such as Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI). The GD/PI is conducted by every institute individually as per their admission cycle. At some of the CMAT accepting colleges, applications are already open, whereas at some colleges registrations for admission will start in upcoming months.

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Top CMAT Accepting Colleges and Expected Cut Offs

Check below the list of top CMAT accepting colleges and their expected cut offs, along with fees. 

Colleges accepting CMAT score

Expected CMAT Cut Off 2025 (percentile)

MBA Fees (approx.)

Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies

99.92

INR 6-7 lakh

Goa Institute of Management

99.85

INR 5.35 to 19.4 lakh

K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research

99.20

INR 13.48 to 21.34 lakh

Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai

99.06

INR 9.45 to 11.45 lakh

Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi

95

INR 8.90 lakh

IFIM Business School, Bangalore

85

INR 10 lakh

Asia-Pacific Institute of Management

85

INR 11.50 lakh

Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida

82

INR 1.5 to 15.75 lakh

BIMTECH, Greater Noida

75

INR 2.75 to 14 lakh

BIT, Mesra

75

INR 6.04 lakh

DY Patil School of Management, Pune

75

INR 2.35 lakh

XIME, Bangalore

75

INR 12.9 lakh

Christ University Institute of Management

70

INR 4.8 to 10.6 lakh

WeSchool Mumbai-Welingkar Institute of Management

70

INR 94 K to 14 lakh

WeSchool Bangalore-Welingkar Institute of Management

70

INR 14 lakh

IMS Ghaziabad

70

INR 9.5 lakh

D Y Patil University School of Management (DYPUSM)

70

INR 9.5to 10 lakh

Jagannath International Management School (JIMS)

70

INR 12 lakh

Universal Business School

70

INR 1.98 to 22.32 lakh

KIIT School of Management, Bhubaneswar (KSOM)

80

INR 12.9 lakh

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CMAT Admission Process 2025

Candidates are selected for admission to MBA and PGDM programmes with CMAT score on the basis of following parameters:

  • CMAT score
  • Academic record
  • GD/PI performance
  • Work experience
  • Gender and academic diversity

Many institutes do not conduct GD, they have Writing Ability Test (WAT) instead. In WAT, candidates have to write a short essay on the given topic. This test is conducted to assess candidate’s knowledge, convincing skills and communication ability.

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