NMAT 2025: Exam Dates (Nov 5 to Dec 19), Syllabus, Pattern, Cutoff, Result, Top Colleges
NMAT 2025 ( NMAT )
Admit Card - 28 Oct '25 - 16 Dec '25
GMAC will conduct NMAT 2025 exam in a 44-day test window. GMAC aids the admission process in more than 50 b-schools across India. NMAT scores are also accepted for admissions abroad. Check details for NMAT 2025 exam here.
NMAT 2025
NMAT 2025: The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) will conduct the NMAT 2025 exam for admission to more than 50 b-schools across India, the Philippines, South Africa, Hungary, Nigeria, and Morocco. NMAT slot booking 2025 is now closed. GMAC will host the NMAT 2025 exam within a test window from November 5 to December 19. Aspirants will be able to appear for the NMAT exam thrice during this test window. Candidates have to complete the NMAT 2025 registration for the first exam attempt.
Scroll down for complete details on NMAT 2025, including eligibility criteria, registration process, participating colleges, selection criteria, and more.
mba.com NMAT Dashboard 2025
Candidates can complete the NMAT registration, admit card download, retake registration, and scorecard download using the mba.com dashboard.
- NMAT 2025 Exam Dates
- NMAT 2025 Eligibility Criteria
- NMAT Registration 2025
- NMAT 2025 Scheduling
- NMAT Retake 2025
- NMAT 2025 Admit Card
- NMAT 2025 Exam Pattern
- NMAT Syllabus 2025
- NMAT Exam Centres 2025
- NMAT 2025 Results
NMAT 2025 Exam Dates
GMAC conducts the NMAT exam within a test window. Candidates have the facility to choose the NMAT exam date using the scheduling window, also known as NMAT slot booking. The space below mentions the NMAT exam timeline, including the registration dates, exam date, and schedule for result declaration.
| NMAT Events |
Start Date |
End Date |
|---|---|---|
| Registration |
01-Aug-2025 |
10-Oct-2025 18-Oct-2025 |
| Scheduling |
01-Aug-2025 |
14-Oct-2025 25-Oct-2025 |
| Re-scheduling |
01-Aug-2025 |
16-Dec-2025 |
| NMAT exam dates |
05-Nov-2025 |
19-Dec-2025 |
| Retake registration |
06-Nov-2025 |
16-Dec-2025 |
| Release of NMAT unofficial scorecard |
Immediately after submitting test responses |
|
| Release of NMAT official scorecard |
Within 48 hours of exam slot |
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NMAT participating institutes decide the cutoff scores for admission and to shortlist candidates for admission rounds. Several factors, including the previous year's cutoff scores, total applicants, total seats, candidate's performance, among other factors helps in deciding the cutoff scores.
Typically, the participating institute shall decide the NMAT cutoff marks based on the number of seats, total applicants, and previous year's cutoff scores. The cutoff score may change based on demand-supply principle. More number of applications will lead to higher cutoff score. Whereas, decrease in the number of applications can lead to a lower cutoff score.
The scores of candidates will be equated and percentile scores are calculated after the completion of exam for declaring the final NMAT result. Check below, how the scaled and percentile scores are calculated.
Scaled scores: The scaled scores are prepared after normalising the marks obtained by the candidates. These scores are equated to account any differences in the overall difficulty level. This process is applied to check the scores are comparable across the different sets of question papers.
Final percentile: The final percentile is prepared after the candidates have appeared for NMAT by GMAC examination. The scorecard of NMAT sent to schools will be updated with the announcement of the result. For example, if a test taker is said to score 75 percentile, the test taker scored better than 75%ile of all the test takers who took the exam.
NMAT 2025 Eligibility Criteria
Before applying for the NMAT, candidates must review the exam and institute eligibility conditions. Candidates failing to meet the NMAT eligibility criteria will face rejections in later stages of the admission process. Space below indicates the NMAT eligibility conditions which remain identical across participating b-schools:
- Age limit: There is no age limit to appear for NMAT by GMAC.
- Academic qualification: Typical aggregate score required for admission across participating colleges is 50 per cent in bachelor’s level exam. Minimum score requirement in graduation degree may vary across NMAT colleges.
- Work Experience: Candidates with work experience are also eligible to apply for NMAT exam.
NMAT Registration 2025
Eligible candidates are allowed to fill the NMAT application form before the deadline. GMAC releases the NMAT registration window online on the official website, mba.com. The steps below mentions the NMAT registration process 2025:
- Proceed with creating an account on mba.com. Candidates must provide several details, such as name, email ID, mobile number, etc.
- Complete email verification to access the NMAT by GMAC dashboard.
- From the dashboard, proceed to fill personal, academic, and communication details.
- Add school preferences for admissions through NMAT 2025.
- Choose ID proof and provide the ID number. Candidates have to carry the same ID card for verification at the test centre.
- Accept all terms and conditions by clicking on the ‘I Agree’ button.
- Pay the NMAT registration fee using the preferred mode of payment.
NMAT 2025 Registration Fee
The table below mentions the NMAT exam fees along with the retake registration fee, rescheduling fee, and fees to add every additional b-school beyond five preferences.
| NMAT Application Type |
Application Fee (in INR) |
|---|---|
| Test Registration |
3,000 applicable taxes |
| Retake registration fee |
3,000 applicable taxes |
| Rescheduling fee |
1,200 applicable taxes |
| Additional NMAT score request for each B-school (fee applicable beyond five free preferences) |
400 per B-school applicable taxes |
Numerous factors determine the NMAT cutoff scores for admission. NMAT participating colleges determine the NMAT cutoff scores for admission in the institute. Here are the factors that are considered while determining the NMAT cut off score:
- Aggregate marks of candidates in the NMAT exam
- Total applications received for the programme
- Total seats available for the programme
- NMAT cutoff trend over the years
- Reservation criteria
- Difficulty level of the NMAT exam
Besides the above mentioned factors, NMAT cutoff may vary across several other factors.
Amity University admission 2024 to MBA course is based on MAT, XAT, CAT, NMAT, CMAT, GMAT and CUET. The 2024 CAT cutoff is yet to be released for admission to Amity University. The expected NMAT cutoff 2024 based on previous years' cutoff data will be estimated nearly around 140 to 150 in the upcoming admission session 2025. Candidates seeking admission to Amity University through NMAT can check previous year scores in the table below:
| Amity Business School : NMAT Cutoffs (GN-AI) | |
|---|---|
| Course | 2023 |
| MBA Retail Management | 140 |
| Marketing and Sales | 140 |
| MBA Finance | 140 |
| Human Resources | 140 |
| Telecom Management | 140 |
| International Business | 140 |
| International Business with AI | 140 |
| MBA in Construction Project Management | 140 |
| MBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management | 140 |
| MBA in Competitive Intelligence and Strategic Management | 140 |
| MBA in Entrepreneurship | 140 |
| Supply Chain Analytics and Management | 140 |
Candidates can pay the NMAT fees using the Visa,
NMAT 2025 Scheduling
GMAC provides three exam attempts at NMAT within the testing window. Candidates get the facility to choose the exam date, slot, and desired test centre using the NMAT scheduling window. NMAT scheduling, also known as NMAT slot booking, helps candidates to plan the exam as per their preparation phase.
All applicants get the option to schedule their first exam attempt soon after registration. Only the candidates who complete the NMAT slot booking process will be able to download NMAT 2025 admit card.
NMAT 2025 Rescheduling
GMAC provides a facility to change the exam date, slot or test venue using the NMAT rescheduling window. The exam reschedule option is available after paying an additional fee for the facility. If the candidate proceeds with the rescheduling facility, their NMAT admit card will host the exam details as per the rescheduled timeline.
NMAT Retake 2025
Candidates can retake the NMAT exam twice after the regular exam delivery. The NMAT retake is allowed within the test window notified by GMAC. NMAT dashboard will host the exam retake registration once the candidate appears for their first attempt. Each retake required the candidate to pay the application fee for NMAT 2025 again. Some NMAT colleges might only accept the first NMAT attempt. Participating colleges may also accept the best of three scores for admissions.
NMAT 2025 Admit Card
The NMAT admit card releases seven days before the scheduled exam date. During the scheduling process, candidates have to select their exam day, slot, and venue. NMAT 2025 admit card indicates the details chosen during the slot booking process. Admit card is accessible via the NMAT login dashboard. Candidates must carry a printed copy of the NMAT admit card to the exam centre. Each NMAT exam attempt will require a separate admit card.
NMAT 2025 Exam Pattern
Candidates appearing for the NMAT exam must go through the test pattern before planning their prep strategy. GMAC allows candidates to choose their desired section order before the exam starts. Each section has a dedicated time limit; however, the question weight remains the same across all three sections.
The table below indicates the NMAT exam pattern 2025:
| NMAT Test Pattern |
NMAT Exam Details |
|---|---|
| NMAT exam mode |
Online from test centres |
| NMAT Exam duration |
2 hours |
| Total questions |
108 |
| NMAT exam sections and time limit |
- Language Skill: 28 minutes - Quantitative Skill: 52 minutes - Logical Reasoning: 40 minutes |
| Medium |
English |
| Negative Marking |
Not Applicable |
NMAT Syllabus 2025
GMAC designs NMAT exam with three sections, namely Language Skills, Quantitative Skills, and Logical Reasoning. Candidates can check the section wise topics included in the NMAT exam syllabus.
- Language Skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Para Forming
- Error Identification
- Prepositions
- Sentence Completion
- Analogies
- Quantitative Skill
- Number Properties
- Arithmetic
- Algebra and Probability
- DI-Caselets and Tables
- DI-Graphs and Charts
- Data Sufficiency
- Logical Reasoning
- Critical reasoning
- Deductions
- Analytical puzzles
- Other reasoning, such as Missing value in figures, syllogism, venn diagrams, decision making, set theory, etc.
NMAT Exam Centres 2025
Graduate Management Admission Council conducts NMAT across 87 test centres across 83 cities and five countries. Candidates will have an option to choose five exam city preferences while scheduling NMAT 2025 exam. Candidates will find the exact address of the NMAT test centre mentioned on the admit card.
Also Read: NMAT Exam Centres
NMAT 2025 Results
As soon as the candidate submits NMAT exam responses, GMAC displays the score on the system. Scores displayed after submitting responses in the NMAT unofficial score. Candidates are issued the official NMAT scorecard within 48 hours of the exam attempt. The official scorecard of NMAT 2025 will display the scaled scores calculated after equalising the difficulty level of the NMAT exam.
GMAC will share NMAT score with the b-schools chosen by the candidate while filling the application form. Candidates are also required to fill the admission forms issued by NMAT colleges on respective websites. Admissions at the participating colleges will be based on the admission policy and NMAT 2025 cutoff.
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Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 days ago
The table below shows the top government NMAT accepting MBA colleges in India with their cost:
| Top Colleges | Tuition Fee |
|---|---|
| BSE Institute Limited | INR 2.11 Lacs - INR 7.29 lakh |
| Kerala University of Digital Sciences | INR 4 lakh |
Source: External site and may vary.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 days ago
NMIMS SBM emerged to be as the top NMAT accepting colleges in India. SOme of the other colleges are mentioned below with NIRF 2025:
| Top Colleges | NIRF 2025 |
|---|---|
| NMIMS SBM | 24 |
Amity University Noida | 49 |
LPU | 44 |
| TAPMI | 39 |
| IFMR GBS University | 50 |
Source: official site and may vary.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 days ago
About 160+ NMAT colleges accepting MBA students in India. Out of these colleges, 130 colleges are privately owned, 2 colleges are owned by government colleges and 2 colleges are privately owned. NMAT is the most accepting MBA colleges in India. Some of the top colleges include NMIMS SBM, Amity Unive
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 days ago
GMAC releases the NMAT admit card 7 days before the exam date. Candidates can find the NMAT admit card download link inside the login dashboard available on the official website. The admit card for NMAT exam is downloadable until the exam date.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 2 months ago
The NMAT logical reasoning syllabus covers a mix of analytical and critical thinking topics. Candidates must prepare for the following topics:
- Coding and Decoding
- Puzzles
- Series
- Arrangement
- Multi-dimensional arrangements
- Family Tree
In addition to the above topcis, questions from Numeric Grid, Syllogisms,
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Beginner-Level 5
The sectional cutoff in NMAT is the minimum score required in each section of the exam in order to be eligible for admission to a particular B-school. The NMAT exam is divided into three sections:
The sectional cutoffs are different for each B-school. Some of the participating institutes may or may not have any sectional cutoff score. Candidates who meet the overall cutoff score; however, do not meet the sectional cutoff scores are not eligible for the NMAT based admissions.