A total of 58 B-schools in India accept NMAT scores for MBA/PGDM admissions. While 27 colleges in Nigeria, South Africa, Morocco, Hungary, and the Philippines accept NMAT scores for admissions. Check list of all participating colleges in NMAT by GMAC here.
Complete NMAT Colleges List: The Graduate Management Admission Council conducts the NMAT 2025 exam for admission to a total of 78 b-schools across the globe. As many as 58 institutes in India and 27 institutes abroad accept NMAT scores for admissions to MBA/PGDM programmes. While completing the NMAT registration, candidates can choose institutes from the list of accepting b-schools where they wish GMAC to send their score reports. With the registration fee, candidates can select up to five b-schools during registration. An additional fee is applicable if the candidates wish to send their score reports to more than five colleges.
The NMAT participating institutes or NMAT colleges are registered with the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) to shortlist the candidates for admission.
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Colleges accepting NMAT by GMAC scores fix a minimum cutoff score or NMAT cutoff percentile to shortlist the candidates for admission. NMAT 2025 will be conducted across a test window exceeding a 45-day window. Candidates can attempt NMAT 2025 thrice within the test window. Best of the three scores are sent to the NMAT participating institute.
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NMAT Colleges List 2025 in India (Updated)
The space below mentions a complete list of all MBA colleges accepting NMAT scores in India for admission:
- SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
- Indian School of Business (ISB) (for AMPBA)
- S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR) (for Global Management Programme)
- K J Somaiya Institute of Management
- XIM University
- SDA Bocconi Asia Center
- ICFAI Business School
- SOIL Institute of Management
- T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), A Constituent Unit of MAHE, Manipal
- FLAME University
- ISBR Business School
- Alliance University
- Great Lakes Institute of Management – (PGPM)
- IFMR Graduate School of Business
- Jindal Global Business School
- BML Munjal University
- ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai
- Jain University (CMS Business School)
- VIT University
- Shiv Nadar Institute of Management Studies
- Amity University
- MIT World Peace University
- Universal AI University
- SRM University
- School of Petroleum Management (PDPU)
- ATLAS – ISME School of Management and Entrepreneurship
- School of Business, Woxsen University
- Thapar School of Management
- Indus Business Academy (IBA), Bangalore
- Bennett University
- Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University
- SRM University, Delhi – NCR, Sonepat
- University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES)
- Mody University
- Lovely Professional University
- IFIM College
- IILM University
- Athena School of Management
- Jagdish Sheth School of Management
- Amrut Modi School of Management
- GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam
- IIHMR University
- Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
- Chitkara University
- BSE Institute Limited
- Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur (SPSU)
- iMET Global
- Rishihood University
- Ansal University, Gurgaon
- Myra School of Business
- SP Jain School of Global Management
- PES University
- International School of Management Excellence, Bangalore
- Sparsh Global Business School
- Altera Institute – PGPM
- NICMAR University
- Adani University – MBA (Infrastructure Management)
- HSB - Hari Shankar Singhania School of Business
NMAT Colleges List 2025 Outside India
Besides India, NMAT scores are accepted by multiple management institutes in South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, Hungary, and the Philippines. Here is the complete list of country-wise colleges accepting NMAT scores for admission.
NMAT Colleges List in South Africa
South Africa has a total of 10 MBA colleges offering admissions based on NMAT. NMAT colleges in South Africa include:
- Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
- Milpark Business School
- North West University
- Rhodes Business School
- University of South Africa (UNISA) Graduate School of Business Leadership
- Wits Business School
- Nelson Mandela University Business School
- University of Cape Town (UCT)
- Johannesburg Business school, University of Johannesburg
- Tshwane School of Business and Society, Tshwane University
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NMAT Colleges List in Nigeria
Nigeria has a total of 10 MBA colleges offering admissions based on NMAT. NMAT colleges in Nigeria include:
- Lagos Business School
- Lead City University
- Redeemer's University
- Afe Babalola University
- Covenant University
- Caleb University
- JHU Business School – James Hope University
NMAT Colleges List in Philippines
The Philippines has a total of eight MBA colleges offering admissions based on NMAT. NMAT colleges in the Philippines include:
- Asian Institute of Management
- Ateneo Graduate School of Business
- Virata School of Business, University of the Philippines
- De La Salle University - Dasmariñas
- School of Business Administration, Arellano University
- De La Salle University
- University of Santo Tomas Graduate School
- St. Paul University Manila
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NMAT Colleges List in Morocco
Morocco has only one MBA college offering admissions based on NMAT. Africa Business School offers MBA admission based on NMAT in Morocco.
NMAT Colleges List in Hungary
Hungary has only one MBA college offering admissions based on NMAT. Corvinus University of Budapest offers MBA admission based on NMAT in Hungary.

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Answered a month 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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Answered 2 months ago
No, NMAT is not compulsory to get admission into the PGPM course at Athena School of Management, because the school also accepts several other entrance examination scores for admission to this management course, such as NMAT/ GMAT/ CAT/ ASAT - Athena Scholastic Ability Test. Therefore, NMAT is one o
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