CMAT Registration 2026: Release Date, Exam Fees, How to fill Application Form

Q: I scored less than 50 percent marks in Graduation. Am I eligible to apply for CMAT?

Yes, you are eligible to apply for CMAT exam. Any candidate who has secured passing marks in graduation can apply for CMAT. Candidates must ensure that they have cleared graduation to be able to apply. Final year students planning to appear for the exam must ensure that they have passed the first two years of Bachelor's degree and must target passing marks in the final year as well. However, colleges accepting CMAT score for admission have a 50 per cent in graduation. The minimum score requirement for SC, ST, PwD candidates is 45 per cent as minimum criteria thus candidates must not target passing marks in graduation as even if they will clear CMAT. They might not get admission as they will not meet the institutes academic eligibility criteria.

Q: I belong to SC category. Is there any marks relaxation in CMAT for SC students?

There is no minimum marks criterion for appearing in CMAT exam. Any candidate who has passed a Bachelor's degree programme from a recognised university can apply. Final year candidates are also eligible to apply for CMAT if they scored passing marks in their first and second year of Bachelor's degree programme. However, there is a minimum score requirement at CMAT accepting colleges for admission. All the UGC and AICTE approved institutions have the minimum score requirement of 45 per cent in aggregate in graduation for candidates for Scheduled Caster/ Scheduled Tribe and Person with Disability categories. Thus, you must ensure that you have an aggregate score of at least 45 per cent in your graduation to be able to get admission into a full-time MBA programme at a government recognised institution.

Q: Which documents are needed for CMAT application form filling?

The CMAT registration and form filling process is incomplete without submission of certain documents. Candidates need the following documents to fill the CMAT application form. While photo, signature and Certificate are to be uploaded with the form, other documents are required for making entries in it. 1. Recent passport size photo (colour with white background) 2. Scanned signature on a white paper 3. Scanned copy of photo ID card such as Aadhaar card, PAN card, Voter ID card, Passport 4. Class 10 marksheet 5. Class 12 marksheet 6. Graduation marksheet 7. PG degree marksheet (if applicable) 8. Bank details Candidates belonging to Reserved category are required to upload caste Certificate and candidates belonging to PwD category have to upload a Certificate for the same. They also need to upload scribe Certificate to avail the facility on the exam day. These Certificate formats can be downloaded from CMAT website.

Q: Which are the cities where CMAT exam is held?

CMAT exam is held in over 100 cities across India. They are Port Blair, Hamirpur, Mumbai, Guntur, Jammu, Nashik, Nellore, Bokaro, Satara, Vijayawada, Dhanbad, Palghar, Kakinada, Hazaribagh, Ulhasnagar, Rajahmundry, Jamshedpur, Shillong, Visakhapatnam, Ranchi, Aizawl, Kurnool, Belagavi (Belgaum), Kohima, Tirupati, Bengaluru, Balasore, Vizianagaram, Hubballi (Hubli), Cuttack, Itanagar, Mysuru (Mysore), Sambalpur, Dibrugarh, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga), Berhampur, Silchar, Shivamogga (Shimoga), Dhenkanal, Guwahati, Dharwad, Bhubaneswar, Tezpur, Mangaluru (Bangalore), Rourkela, Jorhat, Udupi, Puducherry, Aurangabad-Bihar, Kannur, Pathankot, Darbhanga, Ernakulam, Ludhiana, Arrah, Kollam, Amritsar, Muzaffarpur, Kottayam, Bhatinda, Bhagalpur, Kozhikode, Patiala, Patna, Thrissur, Jalandhar, Mohali, Trivandrum, Sangrur, Chandigarh, Bhopal, Ajmer, Bhilai Nagar, Jabalpur, Jaipur, Bilaspur, Ujjain, Sikar, Raipur, Gwalior, Alwar, Delhi, Sagar, Jodhpur, Faridabad, Indore, Udaipur, Gurugram, Satna, Bikaner, Ghaziabad, Bhopal, Kotak, New Delhi, Jabalpur, Madurai, Greater Noida, Ujjain, Chennai, Noida, Gwalior, Salem, Meerut, Sagar, Trichy, Panaji, Indore, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Satna, Vellore, Mehsana, Amravati, Tirunelveli, Vadodara, Jalgaon, Hyderabad, Anand, Nagpur, Karimnagar, Rajkot, Pune, Warangal, Gandhinagar, Solapur, Allahabad, Surat, Navi Mumbai, Bareilly, Ambala, Ahmednagar, Kanpur, Hisar, Kolhapur, Muzaffarnagar, Karnal, Nanded, Agra, Kurushetra, Raigad, Gorakhpur, Panipat, Thane, Lucknow, Rohtak, Vasai, Varanasi, Shimla, Aurangabad, Aligarh, Jhansi, Moradabad, Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee, Asansol, Durgapur, Bankura, Burdwan, Kolkata, Hooghly, Kalyani, Siliguri, Srinagar and Imphal.

Q: What is the CMAT application fee?

CMAT application fee has been increase for 2025 session. The CMAT fee now is INR 2,500 for male candidates belonging to General category. For women candidates, the fee is INR 1,150. For Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe male candidates, the fees is INR 1,250 and for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe women and transgender candidates, it is INR 1,250. For Persons with Disability category candidates too, the CMAT application fee is INR 1,250. The fee can be paid in online mode only, through debit card, credit card, net banking or UPI wallets. The fee is to be paid at the time of application form submission. Until the fee payment is done successfully, the application form will remain pending for submission. The CMAT fee is non-refundable and no-transferrable. Thus, candidates must make sure that the fee payment transaction is completed successfully and they receive the acknowledgement in email. If the fee payment is not done until the last date of form submission, the form will not get submitted and the candidate will not be able to appear for the exam.

Q: What is the CMAT registration process?

Since CMAT is conducted by the NTA candidates have to register for the exam online. The NTA releases the CMAT application for at them CMAT NTA website, which is available for one month between February and March, every year. Candidates who are interested in appearing for the CMAT exam have to log on to the CMAT-NTA website and register. The CMAT registration cum application process includes three main steps - online registration, filling up of application form and payment of fees. In the first step, candidates have to create a login ID with CMAT-NTA by using their name, date of birth, phone number and email ID. Once the login is created, an application number is generated. This application number is to be used to login and fill the application form. In the second step, the candidates have to fill the application form with personal details, academic details, address, parents' details, upload photo and signature, fill choice of test cities, etc. In the final step, candidates have to pay the requisite application fee.

Q: How can I select test cities in CMAT application form for centre allotment?

CMAT test city selection is to be done at the time of application form filling. In the CMAT registration cum application form, there will be field to mark selected cities for test centre allotment. Applicants are given the option to choose four cities from the list of 124 where they want to take the CMAT exam. Given below is the process to follow for selecting CMAT test cities in the application form: 1. Go to the official website of NTA-CMAT 2. Log on with registration ID and password to fill the CMAT application form 3. Fill relevant details in the fields marked for information and move to the test city section 4. Select four cities from the list in order of preference from one to four 5. Make fee payment and submit the CMAT application form.

Q: Can I change my exam centre after the CMAT admit card has been issued?

No. You cannot change the exam centre after the CMAT admit card has been issued. You cannot take the exam at any other centre other than the one mentioned in your admit card, either. So make an informed decision at time of selecting your test city in the CMAT application form. Select only those cities where you can make arrangement of stay on the CMAT exam day. Choose your home city or city of current residence as the first test city. The examination authorities try to allot the test centre to a candidate as per their first preference. However, sometimes if there are not enough number of applicants for a city, the centre may be cancelled there and candidates are allotted a test centre in the next city of preference. If at a particular exam centre in a city has already been filled with candidates, then the remaining students are allotted a test city in the next city of preference.

Q: Will the application fees be refunded if I do not appear for the CMAT exam?

No, the CMAT registration fees is non-refundable. If they do not appear for the exam they cannot claim refund for the application form. Since, it is mentioned in the exam information brochure that the fee is non-refundable, no requests for refund are entertained by the NTA. The fee will not be refunded to any candidate under any circumstances, which includes errors in the form. Thus, candidates must check eligibility criteria and terms and conditions before applying or the exam. They must also not make mistakes in the form to avoid double form filling and fee payment. Because if they make mistakes in the form they cannot edit it (except for graduation score, test city, photo and signature). They will have to fill a fresh CMAT application form and pay the fee amount again. However, if there is error at the time of fee payment and your money is deducted but the payment is not completed then your money will be refunded by the bank within 5 working days.

Q: How will I know the address of my CMAT exam centre?

The address of CMAT exam centre will be mentioned in the admit card only, which means candidates will know the address of the CMAT test centre allotted to them only after they download their CMAT admit card. The exam authorities will not share the details of any exam centre before the release of CMAT admit card. The NTA however, releases city intimation slip before the admit card which contains the name of the city in which the test centre has been allotted. The city intimation slip is issued a week before the exam to allow candidates to make arrangements for the exam day. If any student belongs to a rural area and their test centre falls in a city, they can make arrangements beforehand if they know which city they have to go to for appearing in the exam.

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Updated on Sep 11, 2025 18:49 IST

By Vipra Shrivastava, Senior Manager - Content

CMAT 2026 registration process will start in November 2025. National Testing Agency (NTA) release the CMAT application form 2026 at NTA website. Any candidate who has completed graduation is eligible to apply for CMAT 2026. The CMAT 2026 application form will be available at the CMAT-NTA website. The fee for CMAT exam is INR 2,500 for General Male candidates and INR 1,250 for female and reserved category candidates. Read below all about CMAT 2026 registration cum application process.

Table of content

CMAT Registration Process 2025
CMAT 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
CMAT Eligibility Criteria 2026
Documents Required for CMAT Registration 2026
CMAT Form Correction 2026: How to Edit Already Submitted Form?
CMAT Application Process: Key Points to Remember
FAQs on CMAT Registrations and Applications 2026

CMAT Registration Process 2025

CMAT registration process 2026 includes the following five steps –

Online registration
Filling the CMAT application form 2026
Uploading scanned photo and signature
Payment of CMAT fees
Selecting test centre

The CMAT 2025 exam fees is to be paid online. Read below the step-by-step process of CMAT registration:

STEP 1: Online Registration for CMAT 2026

Open the CMAT-NTA website in a new browser: https://exams.nta.ac.in/CMAT/
Click on ‘click here to login/register’
The CMAT 2026 registration page will open
Enter details like name, date of birth, city, email ID, password and mobile phone number
Enter OTP received on mobile number and click on 'submit'
A 12-digit application number will be displayed

STEP 2: Fill the CMAT Application Form 2026

Enter CMAT application number and password to log in again
Enter academic details in the CMAT application form
Enter other personal details and select test cities
Check the information filled in the form and edit the fields if required
Now submit the CMAT 2026 application form

STEP 3: Upload Documents

After filling up the CMAT application form 2026, candidates will have to upload their passport size photo, signature and PwD certificate (if applicable). Given below are the specifications:

CMAT Documents	Size Limit and format
Pass port size photograph	10 kb to 200 kb in JPG/JPEG format
Scanned signature	4 kb to 30 kb in JPG/JPEG format
PwD certificate	50 kb to 300 kb in JPG/JPEG format

STEP 4: Pay CMAT Application Fee

The CMAT application fee will have to be paid online through SBI/HDFC banking services like debit/credit card, net banking and UPI/PAYTM service). Given below is the table indicating category-wise CMAT fees:

Category	CMAT application fee
General / EWS/OBC-NCL (Male)	INR 2,500
General / EWS/OBC-NCL (Female)	INR 1,250
SC, ST, PWD (Male)	INR 1,250
SC, ST, PWD (Female)	INR 1,250
Transgender	INR 1,250

STEP 5: Choosing a Test City for CMAT 2026

While registering for the CMAT 2026, candidates will be required to select test cities for allotment of exam centre.
Candidates can choose up to four cities from the list of 124 where they want a CMAT test centre to be allotted
Candidates must note that once submitted, the test city option cannot be changed in the application form so they must make the selection carefully
The exam centre and test city will be mentioned on the CMAT admit card
The CMAT test city allotted to candidates will be final and request for any change will not be entertained

After paying the CMAT application fee, candidate must download the fee acknowledgement page and preserve it as a proof of successful submission.

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Commonly asked questions

Q: How many cities can I choose for allotment of CMAT exam centre?

Q: Can I fill the CMAT application form offline?

CMAT 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CMAT 2026 exam

Dates	Past Exam Dates
25 Jan ' 25	CMAT 2025 exam date
20 Jan ' 25	CMAT 2025 admit card download
26 Dec ' 24 - 27 Dec ' 24	CMAT 2025 form correction
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CMAT Eligibility Criteria 2026

Any candidate who has a bachelor's degree or equivalent degree from a recognised university can apply for CMAT 2026.
Final year bachelor’s degree students are also eligible to apply for CMAT exam.
There is no criteria of minimum score in graduation for CMAT 2026, however the colleges accepting CMAT has a minimum score requirement of 50 per cent (45 per cent for Reserved category candidates)

Commonly asked questions

Q: When can I apply for CMAT?

Q: Is there any age restriction to take CMAT exam?

Documents Required for CMAT Registration 2026

To be able to fill the CMAT 2026 registration cum application form correctly, candidates need to keep the following documents by their side at the time of form filling.

Class 10 marksheet
Class 12 marksheet
Graduation marksheet
Caste certificate (if applicable)
PWD/DA certificate (if applicable)
Signature of the candidate on a white paper
Recent passport size photo preferable against white background
Debit/credit card or net banking payment details

If you are a final year graduation student, then you can enter the average score of first two years, after selecting the option which is indicative of pursuing graduation, in the CMAT application form 2026.

Commonly asked questions

Q: How will I know the address of my CMAT exam centre?

Q: What is the CMAT exam duration? Can I change my exam slot?

CMAT Form Correction 2026: How to Edit Already Submitted Form?

The CMAT 2026 form correction window will open after the registration process is over. Candidates can edit their CMAT forms (if required) by logging into their NTA-CMAT 2026 account. Form correction is a one-time activity thus candidates must edit their forms with care. Here are the steps to follow:

Open the CMAT-NTA website: https://exams.nta.ac.in/CMAT/
Click on ‘Form Correction for CMAT 2026’ tab
Enter application number, password and security pin
Click on 'edit application form'
Upload new documents or make changes as required
Click on 'submit' to complete the process

CMAT 2026 Syllabus	CMAT Exam Pattern 2026	CMAT Question Papers PDFs
CMAT Answer Key 2026	CMAT 2026 Admit Card	CMAT Cut Offs (Previous and Expected)

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Commonly asked questions

Q: Which are the cities where CMAT exam is held?

Q: What is the CMAT application fee?

CMAT Application Process: Key Points to Remember

While filling the CMAT 2026 application form, candidates must check the important guidelines mentioned in the exam brochure to ensure the form is error free. Here we have listed down key points to remember:

Fill all the fields of the CMAT application form 2026 with correct information that can be validated by the authorities/instiutes.
Select your city options for CMAT 2026 test centre allotment keeping in my your first preference.
Application confirmation page will be generated only after the payment of fees.
The CMAT 2025 application process will remain incomplete until fee payment.
Check all the information entered before submitting. Once submitted the form cannot be edited.
Once your fee payment is successfully done, you will receive a confirmation E-mail and an SMS.
If you don’t receive the confirmation, contact the examination office immediately.
Preferred web browsers for CMAT registration 2026 are Internet Explorer (version 11 and above) or Mozilla Firefox (version 50 to 61) or Google Chrome (version 50 to 69).
Do not fill the form on a smart phone. Use a laptop or desktop for filling and submitting CMAT application form.