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CMAT 2025 dates have been announced. The NTA is expected to conducte CMAT exam on January 25, 2025. It will be conducted on a single day in two sessions. Registration process for CMAT 2025 has started and candidates can fill up the form till December 13, 2024. Check below important CMAT 2025 exam dates and events.Â
Q: Â When will CMAT 2025 be conducted?
CMAT 2025 is scheduled to be held on January 25, 2025, almost four months ahead of previous years. The CMAT exam is usually held in March-April, but in 2023 and 2024, it was held in May. The last time CMAT was held in January was in the year 2019.
The NTA has announced registration dates via an official circular, which has been released online at the NTA website on November 14, 2024. The CMAT 2025 exam schedule includes registration window open and close dates and form correction dates. CMAT 2025 registration has started, and the last date to apply is December 13, 2024, and the admit card is expected to be released on January 20, 2025.
Q: Â Can I fill the CMAT application form offline?
Q: Â What is the CMAT registration process?
CMAT 2025 Exam Date and Important Events
CMAT Registration 2025: The CMAT registration process includes filling the CMAT application form and payment of application fees. The CMAT 2025 application form is available at NTA website. Candidates will have to fill the form and submit it before the deadline to be eligible to appear for the exam. CMAT fee is INR 2,500 for General male candidates and INR 1250 for Reserved categories, women and transgender candidates.
CMAT Form Correction 2025: The facility to edit the already submitted CMAT form 2025 will be available after the closure of registration window. Candidates will be able to edit their test centre choice and upload new photo, signature. No other field will be editable. CMAT form correction window will open from December 15 to December 17, 2025.
CMAT 2025 Admit Card: The CMAT admit card 2025 will be released at the official website of CMAT-NTA. The admit card will be issued in online mode only. Registered candidates will be able to download their CMAT 2025 admit card by using their login credentials.Â
CMAT Exam 2025: The exam will be conducted at designated test centres alloted by the NTA for 3 hours. The CMAT 2025 exam may be held in two sessions. Questions in CMAT 2025 exam will be asked from Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Verbal Ability, General Awareness and Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Every section will carry 20 questions of 4 marks each.
CMAT 2025 Answer Key: The NTA will release the preliminary answer key of CMAT 2025 for candidates to check their repsonses. Candidates can download their response sheets and CMAT answer key 2025 from the NTA website by using their login credentials. To ensure transparency in CMAT result preparation, the NTA allows candidates to raise objection against official answer keys. The objection window will be opened for 2-3 days, during which candidates will have to file objection if they have any.
CMAT Result 2025: The result of CMAT 2025 exam will be declared at the official website of NTA-CMAT. Candidates will be able to check their CMAT result and download scorecards using their login IDs. The scorecard will contains sectional and overall percentiles of the candidate. With the CMAT 2025 score they will be able to apply for admission to CMAT accepting MBA colleges.Â
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CMAT 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CMAT 2025 exam
Dates | Upcoming Exam Dates |
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14 Nov '24 - 13 Dec '24 | CMAT 2025 registration and application process ONGOING |
15 Dec '24 - 17 Dec '24 | CMAT 2025 form correction |
17 Jan '25 | CMAT 2025 city intimation slip |
20 Jan '25 | CMAT 2025 admit card download |
25 Jan '25 | CMAT 2025 exam date |
FAQs Related to CMAT Exam Dates
Check here Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to CMAT important dates.
Q: Â When will the CMAT result 2025 be released?
CMAT result 2025 will be declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA) a month after the exam. The NTA does not announce the CMAT result date beforehand. In between the CMAT exam and the result announcement, the NTA releases official answer keys and verifies objections raised by candidates. The CMAT 2025 exam date is January 25, 2025 so the result can be expected in the last week of February, 2025. The CMAT 2025 result cum scorecard will be available for download at the official website of CMAT.
Q: Â I scored less than 50 percent marks in Graduation. Am I eligible to apply for CMAT?
Q: Â What are CMAT 2024 registration dates?
CMAT registrations 2024 will be held in the month of February. The CMAT 2024 application form correction window will open for 2-3 days during which candidates could edit their photo, signature and test cities. CMAT registration process includes five steps - online registration, filling the online application form, uploading scanned photo and signature, payment of CMAT fees and selecting test centre. Candidates who were hoping to appear for CMAT this year, have missed the session. CMAT exam cycle is always during the first quarter of the year. Candidates can apply for the next CMAT session which will be held in April 2024. The CMAT 2024 schedule will be announced by the NTA most likely in February 2024. Candidates must keep a check on NTA notifications. Shiksha will provide all the information about CMAT here: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/cat-exam.
Q: Â What after CMAT result?
After the declaration of CMAT result, colleges accepting the exam score for MBA/PGDM admission will start the selection process. The candidates who shall have passed they CMAT exam will be required to fill the application forms of their target MBA colleges for admission. Aspirants will need to apply on the basis of their score and cut offs fixed by the institute. If a candidate does not meet the minimum CMAT cut off, they should not apply to that college, as their application will be rejected at the first level of screening. The institutes will conduct group discussions and personal interviews to select candidates for final admission. Candidates will have to ensure that they perform well in the group discussions and personal interviews as merely meeting the CMAT 2024 cut off will not confirm admission.
Q: Â What is the CMAT 2025 cut off release date?
CMAT cut offs are not released on a particular date. Since, the NTA does not conduct any counselling or selection process on behalf of the CMAT accepting colleges, there is no one date when the cut offs are released. The NTA announces CMAT result and after that the participating institutes release their CMAT cut offs, MBA Admission criteria individually. The cut offs vary for each college and is determined by the admission cell. The NTA has no role in cut off determination. So, candidates who have appeared for the CMAT exam can check the websites of their target colleges for admission criteria and cut offs. Most of the colleges have already published their admission criteria for 2024-2025 batch. You can check this page for CMAT cut offs: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/cmat-exam-cutoff.
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Q: Â When does CMAT answer key release?
CMAT answer key is released 3-7 days after the exam. The exact date of CMAT exam answer key release is shared by the NTA in after the exam has been conducted. After the release of CMAT answer key, candidates can assess their performance, by tallying their responses and official answers. They can also challenge the official CMAT answer key, by filling an online form and uploading supporting documents. The NTA-CMAT will examine the objections to see if they are genuine or not. In case, the ojection/s are found to be valid, the CMAT answer key is revised and released as the final answer key. The CMAT result is prepared only after examination of all te objections received from candidates.
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