CMAT 2026 Exam Date: Registration, Admit Card, & Result Dates
Common Management Admission Test 2026 ( CMAT )
CMAT 2026 exam date announcement can be expected in November 2025. The NTA will release CMAT exam 2026 notification on its official website. The CMAT 2026 exam will be conducted most likely in the third week of January 2026 in two shifts - morning and evening. Candidates interested seeking admission to MBA courses through CMAT 2026 will have to apply at the CMAT-NTA website. Check below important CMAT 2026 exam dates and events.
- CMAT 2026: Key Aspects of the Exam
- CMAT 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
- CMAT 2026 Exam Date and Important Events
- FAQs Related to CMAT Exam Dates
CMAT 2026: Key Aspects of the Exam
CMAT is a pan India exam conducted annually by the NTA. All AICTE approved colleges accept CMAT score for admission. Minimum eligibility criteria for CMAT is graduation from a UGC recognised university. Candidates in the final year of graduation are also eligible for CMAT 2026. Take a look at the key aspects of CMAT 2026 exam below:
| CMAT 2026 |
Exam details |
|---|---|
| CMAT full form |
Common Management Admission Test |
| Conducting body |
National Testing Agency (NTA) |
| Exam mode |
Computer based test |
| CMAT Sections |
· Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation · Logical Reasoning · Language Comprehension · General Awareness · Innovation & Entrepreneurship |
| Time duration |
180 minutes without sectional time limit |
| Number of questions in CMAT |
100 ( 20 each in the five sections) |
| Total marks |
400 |
| Marking scheme |
+4 for correct option -1 for incorrect option 0 for unanswered questions |
| Difficulty level |
Easy to Moderate |
Top Colleges for CMAT
Check below the list of some of the top colleges accepting CMAT score for admission to MBA/PGDM courses:
- Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
- Indus Business Academy, Bangalore
- Christ University, Bangalore
- BIMTECH, Greater Noida
- Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Hyderabad
- N L Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai
- Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
- KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai
- Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai
- Goa Institute of Management, Goa
- KIIT School of Rural Management, Bhubaneshwar
- Xavier Institute of Social service, Ranchi
- LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
- Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS) Mumbai
- Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME), Bangalore
- Narayana Business School, Sarkhej, Ahmedabad
Read More: List of all MBA colleges accepting CMAT in India
Commonly asked questions
Verbal Ability, Quantitative Aptitude, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning topics of CMAT syllabus are same as CAT syllabus. So, an MBA aspirant can prepare for CAT and CMAT simultaneously with the same study material. However, they will need CMAT specific books and resources to study Innovation and Entrepreneurship and GK section. CAT doesn't have these two sections.
CMAT city intimation slip is the document released by the NTA to inform candidates the city in which they have been allotted the test city. The CMAT city intimation is issued 2-3 days before the release of CMAT admit card. With the help of city intimation slip, candidates can make arrangement of travel and stay in the city where the candidate has been allotted the test centre.
CMAT 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of CMAT 2026 exam
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 13 Feb ' 25 | CMAT 2025 Result |
| 31 Jan ' 25 - 02 Feb ' 25 | CMAT 2025 Answer Key Release and Challenge |
| 25 Jan ' 25 | CMAT 2025 exam date |
CMAT 2026 Exam Date and Important Events
1. CMAT Registration 2026: The CMAT 2026 application form will be released at NTA website. Candidates will be required to register at the official website and fill the CMAT 2026 application form before the deadline to be eligible to appear for the exam. CMAT fee will be INR 2,500 for General male candidates and INR 1250 for Reserved categories, women and transgender candidates.
2. CMAT Form Correction 2026: The facility to edit the already submitted CMAT form 2026 will be provided for 2 days 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.
3. CMAT 2026 Admit Card: Candidates will have to download their CMAT hall tickets from the official website of CMAT-NTA. The CMAT admit card will be session specific and will be released on different dates. Candidates will have to download their CMAT 2026 admit card by using their login credentials.
4. CMAT Exam 2026: The exam will be conducted at designated test centres. The total duration will be 180 minutes or 3 hours. Questions in CMAT 2026 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.
5. CMAT 2026 Answer Key: The NTA will release the preliminary answer key of CMAT 2026 for candidates to check their repsonses.Candidates will be able to download their response sheets and CMAT answer key 2026 from the NTA website by using their login credentials. The objection window will open for 2-3 days.
6. CMAT Result 2026: The result of CMAT 2026 exam will be declared at the official website of NTA-CMAT. Candidates will have 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 2026 score candidates can apply for admission to CMAT accepting MBA colleges.
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FAQs Related to CMAT Exam Dates
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a month ago
CMAT is one of the top accepted exams for admission to MBA-offering universities, including AURO University. As per official sources, the CMAT exam has already been conducted for the 2025 session. The exam was conducted on Jan 25, 2025 by the National Testing Agency. The exam for the 2026 session i
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Answered a month ago
The admissions into MBA courses at Marwadi University have been concluded in the year 2025. Hence, candidates can no longer apply for admissions into the MBA course at Marwadi University in the year 2025. The CMAT exam for the year 2025 has also been concluded for this year. Candidates must now wait
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No, candidates do not have to mandatorily appear for the CMAT entrance exam for MBA in Business Analytics at Marwadi University. Candidates can apply for MBA admissions through any of the national level entrance exam such as CAT, XAT, ATMA and more. However, during admissions into the MBA in Busines
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Yes, it is possible to get an MBA seat at CET Trivandrum with a valid CMAT score. The institute accepts CAT, CMAT, and KMAT scores for MBA admissions. Thus, students who did not appear for CMAT or did not score well can apply via KMAT or CAT scores. Students are selected for the programme after eval
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Answered a month ago
No, CMAT scores are not compulsory for admissions to the MBA course at Sabarmati University. Because the university accepts CMAT/ CAT or any other entrance exam accepted by the counselling body. Thus, applicants with CMAT scores can get admission to the MBA course. However, it is not compulsory. App
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No, getting admission into SGSITS MBA courses is not possible without taking CUET. For admission to its MBA courses, the institute only accepts valid CMAT scores. Other than this, it is also essential that students aspiring to enrol into the programme meet the eligibility criteria prescribed by the
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CMAT is one of the top accepted exams for admission to MBA-offering colleges in Indore, including SGSITS. As per official sources, the CMAT exam has already been conducted for the 2025 session. The exam was conducted on Jan 25, 2025 by the National Testing Agency. The exam for the 2026 session is e
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
GK is memory based, so all that you need to do is memorise important events and occurrences. So, candidates may not need a lot of time to prepare for CMAT GK. They can devote one or two months for it. On daily basis, they can read Year Books for one hour to memorise events. Apart from that they can
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CMAT RC passages are easy. Candidates need not worry about RCs in CMAT because they are short and pretty much straight forward. Questions are fact based and generally require candidates to identify the main argument/theme/idea of the passage. Sometimes, there are a few vocabulary and idiom based que
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Yes, it is necessary to attempt GK section in CMAT as unlike other MBA entrance exams, scores of GK are included in percentile calculation in CMAT. Total number of GK questions in 20 and attempting 8-10 questions correctly, can get the candidate desired sectional cut off in CMAT. So, while preparing
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