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Common Management Admission Test 2026 ( CMAT )

Vipra Shrivastava
Updated on Jan 22, 2026 15:46 IST

By Vipra Shrivastava, Senior Manager - Content

Common Management Admission Test or CMAT is conducted by the National Testing Agency or NTA for admission to over 1,300 B-schools in India. The CMAT 2026 exam will be be held on January 25, 2026. Click on the links below to get the latest updates on CMAT exam 2026.

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Answered 12 hours ago

CMAT cutoff refers to minimum percentile required for admission to a particular college. Score accepting colleges determine the cut offs individually based on certain parameters. CMAT cut offs for top colleges like JBIMS, SIMSREE, PUMBA are generally 99 percentile and above.

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Aarushi Hazarika

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Answered 12 hours ago

With 82 percentile in CMAT, you stand a chance of getting colleges like Great Lakes Institute of Management Gurgaon, Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida, IPE Hyderabad, FLAME University Pune, Asia Pacific Institute of Management Delhi, Prestige Institute of Management Indore among others.

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Nishtha Shukla

Contributor-Level 6

Answered 12 hours ago

CMAT total marks is 400. It is usually considered that scoring 270 to 300 marks can convert into good percentile, about 99 percentile. Around 200 marks can get you 90 percentile which is also good if you are targeting private colleges.

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Anya B

Contributor-Level 6

Answered 12 hours ago

There is no passing mark in CMAT exam, as admission is based on cut offs determined by colleges. A candidate scoring more than 0 in CMAT is eligible for admission will be selected only if they meet minimum cut off.

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Anyam Kalra

Contributor-Level 6

Answered 12 hours ago

CMAT 2026 result is expected to be declared by February 13, 2026. NTA has not shared any official date but if you look at the trends of previous year, CMAT result has always been released within 3 to 4 weeks of exam.

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Esha Singh

Contributor-Level 6

Answered 4 weeks ago

No, GIM Goa does not accept CMAT scores for its PGDM programs for admissions. It only accepts CAT or XAT exam score. CAT score of previous year is accepted and XAT score of current year is accepted.

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Jaya Sharma

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

No, CMAT scores are not compulsory for admissions into the MBA course at NSUT. Even CMAT scores are not the first priority of the admission committee to shortlist the students. Because the university considers the scores of CAT/ MAT for selecting the students. If the seats get vacant, then only CMAT

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Indrani Kumar

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

CMAT is one of the important examinations for admission to the MBA course at Biyani Group of Colleges. However, as the MBA course at Biyani Group of Colleges is offered with the affiliation of Rajasthan Technical University. Thus, there are chances that the college can accept the relevant scores of

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Indrani Kumar

Contributor-Level 10

Answered a month ago

CMAT 2026 admit card was available for download until exam day (January 25).  Candidates must download CMAT-NTA admit card as soon as it is released and save it.

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Anya B

Contributor-Level 6

Answered a month ago

CMAT 2026 admit card was released on January 21, 2026. Candidates had to download it from the CMAT-NTA website, by using their login credentials. 

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Anyam Kalra

Contributor-Level 6

1421 Institutes accepting CMAT

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