Best Colleges accepting CMAT Score in Indore

Ideally, one would say that 99 to100 percentile is good for MBA Admission. However, it is not possible for all candidates to score so high. So, what shall be considered a good score in CMAT. A good CMAT score is basically a score that will get you a seat in your desired college. So, if you desire a Tier 1 college, a good score in CMAT will be 85 percentile and above. If you desire a Tier 2 college, a good score in CMAT will be 70 to 85 percentile and for a Tier 3 college, less than 70 percentile in CMAT will be good. Now, if you want to understand CMAT. Score in terms of percentile, so that while giving the exam you know how much raw score is needed to get the required percentile for the desired college, you need to know how much CMAT score is equal to percentile. About 340 to 350 score is equal to 100 percentile in CMAT About 281to 340 score is equal to 90 to 99.99 percentile in CMAT About 201 to 280 score is equal to 81 to 89 percentile in CMAT About 171 to 200 score is equal to 71to 80 percentile in CMAT About 140 to 171 score is equal to 61 to 70 percentile in CMAT About 116 to 140 score is equal to 51 to 60 percentile in CMAT.

CMAT has five subjects – Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, English Comprehension, General Awareness and Innovation & Entrepreneurship and to cover all of them, one will need good enough time. Overall, 3 months are needed to cover syllabus of CMAT and about 2 to 3 months for practice and revision. So, overall 6 months are good for CMAT preparation. 

If you score between 80 to 85 percentile CMAT you need not worry about admission. There are a large number of MBA colleges that accept candidates with CMAT score in the range of 80 to 85 percentile. A number of government as well as private institutes with good infrastructure and placements are within your reach. Some of those popular colleges include, Welingkar Institute of Management-Mumbai, Welingkar Institute of Management-Bangalore, Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, IFIM-Bangalore, IFMR- Chennai, NIBM-Pune, NL Dalmiya Institute of Management, IMT Hyderabad, IMT Nagpur, XISS Ranchi, ITM Navi Mumbai, Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida, Xavier Business School-Xavier University, Great Lakes Institute of Management-Gurgaon, BIMTECH-Greater Noida, XIME-Bangalore, ISBM-Pune, Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow, KIIT School of Management, IPE Hyderabad, SIES College of Management Studies-Navi Mumbai and Chetana Institute of Management and Research-Mumbai among others.

No, you cannot appear for the CMAT exam at any test centre. You can appear for the test at the centre mentioned in your CMAT admit card. Entry at every CMAT test centre is given to candidates only after thorough scrutiny of the hall ticket and ID proof. If you attempt to gain entry in any other test centre, you will be disqualified. Thus, candidates must make sure that they check the location of their allotted test centre beforehand and reach there on exam day on time.  If they reach the test centre after the gates have been closed they will not be allowed entry under any circumstances. CMAT test centre gates close 15 minutes before the commencement of exam.

The top 10%, 20% and 50% average packages offered during Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida placements between 2025 and 2026 are presented below:

Meeting CMAT cut off is the first stage of MBA admission. Candidates need to clear the Personal Interview/Group Discussion/Written Ability Test round too. Some institutes conduct only Personal Interview, some conduct Personal Interview/Group Discussion and some conduct all three, Personal Interview/Group Discussion/Written Ability Test. Apart from that, candidates must also meet the academic criteria for selection.

CMAT score is not accepted by the IIMs. These institutes accept only CAT score for their management programmes. CMAT is accepted by over 1300 MBA colleges in India which belong to mostly Tier 2 and Tier 3 status. You can seek admission with CMAT score to all AICTE approved institutions – private, government and government aided.

No, candidates applying for admission in SAGE University MBA cannot apply for direct admission as the admissions in the university take place through national level entrance exams like CAT/MAT/XAT/CMAT, etc. or through the SAGE University Joint entrance exam (SEE).

Furthermore, the admission process consists of Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds which are necessary to be cleared to secure admission into the university. Thus, there is no scope to get direct admission into SAGE University MBA.

CMAT 2025 was 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 2019.

The NTA announced registration dates via an official circular, which was released online on 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 was December 13, 2024, and the admit card was released on January 20, 2025.

The leading companies that visited the Symbiosis University of Applied Sciences campus during the 2022 recruitment drive are mentioned in the table below:

Symbiosis Indore Top Recruiters
Wipro	Intellipaat	Blazeclan Technologies
Greendeck	TCS	Chenoa Information Services
Fiserv	HybridSkill	Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
Capgemini	CloudYuga Technologies Pvt. Ltd.	UBS Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Evolutionary Systems Pvt. Ltd. (Evosys Global)	Accolite	ICICI Bank

SAM Global University and Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Takshashila Campus both are renowned universities for MBA/PGDM. However, in terms of affordability, SAM Global University is a better option since the total tuition fee for SAM Global University is INR 60,000 - INR 70,000 and the total tuition fee for MBA/PGDM at Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Takshashila Campus is INR 99,280. In the total fees that students generally end up paying the university or the college, various other components are also included, such as the exam fee, application fee, lab and other charges.

The total tuition fee of the IIMR Indore MBA programme is 60K for two years. Students are required to pay this fee after completing the admission process. The total fee of the course may increase after adding different factors. The components are exam fee, hostel fee, etc. The given fee is as per the official website/ sanctioning body. It is still subject to revision and hence, is indicative.

Prestige Institute of Global Management Indore offers a PGDM course instead of a traditional MBA course. However, the PGDM course offered by Prestige Institute of Global Management is considered a MBA equivalent course that has the same duration of two years.

Yes, SGSITS Indore offers various industry-relevant specialisations under its MBA programme. These specialisations are Finance, Human Resource, Marketing and Operations Management. Students enorolled in the MBA course must opt for dual specialisation. Other than MBA General, the institute also has a specialised MBA course in Hospital Administration. Admissions to both courses are made based on CMAT scores.