NMAT 2026: Exam Dates, Syllabus, Pattern, Registration & Eligibility

To fill NMAT application form, candidates need a valid photo ID proof, graduation mark sheets, and a recent passport-size photograph. The photograph must be front-facing with a light background and uploaded in JPG, PNG, or JPEG format.

A total of 2-3 months of consistent and focused preparation is considered sufficient for NMAT. Many candidates may require more than three months if they are find the topics in NMAT syllabus on a tougher side.

No, there is no negative marking in NMAT exam. Candidates get marks for the correct answers. There is no negative marking for unattempted questions and incorrect responses in NMAT.

The Graduate Management Admission Council notifies the sections under NMAT syllabus on the official exam website. Candidates can find NMAT syllabus PDF designed based on the past question papers.

Candidates preparing for NMAT exam must use the official test prep material to familiarise themselves with exam pattern and important topics

Preparation tools and resources  issued by GMAC to help candidates prepare are:

• Exclusive Study Plan
• NMAT Exam Official Guide
• One Free Exam Prep - with two attempts
• Two Paid Exam Prep - each with two attempts

Yes, cracking NMAT through self study is achievable. One must have a structured study plan, right set of study material, and must practice questions consistently to prepare for NMAT through self study.

The retake scheduling window opens immediately after taking the exam. However, a retake exam can only be scheduled for a date that is at least 15 days after the previous attempt.

The MBA admission processes at NMAT participating colleges typically start in November. Some b-schools may also begin their selection processes in the month of February.

No, the NMAT application form cannot be filled offline. GMAC only accepts online registrations. Candidates must submit their application and pay the required fee before the last date.

A good NMAT score is generally considered to be in the range of 215 to 230. Most of the top B-schools accepting NMAT scores will have their cutoff scores within this specific range or below for MBA admissions

Yes, candidates can efficiently prepare using the books recommended for CAT exam preparation or any other MBA entrance exam. The syllabus for these entrance exams is mostly similar, covering Language Skills, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Skills.

The Quantitative Skills section is generally considered the most difficult to prepare during NMAT exam preparation. Quant is tough because its calculation-intensive nature and inclusion of complex Data Interpretation (DI) sets.

NMAT is expected to maintain a moderate overall difficulty level. NMAT exam focuses on speed, accuracy, and basic conceptual understanding. Candidates find NMAT exam easier than CAT.

The NMAT exam is generally considered to be of moderate difficulty level. NMAT is a speed-based test which requires candidates to solve 108 questions within 120 minutes. Almost all test takers find NMAT easier than CAT.

Yes. Candidates will have to fill the NMAT application form to appear for the exam. To apply for admission based on NMAT scores, candidates will have to fill the application form at desired college website. All NMAT participating institutes have a separate admission window. Therefore, candidates must be cautious of crucial deadlines to apply for admission based on NMAT exam scores. Besides a separate application form, several participating institutes have a criterion to only accept the NMAT score from the first attempt. Therefore, candidates must check the eligibility as well as the admission deadline of the desired college that accepts NMAT scores for MBA Admission.

NMAT scorecard is compiled of scaled and percentile scores. Here is the basic difference between scaled scores and percentile scores in NMAT exam- Scaled Scores - The test forms are equated to account for any difference in the overall difficulty and the raw test scores are normalised on a common scale to arrive at scaled scores. Percentile Score - The percentile rank or score is an indicator of score/rank of the candidate as compared to the score/rank of all the other test-takers. NMAT participating institute may accept any of the scores for admission based on NMAT exam.

Answer is yes, surely you will be eligible for NMAT based colleges for admissions, but you will have to apply on every college website one- by -one separately according to your subject preference and score card of NMAT.

Thereafter, all colleges will provide their merit list of selected students.

Go to college and complete your procedure of admission.

NMIMS offers admission to MBA course (Part-time) on the basis of NMAT scores. Candidates seeking admission to NMIMS Mumbai must appear for the NMAT exam and qualify for the same. Tabulated below is the NMIMS Mumbai NMAT cutoff 2023:

Master of Business Administration (MBA) (Part Time) - NMIMS School of Business Management, Mumbai : NMAT score Cutoff (General-All India)
Section	2022
Overall	212

 

More than 50 colleges accept NMAT scores. Some NMAT colleges are:

• SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
• K J Somaiya Institute of Management
• Indian School of Business (ISB) (Advanced Management Programme in Business Analytics (AMPBA)
• SPJIMR (For PGMPW and GMP) 
• SDA Bocconi Asia Center (formerly MISB Bocconi)
• XIM University
• T. A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), A Constituent Unit of MAHE, Manipal All MBA Programs, India
• ICFAI Business School
• SOIL Institute of Management
• FLAME University 
• Stoa School
• Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab
• ISBR Business School
• Athena School of Management, Mumbai
• School of Business, Woxsen University
• IFMR Graduate School of Business
• Thapar School of Management
• SRM University, Delhi NCR, Sonepat
• Shiv nadar Institute of Management Studies
• School of Petroleum Management, PDPU
• Jain University
• CMS Business School
• ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai
• GITAM Deemed to be University, Visakhapatnam
• BML Munjal University
• Bennett University
• Universal Business School
• Indus Business Academy (IBA), Bangalore
• SRM University, Chennai 
• Chitkara university
• Alliance University
• Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University
• MIT World Peace University, Pune
• BSE Institute Limited
• Amity University
• Jindal Global Business School, Delhi/NCR
• VIT University
• University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES)
• IILM University
• Myra School of Business
• Mody University
• Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University
• Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab
• IIHMR University, Jaipur, Rajasthan
• IFIM College
• Jagdish Sheth School of Management
• ATLAS SkillTech University
• ISME School of Management and Entrepreneurship
• iMET Global
• Ansal University, Gurgaon
• Rishihood University

NMAT, like any other Amity exam, is a speed-based test. Thus, the entire preparation must be aligned with this thought. Candidates need to follow NMAT preparation strategies, which helps them build speed and the accuracy level to answer questions in the test. To build speed and accuracy, candidates need to catch hold of the best books for NMAT preparation, five years of NMAT sample papers and attempt the mock tests. Keep the following points in mind to prepare for the test:

• Devote three to four months to build conceptual clarity on topics included in the Galgotias syllabus
• Analyse your preparation level by practising NMAT question papers
• Create notes of each topic while studying and revise them from time to time
• Discuss your doubts with peers and mentors to clear them

The table below shows some of the top NMAT accepting MBA colleges in Delhi NCR along with their NIRF ranking:

College Name	NIRF 2023
Amity University, Noida	28
Amity University Gurugram	81
Galgotias University	91