CMAT

It is quite unlikely that you can get admission if you do not meet the academic eligibility criteria for MBA. The basic criteria of selection are CMAT score and academic score. As per the AICTE, the minimum score required in graduation to qualify for MBA programme is 50 % (for SC/ST/PwD category, the minimum score requirement is 45%. So, MBA aspirants must ensure that they have scored at least 50 percent in their Bachelor's degree programme.

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.

NTA does not release CMAT cut off. It has no role in release of CMAT cut off or admission through it. The CMAT cut offs are determined and released by score accepting colleges individually. The institutes either release CMAT cut off at the time of applications for admission or announce it during the PI shortlisting process.

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.

In 2024, the JAGSoM has released the cutoff for PGDM, PGDM in Finance and PGDM in Marketing programs for the open category. Considering the JAGSoM MBA cutoff 2024, the needed percentile to get into PGDM course is 75 for CAT, 70 for CMAT, 75 for MAT, and 70 for XAT. Moreover, candidates can check out the table below for course-wise cutoffs:

IIITM Gwalior cutoff for MBA course is based on CMAT scores followed by the counselling round, which was concluded with a single round.  According to the IIITM Gwalior cutoff 2024, the closing percentile for PGDM course stood at 85 for the General AI category candidates. Similarly, for the OBC AI category candiates, the required rank as per the cutoff stood similar at 85.

CMAT city intimation slip is essentially an indicator of your test city. The actual document of identification is the CMAT admit card which needs to be preserved until the admission process is over. Candidates may not preserve the CMAT city intimation slip after the exam.