December 24, 2024
Overview: The CMAT exam date 2025 is scheduled to be conducted by the NTA in the month of January 2025. CMAT entrance exam date registration has begun from November 14, 2024. Let's check all the important updates around the CMAT exam for 2025 in this blog!
Continue reading to learn all about the CMAT exam 2025, fees, eligibility criteria, admission process, and more!
The Common Management Aptitude Test is all set to be conducted on 25th January 2025 by the National Testing Agency. The CMAT exam was conducted in April-May, but for 2025, the exam date is fixed to 25th January 2025.
The CMAT registration process has started and will continue until 25 December 2024. Candidates who wish to appear for the CMAT 2025 exam can still complete the CMAT application form before the deadline.
More than 1,300 institutions accept the CMAT exam score, including BIMS, KJ Somaiaya, Prin LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Great Lakes Institute of Management, KIIT School of Management, Amity University, BIMTECH, Goa Institute of Management, Xavier Institute of Management and Research, and Gitam School of Management.
Here are the key highlights of CMAT 2025:
CAT Exam Particulars | CAT Exam 2025 Details |
CMAT Full Form | Common Management Aptitude Test (CAT) |
Conducting Body | National Testing Agency (NTA) [was conducted by AICTE till 2019] |
Exam Level | National Level Test |
Exam Frequency | Once a year |
Mode of Exam |
Conducted in CBT (Computer Based Test) mode |
CMAT Exam Date 2025 |
January 25, 2025 |
CMAT Entrance Exam Duration | 180 minutes (3 hours) |
CMAT 2025 Exam Timings | 180 minutes or 3 hours |
No. of test cities | Over 124 |
CMAT exam website | cmat.nta.nic.in |
Exam helpdesk no. |
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) is responsible for conducting the Common Management Aptitude Test 2025. It has released the important dates for CMAT 2025 which include:
CMAT Exam 2025 Events |
CMAT Exam 2025 Dates |
Online Submission of Application Form |
14 November 2024 to 13 December 2024 (up to 09:50 P.M.) |
Last date of submission of application fees |
25 December 2024 (up to 11:50 P.M.) |
Correction in Particulars in Application Form |
26 December 2024 to 27 December 2024 (up to 11:50 P.M.) |
Successful transaction of fees |
25 December 2024 (up to 11:50 P.M.) |
Announcement of the City of Examination |
17 January 2025 |
Downloading Admit Cards from the NTA website |
20 January 2025 |
Date of Examination |
25 January 2025 |
Duration |
180 minutes (03:00 Hrs) |
Timing of Examination |
To be announced later on the website |
Read More | List of CMAT Subjects
The CMAT score is accepted by over 1,300 colleges in India, including some renowned institutes. It is important to review the CMAT 2025 eligibility criteria and exam pattern to get admission to your dream college. Here are the eligibility criteria for the CMAT exam 2025:
Candidates should familiarise themselves with the sections, the number of questions asked, and the CMAT marking scheme. Here is the CMAT exam pattern for 2025.
5 sections in CMAT 2025 need to be completed in 180 minutes. The CMAT exam consists of 100 questions with a total of 400 marks.
CMAT Sections | No. of questions | Maximum Marks |
Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation | 20 | 80 |
Logical Reasoning | 20 | 80 |
Language Comprehension | 20 | 80 |
General Awareness | 20 | 80 |
Innovation & Entrepreneurship | 20 | 80 |
Total | 100 | 400 |
The candidates appearing for the CMAT 2025 exam should be aware of the marking scheme, including:
Also Read | CMAT Total Marks
Read More | CMAT Exam Syllabus 2025
Check Here| CMAT Exam Registration 2025
Fee payable for CMAT – 2025 (through Credit Card /Debit Card (except Master/Visa Card) / Net-Banking/UPI) |
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Gen-EWS/ SC/ST/PwD /OBC-(NCL) | Male- ₹ 2500/- | Female- ₹ 1250/- |
Third gender | ₹ 1250/- | |
*Applicable service/processing charges & GST over and above the Examination fee, are to be paid by the candidate to the concerned Bank/ Payment Gateway Integrator. |
Once the CMAT entrance exam date for 2025 is released, the following will be the sites where CMAT 2025 exam will be conducted in online mode:
State |
City |
Andaman And Nicobar |
Port Blair, Guntur, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam |
Arunachal Pradesh |
Itanagar/Naharlagun |
Assam |
Dibrugarh, Guwahati |
Bihar |
Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna, Begusarai |
Chandigarh/Mohali |
Chandigarh/Mohali |
Chhattisgarh |
Bhilai Nagar/Durg, Raipur |
Delhi |
Delhi-Ncr |
Goa |
Panaji |
Gujarat |
Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, Anand, Bhuj, Mehsana, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Valsad/Vapi |
Haryana |
Faridabad, Gurugram, Kurukshetra |
Himachal Pradesh |
Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Shimla |
Jammu And Kashmir |
Jammu, Srinagar |
Jharkhand |
Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
Karnataka |
Belagavi(Belgaum), Bengaluru, Dharwad/Hubballi, Hubli, Gulbarga, Mangaluru, Mysuru |
Kerala |
Ernakulam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur |
Ladakh |
Leh |
Lakshwadeep |
Kavaratti |
Madhya Pradesh |
Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Sagar |
Maharashtra |
Ahemednagar, Amravati, Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Mumbai/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Solapur, Thane, Wardha |
Manipur |
Imphal |
Meghalaya |
Shillong |
Mizoram |
Aizawl |
Nagaland |
Dimapur, Kohima |
Odisha |
Balasore (Baleswar), Berhampur-Ganjam, Bhubaneswar, Jeypore / Koraput, Sambalpur |
Puducherry |
Puducherry |
Punjab |
Amritsar, Bhatinda, Ludhiana, Patiala/ Fatehgarh Sahib |
Rajasthan |
Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur |
Tamil Nadu |
Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, |
Telangana |
Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Warangal |
Tripura |
Agartala |
Uttar Pradesh |
Agra, Allahabad/Prayagraj, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut |
Uttar Pradesh |
Varanasi |
Uttarakhand |
Dehradun, Haldwani, Roorkee |
West Bengal |
Kolkata, Siliguri |
Also Check | List of Top colleges accepting CMAT Score in India
Find Out | CMAT Exam Results 2025
NTA does not participate in the admission counseling for Management Programs.
Follow these steps for admission using your CMAT result score 2025:
Also Check | CMAT Exam Cut Off
CMAT exam admit cards for 2025 are provided provisionally, contingent upon meeting eligibility criteria.
Also Check | How to download CMAT Admit Card
Following are some expert tips that could help you if you are preparing for CMAT exam 2025:
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