CMAT

Dates

Dates of the 2026 exam — the next dates are not announced yet. Always check the official website.

Application opens

17/10/2025

Last date to apply

24/11/2025 (extended from 17/11/2025; fee payment till 25/11/2025)

Exam

25/01/2026 (single shift)

Result

17/02/2026

Conducted by

National Testing Agency (NTA)

For

MBA / PGDM and other management programmes in AICTE-approved / participating institutions

Mode

Computer-based test

Duration

180 minutes (3 hours)

Languages

English only

Attempts per year

Once a year

Application fee

General (UR) male ₹2,500; General (UR) female ₹1,250; Gen-EWS / SC / ST / PwD / PwBD / OBC-NCL (male and female) ₹1,250; third gender ₹1,250; plus processing charges and GST (CMAT 2026)

Eligibility

A Bachelor's degree in any discipline; final-year Bachelor's students whose result is declared before admissions for the academic year begin can also apply. Candidates must be Indian citizens. There is no age limit.

Exam pattern

100 questions, 400 marks: Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness, Innovation & Entrepreneurship (20 questions / 80 marks each); +4 for correct, -1 for incorrect, 0 for unanswered

Score used for

Admission to MBA / PGDM programmes in AICTE-approved and participating institutions

For Maharashtra students

CMAT score is one of the scores accepted in Maharashtra's MBA / MMS Centralised Admission Process (CAP) run by the State CET Cell, alongside MAH-MBA/MMS CET (check the CET Cell MBA brochure for the current list).