CMAT, commonly known as the Common Management Aptitude Test, is a computer-based entrance exam conducted by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for admission to MBA/PGDM courses in over 1000 B-schools across India. The duration of the exam is three hours with the question paper consisting of 100 questions from Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, and General Awareness.
You can refer to the table given below for the cutoffs released by various B schools, analyzed as per the previous year's trends. These colleges have been recommended by our mentor from Erudite Institute. Listed below are the names of the colleges and their cut offs:
Name of the College |
Cutoff |
JBIMS, Mumbai |
99.99 %ile |
Sydenham(SIMREE), Mumbai |
99.92%ile |
SIES Mumbai |
99.8%ile |
MET, Mumbai |
98%ile |
KJ Somaiya, Mumbai |
97%ile |
Goa Institute of Management Great Lakes Institute of Management PUMBA, Pune Indira Institute of Management, Pune |
95%ile |
IPE Hyderabad IFMR, Chennai |
90%ile |
NIBM, Pune Welingkar Institute, Mumbai N.L Dalmia Institute, Mumbai |
85%ile |
XISS Ranchi HR IMT Navi Mumbai ISME, Mumbai |
80%ile |
Welingkar Institute, Bangalore Soil Institute of Management NIA Pune |
75%ile |
ADANI Institute of Infrastructure Management |
70%ile |
These colleges may not be Tier 1 institutions but are good B Schools that admit students on the basis of their CMAT scores.
These management institutes conduct group discussions and personal interviews to select candidates for MBA/PGDM programs post declaration of CMAT exam results. The admission process of each institute is independent and according to their academic cycle.