The NMAT exam by GMAC provides students in India an opportunity to apply for Management programs offered by several reputed institutes in the country. The exam enables various B- Schools to recruit top talent with the confidence that the test measures the skills required to succeed in their programs. It also gives candidates the confidence to perform their best.
The NMAT exam is used for admissions to some of the leading graduate business programs in India. Since becoming a computer-based or automated test in 2009, the NMAT by GMAC has been the most valued benchmark for measurement of candidate’s caliber for management programs in India and as a valid and reliable predictor of success in graduate business school.
B-Schools will have access to one of the more diverse tests taking populations in India with some of the highest proportions of women and non-engineers taking the exam. Test takers are provided access to practice materials to enhance their preparations.
Over the past several years NMAT by GMAC exam has been and will continue to be, a symbol of quality, enabling test takers to access graduate management education and a career of choice while providing B-schools access to top talent.
Due to its high reputation, NMAT by GMAC exam is accepted by B-schools holding different ratings. We list down below top B-Schools in India that accept NMAT results for their various management degrees and courses.
| Sr. No. | Name of Institute | Expected NMAT Cutoff Score | No. of Intake seats |
| 1 | SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies | 212 | MBA in Finance, Information
Systems, Marketing, Operations; Decision Sciences and Analytics – 500
For MBA HRM – 60 |
| 2 | Xavier School (Human Resource Management) at Bhubaneswar | MBA-HRM-87 percentile* | 120 |
| 3 | Xavier School of Rural Management in Bhubaneswar | MBA in rural Management – 50 percentile*
(*Additional cutoffs on sections are also applied here) |
120 |
| 4 | Xavier School of Sustainability in Bhubaneswar | MBA in Sustainability Management is having 40 percentiles | 60 |
| 5 | Xavier Faculty of management (in Urban Management and Governance) in Bhubaneswar | MBA in Urban Management and Governance with 40 percentiles | 60 |
| 6 | SDA Bocconi Asia Center, Mumbai | Average 200 score | 140-160 |
| 7 | ICFAI Business School (IBS), in Hyderabad, Kolkata, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune, Gurgaon, Dehradun, Bengaluru & Mumbai | 150+ | NA |
| 8 | Shiv Nadar University | 60 percentile | 60 |
| 9 | Alliance University | 100+ | 180 |
| 10 | VIT University | 85 percentile
NMAT score – 354: full fee waiver NMAT score 325-345: 50 percent fee waiver |
120 |
| 11 | Amity Business School, Noida | For Non Sponsored category- 60 percentile
For Sponsored category- 50 percentile |
NA |
| 12 | Amity Business School, Jaipur | 65 percentile | NA |
| 13 | Amity Business School (Mumbai Branch) | 65 percentile | NA |
| 14 | Amity Business School, Lucknow | 65 percentile | NA |
| 15 | Amity Business School, Gurgaon | 65 percentile | NA |
| 16 | Amity Business School, Gwalior | 65 percentile | NA |
| 17 | Thapar School of Management | 140+ | 180 |
| 18 | Woxsen School of Business Management | 160+ | 120 |
| 19 | University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES) | 140+ | MBA Oil and Gas Management – 90
General MBA – 80 MBA with Specialization in Logistics and Supply Chain Management – 80 MBA in Business Analytics – 50 MBA in International Business – 50 MBA in Power Management – 45 MBA in Aviation management – 30 MBA in Energy Trading – 30 MBA Port and Shipping Management – 20 |
| 20 | GITAM School of International Business (GSIB), Visakhapatnam | 140+ score | MBA (International Business)-120
MBA (International Banking & Finance)-60
MBA (Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management)-60
PGDBA (Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics)-60 |
| 21 | Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University | 140+ score | NA |
| 22 | SRM University | 180+ | 60 |
| 23 | BML Munjal University | No cut off | NA |
| 24 | Mody University | 40 per cent | NA |
| 25 | ISBR Business School | 140+ | NA |
| 25 | Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University | NA | NA |
| 26 | ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai | 150+ | NA |
| 27 | Bennett University | NA | 90 |
| 28 | BSE Institute Limited | NA | NA |
| 29 | Jindal Global Business school – Delhi/NCR | NA | 100 |
| 30 | School of Petroleum Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar | NA | 60 |
A student can choose up to 5 schools under their NMAT application form. For applicants who want to select more than five schools, they usually must pay Rs.200 + applicable tax for each school/ program.
Typically, the selection process of all NMAT participating institutes involves a similar pattern, consisting of all or any of the following stages:
- Group Discussion (GD)
- Written Ability Test (WAT)
- Personal Interview (PI)
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