Know this. The General Awareness and Innovation and Entrepreneurship sections together are 40% of the paper and are not covered by CAT-style preparation.
- Run by
- National Testing Agency (NTA), on behalf of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE); NTA has run it since 2019
- Admits you to
- MBA and PGDM admission at AICTE-approved institutions, university departments and affiliated colleges that accept the score (many state-level and private B-schools; some state counselling systems also use it).
- Who can sit
- A bachelor's degree in any discipline; final-year students whose result will be declared before admission begins can apply. No age limit.
- Pattern
- Computer-based test, 180 minutes, in English: 100 questions, 20 each in Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension, General Awareness, and Innovation and Entrepreneurship. +4 for a correct answer, -1 for a wrong one; 400 marks in all.
- When
- Applications usually around October–November; the exam in late January (2026: admit cards in January, result in February).
- Limits
- No age limit and no attempt limit.
Courses it leads to
Sources, checked 2026-09-28: cmat.nta.nic.in · cdnbbsr.s3waas.gov.in