If your performance in XAT, CAT and other MBA entrance exams wasn’t anywhere near good in 2021, you can focus your energies on the CMAT exam which will be held on April 2023. The marks scored in this exam are accepted in some of the leading business schools or in other words the top CMAT colleges in India. In this detailed write-up on the top CMAT colleges, we will take you through the institutes that will accept the CMAT 2023 score and the possible CMAT 2023 cut-offs.
The more than 1000 AICTE approved PGDM and MBA colleges which will accept the CMAT 2023 cut-offs and scores for admission to their 2023 MBA/PGDM batch can be essentially bracketed together as CMAT colleges. The CMAT 2023 exam will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) in one shift on April 2023. Until last year, this exam used to be conducted by the AICTE and it will be the first time that this exam will be conducted in two sessions rather than one.
A great multitude of MBA colleges will accept the CMAT score this time and the admission to these institutes will be open till February 2023. The precise CMAT score requirement to get admitted to these schools will be based on their corresponding admission policies for the next academic year and also on their CMAT score requirement last year. If we take a closer look, these institutes are essentially private PGDM colleges or University business schools offering MBA degrees among many others. The CMAT cut-offs set by these institutes may vary from one school to the other. Many of them also consider the CMAT sectional cut-offs while shortlisting the candidates.
Almost all the Maharashtra MBA colleges that offer AICTE approved PGDM, MMS (Master of Management Studies) or MBA programs and are participating in the CAP (Centralised Admission Process) 2023, conducted by the DTE Maharashtra will accept the CMAT 2023 score. The DTE Maharashtra had categorically clarified via its notification in October 2017 (reference 2A/ADM/MBA-MMS/2017/1221) that all the Maharashtra MBA colleges will accept the CMAT score for admitting All India category candidates to their Master of Business Administration programs if their admission process is under the DTE Maharashtra’s governance.
Top CMAT Colleges that accept the CMAT Score
Below provided is a list of top CMAT colleges that accept CMAT score. This list has been created based on the CMAT cut offs of last year, along with the corresponding program fees of each institute:
|
MBA College |
Expected Cut off Percentile |
Fee (₹ in lakhs) |
|
98.50 |
9.79 |
|
|
BIMTECH Greater Noida |
95+ |
12.00 |
|
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai |
95+ |
|
|
Dept. of Management Sciences, University of Pune, PUMBA |
90+ |
2.45 |
|
KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai |
90+ |
11.93 |
|
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies and Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai |
90+ |
1.36 |
|
Prin. LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai |
85+ |
11 |
|
Prin. LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Bengaluru |
80+ |
6.50 |
|
90+ |
12 |
|
|
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow |
80+ |
9.25 |
|
SIES College of Management Studies |
80+ |
6.30 |
|
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bengaluru |
80+ |
10 |
|
80+ |
11.95 |
|
|
80+ |
8 |
|
|
International School of Business & Media, Pune |
80+ |
8.9 |
|
ITM, Mumbai |
80+ |
9.20 |
|
AIMS School of Business |
80+ |
9 |
|
Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Delhi |
80+ |
5.5 |
|
Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management |
80+ |
6.5 |
|
New Delhi Institute of Management |
80+ |
8.25 |
|
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies |
95+ |
6.00 |
MBA ProgramSome key points related to CMAT 2023 Cut Offs set by CMAT Colleges
- It is only after the CMAT 2023 results which are going to be announced in April, 2023 where an announcement regarding the actual CMAT 2023 cut-offs will be made by the CMAT colleges.
- More than 1000 participating institutes will accept the CMAT score this time.
- It is important that candidates apply separately to all the CMAT colleges they are interested in.
- It is also important for students to meet the cut off criteria and other important requirements set by the CMAT colleges to qualify for admission to those institutes.
- Apart from meeting the CMAT 2023 cut off, the shortlisted students will also need to go through the other selection procedures laid out by the specific MBA colleges. The selection procedure might comprise of personal interviews, writing ability tests and/or group discussions.
- The final decision of admission to an MBA College will rest entirely with the Institute and will be based on the CMAT score, overall academic profile, experience and performance in WAT-GD-PI.
The expected cut off percentiles with respect to the CMAT scores
It can be safely inferred based on the past trends that anyone getting an overall CMAT score in the range of 225 to 230 will fall in the 99 percentile, while students who score around 190 marks will fall in the 95 percentile range. If we look at the CMAT scores and the cut off percentiles of the past years, the table will more or less have the following figures this time around:
|
Cut Off Percentile Range |
Overall CMAT Score |
|
99 |
220 to 230 |
|
95 |
180 to 190 |
|
90 |
160 to 170 |
|
85 |
150 to 160 |
|
80 |
135 to 140 |
|
75 |
125 to 130 |
|
70 |
115 to 120 |
|
65 |
105 to 110 |
|
60 |
100 to 105 |
Common FAQs
Q1. Is CMAT result 2023 out?
A1. NTA is likely to release CMAT 2023 exam result on April 2023 after considering all the objections of CMAT answer key and after release of CMAT final answer keys.
A2. Candidates will be able to check the CMAT result 2023 at the official website, cmat.nta.nic.in.
|
CMAT Score Range out of 400 Marks |
CMAT Percentile Range after score normalization |
|
345-350 |
100 |
|
281-340 |
90-99.99 |
|
201-280 |
81-89 |
|
171-200 |
71-80 |
|
141-170 |
61-70 |
|
116-140 |
51-60 |
|
Below 116 |
Below 51 |
Q3. How to see the CMAT result?
A3. Step 1: Visit the official website of CMAT- cmat.nta.nic.in. Step 2: Log in with required credentials such as date of birth and application number to be filled. Step 3: CMAT 2023 scorecard will appear on the screen. Step 4: Download the scorecard for further procedures
Q4. Is CMAT score same as percentile?
A4. No, the CMAT Score is not same as percentile.
Q5. Which colleges are accepting CMAT?
A5. Top B-Schools Accepting CMAT 2023 Score.
1. Goa Institute of Management
2. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
3. Dept. of Management Sciences, University of Pune, PUMBA
4. KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai
5. Sydenham Institute of Management Studies and Research and Entrepreneurship Education, Mumbai (SIMSREE)
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