CMAT 2017, Common Management Admission Test 2017

CMAT 2017, Common Management Admission Test 2017

CMAT 2017 – AICTE has released the notification for the conduct of CMAT 2017 on October 5, 2016. This year, the test will be held on two days, on January 28 and 29, 2017. Last year, AICTE decided to conduct the test only once for an academic year and this year, it has decided to conduct the test on two days. Other than this, no changes has been made to Common Management Admission Test 2017. The online registration will commence from October 10 and will conclude on December 10, 2016. With the release of the application form, a link to access the same will be provided here in this article. More than 72000 candidates took the test last year and this number is expected to increase this year. Any Indian citizen having Bachelor’s degree can take this computer based national level test. On the basis of CMAT score, the candidates will be able to take admissions into various post graduate management courses in over 400 B-Schools of India. Check the details of CMAT 2017 important dates & events, application form, registration fee, eligibility criteria etc. below on this page.

General Facts

Name of the Exam – Common Management Admission Test

Commonly known as – CMAT

Level of Exam – National

Exam conducted for admission to MBA & other Post Graduate Management Courses

Conducting Authority – All India Council for Technical Education

AICTE has prescribed the eligibility criteria to appear for this test, which must be satisfied by all the candidates interested in taking this test. They must ensure that they satisfy the eligibility conditions of CMAT, before filling the application form. Non-fulfillment of the same may lead to disqualification of the candidature irrespective of the stage of admission a candidate will be. The eligibility norms are as follow –

The candidate should be an Indian citizen and can apply for the test irrespective of his or her age.

He/she must have a Graduation degree in any discipline from a recognized University or Institute.

Also, final year pursuing students of Graduate courses whose result will be declared before commencement of admissions for the academic year 2017-18 are also eligible to apply.

CMAT Application Form 2017

The candidates eligible and interested in applying for this test will be required to get themselves registered online. AICTE will release the application form on October 10 and the last date to register for the test is December 10, 2016. For the ease of the candidates, a direct link to register for the test will be provided here in this article also. The applicants must fill and submit the CMAT 2017 Application Form only after ensuring that they fulfill the eligibility criteria. 

To register for the test, the candidates will have to enter as “New User” and fill a self-registration form by entering a few basic details. On submission of this form, a unique 6 digit password was generated. This password was sent to the candidates via e-mail and SMS. Thereafter, using this password and ID, the candidates will have to login to the registration portal for filling the application form and pay the requisite application fee.  

CMAT Application Fee 2017 

The candidates will be required to pay a non-refundable registration fee while filling the application form. This fee can be paid online via Credit Card/Debit Card/Net banking or by depositing cash at any SBI Bank branch in India against the online generated challan. The amount of the application fee is as follow –

For General category candidates – Rs. 1400/- + Bank Charges

For Reserved category candidates – Rs. 700/- + Bank Charges

CMAT Admit Card 2017

All the duly registered candidates will only be issued the admit card. From 13 January 2017, CMAT Admit Card will be made available for the candidates to download. It will be available in online mode only. A link to access and download the admit card will be provided here in this article for the convenience of the candidates. The admit card will also be sent to the registered email address provided by the candidates, but it won’t be sent via post. The candidates must carry their admit card to their respective test centre on the date of the examination for having entry. No candidate will be allowed entry into the exam centre, in case he/she will fail to furnish a valid admit card.

CMAT Exam Pattern 2017

The CMAT MBA Exam is a computer based test. The questions asked in the exam are objective type and 180 minutes are given to attempt these 100 MCQ’s. For every correct answer marked, 4 marks will be awarded and 1 mark will be deducted for marking a wrong answer. The test pattern can be easily understood from the table given below.

Types of Questions                          No. of Questions      Maximum Marks

Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation     25      100

Logical Reasoning                                            25      100

Language Comprehension                                  25      100

General Awareness                                          25      100

Commencement of Online Registration 10 October 2016

Last date to fill and submit the online application form 10 December 2016

Last Date to submit application fee in cash at SBI Bank 9 December 2016

Trial Test will be available on 15 December 2016

Admit Card to be released on 13 January 2017

CMAT 2017 to be held on 28 & 29 January 2017

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