MBA Entrance Exams 2025: Check Key Details for CAT 2025, MAH MBA CET, MAT May Exam, ATMA, PGCET and others

Top MBA Entrance Exam List with MBA Exam Dates and Schedule will help you decide to choose which MBA Entrance Exam in India you should apply and appear depending upon your MBA college preference. The schedule of MBA entrance examinations for MBA Admission 2025 and 2026 below.

List of Top MBA Entrance Exam for MBA Admission 2026

List of MBA Entrance Exam for MBA Admission 2025 

After this introduction, now read key details for each of these MBA Entrance Exams in India including on MAT May 2025 exam. 

Common Admission Test (CAT) 2025 is India's most competitive MBA entrance exam. CAT 2025 Exam Date is November 30, 2025. IIM Kozhikode will be the CAT 2025 Convenor. Over 3 lakh aspirants will appear for the CAT 2025 exam. CAT 2024 was held on November 24, 2024 and results were released on December 19, 2024. 

CAT exam pattern is divided into three key areas: Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Quantitative Ability (QA). CAT 2025 requires a smart and focused preparation approach focused on building strong foundation, practice, and mock test analysis. Check details below: 

CAT 2025 Exam Pattern 
CAT Exam pattern is divided in three sections: Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Ability. Each section can be further divided into sub-sections. Over the last five years, the CAT exam pattern has undergone several notable changes in its pattern, number of questions, and difficulty level. CAT exam pattern has become more focused on conceptual clarity, time management, and reasoning ability. CAT 2025 Exam pattern is given below. 

CAT 2025 Exam Pattern (Expected)

Read this article for complete guide to CAT 2025 exam including CAT pattern, syllabus, preparation strategy, and recommended resources.

Xavier Aptitude Test is the Admission Test for admission to MBA/PGDM programs in XLRI and other top MBA colleges like XIMB, IMT Ghaziabad, IMI New Delhi, TAPMI Manipal, GIM Goa and 150 other top MBA colleges in India. XLRI Jamshedpur and Delhi do not accept any other test score except XAT. 

Salient Points about the XAT Exam are:

• A computer-based test conducted at more than 70 test cities
• For XAT 2025, the exam duration is reduced to three hours from earlier three hours thirty minutes
• The exam is divided into two parts & four sections of Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning; Decision Making; Quantitative Ability & Data Interpretation; General Knowledge
• Part two which had General Knowledge and Analytical Essay Writing (AEW) sections will have only GK section in XAT 2025 and AEW will not figure in the exam.
• Part two does not count for percentile score calculation
• No Individual time limit to attempt the sections

XAT Exam Highlights
Following are the key features of XLRI XAT exam. 

XAT Exam Pattern 
XAT Question Paper will have 4 sections and out of them 3 are core sections which are counted for percentile calculation– Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning; Decision Making; Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation. Score of General Knowledge section is taken into account during the PI round

NMAT (NMAT by GMAC) is an important national level MBA entrance test leading to admission in top MBA colleges including NMIMS Mumbai, VIT, TAPMI, XIMB among other institutes and universities in India. NMAT Exam Dates for 2025 exam are November 5 to December 20, 2025.

NMAT Exam Highlights
Following are the key features of NMAT by GMAC exam. 

NMAT Exam Pattern
NMAT Question Paper has 3 sections: Language Skills, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Skills. NMAT exam pattern is similar to other leading national level MBA entrance exams like CAT and XAT but NMAT has a lower difficulty level and does not have negative marking.

SNAP is the mandatory MBA Entrance Exam for Admission to 17 Symbiosis Institutes in India. Symbiosis International University (SIU) Pune conducts Symbiosis National Aptitude Test, popularly known as SNAP every year as computer-based test. SNAP 2025 Exam dates are December 7, 14, and 21, 2025.

SNAP Exam Highlights
Following are the key features of SNAP exam. 

SNAP Exam Pattern 
SNAP Question Paper has 3 sections, namely– General English, Reading Comprehension, Verbal Ability; Quantitative, Data Interpretation, Data Sufficiency and Analytical & Logical Reasoning. SNAP exam pattern is similar to other leading national level MBA entrance exams like CAT, XAT and NMAT. However, SNAP has moderate difficulty level.

CMAT exam is an important MBA entrance exam for MBA admission 2025 in 1000 AICTE Approved PGDM colleges. CMAT 2025 exam was held on January 25, 2025. CMAT 2026 exam date is January 31, 2026. 

CMAT Exam Highlights
Following are the key features of CMAT exam. 

CMAT Exam Pattern 
CMAT exam pattern is similar to other leading national level MBA entrance exams like CAT, XAT, NMAT but CMAT has a moderate difficulty level. CMAT Exam has 5 sections: Quantitative Technique; Logical Reasoning; Language Comprehension; General Awareness; Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

MAH MBA CET 2025 exam was held on April 1, 2, and 3. MAH MBA CET Answer Key 2025 release date is expected in April last week.

MAH MBA CET 2025 Exam Analysis reveals that there were no changes in the overall exam pattern with total 200 questions divided in four sections. As expected, reasoning sections dominated the MAH MBA CET 2025 exam paper. Check section wise analysis below. In terms of difficulty level, while the overall difficulty level of exam was easy to moderate, there were some changes in difficulty level of particular sections on a given day. On Day 1, the paper has lengthy RC passages and calculation intensive Quantitative Aptitude questions. On Day 2, the paper was well balanced. On Day 3, students felt that Quantitative Aptitude section was lengthy and had some tough questions. 

Based on overall difficulty level, MAH MBA CET Score Vs Percentile estimates are that a Score of 130 marks will get 99 percentile. 

State MBA entrance exams are conducted by various state governments or state universities for admission to MBA and PGDM programs in state-affiliated colleges. Here are some of the major state-level MBA entrance exams:

TANCET MBA 2025 Exam 
TANCET MBA 2025 exam was held on March 22, 2025. After the release of TANCET Answer Key, TANCET 2025 Result will be declared on or before April 24, 2025. TANCET MBA exam analysis revels that the overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate, but some students found the Quantitative Aptitude section a bit difficult. Top MBA colleges accepting TANCET Score 2025 are Anna University, PSG Institute of Management Coimbatore, SSN School of Management Chennai and Thiagarajar School of Management Madurai. Read complete details in the article below.

TANCET 2025 Exam Highlights
A state level entrance test for MBA and other PG courses of Tamil Nadu, following are the important Exam Highlights

Karnataka PGCET 2025 
Karnataka PGCET exam is conducted by Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) for admissions into MBA, MCA and ME/MTech/MArch courses offered by Government and Private colleges. Karnataka PGCET 2025 exam for MBA and MCA courses will be held on June 22, 2025. Karnataka PGCET registration process will be open from April 25 to May 10, 2025. Check PGCET MBA Exam Pattern, Syllabus, Preparation and free Mock Tests. Also check top colleges accepting PGCET exam scores, and PGCET counselling process for Admission 2025.  

Karnataka PGCET Exam Highlights

Karnataka PGCET 2025 Important Dates
Karnataka PGCET Exam Date for MBA and MCA courses is June 22, 2025. Karnataka PGCET 2025 exam for ME/MTech/MArch courses will be held on May 31, 2025. Karnataka PGCET registration process will be open from April 25, 2025. Check complete details for Karnataka PGCET 2025 exam for MBA below.

KMAT Kerala (Kerala)
KMAT Kerala Results 2025 have been released on March 6, 2025. KMAT Kerala 2025 was conducted on February 23, 2025. Candidates can check the result by clicking the link ‘Result’ in the Candidate Portal. A Kerala Government notification, issued on official website, said, “the provisional result along with the responses of candidates who have appeared in the Computer Based Entrance Examination for admission to MBA course-2025 (KMAT 2025 First Session) conducted on 23.02.2025 are published in the website www.cee.kerala.gov.in.”. A few complaints received regarding the answer key published on 24.02.2025 were examined by the Expert Committee and the answer key to question number 115 has been changed from option B to C as per the decision of the Expert Committee. It must be noted that KMAT Kerala exam is conducted in two different sessions every year. The second session KMAT Kerala exam dates 2025 will be announced in coming month.

KMAT Kerala 2025 Exam: Key Highlights

AP ICET (Andhra Pradesh)

• Conducting Body: Sri Krishnadevaraya University on behalf of APSCHE
• Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks
• Mode: Online (Computer-Based Test)
• Accepted by: Andhra University, SV University, and other AP-based colleges

TS ICET (Telangana)

• Conducting Body: Kakatiya University on behalf of TSCHE
• Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks
• Mode: Online (Computer-Based Test)
• Accepted by: Osmania University, Kakatiya University, and Telangana colleges

UPSEE MBA (Uttar Pradesh)

• Conducting Body: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU)
• Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree with at least 50% marks
• Mode: Online (Computer-Based Test)
• Accepted by: AKTU-affiliated colleges in UP

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is one of the most popular National level MBA entrance exams in India. MAT is conducted four times in a year in February, May, August and December. More than 200 MBA/PGDM Colleges are accepting MAT Scores for Admission 2025. MAT is an easier exam than CAT or XAT exams. Total duration of MAT exam is 2 hours (120 mins). The exam pattern is divided into five sections. MAT 2025 February Exam will be held on March 9 as Paper Based Test (PBT) and on March 23, 2025 as Computer Based Test (CBT). 

MAT May 2025 Exam dates are out. MAT 2025 exam will be held in Paper Based Test (PBT) mode on May 31, and in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode on June 8, 2025. MAT Registrations 2025 are open. MAT Registration Fees for May Exam has been increased. 

MAT 2025 exam highlights are as follows:

MAT 2025 May Exam Dates
MAT 2025 exam will be held in Paper Based Test (PBT) mode on May 31, and in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode on June 8, 2025. Check MAT 2025 registration and admit card release dates in the table below.

ATMA 2025 will be held on June 1, 2025. ATMA 2025 June Exam registration is open. Check details below. AIMS Test for Management Admissions (ATMA) exam is conducted by the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS). ATMA 2025 Exam scores are accepted by Welingkar Mumbai, Jaipuria Noida, IPE Hyderabad and 200+ MBA Colleges in India. ATMA exam pattern is divided into six sections with 30 questions in each section. ATMA exam duration is 3 hours.

ATMA 2025 Exam Highlights
The table below summarizes key ATMA Exam highlights.

ATMA 2025 Exam Important Dates
The table below has important dates for ATMA June Exam 2025.

IBSAT 2025: MBA Entrance Exam for ICFAI University MBA Colleges
IBSAT is MBA entrance test for admission in 9 ICFAI Business Schools (IBS) located across India. IBSAT Entrance Exam 2025 dates are December 27-28, 2025. The exam is conducted by ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education. IBSAT score is accepted for admission by ICFAI Business Schools (IBS) located at Hyderabad, Dehradun, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune.  

MICAT - MICA Admission Test 
Conducted by MICA Ahmedabad for all the applicants who apply for MICA admission, MICAT is the mandatory entrance exam for admission to MICA PGDM-C and PGDM programs. MICAT is MICA’s own PGDM entrance test for admission 2026. MICA conducts two MICAT exams MICAT 1 and MICAT II. If you are planning for admission to MICA Ahmedabad PGDM-C or PGDM 2026-28 batch, you need to apply and appear in MICAT, apart from taking CAT 2025 or XAT 2026. MICAT Registration process is expected to open from September 15, 2025.

MICAT Exam Pattern
MICAT exam consists of 3 sections:
Section A: Psychometric Test
Section B: Descriptive Test
Section C: This section has 4 sub-sections: Divergent and Convergent Thinking; Verbal Ability, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation and General awareness

XGMT - XIM University MBA Admission Test 
XGMT is the own admission test for XIM University MBA admission 2025 in its constituent MBA colleges. XIM University conducts XGMT. If you have not taken CAT/XAT/NMAT or GMAT, the XGMT is the only option to become eligible for MBA admission in XIMB and other management institutes of XIM University Bhubaneswar. 

Amrita Common Aptitude Test (ACAT)
Amrita Common Aptitude Test (ACAT) 2025 is an important National wide MBA entrance exam for MBA admission 2025 in any of five Business Schools of Amrita University Amaravati, Amritapuri (Kollam), Bengaluru, Coimbatore, and Kochi. ACAT 2025 Exam dates are March 15 & 16, 2025. The exam is conducted by Amrita Vishwa Vidya Peetham as computer-based test. Last date of ACAT 2025 Registration is February 28, 2025. ACAT Exam 2025 duration is two and half hours and the exam consists of 100 questions divided in 4 sections: Verbal Reasoning and Language Comprehension; Data Interpretation and Analysis; General Knowledge on Indian & Global Scenarios; Quantitative Aptitude with 25 questions in each section. 

GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) is a required exam for admission to international business schools in US and Europe. Many Indian B-schools also accepted GMAT for MBA admissions in India. However, GMAT is an expensive exam. The GMAT registration fee in India is $275 for the in-person test and $300 for the online test. GRE is another popular entrance exam for admission into international business schools in US and Europe. 

Apart from the above important OMETs, there are some other MBA entrance exams as well. They will be updated soon. 

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