The 10 Most Popular MBA Entrance Exams in India

With MBA gaining popularity among individuals determined to climb up the corporate ladder, the competition to grab a seat at the best management institutes of the country is only getting fiercer every year.

In order to gain entry to these institutes, students sit for multiple MBA entrance exams like CAT, MAT, GMAT, CMAT, SNAP, XAT, IBSAT and IIFT, which are conducted at the national, state and university level.

These tests require a candidate to be an under graduate degree holder from a recognized university with a decent scorecard to start with. All that a candidate needs to do is to apply online on the official website of the exam that one wishes to take.

The MBA entrance exams usually focus on areas such as English Comprehension, Logical Reasoning, Data Interpretation, Essay Writing and General Awareness. The sections are designed in such a way that the candidates can be tested for their aptitude and ability to critically solve problems and arrive at conclusions in an efficient way. Once the entrance exams are conducted, candidates are further assessed in a Group Discussion and Personal Interview round, or in some cases Written Ability Test (WAT) round.

Since the first step to a reputed business school is an entrance exam, we’ve compiled a list of the 10 most popular MBA exams that every management aspirant must have in their to-do list.

List of management exams with details:

Apart from these exams, various universities also conduct their own aptitude tests as a criterion for admission to their management colleges like West Bengal University of Technology Joint Entrance Management Aptitude Test (WBUT-JEMAT), Punjab University MBA Entrance Test (PU-MET), Kerala University MBA Common Entrance Test (KU-CET), Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Common Entrance Test (IPU-CET), etc.

Another important thing to note is that many MBA institutes of the country accept scores of more than one of these entrance exams. For instance, CAT score is accepted by not only the IIMs, but also other 100 B-Schools all over India.

Apart from the entrance exam score, every institute takes other parameters like academic performance, work experience, group discussion, written assessment and interview performance etc. in consideration to select candidates. The weightage assigned to exam score may differ for each institute.

While the road to getting an MBA degree may not be an easy one, the value it adds to your professional life is worth all the hard work and effort you put in your journey from taking entrance exams to finally getting a seat at the business school of your choice.

*Dates included may be subject to change.   **CMAT is likely to be conducted once a year from now on.   
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