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Content Writer | Updated On - Apr 16, 2023

Common Management Aptitude Test, popularly known as CMAT, is a national level aptitude test conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to various MBA/ PGDM courses. The top b-schools that accept CMAT score include JBIMS, Sydenham, SIMSREE, Great Lakes Institute of Management, K J Somaiya, etc. The cut off for these top MBA Colleges ranges from 95 to 99.99 percentile. Candidates meeting CMAT 2023 Cut off can apply to their desired colleges.

CMAT 2023 exam is expected to be held on April 2, 2023. In the 2022 session, out of the 58956 registered candidates, 51144 appeared for the exam. This year also, around 55000 candidates are expected to appear for CMAT 2023 exam for admission to 4500+ seats offered by the 1000+ AICTE approved CMAT score accepting colleges..

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Top B-schools for CMAT 2023

Top CMAT 2023 Colleges Campus CMAT cut off percentile score Fees
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies Mumbai 99.99 6.00 Lakhs
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies And Research And Entrepreneurship Education Mumbai 99.96 1.36 Lakhs
Great Lakes Institute of Management - GLIM Chennai, Gurgaon 95 16.45 Lakhs
SIMSR Mumbai: K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies And Research Mumbai 97 11.93 Lakhs
Institute For Financial Management & Research Chennai 90 12 Lakhs
Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research Mumbai, Bangalore 95 11 Lakhs
Department of Management Sciences University of Pune Pune 95 2.45 Lakhs
Goa Institute of Management Goa 93 9.79 Lakhs
SIES College of Management Studies Mumbai 84 6.30 Lakhs
Institute of Public Enterprise Hyderabad 80+ 8.00 Lakhs
Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow 84 9.25 Lakhs
AIMS School of Business Bangalore 80 9.00 Lakhs
New Delhi Institute of Management New Delhi 80 8.25 Lakhs
Jagan Institute of Management Studies Rohini 80 5.5 Lakhs
International School of Business & Media Pune 80 8.9 Lakhs
ITM Group of Institutions Mumbai 80 9.20 Lakhs
KIIT School of Management Bhubaneswar 80 11.95 Lakhs
Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Bangalore 80 10 Lakhs
Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management Hyderabad 80 6.5 Lakhs
IES Management College And Research Centre Mumbai 70 7.2 Lakhs
SCMS Cochin School of Business Cochin 70 8.25 Lakhs
Adarsh Institute of Management And Information Technology Bangalore 70 4.5 Lakhs
M S Ramaiah Institute of Management Bangalore 75 6.9 Lakhs
FIIB New Delhi New Delhi 70 7.2 Lakhs
Jaypee Business School Noida Delhi NCR 70 8 Lakhs
International Institute of Management Studies Pune 70 7.56 Lakhs
EMPI Business School New Delhi 70 6.95 Lakhs
Calcutta Business School, Kolkata Kolkata 70 6.85 Lakhs

NOTE: The above-mentioned data may be subject to change accordingly as per the university/institution authority. The candidate is advised to follow it as a standard for future reference. 

Best Private B-schools Accepting CMAT 2023 Scores

MBA Colleges CMAT cut off percentile score
JBIMS: Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies 90
DBS Dehradun: Doon Business School 75-80
PUMBA: Pune University’s Department of Management Studies 95-99
Prin L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai Above 80
GIM Goa: Goa Institute of Management 90
BIMTECH Greater Noida: Birla Institute of Management Technology 70
IIT ISM Dhanbad: Indian Institute of Technology Indian School of Mines 60
SIMSREE Mumbai: Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education 99.96
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai 90
KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai 90
XIME, Bengaluru: Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship 85

*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.

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Saloni Gupta

08 Apr 22studied Web Design at National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (2017)

Here’s a list of some of the best CMAT accepting colleges.

Colleges accepting CMAT score  CMAT 2022 cutoff (expected) Fees (in INR)
Asia-Pacific Institute of Management 85 percentile  8.75 Lakhs
KIIT School of Management, Bhubaneswar (KSOM) 80 percentile 10.10 Lakhs
XIME, Bangalore  75 percentile  11.5 Lakhs
IMS Ghaziabad 70 percentile  7.95 Lakhs
Institute of Management, Christ University  70 percentile  7.70 Lakhs
Welingkar Mumbai  70 percentile  13 Lakhs 
Welingkar Bangalore  70 percentile  13 Lakhs 
Universal Business School  70 percentile  8.48 Lakhs
DY Patil University School of Management  70 percentile  8.40 Lakhs
NSB Academy, Bangalore  70 percentile  7.50 Lakhs

Here are the top colleges accepting MAT score. 

Colleges accepting MAT score  MAT 2022 cutoff (expected) Fees (in INR)
Pumba, Pune 90+ 1.29 Lakhs
Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow 70-80 11 Lakhs
TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal 70-80 16 Lakhs 
BIT, Mesra 70-80 5.89 Lakhs
XIME, Bangalore  95+ 11.5 Lakhs 
NIT, Warangal 70-80 1.64 Lakhs
Amity Business School  90-95 7.80 Lakhs 
SIMREE 85-90 1.36 Lakhs
BIMTECH, Noida 80-90 12 Lakhs
Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad 85-95 8 Lakhs
Alliance Bangalore  80-90 14 Lakhs

If you are preparing for CMAT 2022/MAT 2022, these are the colleges that you can consider.


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Parag Sinha

19 Apr 23Department of Management Sciences, University of Pune (PUMBA)

Candidates belonging to Maharashtra can apply through MAH CET MBA whereas, outside Maharashtra, candidates can apply through CMAT/CAT or MAH CET MBA scores. Candidates who will meet the minimum cutoff criteria will be able to appear for the counseling rounds. 

PUMBA, CMAT Cutoff 2020 for General Category is listed below. The overall cutoff for CMAT is 90 percentile. 


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Samruddha Gawande

26 Dec 22Computer Engineering from Vivekanand Education Society's Institute of Technology, Mumbai (VESIT) (Graduated 2021)

There are two courses available in management studies 

  1. PGDM (fully autonomous) 
  2. MMS (autonomous affiliated to Mumbai university)

The PGDM course requires a separate form to be filled out if you are applying through CAT/CMAT/XAT or other All India Entrance exams. PGDM course doesn't have any kind of reservation criteria but you need only an All India Level Entrance exam score to apply.

The MMS course does not require you to fill out a separate form for applying through MHT-CET/CMAT/CAT because they are under DTE. One thing that you need to know is that this course is a Gujarati linguistic minority course where

  • 51% of seats are reserved for Gujarati Speaking students 
  • 49 % don't have any caste-based quota,
  • Out of the total intake in MMS 15% is reserved for All India Entrance exams like CAT, XAT, etc.

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Salini Dasgupta

01 Jul 22studied at Balaji Institute of International Business

Yes, you have a good chance to get shortlisted in some of the top B-Schools in Pune with a score of 125 in CMAT 2022. Here are some of the top MBA colleges in Pune that accept CMAT scores.

Colleges CMAT cutoff (expected)
PUMBA  80-100
Balaji Institute of International Business  80-100
IIMS Pune 80-100
ISBM Pune  80-100
IBS Pune  60-70

You can consider these colleges for an MBA. 


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Ragini Sharma

18 Jan 21MMS from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (2018)

JBIMS Mumbai is one of the prestigious management colleges which is also affiliated with Mumbai University. The institute offers admission on the basis of score in MAH CET score. Apart from the MAH CET score, the institute also accepts CAT and CMAT scores in the selection process. 

If you are applying through a score other than MAH CET, then you have to fulfill the minimum cut-off score set by the institute. 

The institute offers Masters in Management Studies (MMS program) and certain parameters are considered before offering the final admission letter. 

Parameter

Weightage

CAT/MAH CET/CMAT/GMAT Score

60%

Class 10, 12, and Graduation marks 

15%

Work Experience

20%

Diversity

5%

Total

100%

The entrance test is the major criteria to get into JBIMS, Mumbai. Therefore it is important to have a good score in any one of the above-mentioned exams. Five specializations are available in the MMS program. The specialization is: 

  • Finance
  • Marketing
  • Operations
  • HR
  • System

On the basis of your score in the entrance and the number of seats in each specialization, admission will be granted. You need to be among the top scorers in CMAT to get admission to the institute. Usually, candidates with 95% and 100 scores in CAT and CMAT respectively can get admission.