NMAT or NMIMS is a computer-generated exam conducted every year around the months of November-January. The National level of the entrance exam is conducted by the GMAC (The Graduate Management Admission Council) which is a non-profit organization of business schools. The former full form of NMAT was the NMIMS Management Aptitude Test or the NarseeMonjee Institute of Management Studies Management Aptitude Test. NMIMS started in 1981 by the Shri vile Parle Kelavani Mandal (SVKM) with a view to reaching the demand of management institutes in the country. Earlier the scores for the NMAT exam were only accepted by the NarseeMonjee Institute of Management Studies. After the GMAC acquired the EXAM, NMAT was renamed as NMAT by GMAC and has been accepted by more than 30 institutes since then.
The exam is held in 52 cities in India and 4 places abroad. The NMAT exam is way different than other management entrance exams with respect to its conduct, procedure, and selection. The exam facilitates the candidates to attempt 3 times unlike other management examinations so that candidates have the opportunity to improve their scores. The exam is held within a period of 2-3 months during which the candidates can give three attempts. Further, the candidates have the option to choose exam dates according to their convenience within this period.
With the outbreak of the COVID 19, various changes have been made in the whole procedure of the exam. The period of the exam has been increased from 75 to 88 days and will be held from 4th November 2020 to 30th January 2021. Even two modes of giving the exam have been initiated- one is to give the exam in the exam center itself and the other is a home-based examination. The registration for the exam can be done within 14th September 2020 to 20th November 2020 if done by the normal application and from 21 st November 2020 to 30th November if done by late application from the official website of the exam- www.nmat.org.in and the exam fee for the normal application is Rs 2000/- (exclusive of taxes) while the fee for late application is Rs 2500/- (exclusive of taxes). For second and third attempts Rs 2000/- (exclusive of taxes) will be charged respectively. After successful registration the admit card can be downloaded immediately from the official website.
The number of questions has also been reduced from 120 to 108 and an equal number of questions have been allotted for each section, unlike last year. The paper is divided into 3 sections- Language Skills, Quantitative Skills, and Logical Reasoning. There will be 36 questions from each section with 28 minutes allotted for Language Skills, 52 minutes for Quantitative Skills, and 40 minutes for Logical Reasoning. Moreover, there is no negative marking for wrong answers. There is also a provision for rescheduling the exam date in case any candidate is not able to give the exam on the original date. In that case, the candidate has to reschedule the convenient date within 72 hours from the date of the originally scheduled exam. The candidate has to pay a fee of Rs 1100 exclusive of taxes via credit card in order to reschedule the exam date.
The eligibility criteria for NMAT include:
1. Graduation from any recognized University with at least 50% aggregate for general category and 45% for SC/SC/PWD;
2. Final year students are eligible but their admission will be initiated after submission of passing certificate;
3. Candidates having work experience can also apply.
The candidates have the facility to check their scorecards within 48 hours from the exam and accordingly take the decision of retaking the exam or not. The final results are expected to be released in the third week of February 2021 after which the admission process for various law schools will start through shortlisting, screening, writing ability tests, case discussions, and personal interviews. candidates appearing for more than one attempt will be judged on the basis of sectionals scores and total score with respect to the cut-offs declared by the NMIMS. The estimated cut off for NMAT 2020 is 50 to 60 because of the difficulty level of the exam.
The syllabus for NMAT is similar yet moderate to that of CAT. There are three sections- Language Skills, Quantitative Skills, and Logical Reasoning. Topics to be covered under language skills are: English Grammar and usage; fill in the blanks; Para-jumbles; cloze test; reading comprehension; synonyms and antonyms; analogies; verbal reasoning and sentence correction, under Quantitative skills: time and work; ratios and proportions; number systems; simple and compound interest; surds and indices; quadratic equations; percentage; number series; permutation and combination; mixture; mensuration; HCF and LCM; squares; triangles; circles; cones; spheres; 2D and 3D geometry; calculus; trigonometry, under Logical Reasoning: tables; pie charts; bar graphs; line charts; questions of the clock; cases; blood relations; syllogisms; seating arrangements; number and letter series; calendars; critical reasoning; puzzles; coding and decoding; family tree; statement conclusions.
NMAT is a student-friendly exam than any other entrance exam. There is an option to retake the exam in case the first attempt is not fruitful. Further, the questions in the second and third attempts depend upon the performance of the candidate in the first and second attempts respectively. In case the candidate is able to perform well in the first attempt he/she will be given tough questions in the next attempt and if the candidate is not able to perform well he/she will get
The management schools in India that accept NMAT scores are:
1. SVKM’s NarseeMonjee Institute of Management Sciences,
2. Indian School of Business (ISB)
3. SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR),
4. SDA Bocconi Asia Center,
5. Xavier University,
6. ICFAI Business School,
7. IFMR Graduate School,
8. Master’s Union School of Business,
9. Athena School of Management, Mumbai,
10. Chitkara University,
11. IILM University,
12. Myra School of Business,
13. School of Petroleum Management, PDPU,
14. Jain University- CMS Business School,
15. Alliance University,
16. SOIL Institute of Management,
17. Shiv nadir Institute of Management Studies,
18. Bennett University,
19. Universal Business School,
20. Woxsen School of Business Management,
21. Thapar School of Management,
22. ISBR Business School,
23. Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University,
24. BSE Institute Limited,
25. Amity University,
26. SRM University Chennai, Delhi NCR Sonipat,
27. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies,
28. ISME- School of Management and Entrepreneurship,
29. Vijay Bhoomi University,
30. IFIM College,
31. IIHMR University, Jaipur, Rajasthan,
32. Lovely Professional University, Punjab
33. Ansal University, Gurgaon
34. Jindal Global Business School- Delhi/NCR
35. Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University
36. Mody University
37. GITAM School of International Business, Visakhapatnam
38. ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai
39. VIT University
40. BML Munjal University
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