NMAT 2025: Application Form, Exam Dates, Eligibility, Pattern, Tips
NMAT 2025 Application Form will be released from the first week of August 2024. Candidates will be ablet to fill application form through online mode. Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) is the conducting authority of NMAT entrance examination. NMAT (NMIMS Management Aptitude Test) is a university level entrance exam. It is conducted to get admission to PG level courses in various management courses. Candidates can get admission in MBA & PGDM offered courses at NMIMS university and other renowned B-School across India. Candidates will have to fulfil complete eligibility criteria first before applying for NMAT 2025 exam.
Candidates can check out given section to know complete details related to NMAT 2025 exam such as application form, exam dates, eligibility criteria, pattern, syllabus, etc.
NMAT 2025 Overview
| Name of Exam | NMAT 2025 |
| Conducting Body | Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) |
| Full-Form | NMIMS Management Aptitude Test |
| Exam Mode | Online Proctored exam at home |
| Application Mode | Online mode |
NMAT 2025 Exam Dates
Candidates can check complete NMAT 2025 exam dates from below:
| Events | Starting date | Ending date |
| NMAT 2025 Application Form | 1st week of August 2024 | 2nd week of October 2024 |
| Scheduling | 1st week ofAugust 2024 | 2nd week of October 2024 |
| Re-scheduling | 1st week ofAugust 2024 | 2nd week ofDecember 2024 |
| NMAT exam dates 2025 | 2nd week ofOctober 2024 | 2nd week ofDecember 2024 |
| Registration – Retake | 2nd week ofOctober 2024 | 2nd week ofDecember 2024 |
| Retake Scheduling | 2nd week ofOctober 2024 | 2nd week ofDecember 2024 |
| Declaration of result | Within 48 Hours | – |
| Scorecard | – | – |
For Test Centers:
| Events | Dates 2025 (Tentative) |
| Registration Start | 1st week of January 2025 |
| Registration End | 2nd week of January 2025 |
| Scheduling Start | 1st week of January 2025 |
| Scheduling End | 2nd week of January 2025 |
| Exam Delivery Start | 2nd week of January 2025 |
| Exam Delivery End | 2nd week of January 2025 |
NMAT 2025 Application Form
Candidates can check given section to know NMAT 2025 application form details:
- NMAT 2025 application form will be released from the first week of August 2024 for first attempt.
- Candidates will be able to complete registration procedure through online mode, no offline mode will be provided.
- Applicants will be able to take maximum three times – first attempt + a maximum of two retake attempts.
- In form, candidates will have to start entering basic information such as personal details, academic details, contact information, etc.
- After filling details, upload documents such as photograph and signature in specific format.
- Applicants will also be able to schedule retake after completion of a scheduled attempt and retake exam will be taken after a gap of 15 days from previous attempt.
- Before submitting the form, candidates must recheck and review the details and submit it.
- Take a hardcopy of application form and keep it safe till the further admission procedure.
Application Fee:
- Candidates will be able to submit application fee through online mode.
- There will be no offline method provided to submit registration fee.
- To submit fee, candidates will have to use Visa, Master Card, Debit Card, American Express, Diner Club, Net Banking, or Mobile Wallets.
Here are the application fee for every category:
| Events | Application Fee |
| NMAT 2025 test registration fee (early) | Rs. 2800 + applicable taxes |
| Re-take | Rs. 2800 + applicable taxes |
| Additional Score | Reports beyond 1st five – Rs.300 per score report + applicable taxes |
| Reschedule | Rs. 1200 + applicable taxes |
How to Apply for NMAT 2025
Check below the application form steps:
- Step-1: Go to the website of NMAT (Link will be given above).
- Step-2: Enter the details such as personal, educational and work experience in the form.
- Step-3: Fill name and date of birth for verification procedure.
- Step-4: Choose the schools to send your scores under the given section “School Preference”.
- Step-5: Now upload the scanned documents like photograph and signature.
- Step-6: Pay the application fee through online mode.
- Step-7: Submit the form and take a hardcopy of it for further usage.
NMAT 2025 Eligibility Criteria
Go through the section below to know complete NMAT 2025 eligibility criteria:
- Qualification: Candidates must have bachelor’s degree in any stream from a recognized university to apply for admission.
- Age Limit: There will be no age limit to apply for entrance exam.
- Percentage: In qualifying exam, candidates must score minimum 50% marks to apply for exam.
- Appearing: Those appearing candidates in last semester of their qualifying degree will also be eligible to apply for exam.
NMAT 2025 Exam Pattern
In given section, know complete NMAT 2025 exam pattern:
- Exam Mode: Exam will be held through online proctored mode at home:
- Sections: Test will be divided into three sections – Quantitative Skills, Language skills & Logical reasoning.
- Duration: Total 2 hours will be given to solve test.
- Number of Questions: 108 questions will be asked in entrance exam.
- Type of Questions: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) will be asked in exam.
- Marking Scheme: Score range will be 12 to 120 per
- Negative Marking: No negative marking will be there in exam.
Section wise questions distribution is given below in table:
| Sections | Questions | Time |
| Language Skills | 36 | 28 min |
| Quantitative Skills | 36 | 52 min |
| Logical Reasoning | 36 | 40 min |
| Total | 108 questions | 120 minutes |
NMAT 2025 Syllabus
The syllabus of NMAT 2025 will be based on the basic knowledge of section such as language Skills, quantitative skill and logical reasoning. NMAT 2025 syllabus will be released through online mode.
Here are some of topics from NMAT 2025 syllabus:
- Logical Reasoning: Artificial Language, Calendars, Cause and effect, Clocks, Reasoning Analogies, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relations, Critical path, Cubes and cuboids, Data Sufficiency, Decision making, Alphanumeric series, etc.
- Language Skills: Para Jumble, Fill in the blanks and correct grammar, antonyms, synonyms, analogic, Reading comprehension, Vocabulary, Cloze test, Prepositions, etc.
- Quantitative Skills: Coordinate geometry, probability, profit and loss, number system, pie chart, HCF and LCM, ratio and proportion, mensuration, percentage, Partnership, simple and compound interest, time and work, speed and distance, Alligation and Mixtures, Algebra, etc.
NMAT 2025 Preparation Tips
Candidates are advised to go through the complete tips and tricks below to prepare for the NMAT exam:
- Try to spend more time on the hard topics from the syllabus.
- On daily basis, try to solve as much as mock tests and model questions papers.
- Take a help from internet and get better ideas to prepare for the exam.
- Start study by making a realistic timetable that covers all the syllabus and topics.
- Try to solve as much as the last years’ of questions paper to understand the questions.
- Do exercise daily and stay healthy.
NMAT 2025 Books
Applicants preparing for NMAT 2025 exam must refer to books recommended for preparation:
| Books | Authors/Publishers |
| Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation for CAT | Nishit K. Sinha |
| How to Prepare for Logical Reasoning for CAT | Arun Sharma |
| Logical Reasoning | Arihant |
| Non Verbal Reasoning | R.S. Aggarwal |
| Mathematics for MBA | R.S. Aggarwal |
| Logical and Analytical Reasoning | Ashok Gupta |
| Logical Reasoning | Arihant |
| A Complete Manual for the CAT | Arihant |
| Word Power Made Easy | Norman Lewis |
NMAT 2025 Exam Centres
Here are the list of NMAT 2025 exam center where exam will be conducted:
| Region | NMAT Exam Cities |
| North | Allahabad, Agra, Alwar, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jammu, Jhansi, Panipat, Delhi, Gurugram, Kanpur, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Varanasi, Noida, Patiala |
| South | Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Chennai, Mangalore, Madurai, Vizag, Kochi, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Mysore, Manipal, Vijayawada, Thiruvananthapuram, and Tiruchirapalli |
| East | Jamshedpur, Guwahati, Patna, Kolkata, Shillong, Siliguri, Rourkela, Ranchi and Bhubaneswar, Durgapur, Dhanbad, |
| West | Aurangabad, Ajmer Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Jodhpur, Jalgaon, Jaipur, Mumbai, Kota, Kolhapur Nasik, Nagpur, Udaipur, Pune, Vadodara, and Surat |
| Central | Bhopal, Bhilai, Jabalpur, Raipur, Gwalior, Ujjain, Bilaspur, and Indore |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
NMAT 2025 Admit Card
NMAT 2025 admit card will be released through online mode on the website. Authority will release admit card for registered candidates only. To access the admit card, candidates will have to provide their login credentials in the online portal.
Candidates will also have to do slot booking of NMAT 2025 to download the admit card online. It will be appeared in the dashboard, after booking the schedule. Candidates are advised to keep the hardcopy of the admit card and carry it to the exam center on the day of exam for verification.
NMAT 2025 Result
The result of NMAT 2025 will be released within 48 hours of the exam date. Candidates will be able to download result through online mode. There will be no offline method provided to check result from the website. Authority will sent an email to the candidates regarding declaration of result.
Login details will be required to check scores on website. It will be released in the form of scorecard. It will consist with total scores, scaled score of each section and percentile ranking. Candidate’s scores will be sent to the school opted by them in registration form, after the declaration of final percentile score.
NMAT 2025 Cut Off
NMAT 2025 cut off will be declared through online mode. After the declaration of result, candidates will be able to check cut off marks. It will be release separately for each MBA specialization on the website.
Each participating institutions will released its own NMAT cut off for its campus. For further admission procedure, candidates will have to reach cut off marks.
NMAT 2025 Counselling
NMAT 2025 counselling will be last step to get admission to its various campus. There will be various steps in counselling such as Group Discussion and Personal Interview (GD and PI) to select candidates.
Participating Institutes may also conduct a WAT (Writing Ability Test) or Case Discussion (CD) round instead of the conventional GD round. Final decision of admission will be taken based on NMAT 2025 exam scores. Documents will also be required during counselling for verification.
Required Documents:
- Class 10th mark sheet and passing Certificate
- Class 12th mark sheet and passing Certificate
- Degree certificate
- Provisional degree certificate/ passing certificate
- Postgraduate degree mark sheet
- AIU certificate
- Migration certificate
- Mediclaim policy
- Medical fitness certificate
- Work experience certificate, etc.
In case of any query related to NMAT 2025 Exam, candidates can feel free to ask their queries below in the comment section.
