AICTE CMAT 3rd Test

Can you provide me the important dates for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2018 conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)?

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Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national level entrance test held for admission to MBA and PGDM programme across its participating institutes and is conducted by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) every year.

The CMAT score is accepted by all AICTE-Approved Institutions/University Departments/Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges in India.

CMAT 2018 Important Dates

CMAT Application start date Second week of October 2017
Last date to fill CMAT Application form Last week of December 2017
Trail Test starts from Second week of December 2017
CMAT Admit card Second week of January 2018
Test date Last week of January 2018
CMAT Result cum merit list First week of February 2018
Print of score cards Second week of February 2018

CMAT Eligibility Criteria 2018

One must hold a graduate degree of minimum three years from a recognised Indian Institute
General category applicants must obtain minimum 50% at graduation level, while SC/ST category must obtain 45%
One must be a citizen of India
There is no age limit to appear for CMAT
Final year graduates awaiting their results can also apply for CMAT

Test Pattern for CMAT

Type of Questions No. of Questions Maximum Marks
Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation 25 100
Logical Reasoning 25 100
Language Comprehension 25 100
General Awareness 25 100

Duration of test is 180 minutes (3 hours)

There shall be negative marking for wrong answers, for each wrong answer 1 mark shall be deducted.

CMAT Selection Procedure

After the CMAT merit list is released by the conducting body, candidates will then have to apply to the participating institutes of CMAT. Then the preferred participating Institute will proceed with the selection procedure of CMAT which comprises three main steps:
Group Discussion (GD)
Written Ability Test (WAT)
Personal Interview (PI)