Details: NMAT by GMAC for Academic Session 2018-20

Candidates can self-schedule their test date and time as per their convenience in these 75 days.

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Last Updated : Aug 10 2017 | 5:38 PM IST

NMAT by GMAC for the academic session 2018-20 will be conducted in the window period of 05^th October to 18^th December 2017. Candidates can self-schedule their test date and time as per their convenience in these 75 days. NMAT by GMAC is a national level MBA entrance examination held every year by Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). This entrance examination is used by more than 23 universities, institutes and B-schools for admission in to their various management programs. The application process has started on 04^th July 2017 and the last date for completing the application process is 03^rd October 2017. Once registered, applicants can schedule their examination and appear for the same at a designated centre in one of 44 Indian cities and 4 international ones (Kathmandu, Thimphu, Dhaka and Colombo). After registration, the last date for scheduling NMAT is October 16^th 2017. To apply for NMAT by GMAC applicants should have completed Fulltime Graduation in any discipline with 50% marks. Student in their final year may also apply.

Some prominent universities, institutes and B-schools that accept and use NMAT by GMAC test scores for admission purposes are: SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Xavier University, MISB Bocconi, ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad and other locations, Alliance University, Amity University, Thapar School of Management, SRM University Chennai, Delhi NCR Sonipat, Shiv Nadar University, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Woxsen School of Business Management, BML Munjal University, VIT University, ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai, Mody University, GITAM School of International Business, Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University

NMAT by GMAC- Important Dates

	Start Date	End Date
Register for NMAT	04^th July 2017	03^rd October 2017
Schedule Examination	04^th July 2017	16^th October 2017
Late Register for NMAT (With Late Fee)	04^th October 2017	14^th October 2017
Registration (Retake)	06^th October 2017	14^th December 2017
Rescheduling	04^th July 2017	15^th December 2017
Rescheduling (Retake)	06^th October 2017	15^th December 2017
Exam Window Period	05^th October 2017	18^th December 2017
Result Announcement	January 2018 (Third Week)

About NMAT by GMAC
NMAT by GMAC is a computer based examination. Once registered, the examination can be scheduled and taken thrice by the candidate in the given admission cycle or window period. The best score out of the three attempts will be considered as the final score. No-show after scheduling the examination will be counted as an attempt. The examination has three sections namely Language Skills, Quantitative Skills and Logical Reasoning. Questions are generated randomly from a pool of question bank at any given instance. The duration of the examination is 120 minutes (2 hours). The candidate has an option to choose the order in which they wish to attempt the three sections. Each of the three sections is allocated fixed time duration which cannot be carry forwarded and used for other sections. Once a candidate completes a section and moves on to another section he is not allowed to return to the previous section. But he can always review the section in the allocated time for the said section. There is no negative marking.

Section Name	Number of Questions	Time Allocated
Language Skills	32	22 minutes
Quantitative Skills	48	60 minutes
Logical Reasoning	40	38 minutes

How To Apply for NMAT by GMAC

Visit NMAT by GMAC official website www.nmat.org.in and create an account on the website using a valid email ID
Register by providing all the required information like personal information, education qualification, work experience along with test center and more
Enter your date of birth, photo ID and signature
Choose up to 5 programs named as ‘School Preference’ to send your scores to. You may add more than 5 preferences but then an additional fee of Rs. 200 will be applicable per extra program. Please note that candidates should also apply in individual universities and institutes.
Upload your photo that has resemblance to the provided photo ID. This will be used on your admit card
Pay examination fees online
After your application is processed, you will be able to download the admit card and schedule your examination from your dashboard on the website

NMAT by GMAC