About NMAT Exam

The NMAT By GMAC is the primary aptitude test for admission to SVKM’s NMIMS – for its flagship Mumbai campus as well as all its other campuses and a host of other institutes. Among the major entrance tests conducted annually, NMAT Exam is the only test that allows a student upto three attempts, and treats the best-of-three score for admissions.
It is conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), which also administers the GMAT.
Some of the prominent institutes (apart from NMIMS) accepting NMAT scores are:
ISB Hyderabad – Advanced Program in Business Analytics
S P Jain – Mumbai
XIM – Bhubaneshwar

Also, from 2020, NMAT has become an “Adaptive” test, which is very different from a standard MCQ based CBT; as it evaluates your performance on each question and accordingly calibrates the subsequent question(s) as well as the marks you will get for them. Your marks per section can range from 12 to 120 based on your performance.

NMAT 2023 Pattern

NMAT exam is a computer-based test spread over two hours. It can be considered a combination of a speed and accuracy test.

NMAT is the only test, apart from CAT, that has sectional timings. Also, like the MHCET, it does not officially have negative marking. However, it penalizes the student for an incorrect answer or an unattempted question due to its adaptive format.

Adaptive Exam  
From 2020, NMAT exam (conducted by GMAC) is being conducted in the adaptive format. In this case, depending on your answer to the first question, your next question can be tougher (if your answer is right) or easier (if your answer is wrong). This process continues till the end of the test like the GMAT or the earlier GRE patterns.

Based on your response pattern, your raw score is calculated and then converted into a scaled score ranging from 12 to 120 per section.

Hence, the total test score can range from 36 to 360.
The student can select the test date, time and venue as per his/her convenience and also reschedule the same, as required. The student can re-take the test atleast 15 days after the first attempt.
The overall test pattern is as under:

Section	Number of Questions	Time (min)	Marks (Range)
Language Skills	36	28	12 to 120
Quantitative Skills	36	52	12 to 120
Logical Reasoning	36	40	12 to 120
Total	108	120	36 to 360

Students can select the section order from six possible sequences. However, once the section order has been selected, it cannot be modified.

As per the current pattern, the student gets his/her scaled score preview and the total and sectional scores within 48 hours of taking the test.

Eligiblity for NMAT Exam 2023

The candidate should be a graduate with 50% marks or equivalent CGPA in the first attempt.
Candidates appearing for the final year of Bachelors degree/equivalent qualification examination; and those who have completed their degree requirements but are awaiting results can also apply subject to clearing the final examination in the first attempt with 50% aggregate marks. Any admission given to such candidates is purely provisional, and is confirmed only for successful submission of all valid documents.
For all the full-time programs, candidates with two or more years of post-qualification work experience may be preferred.

Important Dates

NMAT exam is typically conducted over a 75-day window from first week of October to mid-December.
However, NMAT 2023 will be held from 10 Oct 2023 to 19 Dec 2023. The dates for each stage of the NMAT process are as under:

Activity	Start Date	End Date
Registration	01 Aug, 2023	10 Oct, 2023
Scheduling	01 Aug, 2023	12 Oct, 2023
Re-scheduling	01 Aug, 2023	16 Dec, 2023
Exam Delivery	10 Oct, 2023	19 Dec, 2023
Registration for Retake	11 Oct, 2023	16 Dec, 2023
Re-take Scheduling	11 Oct, 2023	16 Dec, 2023
Scorecard Download	48 hours after test

Exam slots will be allotted on a first-come-first-serve basis only. The exam will be available at test centres and exam slots in the Online Proctored format at home on certain dates within the overall testing window, but only with limited capacity.

How to Apply

To apply, the student needs to create an account on nmat.org.in using a valid email address. Using this, the student has to register, enter all his details, upload a photograph and pay the test fee. Post registration, the option to schedule the test is enabled for the user.
The test fees (excluding taxes) for various stages in the process are as under:

Activity	Fees (exclusive of taxes)
Test Registration	Rs. 2800
Retake	Rs. 2800
Reschedule	Rs. 1200
Additional score reports (more than five)	Rs.300 per score report

Exam registration and the application to schools accepting NMAT scores are two different processes. You need to separately apply to each institute that you wish to apply to.

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