Common Management Admission Test
Overview
CMAT is a national entrance examination for admission to management programmes — MBA and PGDM — at institutions approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. AICTE conducted it until 2019, when it passed to the National Testing Agency. It is a computer-based test of quantitative technique, logical reasoning, language comprehension, general awareness and entrepreneurship, and participating institutes decide for themselves what weight to give the score alongside the rest of an application.
Key Facts
| Conducting authority | National Testing Agency |
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When is CMAT?
The full schedule on record is below. Dates the authority has not yet announced are marked, and we do not present an estimate as though it were confirmed.
| Stage | Date |
|---|---|
| Examination | |
| Registration closes | |
| Admit card | |
| Answer key | |
| Correction window |
How to apply for CMAT
The same dates as above, in the order a candidate acts on them.
Admit card —
Registration closes —
Correction window —
Examination —
Apply at NTA’s official site. Sources for each date are cited above, under Key dates.
What’s changed
Correction window
Was 2025-11-21, now 2025-11-21.
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Registration closes
Was 2025-11-18, now 2025-11-18.
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Examination
Was 2026-01-25, now 2026-01-25.
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Answer key
Was 2026-01-31, now 2026-01-31.
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Correction window
Was 2025-11-21, now 2025-11-21.
Caught on · verified against the official notice on
Previous years’ answer keys
NTA’s own answer keys, linked to their original PDFs — not retyped or re-hosted here, since the authority’s copy is the one that settles a disputed question.
- Final Answer Keys for CMAT – 2026
- Display of Provisional Answer Keys and Question Papers with Recorded Responses for Answer Key Challenge of Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2026 -reg.
- Display of Provisional Answer Keys, and Question Paper with Recorded Responses for Answer Key Challenge for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2025– Reg.
No previous-year questions for CMAT yet
Republishing a question paper needs the authority’s permission, which we have asked for and not yet received. JEE Main is the one exam we already have it for.
See how it works on JEE Main →Official notices
Everything NTA has published that names this exam, newest first. These are the authority’s own documents — what they say is checked before it becomes a date above.
20266 notices
- resultNTA Declares the result/NTA Scores for the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2026-reg.
- answer keyFinal Answer Keys for CMAT – 2026
- answer keyDisplay of Provisional Answer Keys and Question Papers with Recorded Responses for Answer Key Challenge of Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2026 -reg.
- admit cardRelease of Admit Cards for the Candidates of Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2026-reg.
- noticeAdvance Intimation for Allotment of Examination City to the Applicants of Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)- 2026 - Reg.
- noticePortal for opting their own scribe details from concerned PwD/PwBD candidates of CMAT-2026 - reg.
20259 notices
- exam dateRelease of Examination Schedule of Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2026-reg.
- registrationCorrection in the particulars of the online Application Form of Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2026-reg.
- noticeExtension of last date for submission of Online Applications for the Entrance Exam of Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2026-reg.
- registrationAdvisory for completion of online application form for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2026-reg.
- noticeInviting Online Applications for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)-2026-reg.
- resultNTA Declares the result/NTA Scores for the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2025-reg.
- answer keyDisplay of Provisional Answer Keys, and Question Paper with Recorded Responses for Answer Key Challenge for Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2025– Reg.
- admit cardRelease of Admit Cards for the Candidates of Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2025-reg.
- noticeAdvance Intimation for Allotment of Examination City to the Applicants of Common Management Admission Test (CMAT)– 2025 - Reg.
Official source
Published by National Testing Agency. Last checked against this source on . Where the two disagree, the official notice is correct — tell us and we will fix it.