MBA Entrance Exam 2024: Top MBA Gateways Other Than CAT; Registration and Exam Dates

MBA Entrance Exam 2024: The Common Admission Test (CAT) is undoubtedly the most famous entrance examination for management institutes admission, taken by millions candidates every year.

But clearing CAT with good scores is not easy, so MBA aspirants apply for multiple MBA entrance exams to increase their chances of admission. Apart from CAT some of the top MBA entrance exams are XAT, CMAT, MAT, SNAP, IBSAT, ATMA and other state and institution level exams.

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CAT 2023 result is expected to be declared by the second week of January 2024, so instead of waiting till then, increase your chances of getting into one of the best MBA colleges in India by appearing for other MBA entrance exams.

MBA Entrance Exams and Programs: Check the Exam Dates of Upcoming MBA Entrance Exams.

MBA Entrance Exam 2024	Exam Date
XAT 2024	January 7, 2024
SNAP 2023	December 10,17 and 24, 2023
IBSAT 2023	December 23 and 24, 2023
ATMA 2024	February 18, May 11, June 23, July 21, 2024
CMAT 2024	March 20245

Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT 2024); XLRI Jamshedpur conducts XAT exam for admission to its MBA courses and around 800 colleges across India. Candidates who have appeared for CAT 2023 should not skip this XAT exam as both have the same difficulty level.

Symbiosis National Aptitude Test (SNAP 2023); Symbiosis International University (Deemed) conducts the SNAP examination for admission to MBA programs offered by its 16 constituent institutions. The exam is conducted thrice and in two shifts and candidates get three attempts. For MBA admission, the highest score out of three attempts is taken into consideration. SNAP is an hour-long examination that comprises 60 questions from the areas of DILR, VARC, and Quant.

ICFAI Business School Aptitude Test (IBSAT 2023); IBSAT is a national level entrance examination conducted by ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education (Deemed Universities) for admission to MBA/PGPM programmes. IBSAT is an online examination conducted remotely with the help of computer-based mode. The test lasts for 2 hours duration and consists of objective type questions from various areas such as verbal ability, data interpretation and data sufficiency, quantitative techniques and reasoning ability.

AIMS Test for Management Admission (ATMA 2024); ATMA is a national level management entrance examination conducted by AIMS (Association of Indian Management Schools). ATMA is a single window examination conducted for admission to various postgraduate programs like MBA/PGDM/MMS etc. This examination is scheduled several times a year. Nearly 700+ business schools accept ATMA scores for MBA admission 2024.

Common Management Entrance Test (CMAT 2024); CMAT is a national level management entrance examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to MBA/PGDM programs in the country. Every year around 70,000+ candidates participate in it. The total score for CMAT is 400. CMAT is conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode and the duration of the test is 3 hours.

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