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MBA Entrance Exam (2020) – List of 7 Most Important Enterance Exams

Written by  Rachit Agrawal, MBA

Published on Thu, February 20, 2020 9:54 AM   Updated on Tue, August 18, 2020 6:54 PM   11 mins read
Source: Praveen Dilliwal

An MBA entrance exam is a brilliant pass to look for a section into the area of the board. What’s more, every competitor who dreams of getting confirmation in India’s top B-school needs to experience the trial of his/her insight and fitness. Given that there are a few B-schools in each territory of India, every last one is known for its USP. In any case, the inquiry that annoys each MBA applicant is about the significant MBA selection tests they ought to show up. 

In this manner, applicants are encouraged to investigate the rundown of top MBA placement tests for a gathering of foundations, now and again, singular establishments that acknowledge the score of the MBA entrance test set by them as a benchmark to test the competitors. For a case, if you wish to get affirmation in IIMs, you have to show up for the CAT Exam, notwithstanding, if you are slanted to get a confirmation in XLRI (Jamshedpur) organization, you just need to plan and show up for the XAT MBA entrance test.

List of some MBA entrance test 

  1. CAT (Common Admission Test)
  2. GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)
  3. XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test)
  4. MAT (Management Aptitude Test)
  5. SNAP (Symbiosis National Aptitude Test)
  6. NMAT (Narsee Monjee Management Aptitude Test)
  7. CMAT (Common Management Admission Test)

CAT (Common Admission Test)

The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a PC based test for affirmation in an alumnus the board program. The test comprises of three segments: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC), Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR), and Quantitative Ability (QA). In general, it’s a three-hour online test partitioned into one hour each area. 

The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) started this examination and utilized it for choosing candidates for their business organization programs (MBA or PGDM). Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) likewise utilize the CAT scores for affirmation in the administration area. The test is led each year by one of the IIMs dependent on an arrangement of turn.

List of top colleges under CAT,

IIMs

  1. Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
  2. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
  3. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
  4. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
  5. Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
  6. Indian Institute of Management Indore
  7. Indian Institute of Management Shillong
  8. Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
  9. Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam
  10. Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli
  11. Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
  12. Indian Institute of Management Amritsar
  13. Indian Institute of Management Nagpur
  14. Indian Institute of Management Ranchi
  15. Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya
  16. Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur
  17. Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur
  18. Indian Institute of Management Kashipur
  19. Indian Institute of Management Jammu
  20. Indian Institute of Management Raipur

IITs

  1. IIT Delhi
  2. IIT Bombay
  3. IIT Kharagpur
  4. IIT Roorkee
  5. IIT Madras
  6. IIT Kanpur
  7. IIT-ISM Dhanbad

Other Colleges

  1. Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) New Delhi
  2. JBIMS Mumbai
  3. Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon
  4. International Management Institute (IMI) New Delhi
  5. Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad
  6. XIM-Xavier University Bhubaneswar
  7. SPJIMR, Mumbai
  8. Great Lakes Institute Of Management, Chennai
  9. MICA Ahmedabad
  10. K J Somaiya Mumbai
  11. IRMA Anand
  12. Welingkar Mumbai
  13. FORE School of Management (FSM) New Delhi
  14. LBSIM New Delhi
  15. Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) Chennai
  16. Christ University Bengaluru

GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test)

The Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) is a PC versatile test (CAT) proposed to survey certain explanatory, composing, quantitative, verbal, and perusing abilities in composed English for use in admission to alumni the executive’s program, for example, an MBA program. 

It requires information on certain particular sentence structures and information on a certain particular variable based on math, geometry, and number-crunching. As per the test-claiming organization, the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), the GMAT surveys systematic composition and critical thinking capacities while also tending to information adequacy, rationale, and basic thinking aptitudes accepts to be crucial to true business and the board achievement. It tends to be occupied five times each year, however, close to multiple times. Endeavors must be in any event 16 days separated.

Top Indian Colleges accepting the GMAT scorecard

  1. ISB, Hyderabad campus & Mohali campus
  2. S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai
  3. IIM, Ahmedabad
  4. IIM, Bangalore
  5. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
  6. IIM, Calcutta
  7. XLRI, Jamshedpur
  8. IIM, Lucknow
  9. IMT, Ghaziabad, Hyderabad, Nagpur & Dubai
  10. IIM, Indore
  11. ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad & Mumbai
  12. IIM, Kozhikode
  13. MDI, Gurgaon
  14. FMS, Delhi
  15. TAPMI, Manipal
  16. Dept. of Management, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan
  17. XIM, Bhubaneswar
  18. IIFT, Delhi & Kolkata
  19. Goa Institute of Management, Goa
  20. K.J.Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
  21. School of Management and Entrepreneurship – Shiv Nadar, Mumbai University, Greater Noida
  22. MICA, Ahmedabad
  23. PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore
  24. TISS, Mumbai

Top Abroad Colleges accepting GMAT scorecard

USA

  1. Stanford University
  2. Northwestern University
  3. Yale University
  4. University of Chicago
  5. University of Pennsylvania
  6. Harvard University
  7. Columbia University
  8. Dartmouth College
  9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  10. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
  11. The University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
  12. University of Michigan
  13. New York University (NYU)
  14. The University of Texas at Austin
  15. Cornell University
  16. Carnegie Mellon University
  17. Georgia Institute of Technology
  18. Boston University

EUROPE

  1. INSEAD
  2. London Business School
  3. School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
  4. University of Navarra (IESE)
  5. HEC Paris School of Management
  6. University of Cambridge
  7. University of Oxford
  8. ESADE Ramon Llull
  9. The University of Warwick
  10. Bocconi University
  11. Copenhagen Business School
  12. Erasmus University Rotterdam
  13. Imperial College London
  14. The University of Manchester

CANADA

  1. McGill University
  2. University of Toronto
  3. York University
  4. University of British Columbia
  5. Queen’s University–Kingston
  6. Université de Montréal
  7. University of Alberta
  8. McMaster University
  9. Simon Fraser University
  10. The University of Western Ontario
  11. Concordia University

AUSTRALIA

  1. The University of Melbourne
  2. The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
  3. The Australian National University
  4. The University of Sydney
  5. RMIT University

ASIA

  1. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  2. Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)
  3. Tsinghua University
  4. National University of Singapore (NUS)
  5. Seoul National University
  6. Peking University
  7. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

XAT (Xaviers Admission Test)

XAT (Xavier Aptitude Test) is a national-level administration selection test led by XLRI, Jamshedpur for admission to MBA/PGDM programs. Aside from XLRI and ten other XAMI individuals, more than 700 B-schools acknowledge XAT scores for admission to their post-graduate administration programs. 

The XAT test is directed in online mode at different test places in 46 urban communities across India. The inquiry paper comprises 100 inquiries MCQs from Decision Making, Verbal and Logical Ability, Quantitative Ability and Data Interpretation, and General Knowledge.

List of some top colleges under XAT:

  1. XLRI Xavier School of Management
  2. Xavier Institute of Social Service
  3. Xavier Institute of Management, Xavier University
  4. Xavier Institute of Management, Jabalpur
  5. Xavier Institute of Management & Research
  6. Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship
  7. Xavier Business School (XBS), St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata
  8. St. Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology
  9. St. Joseph’s Institute of Management
  10. St. Francis Institute of Management and Research (SFIMR)
  11. Loyola Institute of Business Administration

MAT (Management Aptitude Test)

The Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is a legal entrance test that started in India since 1998 by the All India Management Association (AIMA). Tangle is utilized for admission to Master of Business Administration (MBA) and partnered programs by more than 600 business colleges across India. It was endorsed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2003. 

  1. Applicants can decide to take either a paper-based or a PC based test. It is led in either English or Hindi. 
  2. Qualification is for graduates in any control. However, last year, understudies of graduate courses can likewise apply. 
  3. The test takes place multiple times in a year, considering February, May, September, and December. 
  4. The tests incorporate 200 inquiries, 40 in each subject: language appreciation, scientific aptitudes, information examination and adequacy, knowledge and basic thinking, and Indian and worldwide condition. 
  5. The time assigned is 150 minutes.

List of some top colleges under MAT:

  1. BIMTECH Greater Noida (Specialized programs)
  2. Balaji Institute Of Modern Management (BIMM) Pune
  3. International School of Business & Media (ISB&M) Pune
  4. School of Inspired Leadership – SOIL Gurgaon
  5. Jagan Institute of Management Studies (JIMS) Rohini Delhi
  6. Jaipuria Institute of Management (Jaipuria) Noida
  7. New Delhi Institute of Management (NDIM) New Delhi
  8. VIPS-TC-Delhi School of Business Delhi
  9. Christ University Bengaluru
  10. VIT Business School (VIT) Vellore
  11. IMS Ghaziabad
  12. IPE Hyderabad: Institute of Public Enterprise
  13. AIMS School of Business (AIMS) Bangalore
  14. GITAM Visakhapatnam
  15. Lexicon Management Institute of Leadership and Excellence (MILE) Pune
  16. Indus Business Academy (IBA) Bangalore
  17. IES Management IES MCRC Mumbai
  18. Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management – VJIM Hyderabad
  19. Kristu Jayanti College (KJC) Bangalore
  20. Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies (RCBS) Cochin
  21. ITM Group of Institutions
  22. International Institute of Management Studies (IIMS) Pune
  23. DSIMS Mumbai
  24. IBS Hyderabad: ICFAI Business School
  25. SDMIMD Mysore
  26. O P Jindal University, Sonepat (Delhi NCR)
  27. National Insurance Academy (NIA) Pune
  28. National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) Pune
  29. SDA Bocconi Mumbai
  30. PES University
  31. Fortune Institute of International Business (FIIB) New Delhi
  32. Delhi School of Business (DSB) New Delhi
  33. Balaji Institute of International Business (BIIB) Pune
  34. SSN School of Management, Chennai

SNAP (Symbiosis National Aptitude Test)

SNAP full structure is Symbiosis National Aptitude Online Test. It is the normal, required MBA entrance test for admission to all the 16 Symbiosis Institutes associated with Symbiosis International University (SIU) Pune. 

The rundown of SNAP scores tolerating universities remembers a portion of the top MBA schools for the nation like Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Pune, which is positioned among the main 20 administration establishments in MHRD-NIRF. 

Consistently around 1 lakh understudies from all orders, including Engineering, Commerce, Humanities, and even Law, take SNAP Test to get into the 2,500 MBA seats in Symbiosis universities.

List of Colleges accepting SNAP:

  1. SIBM (Symbiosis Institute of Business Management), Pune
  2. SCMHRD (Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development) Pune
  3. SIIB (Symbiosis Institute of International Business), Pune
  4. SIBM (Symbiosis Institute of Business Management) Bangalore
  5. Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM) Nashik
  6. SICSR (Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research) Pune
  7. SIDTM(Symbiosis Institute of Digital And Telecom Management), Pune 
  8. SIMS (Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies), Pune 
  9. SIMC (Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication) Pune
  10. SCIT (Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology), Pune
  11. SIHS (Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences) Pune
  12. SSMC (Symbiosis School for Media & Communication) Bangalore
  13. SSBF (Symbiosis School of Banking and Finance), Pune
  14. SSSS (Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences), Pune
  15. SIBM (Symbiosis Institute of Business Management), Hyderabad
  16. SIBM (Symbiosis Institute Of Business Management) Nagpur

NMAT (Narsee Monjee Management Aptitude Test)

NMAT by GMAC or NMAT is a national-level MBA entrance test that led to admission to NMIMS University and other rumored B-Schools in India. NMAT test is a benevolent applicant test. It is structured, remembering the accommodation of the test takers. 

  1. Applicants are permitted to pick their favored date during the testing window just as self-plan the test, arrangement date, time, and setting dependent on the accessibility of seats at each test community. 
  2. Applicants need to satisfy qualification necessities before applying for the passageway test. 
  3. The competitor is more likely than not finished graduation under 10+2+3 or four years of training design from any stream. Make sure about at the very least 50 percent total in the last year of graduation. 
  4. Affirmation is allowed on a temporary premise until graduation mark sheet and testament of the passing assessment are submitted.

List of top colleges comes under the above exam:

  1. NMIMS University
  2. SPJIMR Mumbai
  3. Xavier University Bhubaneswar
  4. TAPMI Manipal, Jaipur
  5. IBS Hyderabad: ICFAI Business School
  6. VIT University Vellore, Chennai
  7. MBA colleges accepting NMAT scores: 
  8. SOIL – School of Inspired Leadership, Gurgaon
  9. SDA Bocconi Asia Center, Mumbai
  10. ITM Navi Mumbai: ITM Group of Institutions
  11. Mody University School of Business, Jaipur
  12. ICFAI IBS Dehradun, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Gurgaon Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune
  13. Jindal Global Business school – Sonepat, Delhi/NCR
  14. HBS, Hyderabad

CMAT (Common Management Admission Test)

Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is an online PC based test directed by the National Testing Agency (NTA), India. It is a national-level affirmation test for encouraging foundations to choose appropriate understudies for confirmation in all administration programs endorsed by AICTE. 

  1. The inquiry paper contains four areas Quantitative Strategy, Logical thinking, Language, understanding, General Awareness. 
  2. There are 25 inquiries in each area. While each right answer conveys four denotes, each off-base answer will convey one negative checking. 

List of top colleges comes under the above exam:

  1. JBIMS Mumbai
  2. SIMSREE Mumbai
  3. K J Somaiya Mumbai
  4. Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai/Gurgaon
  5. PUMBA Pune
  6. GIM Goa
  7. IFMR Chennai
  8. BIMTECH Greater Noida
  9. IMT Nagpur

FAQ

How does an MBA program differ from a regular Master’s program (MSc Or MA)?

Ans. Like the Master of Science (MSc) and Master of Arts (MA) degree programs, the MBA is an alumni level examination track to which just candidates who finished their first pattern of college training (earned a Bachelor’s Degree with the base number of credits) are qualified.

Not at all like the MA or the MSc Programs, the MBA centers around the viable segment of preparing, resembled with down to earth business experience, which regularly incorporates pragmatic choices for the genuine business condition and the board ventures executed on the ‘genuine’ advertise

What is the difference between an MBA and an EMBA program?

Ans. The Executive Master of Business Administration degree program is intended for ranking directors with a long vacation in the board.

The distinction turns out to be clear in the confirmation prerequisites – the base administration experience that permits the possibility to take a crack at MBA programs is commonly ten years. In comparison, the MBA candidates can satisfy section necessities with 3-5 years of experience

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Rachit Agrawal

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Rachit believes in the power of education and has studied from the top institutes of IIIT Allahabad, IIM Calcutta, and Francois Rabelias in France. He has worked as Software Developer with Microsoft and Adobe. Post his MBA, he worked with the world's # 1 consulting firm, The Boston Consulting Group across multiple geographies US, South-East Asia and Europe.

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