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National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the list of CMAT exam centres in online mode along with the CMAT application form on its official website, exams.nta.ac.in/CMAT/. While filling the CMAT form, the applicants chose any four CMAT exam centers as per their choice. Candidates are allotted the CAT exam centre 2026 based on the options filled out by them in the CMAT application form. The allotted city will be printed to the candidate's CMAT admit card. The CMAT exam will probably be held in the last week of January 2026, at 107 CMAT test cities in India. The total number of CMAT test cities is announced along with the CMAT notification 2026.
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CMAT admit card will have all the details pertaining to the CMAT exam centre such as reporting time, exam venue details, and CMAT exam day guidelines. NTA will conduct the CMAT entrance exam in online mode. CMAT exam cities are spread across 32 states and Union Territories.
NTA consider the first choice of CMAT test city and allot the CMAT exam centre accordingly to the candidate. NTA will directly issue the CMAT admit card, Last year they have not released the CMAT city intimitation slip. Read this article by Careers 360 to know the full list of CMAT exam centres 2026 in India along with the state-wise CMAT test cities list with code.
Check out the state-wise CMAT exam centre list in the table provided below.
CMAT exam centres in India (State name) | CMAT city-wise exam centres | CMAT tests city centre code |
CMAT test cities in Andaman And Nicobar | Port Blair | AN01 |
CMAT 2026 exam centres in Andhra Pradesh | Guntur | AP07 |
Kurnool | AP10 | |
Nellore | AP11 | |
Rajahmundry | AP13 | |
Tirupathi | AP16 | |
Vijayawada | AP17 | |
Visakhapatnam | AP18 | |
CMAT 2026 exam centres in Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar/Naharlagun | AL01 |
CMAT test centres in Assam | Dibrugarh | AM01 |
Guwahati | AM02 | |
CMAT 2026 exam centres in Bihar | Gaya | BR05 |
Muzaffarpur | BR06 | |
Patna | BR07 | |
CMAT exam centres 2026 in Chandigarh/Mohali | Chandigarh/ Mohali | CH01 |
CMAT test cities in Chhattisgarh | Bhilai Nagar/Durg | CG01 |
Raipur | CG03 | |
CMAT exam cities 2026 in Delhi | Delhi-NRC | DL01 |
CMAT test centers in Goa | Panaji | GO01 |
CMAT exam centres in Gujarat | Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar | GJ01 |
Anand | GJ02 | |
| Bardoli | GJ03 | |
Bhuj | GJ17 | |
| Jamnagar | GJ06 | |
Mehsana | GJ08 | |
Rajkot | GJ10 | |
Surat | GJ11 | |
Vadodara | GJ12 | |
Valsad/ Vapi | GJ13 | |
CMAT exam centres 2026 in Haryana | Ambala | HR01 |
Gurugram | HR04 | |
Faridabad | HR03 | |
CMAT test centres 2026 in Himachal Pradesh | Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh) | HP03 |
Shimla | HP06 | |
CMAT test cities in Jammu And Kashmir | Jammu | JK02 |
Shrinagar | JK04 | |
Test centre of CMAT in Jharkhand | Dhanbad | JH02 |
Jamshedpur | JH03 | |
Ranchi | JH04 | |
Exam centres of CMAT exam in Karnataka | Bengaluru | KK04 |
Dharwad/Hubballi(Hubli) | KK10 | |
Gulbarga | KK08 | |
Mangaluru(Mangalore) | KK12 | |
Mysuru (Mysore) | KK14 | |
CMAT exam centres in Kerala | Alappuzha | KL01 |
Ernakulam | KL04 | |
| Kannur | KL07 | |
Kottayam | KL11 | |
Kozhikode | KL12 | |
Thiruvananthapuram | KL17 | |
Thrissur | KL18 | |
CMAT test cities in Ladakh | Leh | LL01 |
CMAT exam centres in MP (Madhya Pradesh) | Bhopal | MP03 |
Gwalior | MP06 | |
Indore | MP07 | |
Jabalpur | MP08 | |
Sagar | MP12 | |
| Ujjain | MP15 | |
CMAT exam centres in Maharashtra | Ahmednagar | MR01 |
Amravati | MR03 | |
| Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar | MR04 | |
Jalgaon | MR13 | |
Kolhapur | MR14 | |
Mumbai/Navi Mumbai | MR16 | |
Nagpur | MR17 | |
Nanded | MR18 | |
Nashik | MR19 | |
Pune | MR22 | |
Solapur | MR27 | |
Thane | MR28 | |
Yavatmal | MR34 | |
CMAT exam centres 2026 in Manipur | Imnphal | MN01 |
CMAT test cities in Meghalaya | Shillong | MG01 |
CMAT exam citites in Nagaland | Kohima | NL02 |
CMAT test cities in Odisha | Berhampur-Ganjam | OR03 |
Bhubaneswar | OR04 | |
Sambalpur | OR09 | |
Exam centres of CMAT 2026 Punjab | Amritsar | PB01 |
Bhatinda | PB02 | |
Jalandhar/ Phagwara | PB04 | |
Patiala/ Fatehgarh Sahib | PB08 | |
CMAT test centres in Rajasthan | Jaipur | RJ06 |
Jodhpur | RJ07 | |
Kota | RJ08 | |
Udaipur | RJ11 | |
CMAT test citites 2026 in Tamil Nadu | Chennai | TN01 |
Coimbatore | TN02 | |
Madurai | TN08 | |
Tiruchirappalli | TN14 | |
CMAT test cities 2026 in Tripura | Agartala | TA01 |
CMAT exam centres in Uttar Pradesh | Agra | UP01 |
Allahabad/Prayagraj | UP03 | |
Bareilly | UP04 | |
Gorakhpur | UP08 | |
Kanpur | UP11 | |
Lucknow | UP12 | |
| Moradabad | UP15 | |
Meerut | UP14 | |
Varanasi | UP18 | |
CMAT test cities in Uttarakhand | Dehradun | UK01 |
Haldwani | UK02 | |
Roorkee | UK06 | |
CMAT exam centres 2026 in West Bengal | Kolkata | WB10 |
Siliguri | WB11 | |
CMAT exam centres 2026 in Telangana | Hyderabad | TL01 |
| Karimnagar | TL02 | |
| Warangal | TL07 |
At the time of CMAT application form filling, candidates will be allowed to select up to four CMAT test cities where they want to take the CMAT 2026. Check out the below-provided steps on how to select CMAT test cities.
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Candidates who will be appearing in the CMAT exam 2026 must check these lists of dos and don't at CMAT exam centres on the CMAT exam day. These checklists will allow the candidates to have a planned and sorted exam day without any hassle or panic.
Candidates are advised to carry all the following documents to the CMAT exam centre.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
CMAT 2026 reporting time is yet to be announced. However, students must reach the CMAT exam centre on the reporting time.
Students must carry the following documents compulsorily on the day of examination:
CMAT 2026 admit card
Any one of the following ID proof:
Adhar card
Pan card
Voter ID card
Passport
Driving license
Cast/ PWD certificate (if any)
Since CMAT 2026 will be a computer-based test students will not be permitted any personal belongings except for the documents for verification.
CMAT 2026 will be conducted for three hours (180 minutes).
No, the CMAT exam 2026 will be conducted in CBT mode at the assigned CMAT exam centre as per the preferences given by the candidates at the time of registration.
More than 75000 candidates register for CMAT entrance test, and more than 58000 candidates appear for the test.
A good score in the CMAT is considered between 281 to 340, which can fetch you a percentile between 90 to 99.99.
Candidates can edit the exam centres before paying the application fee. However, once the application fee is paid, exam centre entered is finalised.
On Question asked by student community
Yes, DSM DTU (Delhi Technological University, Department of Management Studies) does accept CMAT score for admission to its MBA programme. Many management institutes in India use CMAT as one of the valid entrance exams along with CAT, MAT, or GMAT, and DTU’s management department is among those that consider CMAT
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You have scored 92 percentile in CMAT, which is a good score, and you have a higher chance of getting admission into a good college. But, if you're targeting only SVNIT Surat, then it's quite tough because SVNIT usually looks for a higher score for the PG course, like
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The link to the website of careers360, where the preferred colleges and percentiles are mentioned, is attached herewith. You can also get the details of colleges.
https://bschool.careers360.com/articles/mba-colleges-accepting-80-90-percentile-in-cmat-exam
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With an 80 percentile in CMAT, you can get admission in decent Tier-2 MBA colleges.
Good options include Jaipuria Institute, IMT Nagpur/Hyderabad, SDMIMD Mysore, and XIME.
Top IIMs are not possible, but these colleges offer reasonable placements and exposure.
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For a postgraduate management course (MBA/PGDM) at L.D. College, you will likely need to give the CMAT exam. As a final-year BCA student, you are eligible to appear for the exam. The registration for CMAT 2026 has already begun, and you must apply before the deadline to be eligible
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