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    Hyderabad MBA Admission 2024 - Eligibility Criteria, Entrance Exam, Admission Process, Top MBA Colleges

    Hyderabad MBA Admission 2024 - Eligibility Criteria, Entrance Exam, Admission Process, Top MBA Colleges

    Team Careers360Updated on 18 Jul 2024, 12:55 PM IST

    Hyderabad MBA Admission: There are 250+ MBA colleges in Hyderabad offering admission to MBA/PGDM programmes. University of Hyderabad MBA admission is based on the CAT or CUET PG scores. For Hyderabad MBA admission to other MBA colleges in Hyderabad like ICFAI, Woxsen University, ISB, IMT, SIBM, etc., candidates must appear for MBA entrance exams like CAT, XAT, CMAT, MAT, CUET PG, TS ICET, etc. Continue reading this article to know about Hyderabad admission process, eligibility, entrance exams and more.

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    1. Hyderabad MBA Admission Eligibility Criteria
    2. Hyderabad MBA Entrance Exam
    3. Hyderabad MBA Admission Process
    4. Top MBA Colleges in Hyderabad
    Hyderabad MBA Admission 2024 - Eligibility Criteria, Entrance Exam, Admission Process, Top MBA Colleges
    Hyderabad MBA Admission

    Hyderabad MBA Admission Eligibility Criteria

    Candidates wishing to pursue MBA in Hyderabad must meet the minimum eligibility criteria mentioned below:

    • Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognised university or institution.

    • Many B-schools in Hyderabad require a minimum score in undergraduate degree for MBA admission. For unreserved category, candidates must have a score of 50% or equivalent CGPA in their bachelor’s degree. For candidates belonging to reserved category, the minimum score required is 45% or an equivalent CGPA.

    • Candidates must have appeared for any MBA entrance exam like CAT, XAT, CMAT, TS ICET, CUET PG, MAT, etc. meeting the minimum cut off set by the institution for MBA admission in Hyderabad.

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    Hyderabad MBA Entrance Exam

    Top MBA colleges in Hyderabad accept national-level MBA entrance exams like CAT, XAT, MAT, CUET PG MBA, CMAT and ATMA. Some of the colleges also accept state-level entrance exams like TS ICET for MBA admission. Candidates can check out the exam dates of the same given below:

    Hyderabad MBA Entrance Exams

    Hyderabad MBA Exam Date

    TS ICET 2024

    June 5 and 6, 2024

    CUET PG MBA

    March 12, 2024

    CAT 2024

    November 24, 2024

    XAT 2025

    January 5, 2025

    CMAT 2024

    May 15, 2024

    ATMA 2024

    July 31, 2024

    MAT 2024

    • CBT: August 18, 2024
    • PBT: August 25, 2024
    • IBT 1: August 11, 2024
    • IBT 2: August 20, 2024

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    Hyderabad MBA Admission Process

    Candidates must follow the steps given below for Hyderabad MBA admission:

    1. To secure MBA seat in Hyderabad colleges, candidates must first clear the MBA entrance exam accepted by those particular B-schools.

    2. Visit the college's official website and fill out their MBA admission application form.

    3. Upload all the required documents for verification and pay the application fee.

    4. Based on the entrance exam scores, academic record, work experience and other criteria, candidates will be shortlisted for GD-PI rounds

    5. Authorities then release a final merit list of candidates based on their performance in all the rounds issuing final admission offers.

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    Top MBA Colleges in Hyderabad

    Given below in the table are the top MBA colleges in Hyderabad along with the MBA entrance exam accepted by them.

    HyderMBA Colleges

    Hyderabad MBA Entrance Exam

    ICFAI Business School Hyderabad

    CAT, NMAT, IBSAT

    IPE Hyderabad

    CAT, XAT, MAT, ATMA

    IMT Hyderabad

    CAT, XAT, CMAT

    ISB Hyderabad

    GMAT, GRE

    University of Hyderabad

    CAT, CUET PG

    SIBM Hyderabad

    SNAP

    Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Hyderabad

    CAT, XAT, MAT, CMAT, TS ICET

    Dhruva College Of Management, Hyderabad

    CAT, XAT, MAT, CMAT, GMAT, ATMA

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    CAT

    Woxsen University, Hyderabad

    CAT, NMAT, XAT

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