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

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

National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad

CAT

Woxsen University, Hyderabad

CAT, NMAT, XAT

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Hello,

Here are some top colleges accepting XAT and CAT exams :

Top colleges accepting CAT:

  • IIMs (All Indian Institutes of Management)

  • FMS Delhi

  • SPJIMR Mumbai

  • MDI Gurgaon

  • IIT Bombay (SJMSOM)

  • IIT Delhi (DMS)

  • IIFT

  • IMT Ghaziabad

  • JBIMS Mumbai

Top colleges accepting XAT:

  • XLRI Jamshedpur

  • XIMB Bhubaneswar

  • IMT Ghaziabad

  • Great

Hi ,

can you please specify the question like in NIT trichy are you looking for admission in B. tech program .

If yes for B. tech program then JEE main exam is necessary and the cut off for each branch may vary.

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff-for-nit-trichy


Hi there,

A female candidate with a CAT percentile of 67.97 and low sectional scores should target private and tier-2/3 B-schools that accept overall CAT scores in the 60–70 percentile range and have flexible sectional criteria.

Some suitable options include AIMS Institute Bangalore, Doon Business School Dehradun, Christ Institute of

Hi dear candidate,

Although, the older and prestigious IIMs require 97 to 99 percentile which is not applicable in your case. The IIM Rohtak and IIM Shillong might be your closest calls with historically cut off range around 91 to 93 percentile in CAT especially with strong hold for female

Hi there,

Yes, you are eligible for XISS Ranchi with a CAT percentile of 67.60.

According to recent admission trends, the CAT cutoff for the PGDM in Human Resource Management for the general category has been around 60 percentile. For other programs such as Marketing, Finance, and Rural Management, the