Starting this year aspiring candidates can apply to leading MBA programmes in India, South Africa and Philippines
New Delhi, July 3, 2018: Graduate Management Admission Council, the governing body of NMAT by GMAC exam today announced the beginning of exam registrations for 2018-20. Following the trend from past 3 years, the exam registration window opens from July 3, 2018 to October 3, 2018. NMAT by GMAC exam has been used for admissions to some of the leading graduate business programmes in India and starting this year aspiring candidates from India can also select and send scores to schools in South Africa and Philippines. Candidates can register at http://www.nmat.org.in for the exam.
Mr. Gaurav Srivastava, Regional Director, South Asia, GMAC said, “We are proud to complete three years with significant growth in the test registrations. The surge in registration numbers Y-O-Y is a testament that the NMAT by GMAC exam has been a symbol of quality – enabling test takers to access graduate management education and build a career of choice, while providing schools access to top quality talent. This year is a special one as the NMAT by GMAC exam goes international. Schools in some these emerging markets will now have access to one of the most diverse test taking pool with a high proportion of women and non-engineers taking the exam.”
Commenting on the commencement, Mr. Vikram Shah, Director, Product Management, GMAC said, “We are extremely happy to announce that NMAT by GMAC goes international this year.Starting this year candidates can select schools from India, South Africa and Philippines that accept NMAT by GMAC scores. The acceptance of the exam in these emerging markets shows that the exam is widely recognized by schools globally. We are confident that with the unique features like multiple login methods, increased access along with NMAT by GMAC Official Prep, we would be able to connect talent with the right opportunity. To help ease the candidate anxiety and build their confidence we are introducing an All India FREE Mock exam for candidates sometime in Sep 2018.”
The NMAT by GMAC exam continues to be the most candidate friendly MBA entrance exam offering friendly features to enhance candidate convenience
- 75- day long testing window
- 3 Retesting option
- 58 Test centers in India
- Free All India Mock Test in Sep 2018 for all the candidates who are planning to take the NMAT by GMAC this year
The NMAT by GMAC is a computer-delivered exam and has three sections – Language Skills, Quantitative Skills and Logical Reasoning. It provides the candidates with the choice of selecting the order/sequence of the test sections wherein the number of questions, difficulty levels, and the time limit for each of the sections is predetermined.
Candidates can schedule the exam basis convenience and ease in the 75-day testing window from October 04 to December 17, 2018.
NMAT by GMAC exam registered 7% growth in its test registration in 2017. Total registrations closed at 88,454 in 2017 compared to 82,928 in 2016. The launch of new test prep material along with the opening of 58 NMAT by GMAC test centers in 44 cities in India and 4 international cities have increased the accessibility of the exam to the candidates.
The NMAT by GMAC™ exam is accepted by the following institutes:
SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad; Xavier University, Bhubaneswar; MISB Bocconi, Mumbai; ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad and other locations; Alliance University, Bangalore; Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University, BSE Institute Limited; Amity University, Delhi NCR; Thapar School of Management, Chandigarh; Benett University, Greater Noida, SRM University, Chennai, Delhi NCR Sonipat; Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida; University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun; Woxsen School of Business Management, Hyderabad; BML Munjal University, Delhi; VIT University, Vellore; ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai; Mody University, Rajasthan; GITAM School of International Business, Visakhapatnam; Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University, Hyderabad and Jindal Global Business school – Delhi/NCR.
List of South African and Philippines schools
South Africa – Graduate School of Business Leadership at the University of South Africa, Gordon Institute of Business Science at Pretoria University, Wits Business School, Rhodes Business School, Nelson Mandela University Business School, Milpark Business School, School of Business and Governance at North West University.
Philippines – Asian Institute of Management, Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Cesar E.A. Virata School of Business, University of Philippines, College of Business Administration and Accountancy, De La Salle University, Florentino Cayco Memorial School Graduate Studies School of Business – Arellano University.
NMAT by GMAC
The NMAT by GMAC™ exam opens doors to the leading management programmes in India, South Africa and Philippines. Brought to you by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC®), the organization that owns the GMAT® exam, the NMAT by GMAC™ enables schools to recruit top talent with the comfort that the test measures the skills needed to succeed in their programmes. NMAT by GMAC™ has been at the forefront of measurement within high stakes testing and is used for securing admissions to some of the leading graduate business programmes in India.
For further information, please visit: www.nmat.org.in and www.nmat.org.in/nmat-by-gmac-official-guide
Media Contacts:
Anuradha Chawla / Mayuri Dahiya
9899965560 / 8585925739
Anuradha@avian-media.com / Mayuri@avian-media.com
**