The NMAT Cut Off is the minimum score required to be scored by candidates in the exam for admissions into MBA and PGDM courses in NMIMS, its affiliated universities, and other top business schools in the country accepting the exam scores. The NMAT Cut Off score is determined by the participating institutes and is regulated by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). The NMAT Cut Off may be released in the form of a score or percentile. NMAT scores are accepted by around 40 business schools in India.
The NMAT Cut Off 2021 will be released after the exam is conducted. Candidates that score the minimum marks prescribed in the NMAT cut off criteria will be eligible to appear for the further rounds of Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI). The NMAT Cut Off 2021 details are illustrated below.
NMAT Cut Off 2021 Highlights
The NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT) is conducted by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). The exam serves as a gateway for students seeking admissions into MBA and PGDM courses into NMIMS and various affiliated universities. NMAT scores are also accepted by business schools other than NMIMS and its affiliated universities. NMAT was acquired by GMAC in 2015, and the exam has since been referred to as NMAT by GMAC. GMAC governs the events related to the NMAT exam such as application commencement, admit card release, and results declaration. The NMAT Cut Off is decided by the GMAC every year.
Factors Determining NMAT Cut Off 2021
The NMAT Cut Off will be depending on the following factors
- The difficulty level of the NMAT exam.
- The number of candidates appeared for the NMAT exam.
- The number of NMAT application forms received.
- The previous years' trends of the NMAT exam.
- The number of seats available in the different colleges under NMAT 2021.
Expected NMAT Cut Off 2021
The expected section-wise NMAT Cut Off for MBA in HR/ Capital Marketing/ Banking and MBA in Pharmaceutical Management is provided below:
| Course Name | Language Skills Cut off | Quantitative Aptitude Cut off | Logical Reasoning Cut off | Overall Cut off |
| MBA in HR/ Capital Marketing/ Banking | 55 | 74 | 61 | 208 |
| MBA in Pharmaceutical Management | 50 | 50 | 50 | 169 |
NMAT Cut Off - Selection Process
Different participating institutes have different selection processes for the MBA programs offered by them. However, there are common elements across all the individual selection processes. The list of elements in the selection processes across the various universities is as follows:
- NMAT 2021 Score
- Personal Interview
- Written Ability Test
- Group Discussion
- Academic Record
- Work Experience
- Academic/ Gender Diversity
NMAT Cut Off - Composite Merit List Preparation
Each element in the selection process based on the NMAT Cut Off carries a certain amount of weightage that will determine a candidate's eligibility into the various MBA and PGDM courses. The weightage of each element in the selection process is given below:
| NMAT Selection Process Element | Weightage |
| NMAT by GMAC Score | 70% |
| Group Discussion (GD) | 10% |
| Personal Interview | 10% |
| Academic Performance | 5% |
| Work Experience | 5% |
NMAT Cut Off for Previous Years
The NMAT Cut Off for 2019 and 2018 are compiled below. Analysing the cut offs from the previous years will give candidates an idea of the minimum marks they would require to clear the NMAT 2021 exam.
NMAT Cut Off 2019
The table below details the NMAT Cut Off 2019 for various participating institutes based on the scores and percentiles:
| Institutions |
NMAT Cut Off 2019
|
| University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES) | 140 - 145 |
| SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies | 200 - 215 |
| Amity Business School, Gurgaon | 65 percentile |
| Alliance University | 100 - 105 |
| Woxsen School of Business Management | 160 - 165 |
| Indian School of Business (ISB)(For Certificate Programme in Business Analytics – CBA) | – |
| Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University | – |
| ISBR Business School | 140 - 145 |
| SRM University | 180 - 185 |
| Amity Business School, Noida | 60 percentile |
| Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University | 140 - 145 |
| Jain University – CMS Business School | – |
| ICFAI Business School (IBS), in Hyderabad, Kolkata, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Pune, Gurgaon, Dehradun, Bengaluru & Mumbai | 150 - 152 |
| Xavier School of Human Resource Management – Bhubaneswar | 85 - 87 percentile |
| Bennett University | – |
| Thapar School of Management | 140 - 145 |
| Jindal Global Business school – Delhi/NCR | – |
| Amity Business School, Gwalior | 65 percentile |
| SPJIMR, Mumbai (For PGMPW) | – |
| SDA Bocconi Asia Center, Mumbai | 200 - 205 |
| School Of Petroleum Management, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar | – |
| School of Inspired Learning | – |
| Amity Business School, Mumbai | 65 percentile |
| ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai | 150 - 155 |
| BSE Institute Limited | – |
| Amity Business School, Jaipur | 65 percentile |
| Xavier Faculty of management (Urban Management & Governance) – Bhubaneswar | 40 percentile |
| Amity Business School, Lucknow | 65 percentile |
| Universal Business School, Raigad | – |
| VIT University | 85 percentile |
| Xavier School of Sustainability – Bhubaneswar | 40 percentile |
| BML Munjal University | – |
| Athena School of Management, Mumbai | – |
| Shiv Nadar University | 60 percentile |
| Mody University | 40 percentile |
| GITAM School of International Business (GSIB), Visakhapatnam | 140 - 145 |
| Xavier School of Rural Management – Bhubaneswar | 50 percentile |
NMAT Cut Off 2018
The NMAT Cut Off 2018 is detailed for the various participating institutes based on the scores and percentiles:
| NMAT Colleges | Cut off score/percentile |
| SVKM'S Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai SVKM'S Narsee Monjee Institue of Management Studies, Bangalore SVKM'S Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Hyderabad |
200+ NMAT scores |
| Indian School Business (ISB) | 140+ NMAT scores |
| Xavier University, Bhubaneshwar | 170+ NMAT scores |
| SDA Bocconi Asia centre (formerly MISB Bocconi), Mumbai | 200+ NMAT scores |
| Alliance School of Business, Alliance University | 100+ NMAT scores |
| ITM Business School | 65+ NMAT scores |
| ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad | 150+ NMAT scores |
| BSE Institute PVT. | 180+ NMAT score |
| Shiv Nadar University, Great Noida | 85+ NMAT scores |
| Bennett University, Delhi NCR | 65+ NMAT scores |
| Woxsen School of Business Management, Hyderabad | 160+ NMAT scores |
| Thapar School of Management, Chandigarh | 150+ NMAT scores |
| ISBR Business School, Bengaluru | 140+ NMAT scores |
| Amity University, Delhi NCR | 60+ NMAT scores |
| SRM University | 180+ NMAT scores |
| University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun | 140+ NMAT scores |
| BML Munjal University, Delhi | 150+ NMAT scores |
| VIT University, Vellore | 50+ NMAT scores |
| Jindal Global Business school-Delhi NCR | 65+ NMAT scores |
Colleges accepting NMAT Score
The list of NMAT accepting colleges is tabulated below. These colleges have a cut off limit of their own.
| MISB Bocconi, Mumbai | IBS B-schools, Hyderabad & other locations |
| Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Sciences, Mumbai | Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Sciences |
| Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar | Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore |
| Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Sciences, Bangalore | SRM University |
| Alliance University, Bangalore | BSE Institute Ltd., Mumbai & other locations |
| Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida | WOXSEN, Hyderabad |
| Amity University, Noida | Thapar School of Management, Mohali |
| UPES, Dehradun | BML Munjal University, Gurgaon |
| ITM, Navi Mumbai | Mody University, Jaipur |
| GSIB, Visakhapatnam | -- |
NMAT Sectional Cut Off
The section-wise NMAT Cut Off for 2018, 2017, and 2016 are detailed in the tables mentioned below:
NMAT Sectional Cut Off 2018
The table below shows the section-wise NMAT Cut Off for 2018:
| NMIMS Institute | Quantitative Skills | Logical Reasoning | Language Skills | Total Cut Off |
| Mumbai Campus | 65 | 60 | 57 | 209 |
| Bangalore Campus | 65 | 50 | 55 | 200 |
NMAT Sectional Cut Off 2017
The table below shows the section-wise NMAT Cut Off for 2017:
| NMIMS Institute | Quantitative Skills | Logical Reasoning | Language Skills | Total Cut Off |
| Mumbai Campus | 65 | 60 | 60 | 210 |
| Bangalore Campus | 65 | 60 | 50 | 190 |
NMAT Sectional Cut Off 2016
The table below shows the section-wise NMAT Cut Off for 2016:
| NMIMS Institute | Quantitative Skills | Logical Reasoning | Language Skills | Total Cut Off |
| Mumbai Campus | 74 | 31 | 55 | 208 |
| Bangalore Campus | 70 | 55 | 55 | 200 |
NMAT Score & Cut Off - MBA Colleges
The tables below show the details of the colleges providing admissions based on the candidates' NMAT Cut Off scores:
MBA colleges accepting NMAT scores - 90% Cut Off
The table below shows the list of MBA colleges that provide admissions based on the NMAT Cut Off scores being 90% or more:
| Institute Name | City | Cut Off Percentile Score | Fees (INR in Lakhs) |
| NMIMS | Mumbai | 94 | 17.44 |
| NMIMS | Bangalore | 91 | 9.80 |
| NMIMS | Hyderabad | 90 | 9.05 |
| XIM | Bhubaneshwar | 90 | 13.18 |
MBA colleges accepting NMAT scores - 80% Cut Off
The table below shows the list of MBA colleges that provide admissions based on the NMAT Cut Off scores being between 80% and 90%:
| Institute Name | City | Cut Off Percentile Score | Fees (INR in Lakhs) |
| VIT | Vellore | 85 | 6 |
| SRM University | Chennai | 80 | 6 |
MBA colleges accepting NMAT scores - 70% Cut Off
The table below shows the list of MBA colleges that provide admissions based on the NMAT Cut Off scores being between 70% and 80%:
| Institute Name | City | Cut Off Percentile Score | Fees (INR in Lakhs) |
| MISB Bocconi | Mumbai | 70+ | 18.25 |
| IBS | Hyderabad (+ 9 other cities) | 70 | 6.25 |
| Alliance University | Bangalore | 70 | 8 |
| BSE Institute | Mumbai, New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkota, Ahmedabad | 70 | 1.50 |
| Shiv Nadar University | Greater Noida | 70 | 12.09 |
| WOXSEN | Hyderabad | 70 | 17.30 |
MBA colleges accepting NMAT scores - 60% Cut Off
The table below shows the list of MBA colleges that provide admissions based on the NMAT Cut Off scores being between 60% and 70%:
| Institute Name | City | Cut Off Percentile Score | Fees (INR in Lakhs) |
| Amity University | Noida | 65 | 11.0 |
| Thapar School of Management | Mohali | 65 | 6.45 |
| UPES | Dehradun | 65 | 10.52 |
| BML Munjal University | Gurgaon | 65 | 9.80 |
| ITM | Navi Mumbai | 65 | 9.30 |
| Mody University | Laxman Garh | 65 | 4.76 |
| GSIB | Vishakapatnam | 65 | 7.50 |
| HBS | Hyderabad | 65 | 7.50 |
NMAT 2021 Important Dates
| Event | Dates |
| NMAT 2021 Exam | February 2, 2021 to February 8, 2021 |
| NMAT 2021 Result | February 12, 2021 |
| NMAT 2021 Scorecard Download | March 2021 |
