Top MBA Colleges in India Accepting NMAT Score

Explore the top MBA colleges in India that accept NMAT scores, facilitating aspiring candidates in choosing suitable institutions for their management education based on NMAT scores.

Updated on:

November 25, 2023

The most prominent NMAT accepting MBA college NMIMS Mumbai has closed its application process for MBA admission 2024 after the last date to apply for NMAT exam 2023 was closed on October 12.

NMAT score is used by NMIMS Mumbai and other 50 MBA colleges that accept NMAT by GMAC score for MBA admission. NMIMS accepts only first take of NMAT score while other MBA colleges accept NMAT retake scores also. Apart from NMIMS, other top MBA Colleges accepting NMAT score include TAPMI Manipal, Great Lakes Institute of Management, ICFAI Business School, VIT Vellore, XIM Bhubaneswar, SPJIMR Mumbai, K J Somaiya Mumbai, IFMR-GSB Chennai, Jindal Global University among others.

For admission 2024, GMAC is conducting NMAT exam from October 10 to December 19, 2023. NMAT 2023 exam is being conducted at test centres as well as online proctored test from home.

Read this exclusive MBAUniverse.com article to check the top MBA colleges accepting NMAT score for admission 2024 with their admission status. It may be noted that NMAT is the mandatory entrance exam for admission to MBA programme at NMIMS Mumbai and its other campuses. Click on the College Name to get more information:

Top Ranked MBA Colleges Accepting NMAT by GMAC
Below are the top ranked MBA colleges accepting NMAT score as per NIRF Rankings 2023 and MBAUniverse.com rankings 2023

MBA college & Location	MBA/PGDM Programmes Offered	Admission Status 2024
SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai	MBA	Open \|
K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai	MBA	Open \|
Xavier University Bhubaneswar	MBA	Open \|
T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal	MBA	Open \|
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai and Gurgaon	PGPM	Open \|
SPJIMR - Mumbai (For GMP & PGMPW)	PGDM	Open \|
IFMR Graduate School of Business at KREA University, Sri City	MBA	Opening Soon
IBS Hyderabad: ICFAI Business School	MBA	Open \|
VIT University Vellore, Chennai	MBA	Open \|
IBA Bangalore	PGDM	Open \|

Other Top MBA colleges accepting NMAT scores
Below is the list of some of the other top MBA colleges accepting NMAT 2023 score for admission 2024

MBA college & Location	MBA/PGDM Programmes Offered	Admission Status 2024
TAPMI Manipal	MBA, MBA-BKFS, MBA-HRM, MBA Mktg, MBA-IB	Open \|
SDA Bocconi Asia Center, Mumbai	Master in Business (IMB)	Open \|
Thapar School of Management, Chandigarh	MBA	Opening soon
SOIL - School of Inspired Leadership, Gurgaon	PGPM, PGDM	Open \|
JAGSOM Bangalore	PGDM, MBA, BBA	Open \|
Jindal Global Business School – Sonepat, Delhi/NCR	MBA	Opening Soon
ICFAI Business School (IBS) Gurgaon & Mumbai	MBA/PGPM	Open \|
ITM Navi Mumbai: ITM Group of Institutions	PGDM	Opening Soon
Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida	MBA	Opening Soon
BSE Institute Limited, Mumbai	MBA	Opening Soon
Mody University School of Business, Jaipur	MBA/PGDM	Opening Soon
ICFAI Business School (IBS) Bengaluru & Pune	MBA/PGPM	Open \|

Other Best MBA colleges accepting NMAT score
Other best MBA Colleges accepting NMAT score are:

MBA college/University	Programmes Offered	Admission Status 2023
Vijay Bhoomi University, Bangalore/Mumbai	MBA	Opening Soon
University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun	MBA	Opening Soon
WOXSEN School of Business Management, Hyderabad	MBA	Open \|
ICFAI Business School (IBS) Dehradun & Jaipur	MBA/PGPM	Open \|
Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad	MBA	Opening Soon
Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University, Hyderabad	MBA	Opening Soon
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab	MBA	Opening soon
Alliance University, Bangalore	MBA	Open \|
BML Munjal University, BMU Gurgaon	MBA	Opening Soon
GITAM School of International Business, Visakhapat	MBA (Dual Specialization)	Opening Soon
Bennett University Greater Noida, Delhi NCR	Global MBA	Opening Soon
ICFAI Business School (IBS) Ahmedabad & Kolkata	MBA/PGPM	Open \|
Manav Rachna Faridabad	--	Open \|

Being an independent and reputed exam, NMAT exam scores are accepted by some of the best MBA colleges for flagship and specialized programmes. As per the NMAT exam process, candidate’s NMAT scores are sent to five preferred MBA colleges free of cost by GMAC, the NMAT exam conducting body. Accordingly, while applying for NMAT 2023, you must select the five preferred MBA colleges out of the list of the institutes accepting NMAT exam scores.