Top MBA Colleges Accepting MAT Score 2026 - Check Zone-wise Full List
Management Aptitude Test 2026 ( MAT )
Registration - 1 Apr '26 - 25 May '26
MAT score is accepted by over 800 MBA colleges in India for admission to full-time courses. These colleges select candidates on the basis of academic record, MAT scores and Personal Interview. Check the list of all MAT colleges for MBA admission 2026.
MAT test takers can choose from over 800 MBA colleges for pursuing the degree. They can find good Tier 1 and Tier 2 colleges for MBA through MAT in every state of the country. AIMA, the exam conducting agency, provides the option of selecting 5 colleges of ones choice in the MAT application form, which makes it easier for the test taker to shortlist colleges. Those appearing for MAT exam 2026, should make the right selection of 5 MBA colleges in the MAT 2026 application form (keeping in mind the MAT cut off, college fees, location, placements, etc. so that they get the college of their choice. Let's check out top MBA colleges accepting MAT score for admission and make an informed decision.
- What is MAT?
- MBA Colleges Accepting MAT Score: Overview
- MAT Accepting Colleges: East Zone
- MAT Accepting Colleges: West Zone
- MAT Accepting Colleges: North Zone
- MAT Accepting Colleges: South Zone
What is MAT?
Management Aptitude Test or MAT exam, is one of the top MBA entrance exams in India. It is conducted by the All India Management Association (AIMA) four times a year i.e. February, May, September and December. MBA/PGDM aspirants can choose the examination phase as per their preparation and apply for the same at AIMA MAT website. MBA admission through MAT includes Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI).
Commonly asked questions
To get admission to Jaipuria Institute of Management, the minimum percentile to get admission has been released for CAT exam for the General All India category candidates. As per the Jaipuria Institute of Management cutoff 2024, the CAT cutoff for the General AI quota was 25 which is the lowest percentile.
NIT Manipur JEE Main cutoff 2024 has been released for admission to the BTech courses. During the Round 1 cutoff, the closing rank for CSE was 25886 for the General category students under the AII India Quota. Among OBC candidates, the closing rank for B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering stood at 8750. Candidates seeking admisison to NIT Manipur can refer to the table below to check out the Round 1 closing ranks for BTech in CSE course for various categories under the AI quota:
Category | JEE Main 2024 Expected Cutoff |
|---|---|
Common Rank List | 90-91 |
Gen-EWS | 75-76 |
OBC-NCL | 73-74 |
SC | 51-52 |
ST | 37-38 |
PwD | 0.0013527 |
Jindal Global Business School considers entrance exam scores for admission. The school considers CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT, ATMA, etc. for admission to MBA programme. The selection to BBA (Hons) courses is based on JSAT conducted by the school. Besides, candidates with a valid score in UGAT, SAT, ACT or CUET can apply for UG courses.
MBA Colleges Accepting MAT Score: Overview
MAT exam is an MCQ based test, conducted in two mode - CBT and PBT. The exam has questions from Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning and Data Interpretation, English Language and General Awareness.
- AIMA has abour 250 + MBA colleges as its members who select candidates for management programmes
- Candidates can select up to five institutes from the list of MAT participating colleges, in the exam application form
- Upon declaration of MAT 2026 result, AIMA will send the candidate's score to those five institutes.
- Registered colleges shortlist the candidates based on MAT score and invite them for Group Discussion and/or Personal Interview.
- The MAT cut off will be determined by participating colleges individually.
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MAT Accepting Colleges: East Zone
Listed below are MBA colleges accepting MAT score in east zone. You can select these colleges in the MAT 2026 application form as per your location and preference.
| Institute Code |
MAT Accepting College |
City |
|---|---|---|
| 7113 |
Durgapur |
|
| 8312 |
Ranchi |
|
| 7512 |
Bhubaneswar |
|
| 7013 |
Kolkata |
|
| 7515 |
Bhubaneswar |
|
| 7543 |
Bhubaneswar |
|
| 7402 |
Kolkata |
|
| 8403 |
Patna |
|
| 7006 |
Kolkata |
|
| 7028 |
Kolkata |
|
| 7201 |
Haldia |
|
| 7506 |
Bhubaneswar |
|
| 7030 |
Kolkata |
|
| 7034 |
Kolkata |
|
| 7010 |
Kolkata |
|
| 7505 |
Bhubaneswar |
|
| 7517 |
Bhubaneswar |
|
| 7041 |
Kolkata |
|
| 7015 |
Kolkata |
|
| 8007 |
Patna |
|
| 7018 |
Kolkata |
|
| 7804 |
Guwahati |
|
| 7014 |
Kolkata |
|
| 8306 |
Netaji Subhas Institute of Business Management |
Jamshedpur |
| 7538 |
Bhubaneswar |
|
| 7304 |
Darjeeling |
|
| 7017 |
Kolkata |
|
| 8302 |
Ranchi |
|
| 7516 |
Cuttack |
|
| 7048 |
Kolkata |
|
| 7038 |
Kolkata |
|
| 7803 |
Jorhat |
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MAT Accepting Colleges: West Zone
Listed below are MBA colleges accepting MAT score in west zone. The MAT cut offs and admission criteria of these colleges could be different from each other. So the candidate must choose his/her college of preference accordingly.
| Institute Code |
MAT Accepting College |
City |
|---|---|---|
| 4134 |
Pune |
|
| 4167 |
Pune |
|
| 4151 |
Pune |
|
| 4106 |
Pune |
|
| 3022 |
Jaipur |
|
| 4122 |
Pune |
|
| 3812 |
Ahmedabad |
|
| 4154 |
Mumbai |
|
| 3001 |
Jaipur |
|
| 4129 |
Pune |
|
| 3909 |
Vadodara |
|
| 4911 |
Raipur |
|
| 3020 |
Jaipur |
|
| 3017 |
Jaipur |
|
| 4512 |
Indore |
|
| 3034 |
Jaipur |
|
| 3110 |
Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth, Faculty of Mgmt Studies |
Udaipur |
| 3007 |
Jaipur |
|
| 4914 |
Raipur |
|
| 4103 |
Pune |
|
| 3302 |
Laxmangarh |
|
| 4929 |
Raipur |
|
| 3815 |
Ahmedabad |
|
| 3805 |
Ahmedabad |
|
| 4138 |
Pune |
|
| 4139 |
Pune |
|
| 3003 |
Jaipur |
|
| 3806 |
Gandhinagar |
|
| 4020 |
Thane |
MAT Accepting Colleges: North Zone
Listed below are MBA colleges accepting MAT score in north zone. The MAT cut offs and admission criteria of these colleges could be different from each other. So the candidate must choose the college of his/her choice accordingly.
| Institute Code |
MAT Accepting College |
City |
|---|---|---|
| 2120 |
Greater Noida |
|
| 2049 |
Greater Noida |
|
| 1101 |
New Delhi |
|
| 1205 |
Gurgaon |
|
| 1111 |
New Delhi |
|
| 2023 |
Noida |
|
| 2008 |
Noida |
|
| 1142 |
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha&lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management |
New Delhi |
| 2111 |
Greater Noida |
|
| 1208 |
Gurgaon |
|
| 1704 |
Rajpura |
|
| 2027 |
Ghaziabad |
|
| 1112 |
New Delhi |
|
| 1113 |
New Delhi |
|
| 1147 |
New Delhi |
|
| 2038 |
Greater Noida |
|
| 1200 |
Gurgaon |
|
| 2014 |
Greater Noida |
|
| 1126 |
New Delhi |
|
| 2411 |
Haridwar |
|
| 1221 |
Gurgaon |
|
| 2224 |
Lucknow |
|
| 2018 |
Greater Noida |
|
| 1171 |
Greater Noida |
|
| 1123 |
New Delhi |
|
| 1202 |
Gurgaon |
|
| 2001 |
Ghaziabad |
|
| 1212 |
Gurgaon |
|
| 2051 |
Ghaziabad |
|
| 1120 |
New Delhi |
|
| 2016 |
Ghaziabad |
|
| 1131 |
New Delhi |
|
| 1117 |
Delhi |
|
| 1128 |
New Delhi |
|
| 2043 |
Noida |
|
| 2025 |
Ghaziabad |
|
| 2234 |
Lucknow |
|
| 2054 |
Ghaziabad |
|
| 2079 |
Noida |
|
| 1210 |
Gurugram |
|
| 1215 |
Gurgaon |
|
| 1424 |
Phagwara |
|
| 2502 |
Meerut |
|
| 1127 |
New Delhi |
|
| 1320 |
Sonipat |
|
| 2407 |
Roorkee |
|
| 2107 |
Greater Noida |
|
| 1201 |
Gurgaon |
|
| 1308 |
Sonipat |
|
| 2044 |
Lucknow |
|
| 1216 |
Gurgaon |
|
| 1291 |
Gurgaon |
|
| 1170 |
Dehradun |
|
| 1114 |
Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies-Technical Campus |
New Delhi |
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MAT Accepting Colleges: South Zone
Listed below are MBA colleges accepting MAT score in south zone. The MAT cut offs and admission criteria of these colleges could be different. So the candidate must choose the college of his/her choice accordingly.
| Institute Code |
MAT Accepting College |
City |
|---|---|---|
| 5658 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5686 |
Acharya Bangalore Business School |
Bengaluru |
| 5612 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5688 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5031 |
Hyderabad |
|
| 5604 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5605 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5717 |
Mysore |
|
| 6025 |
Chennai |
|
| 5639 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 6804 |
Kottayam |
|
| 5001 |
Hyderabad |
|
| 5690 |
Don Bosco Institute of Management Studies and Computer Applications |
Bengaluru |
| 5661 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 6427 |
Coimbatore |
|
| 5667 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5306 |
Visakhapatnam |
|
| 5033 |
Hyderabad |
|
| 5017 |
Hyderabad |
|
| 5601 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5691 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 6067 |
Chennai |
|
| 5692 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5003 |
Hyderabad |
|
| 5019 |
Hyderabad |
|
| 5670 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5668 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5039 |
Warangal |
|
| 5660 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5721 |
Harihar |
|
| 5203 |
Guntur |
|
| 5662 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 6805 |
Tiruvalla |
|
| 5676 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5622 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5609 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5634 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5672 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5621 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 6916 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
|
| 6008 |
Chennai |
|
| 5653 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 5719 |
Mangalore |
|
| 6819 |
Kottayam |
|
| 6801 |
Kochi |
|
| 6802 |
Kochi |
|
| 6065 |
Chennai |
|
| 5665 |
Bengaluru |
|
| 6202 |
Madurai |
|
| 6334 |
Vellore |
|
| 5016 |
Hyderabad |
|
| 5625 |
Bengaluru |
The above tables mention B-schools listed on MAT-AIMA website.
MBA aspirants can also have a look at the list of MBA colleges accepting MAT scores in India.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 4 days ago
GIBS Business School's PGDM cutoff is moderate and generally does not reach the high levels of an IIM. The main factors impacting cutoff are your entrance test scores and other criteria.
Cutoff Recent Data:
- CAT: 60-70 Percentile approximately
- XAT: 60-70 Percentile approximately
- MAT: 60-65 Percentile ap
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Answered 6 days ago
Yes, MAT score valid for MAH CET counselling for MBA/MMS. Candidates can apply for admission to Maharashtra MBA colleges by registering for the CAP round under non-MAH CET category. MAH CET CAP is conducted in July-August, every year.
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MAT cut off is not the only criteria for MBA admission. Candidates have to appear for Personal Interview and Group Discussion conducted by the institutes for final selection. Those who do not clear this round are not selected for admission.
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Answered a week ago
Yes, you can apply to GIBS Business School Bangalore after taking the MAT exam. From my experience, the college accepts scores from exams like MAT, CAT, or XAT, so having a valid MAT score makes you eligible for admission.
MAT score is considered during the selection process
College looks at your over
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Yes, you could take admission to the MBA course with a MAT percentile of 70 if u belong to the General AI category. For this category, the IISWBM MAT cutoff 2025 required was 70 for the MBA in Human Resource Management course.
In 2024, the cutoff for the MBA in Public Systems was also 70 for the sa
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Answered 2 weeks ago
MAT exam duration is 120 minutes or 2 hours. Candidates have to solve 150 questions in the given time limit. There is no sectional time limit in MAT.
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Answered 2 weeks ago
MAT exam is held multiple times in a year. There are four MAT phases- February, May, August and December. In each of these months, the exam is conducted at least twice – 1 PBT and 1 CBT.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 weeks ago
The overall difficulty level of MAT is easy to moderate. Despite having 150 questions, the test paper is usually doable and candidates can easily attempt 100-120 questions.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 weeks ago
Yes, MAT exam is MCQ types. There are no subjective type or TITA questions. Every question carries 4 answer options. Candidates have to select one option as correct answer.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 2 weeks ago
Yes, CAT/MAT/XAT/CMAT/GMAT scores are valid for KIITEE MBA. Candidates applying online will be required to submit copies of their mark sheets and other supporting documents.
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