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CMAT Merit List 2025 - Check All India Rank (AIR), Cut Off & Toppers List
CMAT Merit List 2025: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will release the All-India CMAT 2025 merit list based on scores obtained by the students in CMAT 2025. The NTA announced the CMAT result in online mode. This year, A total of 74,012 students appeared in the CMAT exam. NTA will release the CMAT merit list in PDF form, and the same is available to download from the official website, cmat.nta.nic.in using the CMAT result 2025 login credentials. The candidate's name and roll number will be included in the CMAT merit list according to the marks and NTA scores. Read this article by Careers360 to know all about the CMAT 2025 merit list release, the CMAT selection process, CMAT toppers list, etc.
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- CMAT Merit List 2025
- CMAT Merit List Dates 2025
- How to download the CMAT 2025 Merit List?
- Previous Year's CMAT Toppers Rank and Percentile
- How CMAT Merit List is prepared?
- CMAT Tie-breaker Criteria 2025
- CMAT Cutoff 2025
CMAT Merit List 2025
The CMAT scorecard is valid for one year only, after which it will be nullified. After the release of the CMAT merit list, the counselling process for PGDM/ MBA will take place. CMAT is one of the reputed national management entrance exams held every year for admission to MBA courses. Several top B-schools accept CMAT scores. Prestigious colleges like NIBM Pune, Welingkar, SIMSREE, JBIMS, KJ Somaiya, XISS Ranchi, IMT Hyderabad, BIMTECH, and PUMBA accept the scores of CMAT 2025 for their MBA/ PGDM programs.
CMAT Merit List Dates 2025
Events | Dates |
CMAT 2025 exam date | January 25, 2025 |
Release date of CMAT answer key 2025 | January 31, 2025 |
CMAT 2025 result date | February 13, 2025 |
CMAT merit list 2025 release date | To be announced |
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How to download the CMAT 2025 Merit List?
NTA will release the merit list of CMAT 2025 online mode. Candidates who appeared for the CMAT 2025 can view and download the CMAT 2025 merit list using the steps as follows:
Step 1 - Visit the official website of NTA
Step 2 - Click on the tab ‘CMAT Merit List 2025’
Step 3 - The screen will display the complete merit list in PDF Format
Step 4 - To search for a name press ‘Ctrl+F’
Step 5 - Type the name to be searched and verify the name with the roll number.
What are the details mentioned on the merit list for CMAT 2025?
Applicants downloading CMAT 2025 merit list should check for the following details on the CMAT 2025 merit list:
- All India Rank of the candidates
- Roll number
- Name of the applicant
- Marks obtained section-wise
- Marks obtained overall
- NTA scores section-wise
- NTA score overall
- The formula used for the calculation of NTA scores
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Download EBookPrevious Year's CMAT Toppers Rank and Percentile
The top 6 of the CMAT toppers 2025 rank list scored the CMAT percentile of 99+. In 2021 a total of 5 candidates in the top AIR rank scored between 100-99.9 percentiles, and in 2023, 2 of the candidates scored a CMAT percentile of 100. Check previous years' CMAT Merit list, section-wise score, and percentile. CMAT toppers are to be announced once the examination is over.
CMAT 2024 Toppers Score
| CMAT 2024 Toppers | CMAT Toppers 2024 Percentile |
| Abhishek Jha | 100 (AIR I) |
| Gopaljee Jha | 99.9940243 |
| Ayush Juneja | 99.7350408 |
| Parash Goswami | 99.9148346 |
| Om Dwivedi | 99.5607876 |
CMAT 2023 Toppers Score
CMAT Toppers 2023 | CMAT Percentile |
Kumar Gaurav | 100 |
Jivtesh Singh | 100 |
Jugad Singh Grewal | 99.99 |
CMAT 2021 Toppers List
Name of the CMAT Toppers | CMAT Percentile |
Sanket Khandare | 99.73 |
Shivam Kumar | 99.058 |
Kinjal Shah | 98.67 |
Karan Kumar | 98.27 |
Yash Bajpai | 97.98 |
Aishwarya Nandedkar | 93 |
Hardik Ajay Nigam | 91.55 |
Aparna Sign | 90.4 |
CMAT 2020 Toppers List
Name | Marks Obtained | NTA Score | ||||||||
QTDI | LR | LC | GA | Total | QTDI | LR | LC | GA | Total | |
Gopaljee Jha | 91 | 80 | 100 | 76 | 347 | 99.06 | 87.39 | 100 | 99.98 | 100 |
Fahad Nizam | 96 | 95 | 100 | 51 | 342 | 99.9 | 99.84 | 100 | 99.03 | 99.9 |
Jeet Mukherjee | 100 | 90 | 90 | 60 | 340 | 100 | 98.66 | 99.92 | 99.80 | 99.99 |
Gautam Bhugra | 90 | 85 | 90 | 75 | 340 | 98.4 | 94.79 | 99.92 | 99.98 | 99.99 |
Tushant Kumar | 91 | 80 | 90 | 77 | 338 | 97.06 | 87.39 | 99.92 | 99.99 | 99.99 |
Kalisetty Udaya Sandhaya Laksmi Devi | 86 | 90 | 85 | 77 | 338 | 97.20 | 98.66 | 99.74 | 99.99 | 99.99 |
How CMAT Merit List is prepared?
CMAT merit list is prepared as per the scores obtained by the candidates and the NTA score calculation formula is used to know the candidate’s All India Rank (AIR).
The score of the candidate will be calculated as per the marking scheme of CMAT 2025, i.e.,
For every correct answer, 4 marks will be allotted, and
For every wrong answer, 1 mark will be deducted
The NTA score indicates the percentage of students who have a score equal to or below, which is calculated as per the following formula:
Equation: 100*Number of students who appeared in the examination with raw marks equal to or less than the student/ Total number of candidates who appeared.
NOTE- Candidates must know that the NTA score is not an aggregate of the individual subjects and is not similar to that of the percentage of marks obtained.
CMAT Tie-breaker Criteria 2025
In case two or more candidates secure the same marks and percentile in CMAT then in such case the tie-breaking policy will be implemented. Check out all the parameters of the CMAT tiebreaker 2025.
- The order of preference given to the section is Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation > Logical Reasoning > Language Comprehension > General Awareness.
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Gender and Category wise number of candidates who appeared for CMAT 2025
| Gender | Female | Male | Third gender | Total |
| General | 15831 | 16434 | - | 32265 |
| Gen-EWS | 2804 | 4549 | - | 7353 |
OBC (NCL) | 8309 | 11995 | - | 20304 |
| SC | 1671 | 2548 | - | 4219 |
| ST | 435 | 596 | - | 1031 |
| PWD | 53 | 100 | - | 153 |
| Total | 29050 | 36122 | - | 65172 |
CMAT Cutoff 2025
Cutoff of CMAT 2025 will be released on the basis of the candidate's score, the difficulty level of the question paper of CMAT 2025, the number of seats available, etc.
CMAT cutoff is the minimum mark required by the candidates to qualify for the selection rounds of the institute accepting CMAT scores. Based on the previous year's cutoff, check the table below for the expected cutoff for CMAT 2025.
Expected Cutoff of CMAT 2025
NOTE: The updated cutoff of CMAT 2025 will be updated upon release by the respective participating institutes.
Top MBA colleges accepting CMAT score: Location-wise
Students can check from the list below, their preferred top MBA college in their preferred city for admission through CMAT 2025 score.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q: Will NTA release sectional score and percentile of CMAT 2025?
A:
Yes NTA, the conducting body will release the sectional as well as the overall percentile.
Q: How is the rank of the candidate determined?
A:
The rank of the candidate is determined through NTA score overall.
Q: Will the authorities release the scorecard separately?
A:
Yes, the scorecard of CMAT 2025 will be available for download. It can be downloaded by entering the login credential which is created at the time of registration.
Q: How is CMAT score calculated?
A:
CMAT score is calculated as per the marking scheme which is:
- 4 marks are given for every correct answer
- 1 mark is deducted for every incorrect answer
Q: What is the merit marks for CMAT?
A:
CMAT ranks are assigned on the basis of marks obtained by the candidate. Students who scores the highest marks out of 400 will secure the All India Rank (AIR) 1.
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