NMIMS-Mumbai is one of the premier B-Schools in India, having the advantage of being located in Mumbai, India’s financial capital. NMIMS-Mumbai falls in the "AAA+" Category in T.I.M.E.’s B-School rankings. Where as NMIMS-Bangalore and NMIMS-Hyderabad are ranked among the “A" grade B-schools. NMIMS Indore and NMIMS Navi Mumbai have not yet been graded as they have not yet completed 2 years.

NMAT by GMAC needs to be taken for admission into MBA/PGDM programs offered by NMIMS. NMIMS offers the following programs

NMIMS Mumbai Campus:

• MBA
• MBA (Pharmaceutical Management)
• MBA HR

NMIMS Bengaluru Campus:

• PGDM

NMIMS Hyderabad Campus:

• PGDBM

NMIMS Indore Campus:

• PGDM

NMIMS Navi Mumbai Campus:

• PGDM

The following is the information about their intake

• MBA - 540
• MBA-HR - 60
• MBA - Analytics and Decision Science-60
• MBA - Pharmaceutical Management-120
• PGDM(Bengaluru campus) - 180
• PGDM(Hyderabad campus) - 120
• PGDM( Indore campus ) - 60
• PGDM (Navi mumbai campus ) - 60

Selection process for MBA, MBA in HR, PGDM – Bengaluru and Hyderabad Campus:

• Entrance Test (NMAT)
• Group Discussion ( Case Discussion ) & Personal Interview.

Yes, NMAT is a computer based exam. This year, the test window is from 4 th October 2019 to 17 th December 2019.

Yes, though you need to check the eligibility norms of each of the B-schools separately before applying.

• Xavier University
• SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
• SDA Bocconi Asia Center
• ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad and other locations
• Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University
• BSE Institute Limited
• Shiv Nadar University
• Alliance University
• VIT University
• Amity University
• Thapar School of Management
• Woxsen School of Business Management
• University of Petroleum & Energy Studies (UPES)
• GITAM School of International Business, Visakhapatnam
• Hyderabad Business School, GITAM University
• SRM University
• BML Munjal University
• Mody University
• Bennett University
• ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai
• Jindal Global Business school – Delhi/NCR
• ISB Hyderabad ( not for their flagship PGP program )
• SPJIMR ( not for their flaghship PGDM program )
• TAPMI Manipal ( not for their flagship PGDM program )

Apart from applying to NMAT, you also need to apply to NMIMS.

Note- Test takers can choose the order of sections.There will be no negative marking.Applicants can take maximum of three attempts at NMAT during the test window.

Yes NMIMS has a provision for sectional cutoffs, most of the other B-schools accepting NMAT scores do not have this provision.

MBA ( earlier known as MB- Core) is considered to be flagship course of NMIMS-Mumbai.

Eligibility: 10+2+3 degree in any branch of study or equivalent pattern recognized by the UGC & AIU with minimum 50% marks in aggregate at degree level.

• Intake – 540
• Duration - 2 years
• No of Semesters-6 (Trimesters)
• Average salary- 17.7 Lacs p.a. ( 2017-19 batch )

The last year's cut-off marks are given below

NMIMS Mumbai

QS- 65, LS -60, LR:60 Overall -210 marks

NMIMS Bangalore and NMIMS Hyderabad

Overall 190 marks, QS-60, LS-50, LR 50

NMIMS reserves 30% of seats for girls. It does not reserve seats for SC/ST/OBC/DA candidates.

The average salary for the 2017-2019 batch of NMIMS-Mumbai MBA Program was 17.7 lacs pa. while the highest CTC offered was 30.3 lacs p.a. . A total of 166 companies participated in the placement process.

Goldman sachs, JP Morgan, Nomura,GE, RIL, Idea, JPMC, ICICI Group, Yes Bank, RBS, Deutsche Bank (Operations), Kotak Group, HDFC Bank, IDBI Bank, Crisil, Perfetti, Cognizant Business Consulting, Wipro Group, Capgemini, HCL Technologies, Infosys and Polaris were some of the companies which recruited in large numbers.

Except for the section on Logical Reasoning, all the other sections of NMAT get well covered with a good preparation for CAT. However, it is advisable for a student to work on his/her speed mathematics as some of the questions under Data Interpretation tend to be calculation intensive. Also, 120 questions in 120 minutes means that the candidate needs to be really quick in solving the questions.

The questions in reasoning section of NMAT are:

Series, Analogies, Odd man out, Coding & Decoding, Symbols & Notations, missing numbers in the figures and Direction sense.

Analytical puzzles (Blood Relations, Linear arrangement, Circular arrangement, Distribution,Comparisons and Selections).

Critical reasoning (Assumptions, Conclusions, Inferences, Strong & Weak arguments, Courses of action, Cause & Effect, Assertions and Reasons), Deductions, Input / Output, Decision Making and Venn Diagrams

You can study these topics from reasoning Study Material - SM 1002005 and SM 1002007. SM 1002007 covers the topics - Series, Analogies, Odd man out, Coding & Decoding, Symbols & Notations, missing numbers in the figures, Input/Output, Blood Relations and Direction sense. These topics were introduced to the CAT students in Logic Basics - 7, 8 and 10 (LRHO 1002007 and 08). One can quickly get thorough with these topics by solving the exercises from SM 1002007 and SM1002017. Particularly the questions based on Coding & Decoding and Symbols & Notations test the speed of the students. SM 1002005 has two exercises for each of the topics in analytical puzzles. There was a thorough discussion of each of these kind of puzzles in Logic Basics - 1, 2, 3 and 4 (LRHO 1002001, 02, 03 and 04) and in LRPEs and LRTs. Venn Diagrams are discussed in Logic Basics 5 and 6 (LRHO 1002005 and 06).

SM 1002005 has four exercises (Ex 7 (a), (b), (c) and (d)) on Venn Diagrams. Students may solve the exercises 7 (a) and (b) first and then from 7 (c) and (d). As far as NMAT pattern is concerned, exercises 7 (a) and (b) are more relevant.

Among the critical reasoning topics, Assumptions, Conclusions, Inferences and Strong & Weak arguments were discussed in LR classes for CAT students. For the topics, Courses of Action, Cause & Effect, and Assertions & Reasons, if the students want to refer to some extra material apart from the T.I.M.E. material, he / she can take the help of Critical Reasoning book authored by M.K. Pandey. However, these extra materials should be referred to only after the student has exhausted the T.I.M.E. Material.

The NMAT model deductions were discussed in logic basics 10 (LRHO 1002010) class. The practice exercises for NMAT model deductions questions are provided in SM 1002005 and that for Input / Output & Decision Making questions are provided in SM 1002007. Input/ Output questions are quite regular in NMAT exam.

Finally, T.I.M.E.’s OMETs for NMAT are perhaps the best source for preparation.They are very close to the actual NMAT entrance exam paper and one should give maximum importance to these question papers as they provide very good exam practice to the candidates. The candidates can accustom themselves to the NMAT pattern by taking these mocks.