Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE) Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram-695 001, has invited applications for the Kerala Management Aptitude Test (Second Session of KMAT-2026) for admission to MBA Course for 2026.

Those qualifying in the examination will be eligible for admission to MBA Course in various Universities/ Departments and affiliated management colleges, including the Autonomous colleges in Kerala 2026 session.

Eligibility: Indians and Non-Indians are eligible to apply. But only Keralite candidates are eligible for all types of reservations or fee concessions. There is no restriction on age.

Academic qualifications: Applicants should have completed a Bachelors Degree of minimum three years’ duration in Arts, Science, Engineering, Commerce, Management or equivalent and should have secured the minimum marks stipulated for admission to the MBA course by the respective universities to which they wish to apply. Those who are appearing for the final year of the qualifying examinations are also eligible to apply, provided their results are declared before the commencement of the admission process to MBA course 2026.

KMAT Structure: The Computer Based KMAT will be conducted across all districts in Kerala in May 2026. The date of the examination will be notified later. The Examination will be of 3 hours’ duration and will consist of 180 Objective Type, Multiple Choice questions of four marks each (Total 180x4=720). For every wrong answer one mark will be deducted. The questions will be from (i) English Language Usage and Reading Comprehension (50 Questions) (ii) Quantitative Aptitude (50 Questions) (iii) Data sufficiency and Logical Reasoning (40 Questions) (iv) General Knowledge and current affairs (40 Questions). Time schedule and other instructions regarding the examination will be notified later.

Qualifying Marks: The General category candidates/ SEBC candidates who secure cut-off marks of 10% (72) marks of the total 720 marks and SC/ST/PD category candidates, 7.5% (54) marks to be eligible for admission to MBA Course in various Universities/ Departments and affiliated management colleges, including the Autonomous colleges in Kerala.

Application: Applications can be submitted at www.cee.kerala.gov.in till 4 pm on 05.05.2026.

Application Fee: Application fee is Rs. 1,000/- for General and SEBC candidates and Rs.500/- for SC candidates. ST candidates are exempted from paying application fees. Fee can be remitted using Internet Banking/Debit Card/Credit Card. After remitting the fee the candidate has to upload a recent passport size colour photograph and signature to the online application. After completing the application submission procedure, candidates can download the Application Acknowledgement Page and keep a copy of it for future reference.

Documents in proof of applicable eligibility (Nationality and Nativity, reservations, Age, Academic qualification etc.) shall be produced before the College/University authorities at the time of admission. None of these documents need to be uploaded with the online application or submitted to the CEE.

Admit Cards: Candidates can download their Admit Cards from www.cee.kerala.gov.in, from the date to be announced by the CEE. The admit card thus obtained should be brought to the examination hall along with valid ID Proof.

KMAT 2026 score is applicable exclusively for MBA admissions for the academic year 2026. The admission to the course will be based on the marks of the Entrance Examination (80 % weightage), group discussion (10%) and interview (10%).

The selection and admission to MBA course is subject to fulfilling the admission criteria, eligibility, and such other criteria as may be prescribed by the Government, Universities and institutions.

Candidature for KMAT 2026 is purely provisional and is subject to fulfilment and proof of eligibility criteria prescribed by the admitting institutions as applicable.

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