National Testing Agency, has notified the Common Management Admission Test 2020 (CMAT 2020) and Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2020 (GPAT 2020).
CMAT is for admissions to Post Graduate Management Programs and GPAT, for admission to Post Graduate Pharmacy Programs for the Academic Year 2020-21.
The Tests will be held in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.
Common Management Admission Test 2020 (CMAT-2020) will be held from 9.30 a. m. to 12.30 pm on January 28, 2020 (Tuesday) while the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test 2020 (GPAT-2020) will be held from 2.30 p.m. to 05.30 p.m on January 28, 2020 (Tuesday).
The tests will have objective type multiple choice questions. The medium of Question Paper shall be in English only.
For CMAT, there will be 25 questions each, from Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation; Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness.
GPAT will have 125 objective type questions. Syllabus for the GPAT is available at https://gpat.nta.nic.in/webinfo/public/home.aspx
Eligibility: Applicants must be citizens of India. For CMAT, applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline. For GPAT, applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy (4 years after 10+2, including lateral entry students) or equivalent from a recognized university. B.Tech. (Pharmaceutical and Fine Chemical Technology)/ equivalent candidates are not eligible to apply.
Those appearing for the final year of the qualifying examination whose result will be declared before commencement of admission for academic year 2020-21 can also apply for respective programmes. There is no age restriction for appearing in CMAT/GPAT-2020.
Application: Applications can be submitted online for CMAT at https://cmat.nta.nic.in/ and that for GPAT at https://gpat.nta.nic.in/ latest by 11.50 pm on November 30, 2019.
The application fee can be paid by 11.50 pm on December 1, 2019.
Candidates must apply separately to the desired CMAT-2020 and GPAT-2020 participating institutes with the CMAT score 2020 and GPAT score 2020, after the results are declared and when applications are invited by participating institutions.