CMAT 2026 Exam Centres; Check State-wise Test Cities List

Jan 12, 2026, 18:25 IST

CMAT Exam Centres 2026: NTA released the CMAT Exam Centres List along with the notification. CMAT 2026 will be conducted in 131 cities in India. Check out the complete list of CMAT Exam Centres here, along with the cities’ names and codes.

CMAT Exam Centres 2026
CMAT Exam Centres 2026

CMAT Exam Centres 2026: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct the Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) 2026 on January 25. The NTA will conduct the CMAT 2026 exam is scheduled to be conducted on January 25, 2026, in two shifts from Shift 1 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and Shift 2 from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national-level entrance Examination for admission to management programmes in the country. The CMAT score is accepted by all AICTE-approved institutions/University Departments/Constituent Colleges/Affiliated Colleges. This year, the exam will be conducted at 131 designated test cities spread across the country. In this article, we will see the complete list of CMAT 2026 Exam Centres here, along with the cities and states' names.

CMAT Exam Centres 2026

Along with the official information bulletin, NTA releases details and information regarding the CMAT Exam Centres. The notification for the CMAT 2026 exam has already been released. You can visit the official website to check the CMAT 2026 exam cities.

CMAT 2026 Exam Dates

Prospective candidates should keep track of the important dates to ensure they don't miss any deadlines. According to the official notification, the CMAT exam for 2026 is set to take place on January 25, 2026. Below, you can find all the important dates for the CMAT 2026 exam.

CMAT Events

CMAT 2026 Dates

CMAT 2026 admit card date

3-4 days before the exam

CMAT 2026 exam date

January 25, 2026

Response sheet of CMAT 2026

First week of February 2026 (Tentative)

CMAT 2026 result date

Last week of February 2026 (Tentative)

CMAT 2026 Exam Centre List 

The CMAT 2026 exam will be held across various cities listed in the table below. During the application process, candidates must choose four cities based on their permanent or current address. The exam authority will try to assign the examination city according to the preferences indicated in the online application form. However, due to administrative or logistical constraints, a different city may be assigned. Here is the state-wise list of CMAT Exam Centres for 2026.

Region

State

Cities

East

West Bengal

Durgapur, Kolkata, Siliguri

Jharkhand

Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi

Assam

Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Jorhat

Odisha

Berhampur-Ganjam, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur

North 1

Uttar Pradesh

Agra, Prayagraj, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Varanasi

Bihar

Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Patna

North 2

Punjab

Amritsar, Bhatinda, Jalandhar/Phagwara

Rajasthan

Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur

Haryana

Ambala, Faridabad, Gurugram

South

Kerala

Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kannur, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Mallapuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur

Andhra Pradesh

Guntur, Kurnool, Nellore, Rajahmundry, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam

Karnataka

Bengaluru, Dharwad/Hubballi, Gulbarga, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Tumkur

West

Gujarat

Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, Anand, Bardoli, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Godhra, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Mehsana, Modasa, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Valsad/Vapi

Madhya Pradesh

Balaghat, Betul, Bhopal, Chhindwara, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Ujjain

Maharashtra

Ahmednagar, Amravati, Beed, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Dhule, Gondiya, Jalgaon, Jalna, Kolhapur, Latur, Mumbai/Navi Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Nashik, Pune, Sangli, Satara, Solapur, Thane, Yavatmal

Key Points About CMAT Exam Centres Selection

Below are some important considerations to keep in mind when selecting the CMAT exam centre in the application form.

  • The candidate will have the opportunity to select two cities from the provided list for the CMAT exam.

  • Prioritise your preferred CMAT exam cities in order of choice.

  • If the seats at the CMAT 2026 exam centre in your first-choice city are full, you will be assigned a centre in your second-choice city.

  • The examination authority reserves the right to change or cancel any CMAT examination centre.

  • The exam-conducting authority takes the final decision on the allotment of CMAT exam centres.

  • No change request will be entertained after the release of the CMAT 2026 admit card.

Sunil Sharma is an edtech professional with over 12 years of experience in the education domain. He holds an M.Sc. in Mathematics from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. He has worked as an Subject Matter Expert (SME) at Vriti Infocom Private Limited. and later joined Aakash Edutech Private Limited. At Jagran New Media, he writes for the Exam Prep section of JagranJosh.com. 
Sunil has expertise in Quantitative Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, and English, making him a versatile professional in the education and test preparation sector. He has created content for various management exams CAT, XAT and also for exams such as CUET etc

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