There is no single NMAT cutoff set for every participating business school. Institutions decide their own programme-level requirements and may revise them for each intake. GMAC supplies the score; admissions offices decide how it is used.

What determines a cutoff?

• Programme and campus, available seats and the strength of the applicant pool.
• Overall score and any required Language Skills, Quantitative Skills or Logical Reasoning sectional scores.
• Whether an institution uses a score from one or multiple attempts.
• Academic background, work experience, interview or written-assessment performance, and other published selection criteria.
• Eligibility requirements and application timing for the specific 2027 intake.

Qualifying benchmarks and category-wise trends

Check the target school’s official admission notice for current-cycle benchmarks. Do not present an unofficial predicted score or an old cutoff as a confirmed 2026/2027 requirement. Where a school publishes category-wise or programme-wise criteria, match the exact programme, campus, intake and applicant category; not every institution uses the same categories or score thresholds.

How to use historical cutoffs

1. Use previous-year figures only as context, not as a promise of shortlisting.
2. Compare total and sectional benchmarks separately and confirm the accepted score year.
3. Check whether the school considers the best score, latest attempt or another rule.
4. Apply using the school's complete eligibility and selection process, not a cutoff estimate alone.