NMAT by GMAC exam witnessed a significant 7 per cent growth in registrations for 2017. over 2016. With the retake, total registrations closed at 88,454 in 2017 compared to 82,928 last year.
Since the takeover by GMAC, several unique new features have been added to the NMAT exam. Features like multiple login methods, additional payment options, new international and regional test centres have all aided candidates to opt for the exam.
Commenting on the achievement, Vikram Shah, Director - Product Management, GMAC said, “In the past three years, GMAC has strived to enhance the test taking experience of the candidates and continued the efforts to help NMAT by GMAC accepting schools attract the right talent in their classrooms. In 2017, we have expanded the NMAT by GMAC test centre network from 24 cities to 48 cities and additionally opened testing internationally in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. We continue to see the most diverse set of diversity in our test taking population with 40 per cent women and 47 per cent non-engineering candidates registered in 2017.”
Gaurav Srivastava, Regional Director, GMAC, South Asia added: “This year we are witnessing a much stronger preference for the exam by the business schools accepting the exam. Large candidate pool to choose from, diversity in gender and stream of education are some of the factors that’s driving this preference. We also saw a quantum jump in the final admits coming through the exam in various business schools. ”