What are the top 5 b-schools/colleges in India which accept MAT score?

There are over 100 institutes in India that accept students by their MAT score for MBA and PGDM programs. The MAT score is valid for one year. You can choose among several subjects like IT Marketing, Risk Management, International Business, Insurance Management, etc in such institutes through their MAT score. 

Some of the top institutes that accept MAT scores are listed below.

• International School of Business and Media, Gurgaon.
• Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad.
• Amity Business School, Noida.
• University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun.
• Apeejay School of Management, Delhi
• Praxis Business School, Kolkata
• ITM Business School, Mumbai
• Universal Business School, Mumbai
• VIT Business School, Chennai
• Flame School of Business, Maharashtra
• Alliance University, Bangalore

Some key highlights regarding the admission of students through MAT in top B-schools are listed below.

• The MAT score demanded by various top B-schools across India generally varies from 600-800.
• Some institutes with state ranking AAA+ like Institute of Finance and International Management, Bangalore, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore, SCMS Cochin School of Business, Cochin, etc have a cut-off of 600 in MAT.
• Institutes like Amity Business School demand 500+ in MAT, which is an AAA+ institute too.
• Other institutes like Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, VIT Business School, ITM Business School, etc usually have a cut-off of 600+ in MAT.
• There are some institutes like TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal which gives interview calls only to students with MAT score as high as 700+.

Therefore, a score above 600 is usually considered good for students to get admission to top B-schools in India.