Acronym | GMAT |
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Type | Computer-based standardized test |
Developer / administrator | Graduate Management Admission Council |
Knowledge / skills tested | Quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning, integrated reasoning, analytical writing. |
Purpose | Admissions in graduate management programs of business schools. |
Year started | 1953 (71 years ago) (1953) |
Duration | 2 hours and 15 minutes long (with one optional 10-minute break)[1] |
Score / grade range | Quantitative section: 6-51, in 1 point increments, Verbal section: 6-51, in 1 point increments, Integrated reasoning section: 1 to 8, in 1 point increments, Analytical writing assessment: 0.0 to 6.0, in 0.5 point increments. Total score (from verbal and quantitative sections only): 200 to 800. |
Score / grade validity | 5 Years |
Offered | Multiple times a year. |
Restrictions on attempts | No |
Countries / regions | 650 test centers in 114 countries.[2] |
Languages | English |
Annual number of test takers | 74,810 unique candidates in 108,851 GMAT exams (T.Y. 2023)[3] |
Prerequisites / eligibility criteria | No official prerequisite. Intended for those interested in graduate management education. Fluency in English assumed. |
Fee | US$ 275 |
Scores / grades used by | More than 7,000 programs at approximately 2,300 graduate business schools around the world accept the GMAT exam. |
Website | mba |
Acronym | GMAT |
---|---|
Type | Computer-based standardized test |
Developer / administrator | Graduate Management Admission Council |
Knowledge / skills tested | Quantitative reasoning, verbal reasoning, integrated reasoning, analytical writing. |
Purpose | Admissions in graduate management programs of business schools. |
Year started | 1953 (71 years ago) (1953) |
Duration | 2 hours and 15 minutes long (with one optional 10-minute break)[1] |
Score / grade range | Quantitative section: 6-51, in 1 point increments, Verbal section: 6-51, in 1 point increments, Integrated reasoning section: 1 to 8, in 1 point increments, Analytical writing assessment: 0.0 to 6.0, in 0.5 point increments. Total score (from verbal and quantitative sections only): 200 to 800. |
Score / grade validity | 5 Years |
Offered | Multiple times a year. |
Restrictions on attempts | No |
Countries / regions | 650 test centers in 114 countries.[2] |
Languages | English |
Annual number of test takers | 74,810 unique candidates in 108,851 GMAT exams (T.Y. 2023)[3] |
Prerequisites / eligibility criteria | No official prerequisite. Intended for those interested in graduate management education. Fluency in English assumed. |
Fee | US$ 275 |
Scores / grades used by | More than 7,000 programs at approximately 2,300 graduate business schools around the world accept the GMAT exam. |
Website | mba |